The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-04
AT THE MOTHERS CLUB.

The Mothers club had just been
called to order The members were 20
listen TO a paper by Miss Theodosia
Singleyet on Proper Care and Feed
ing of Children Miss Singleyet was
an honorary member OF the club, hav~
ing been admitted ION prospect" as
of the members expressed 1t. Today,
for the first time. she was last in
arriving while we are waiting for
our speaker" said The President. IL
would like TO tell the members some
thing about my Jeanette and get their
advice. You know, children say and
do such wonderful things. II seems
to me. conservative though | am, that
my children do and say especially
wonderful things. In fact. l am very
much worried about Jeannette. L am
afraid she Is too very greatly in ad-
vance OF her years. She has been
going to Sunday school lately and the
class has been studying the life OF
Christ OF course. only the very most
simple facts have been taken up, but
somehow Jennette is so different
from the others; she sees so much
came home from class the other day
and We had quite a. long talk about
what she had been studying. Finally,
she went over to a chair and sat down.
She had been there for some time
and had forgotten about her when
suddenly she called to me- Yes dear.
I said what is it?' Why, mamma
the little midget asked: If Christ was
the Son of God, who was Gods wife?'
Now. how on earth do you suppose
such a question AS that ever come into
her wise little head?" No one seemed
to have an explanation. but one OF
the other members had parallel.
That's just like my little GIRL" she
declared. I'VE had taught her that
God was in everything. She asked a
great many questions about it at
different times and did not seem quite
satisfied with our explanations. Some
days ago, she was out in the kitchen
watching Nora at work. II happened
that this was "Wednesday night and
we always have chicken at our house
on I thursdays; II is something for the
children to look forward to YOU know.
Well Nora was cleaning the chicken
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our little girl, you know-watched
her carefully. She saw everything
taken out that was removable. Then
she turned to Nora and asked:
Where's God? Now, / should like to
ask the ladies here what | a INTO do
with such bright child as that Sug
gestions as TO management OF pre-
cocious children were still lacking, but
further evidence OF the fact that
eyeryone's child Is the smartest one
in the world was not "My little girl
Is most too young for religious train
ing" said Mrs. Neveroutdone, but
have no doubt that after she has been
sent TO Sunday school she Will be as
inquisitive along religious lines as the
average child" Especial emphasis
was put on "thc average child" as II
10 imply that perhaps something was
being reserved) "The other night,
Mrs. Neveroutdone continued, Gwen
dolyn had been quite imprduent to
her father. This is very unusual;
ordinarily she is little model OF So
cial propriety. Her father, however
thought that she should be given to
understand that she must always be
polite to her elders, so he took her
by the arm and led her into another
room. There he prepared to make an
impression after the most approved
style. He had tilted the young lady
forward and had his hand uplifted
when Gwendolyn suddenly wriggled
loose. stood In front of her father and
said, half-reproachfully: Don't yon
know that no gentleman would strike
a LADY," At this moment Miss Single
yet arrived and the club members pre-
pared to give their attention to her
"learned paper"