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"Because of Ilor"
I do not think, bocauso she died,
Tho happy world Imb grown loss
fair,
But rather all things, glorified, '
A deeper, holler beauty wear.
Tho sombre gold of evening pales
In sadder splendor where sho
sloops,
A softor, minor music walls
In every wandering wind that
swoeps
Groat Nature's many-chordod lyre,
And wakes tho gusty grief that
thrills,
With some divine, responsive flro.
The hoary Harpors of tho Hills
Tho mighty-shafted rainstrol pines,
That chant, when morning mists
aro curled
Like incense on yon mountain
shrines, ,
Tho poan of a waking world.
A swift and strange intelligence
Thrills through tho many-peopled
woods,
When some vague joy, I know not
whence,
Breathes through their leafy soli
tudes; Through fleece and fold of gossamer
gold,
Tho dawns with power beauty
break,
And softer sunset mists are rolled
About the hills, for her sweet sake.
The rose unfolds a richer hue,
The lily lifts a salntller face,
The skies bend down a deeper blue
Above -her hallowed rostlng place.
The breeze moans through, tho rest
less leaves
A deeper music evermore,
And sobs ,its heart out 'gainst the
stone
That guards her darkened chamber
door!
E. A. B., In New York Weokly.
Blnmlng tho Mothers
In a recent Sunday magazine, this
(Sentence appeared as expressing the
quality, tho mother's all-powerful
hand is oxpoctod to bring forth the
finest porcelain or china, irrespec
tive of the outside training these
children get while tho mother is en
gaged in tho strugglo with dirt, dis
order, destruction, cleansing and
cookery, caring for tho thousand ma
terial necessities which fill her
"hands and head to overflowing,"
and for which sho is not to expect
payment, but for the doing of which,
pay or no pay, sho is held respon
sible, no mattor what else is neg
lected. From this material work,
sho brings to the training of her chil
dren an exhausted body and a
bundle of muscles and nerves
strotchod and strained sometimes to
tho verge of collapse. It Is a pity
that mothers, of whom so much is
domanded, must bo so borne down
under the multifarious duties that
belong td the wife and housekeeper
that sho can not, as a mother, give
her undivided attention to tho shap
ing and training of her children
fow or many for whose every short
coming, mental, moral or physical,
sho is so strictly held accountable.
This continued- and wholesale, as
well as senseless, scolding and blam
ing of tho mothers individually, for
much of what is tho result of social
conditions generally, is very dis
couraging, and when young women
look about them, and see so many
yqung men who are "vicious, ill
bred, wi.thout morality and gentle
ness of demeanor," no matter what
tho training they receive in the home
and realize that their possible sons
may bo like the possible fathers in
spite of the training of their gentle
mothers, they are apt to think twice
bofore they marry. Poor 'mothers!
Many of us would bo model teachers
and trainers, were it not that we
must be so many other things, at
the same time. To those wlfo study
the question deeply, it seems the
father has, or should have, the
strongest Influence with the sons
after a certain age. A little rough
Handling from the father will some
not be sent out into the noisy streets
in its cart, or in its nurse's arms.
Kept in cool, well-ventilated rooms
with not too strong light, and what
light there is not allowed to fall di
rect on the little face, is much bet
ter than, subjecting it to tho nerve
wracking noises of the street, or the
glare of the sunshine, and flying
dust of the thoroughfare. Learn to
let it alone. Do not force its atten
tion or its faculties. Even the con
stant talking of the mother is- a tax
on his little mind, and the jargon
that most of persons use when try
ing to entertain the baby is in no
sense improving, even if it was nec
essary, while the strange iaces con
tinually thrust upon its vision must
be very disconcerting to the little,
wondering mind. Think this matter
over, dear mother, and try to realize
how you wo i. Id, yourself, feel this
constant distraction, and the weari
ness of always being bothered by a
crowd of comparative strangers. Do
let the baby alone!
the pain disappears with delightful
suddenness, but the ear discharges,,
sometimes for days at a stretch, and
there is no knowing how long this
unpleasant condition might last if un
attended to, but it should not bo let
run any great while. Immediately
after the gathering is broken, Hhe
ear should be thoroughly but gently
flooded with a mixture of warm wa
ter and listerine, using a teaspoon
ful of listerine to a coffee-cup of
water. This safe and simple treat
ment will make the, ear clean -and
sweet; an uncared-for broken ear be
comes decidedly offensive, as any
one who has ever sat beside ono'in
some public place can testify. The
listerine prevents infection, destroy
ing germs that might otherwise start
fresh ulcers in the delicate lining of
the ear. After the gathering has
broken and received the treatment,
it must not be exposed td severe cold.
Warm (never hot, but just blood
heat) water is the remedy for ear
ache in babies. This water is poured
gently, a teaspoonful at a tfme, in
tho afflicted ear, the child's head be
ing held sidewise to receive it. The
water is allowed to remain for two
minutes; then the baby Is turned
over, and the water runs out upon
a warm towel; this simple remedy,
which seems to have a most soothing
effect, should be repeated several
times, or until the child is relieved.
Mother's Magazine.
For Vacation Visits
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from some of the larcost institutions times succeed in shaping the clay,
in the countrv." excusing themsfiivon where the gentle touches of the
for not putting a Btop to the brutal
practice of hazing which is carried
on under their noses: "The best
way of abolishing hazing is not by
law, but by the training of gentle
mothers in the home circle." And
th'e same might be said of murders,
thieveries, gambling, and every
species of immorality and lawless
ness! Tho sentiment of these shirk
ing college professors was followed
by the editorial endorsement (from
a woman's pen) in this wise: "The
heads of colleges are not to blamo"
(for the lawlessness of youth under
their charge) " it is to
tho mother's all-pervading influence
we must look for the traits and hab
its developed in these boys, and if
they prove ruffians, vicious, ill-bred,
without morality and gentleness of
demeanor, she is to blame." This
writer still further says: "The
teacher, with uead and hands filled
to overflowing in the teaching she is
paid to attend to, can not mold each
child under Ler for the few hours
daily, in everything." In all this
arraignment, there is nothing said of
the temperament, hereditary bias,
coarseness or fineness of organism of
the child. Tho clay is there to be
molded, and from whatever grade or
mother are absolute failure. "The
woman thou gavest me," has always
been a favorite excuse with a certain
class of mon.
AN OLD AND WELL TRIED REMEDY
Mns. Winslow's SooTnreo Syiitjp tor chil
dren tcothinff should always bo used for ehil
flrpn while tcethlntr. Itsortens tho Bums, allays
all nnJn.cures wind colic and is tho best remedy
for diarrhoea. Twentyllveoonts abottla.
Entertaining tho Bnby
A physician who has made a study
of children's dispositions and ail
ments, advises -mothers to let the
baby alone, and to refrain from al
lowing others ip continually talk to
and try to Interest the little soul in
their too often senseless sounds. The
awakening faculties of tho new lit
tle being, this physician tells us, are
as sensitive and tender as the little
body and limbs, and need just as
much careful shielding from careless
handling. An unspoiled baby will
eptertain itself for hours. It finds
the world into which it has been
so unceremoniously plunged, to be
a mass of mysteries, and. little by
little, it is trying to. solve those near
est at hand. It must get acquainted
with its own wonderful parts the
little dimpled, rosy hands and feet.
Watch its actions when studying
those members, and see how hard it
is trying to think It all out. A baby
must be treated like other little ani
mals; it must have quiet, comfor.t
and rest, both of mind and body. Its
few wants are warmth, cleanliness
and food, and with these attended to,
it will thrive best if let alone. Its
delicate hearing apparatus should
not bo assailed by loud or harsh
sounds, and for this reason, it should
Many a charming visit has been
spoiled by being prolonged beyond a
convenient time, and no end of un
easiness has been caused both to
guest and hostess by failure to see
clearly just when a visit should end.
Two weeks is a very proper limit to
set to any visit, unless it might be
that of a very near relative; one
week is usually long enough for any
but relatives and particular friends.
Better haVe the time too short than
too long; many persons who are quite
agreeable for a week or two become
less so after that time, and longer
than two weeks is likely to develop
any uncongenial qualities that either
hostess or guest may chance to have.
Besides, you may not be the only
guest that is to be entertained, and
between the best of friends, enter
taining, is a wearing experience to
the hostess, who would like to have
a little relaxing between guests, It
is a good plan to announce the
length of your intended visit, and in
this way your hostess will know what
preparations to make. If a guest is
invited, the hostess should ask her
to come for a certain length of time,
and the guost should not prolong her
stay after the expiration of the time
stated. Modern life will not admit
of the same sort of hospitality that
was practiced by our grandmothers,
and we must adjust ourselves to the
new conditions both in giving and ac
cepting invitations.
It is often a sore trial to h -
pelled to entertain an uninvited
guest, as her coming may upset our
own already made plans, and this Is
rendered very much more trying if
the guest breaks in upon' us unex
pectedly. Under the circumstances,
our own plans may be set aside at a
serious sacrifice, and try as we may
to be perfectly cordial, we can not
entirely suppress a sort of grudging
of the enforced hospitality, which
can not but tinge with discomfort the
whole time of the visit. What a nitv
it is that we can not frankly say to
such visitors that their coming is. in
opportune, and that it ia not con
venient for. us to receive them!
It
'Baby's Earache
sometimes hannens during
One of the things the parents must
learn Is, that the baby Ib not a pretty
plaything, 'nor a bit of unimpressed
material to be made over- as one
chooses; but that it is a separate, in
dividual soul, to be taught, trained,
guarded, guided, controlled, but not
arbitrarily ruled. The .child's indi
viduality must be respected.
Homes and Children. v. -
Charlotto Perking Gilman; in Suc
cess Magazine, says: "As it now
Btands, the home is, in many respects
a most unsuitable place fot children';
and, in many ways; the mother is' 'ah
unsuitable person to have sole charge
of them. Why? Because the home
nine homes out of ten is a work
shop, and' the mother, nine mothers
out of ten is a toiling house-servant.
Our Ideal in the instinctive
care and service of the young is the
animal mother, yet we forget that
that perfect functionary has nothing
eise to ao. sne gives instinctive care,
the young ones give instinctive
obedience, and all goes well. But
our children need far more than the
young of animals, or than the
papooses of the tolling squaw.
We are used to schools and their
benefits; but we still maintain that,
although beyond a certain age of the
child, the home is patently inade
quate to his needs, below that age it
is perfectly sufficient; that although
beyond a certain age of the child
the mother is patently inadenuatG as
a teacher, below that age, slie is per
fectly sufficient. 'For the care and
instruction of our college boys and
girls we are glad to pay large sums
to secure the leaders in sciences as
instructors, but the care and educa
tion of our baby girls and boys we
contentedly leave in the hands of the
lowest grade of unskilled labor!'
It can not be too often
repeated that, under this system our
children are brought up by house
servants who take care of the child
ren. In nine cases out of ten the
servants are also the mothers;
in the tenth case, the mother la
servants take care of the children.
Where there are no servants, and tho
mother does all the housework, wo
suppose that children may be prop
erly cared for by their cook, laund
ress, seamstress, chambermaid,
nurse, teacher mother, by the over
mastering force of maternal instinct.
The myth of maternal instinct cov
ers a multitude of sins. TUvnn nt i
best, instinct does not make life safe
teething that a child, particularly one
that has taken cold, will be sorely af
flicted with gatherings in the ears.
These most painful of all swellings
do not necessarily cause deafness.
but may do so If neglected. After and healthy for little animals; it only
one of these gatherings has broken, tries to do so. How can even instinct
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