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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. 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