The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-30

looked at them, and with my eyes pun ished them It took patience very often I will admit, but think it is the better way.
 Bedtime and Breakfast
 There were always set rules fof my children as to bedtime and time foi getting up. For the young lads sever and half-past seven was fixed as the proper time for retiring Each took warm bath, brushed his hair and teeth and went to bed Between five and half 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 al one they came home for the substantia. meal of the day They returned to school and came back at four, when they ate little lunch consisting oi bread and crackers and little milk. Ths rest of the afternoon was spent in play out of doors and in study.
 As they grew older I required the boys to dress and undress themselves clean. They were obliged, too, to keep their bedrooms in order, to make their own beds and to take proper care Of their toys. 5 .-ss..
 I pcrsaaded them -to 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 tidys was displayed to some visiting friend pf my owTn. zx Early to Bed ~ fa
 think many American mothers will exclaim over the hours my children were obliged to keep. It is not the custom of American lads to rise at five o'clock, I know; but-in eieEsnar1y, s rssasrez ezthe schools open at Sesen in the morning, 1t 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 1t makes them healthy. though wealthy and wise" may depend upon other factors Still, health Is a para mount consideration.
 But the mothersl someone exclaims. Well, I am 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 1 get enough sleep? Perhaps not quite enough, but then I may sleep late now and know that my children are happy and well-be- haved; healthy and safely out of rnis- chief zs-rses
 Had I slept late in the days gone by. I might be spending sieep1ess nights now; who knows? Many a business man, especially in this country, does not get sufficient sleep His business dez rr1ands too much of his time He feels the same joy in bringing to successful conclusion. some great business trans action that I feel in having brought auF my children properly according to my lights.
 womaH'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 glorifying, 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, ard then darkness, no woman ili the world may say more than that she has been good daughter, a good wife aud good mother.