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Haler's Sornsr,
For Woman’s Work.
MY EASTER CARD.
MRS. LIZZIE A. VORE.
A bright, upturned, dimpled face,
Laughing in its baby glee:
I stopped and gazed and smiling said :
“ ’Tis an Easter card, for me.”
Standing ’mid the lilies white.
Darling, fairer than them all,
Catching in her rosebud mouth
The limped, sparkling drops that fall.
While the southern sunshine bright,
Softly kissed her shining hair,
Gleaming in its radiant light,
Floating on the perfumed air.
And the picture of my sweet,
Framed amid the stately flowers—
Fairer, she than fairest blossoms
Fresh from purifying showers.
It shall live with memory,
As my life glides swiftly on—
Be with me when I shall view
An eternal Easter dawn.
For Woman’s Work.
PUNISHING CHILDREN.
“ Charlie,” said a mother who doted on
the inflexibility of her rules and regula
tions in all things pertaining to family
government, (and, in truth, they were as
unalterable as the laws of the Medes and
Persians). “ Charlie, when we go home,
I shall punish you for that.”
The “ Charlie ” addressed was the speak
er's eldest child, who, in some play with
his brother, younger than himself, (neither
of them being more than eight years of
age) had violated one of those pet regula
tions, and had, thereby, made himself a fit
subject for what she was pleased to term
punishment, but which, in reality, implied
about a certain number of ungentle appli
cations of the literal rod of correction.
The mother and sons referred to, were
from home visiting for the day. A whole
six or eight hours lay between this boy
and the execution of the—to him—terrible
sentence.
He went out and wandered aimlessly
about the yard for a while, but with no
more heart for play. When it seemed he
could endure the tortures of suspense no
longer, he came into the room again where
his mamma was sitting.
“ Mamma,” he said, “ won’t you ple-a-s-e
whip me now, so I can play the rest of the
day ? I can’t play till it’s over.”
“ No, Charlie,” she replied, “you know
I never whip you in the presence of others,
neither do I change my time when once I
have told you.”
The child went out and sat down again,
but could not engage in any sport, with
such a burden of impending doom hanging
over him. One of the family whom they
were visiting came out after a time, and
finding Charlie in such distress of mind,
tried to soothe him by saying, “Go on and
play, and never mind it. Your mamma
may forget about it when she gets home.”
“No,” replied the littlefellow, “she never
forgets, and she always does just what she
says she will,” and a fresh outburst of tears
told how well he knew. (I do not uphold
the interference between mother and son,
but am simply relating facts.) *
That is the end of the “story,” so far as it
concerns us. Those who were eager to
“see how it turned out,” will be disappoint
ed, for I do not know. Had I been present
on the occasion, I should have closed my
eyes and put my fingers in my ears, rather
than witness the sequel. But, mothers, I
ask you, “Do you think, in the instance re
lated, the “punishment fits the crime?” or
does the offense —even if it were an overt
act of disobedience —justify the punish
ment?
Had the mother—seeing good reason for
it—administered prompt reproof (even
though a “ striking ” one,) such as she
thought the conduct of her little son called
for, I would have held my peace; but,
when she subjects him to the agonies of
hours of mind torture ! I cry out against it.
Think of the anguish of mind, the ten
sion of the delicate nerves, the quiverings
of the little childish body, in dread antici
pation of this future punishment, from
which there is no hope held out, in the
offering of & chance of redemption.
And yet this woman, who could put her
child through such an ordeal, was by no
means a monster. On the contrary she
was a thoroughly refined, intelligent and
noble woman, a loving wife and mother
and a model home-maker. Her weakness
lay in what she considered her strength,
viz: in her firmness. She prided herself
upon that.
Oh! I think this sway of scepter of
parent-hood sometimes amounts almost to
despotism. I would preach “ Children
obey your parents,” and then I would turn
and pray that the parents would rule with
the scepter of love, not terror, for alas! how
do the titles of “ father ” and “ mother,”
cover a multitude of transgressions of the
law of kindness and of mercy. Exercising
the prerogative of “judge and jury”—
pleading is prohibited—vengence is oft
times visited upon young offenders, such
as would shame a court of justice.
I almost question the right, and I out
spokenly question the propriety of the
| use of the rod as a means of enforcing
I parental authority. There is something
I savoring of ruffianism, in this propensity to
! smite a fellow-creature, even if it be one of
’ our own blood, and one whose rights are
wholly vested in us. “Young America”
resents an indignity to his flesh, as much
| as do older specimens of the same nation
■ ality. There is a war of rebellion awakened
! in each soul the moment the smart of the
; lash is felt upon the body. The victim
! may yield. He must surrender to the
superior power, but it is not a surrender of
heart. He may ask your pardon, out of
I fear, and promise an immediate reform
from motives of expediency, but no child’s
heart was ever melted to love, by the heat
of the lash, radiating through his spinal
column.
The lash is no longer a permitted instru
ment of correction for adult offenders. Os
later years, it is not even granted the hus
band as a means of bringing an obdurate
i wife to a sense of her duty. Nowhere is
its use legalized except in the sacred pre
cincts of the peaceful (?) homes that fill
our land, and even there none but defence
less minors are subject to this species of
“man’s inhumanity” to fellow mortals,
which “makes countless thousands mourn.”
Mothers, let us put away from among us
such warlike weapons. Let us lock our
“dark closets” and our “down cellars,”
(with the children on the outside, of course)
and, as we advance to meet and bring into
subjection this army of little invaders, let
our arms be but the open arms of love. In
all things let justice be tempered with
mercy, and a proper consideration for the
extreme sensitiveness of the little beings
committed to our keeping. We should
make a careful study of a system of re
wards and punishments, so that we may
have at hand a rational method of meeting
all exigencies, that we prove not ourselves
despots to the extent of our realm.
Sylvia Silverthorne.
Muscatine, lowa.
\ For Woman’s Work.
OUR RESPONSIBILITIES.
When a man chooses the profession of
law he does not expect to be a musician and
a journalist; he knows that if he would
succeed he must devote himself to the one
chosen calling.
When a woman marries, she realizes that
in order to reach lofty heights in wife and
mother-hood, she must sacrifice lesser aims.
She must be willing to lay aside the de
lightful occupations which have made her
girl-hood pleasant; she must know that
when her baby is laid in the cradle,as long
as she can claim the title of “mother”—she
must give full meaning to the words, “Con
stant care.” Her mind, once unfettered,
will be at liberty no more, but is bound by
ties stronger than death, or life—to those
who have come to her from out the great
unknown. Wait a while, girls; think it
all over before you promise to become
wives—to take these duties and burdens
upon you. Sweet and satisfying as are the
obligations of wife and mother, they are
not to be taken lightly. A husband must
not be looked upon as a sort of perpetual
beau, and children as extremely uncertain
and improbable adjuncts. Unless you
reach out of yourself and ask for larger
duties—for a wider field of labor—you had
better stay at home with father and moth
er. dignifying the relation of daughter,
filling the old established home with a
mild radiance which would be a dim light
in a new one. Little Mother.
For Woman’s Work.
LET CHILDREN GO BAREFOOTED
Children who are allowed to go bare
footed enjoy almost immunity from danger
of colds, by accidental chilling of the feet,
and they are much healthier and happier
than those who, in obedience to the usages
of social life, have their lower extremities
permanently invalided, and so to say, care
fully swathed and put away in rigid cases.
As regards the poorer class of children,
there can be no doubt, in the mind of any
one. that it is much better that they should
go barefooted than wear boots that let in
the wet, and stockings that are nearly
always damp and foul. If every one should
go barefooted during the warm weather, it
would be much better for the feet. Corns
would disappear/ cramped toes would
straighten out and grow to a natural size,
and the foot would also become more beau
tiful and healthy. But I do not expect
adults will trot about in bare toes, even for
the sake of ridding themselves of corns;
but I think all parents who care for the
health of their children, should see that
their feet come in contact with fresh, clean
earth for a little time, at least, on each
sunny summer day.
THE GEORGIA R. R.
Georgia Railroad Company, )
Office Gen’l Manager. >
Augusta, Ga., May 12, 1888. )
Commencing Sunday, 13th instant, the following
passenger schedule will be operated.
Trains run by 9<)th Meridian Time.
~_ZZZ Nil 27 WEST—DAI LY.
Leave Augusta 7 45 am
Leave Washington 7 20 am
Leave Athens 7 45 am
Leave Gainesville 5 55 am
Arrive Atlanta 1 (KI pm
No. 28 EAST—DAILY.
Leave Atlanta 2 45 pm
Leave Gainesville 5 55 am
Arrive Athens 7 20 pm
Arrive Washington 7 20 pm
Arrive Augusta 8 15 pm
DAY PASSENGER TRAINS.
No, 2 EAST-DAILY. | No. 1 WEST—DAILY.
Lv Atlanta 8 (KI amlLv Augusta 10 45 am
Ar Gainesville. ... 8 25 pmlLv Macon 7 10 am
Ar Athens 5 05 pmlLv Milledgeville. 9 19 am
Ar Washington... 2 20pm Lv Washington... 11 20 am
Ar Milledgeville. 4 13 pm Lv Athens 9 (KI am
Ar Macon 6 00 pm Ar Gainesville .... 8 25 pm
Ar Augusta 3 35 pm Ar Atlanta 5 45 pm
NIGHT EXPRESS AND MAIL.
No, 4 EAST-DAILY, | No. 3 WEST—DATLY7~
Lv Atlanta 11 15 pm Lv Augusta 11 00 pm
Ar Augusta 6 45 am Ar Atlanta 6 .30 urn
DECATUR TRAIN—Daily except Sunday.
Lv Atlanta 8 55 amlLv Decatur 9 45 am
Ar Decatur 9 23 am Ar Atlanta 10 15 am
Lv Atlanta 3 45 pm Lv Decatur 4 20 pm
Ar Decatur,... 4 10 pm Ar Atlanta 4 45 pin
COVINGTON ACCOM’N—Daily except Sunday.
Lv Atlanta 620 pm[Lv Covington 540 am
Lv Decatur 6 56 pmiLv Decatur 7 25 am
Ar Covington 8 35 pmlAr Atlanta.... 7 55 am
MACON NIGHT EXPRESS—DAILY.
No. 31 WEBTM ARD. I No. .32 EASTWARD.
Lv Camak I 30am Lv Macon 6 .30 pm
Ar Macon 7 30 amlAr Camak 11 (KI pm
Sleeping Car to Charleston on train No. 4.
Trains Nos. 2,1, 4 and 3, will, if signalled, stop at
any regular schedule flag station.
No connection for Gainesville on Sundays.
Trains No. 1 and 2 stop at Union Point for dinner.
No. 28 stope at Harlem for supper.
E. R. DORSEY, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
J. W. GREEN, Gen’l Manager.
E. W. WHITE. T. P. A.. Augusta. Ga.
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