The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-11-07

looked at them, and with my eyes l pun
ished them. 1t took patience very often
| will admit, but l think It IS the better
way.
Bedtime and BreakfaEt
There were always set rules for
my children as to bedtime and time for
getting up For the young lads seven
and half-past seven was fixed as the
proper time for retiring. Each took A
warm bath, brushed his hair and teeth
and went to bed. Between FIVE and hall
past they arose and took a cold sponge
bath. Breakfast. consisting of rolls and
milk, was served at six
At seven they were in school, and at
one they came home for the substantial
meal of the day. They returned to
school and came back at four, when
they ate a little lunch consisting OF
bread and crackers and little milk. The
rest of the afternoon was spent IN play
out of doors and IN study.
As they grew older | required the
bows to dress and undress themselves
and to keep their clothing neat and
clean. They were obliged. too, to keep
their bedrooms in order, to make their
| own beds and to take proper care OF
| their toys.
persuaded them to take great pride
| in the keeping of their rooms, and often
| l have seen the face of one OF my boys
redden with pleasure when his room,
clean, neat and tidy, was displayed to
some visiting friend of my own
Early to Bed
l think many American mothers will
exclaim over the hours my children were
obliged to keep. 1t IS not the custom
of American lads to rise at five o'clock,
| know; but in Germany, where the
| schools open at seven IN the morning.
/ it is different and the system has seemed
to me to be a good one. There is no
time like the early morning.
If children retire sufficiently early they
have had plenty of sleep by five o'clock
! The healthiest boys in America are those
who are brought up on farms, where
they rise early, and go early to bed.
| Certainly it makes them healthy, though
wealthy and wise" may depend upon
other factors. Still, health Is a para
mount consideration.
But the mothers someone exclaims.
! Well. | am a mother, and a great many
times l have gone to the theater after
/ the children were in bed and sung an
opera, to be up the next morning with
my boys and girls. Did / get enough
sleep? Perhaps not quite enough, but
Incn may steep ldIG HOW dtlu hliO"
that my children are happy and well-be-
haved; healthy and safely out of mis-
chief.
Had I slept late in the days gone by,
I might be spending sleepless nights
now; who knows? Many a business
man, especially in this country, does not
get sufficient sleep His business de
mands too much of his time. He feels
the same Joy in bringing to a successful
conclusion some great business trans
action that I, feel in having brought up
/ my children properly according to my
/ lights.
/ womaR's Business
| All business demands the sacrifice OF
| self and pleasure, to be brought to .
successful conclusion, and, old-fashioned
as the idea may seem, / still believe that
| motherhood is the business of woman
| kind, and there IS no more honorable,
no more clarifying. and no more satisfy
/ ing pursuit. When the time shall come,
as it must come TO US all, for last look
about the room into the faces of our
| loved ones; when there shall be one
last kiss and one last pressure Of the
hand, and then darkness, no woman in
the world may say more than that she
has been a good daughter, a good wife
/ and a good mother.