Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28

looked at them, and with my eyes pun
ished them. II took patience very often,
| will admit, but | think il is the better
way
Bedtime and Breakfast
There we're always set rules fog
my children as to bedtime and time tor
getting ur. For the young lads seven
and half past seven was fixed as the
proper lime for retiring. Each took .
warm bath. brushed his hair and teeth
and went to bed Between FIVE and halb-
past they arose and took cold sponge
bath Breakfast, consisting OF rolls and
milk, was served at six.
AT seven they were in school, and "
! one they came home for the substantial
meal of the day They returned to
4 school and came back at four when
/ they ate :. little lunch consisting Of
bread and crackers and little milk This
/ rest of the afternoon was spent in play
/ ont of doors and in study
/ As they grew older required the
/ BOYS to dress aud undreSs themselves
and 10 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 10 take great pride
in the keeping of their rooms, and often
| | 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
/ think many American mothers viii
cxclaim over the hours my children we're
obliged to keep Il 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 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 healthicst boys in America are those
/ who are brought up on farms where
/ they rise early, and 60 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 mother, and great many
times ] have gone to the theater after
( the children were III bed and sung an
opera to be up the next morning with
my boys and girls Did get enough
4 Sleep Perhaps not quite enough, but
I then ] may sleep late now and know
/ that my children are happy and well-be-
hayed healthy and safely out OF mis-
/ chief
Had Slept late in the days gone by.
/ | might be spending Sleepless nights,
now. who knows Many business
man especially in this country, does not
get sufficient sleep His business de-
mands too much 81 his time He feels
I the same Joy IN bringing TO a successfua
conclusion some great business trans
action that feel in having brought up
! nay children properly according 10 my
lights
Womans Business
All business demands the sacrifice of
! self aud pleasure, 10 be brought to q
successful conclusion, and, old fashioned
/ as The idea Way seem, | still believe that
motherhood is the business Of woman
/ kind, and there is no more honorable.
1 no more clarifying. and no more satisfy
/ ing pursuit When the time shall come.
as It must come 10 MS 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 G'e than that she
( has been a good daughter q good wife