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Mothers’ Corner.
For Woman’s Work.
WHAT BABY DOES.
BY M. E. 8.
He wakes in the morning when others would
sleep *
He smiles at mamma when she whispers, "Be
still,”
For he’s tired of bed and wishes to creep
Away to the floor and play with his toys,
And’waken the household with prattle and
noise.
He grasps at the sunbeam that steals through a
crack
He seizes poor pussy and rubs her soft back,
Yet no one is angry, let him do what he will—
For baby’s the sweetest of boys!
He comes to the table and upsets his cup,
Then laughs at the nurse when she clears it all
He pulls’ papa’s whiskers when he lies down for
a nap,
Steals grandpapa’s glasses, rumples grandmam
ma’s cap;
He mocks old Brindle, shut up in her pen,
He crows like the rooster and clucks like the
hen;
He is busy with mischief the live-long day,
Yet never a soul has a word to say—
For baby’s the dearest of boys!
He plays ’Peek-a-boo,” with himself in the glass,
He shouts through the window to folks as they
pass, „ ,
He keeps cook from her work, till there’s scarce
bite or sup,
He mounts old Towser and makes him “getup.”
Dressed in his robes of fine linen and lace,
When the preacher baptized him, he laughed in
his face. , . ,
He has never a foe, but friends at his call,
To pick up his playthings or hand him his ball—
Ana baby’s the happiest of boys!
Clad in hir "nightie,” he begs for a kiss,
Then hastens away to slumber land bliss.
The wee little hands, that have done so much
wrong,
Are placidly folded as he lists to the song
The fond mother sings, while blessings are shed,
By those bending near, on his dear little head ;
The bright eyes are closing, the busy brain’s still,
He can do no more mischief, how much he may
will — , , . x ~
For baby’s the sleepiest of boys!
For Woman’s Work.
CRUELTY TO CHILDREN.
BY NAOMI WOLCOTT.
Last winter I went to our town, three
and a half miles distant. It was one of
the severest days of the season, and my
hands and feet ached after I went to the
fire until I almost cried. I had just got a
little “thawed out” when a man who lived
at least three miles further west than I,
came in with his wife and a little chubby
boy of about three years of age.
As soon as the little fellow began to get
warm he began to cry, for his hands were
blue wi'h cold. The father began to slap
his little face and order him to hush.
This was impossible, as the suffering was
severe without the blows. He jerked him
out of the chair, sat down and t< ok him up,
slappliog and threatening.
The boy looked at his mother piteously,
but she turned her face away, and finally
got up and left them. The little fellow,
with a brave effort choked down his sobs
and followed her, clinging to her dress as
if to protect himself from his brutal father,
who still watched him. I was so wrought
up by this unreasonable conduct that I
could scarcely restrain my wrath, and the
picture of that little tear-stained face fol
owed me for days.
But this is only one phase of the cruelty
practiced upon helpless little ones, loung
parents are nearly always unreasonable
with their children. As they get more ex
perience in child-nature they perhaps go
to the other extreme. The most cruel
thing a parent can do is to let children
grow up without judicious discipline.
Many mothers are so busy, overworked
and nervous, that they never stop to study
their childrens’ natures, never inquire
into the many causes for complaint brought
to their notice, or the justice with which
they decide the cases and apply the pen
alties for broken law.
Nothing wounds a child like injustice.
Nothing spoils a disposition like indis
criminate punishment. Nothing ruins a
child for time and eternity like a lack of
firmness on the part of the parent.
I write this for young parents, because I
have been a young mother, and now, at
middle-age, can see so plainly where my
discipline was at fault; having little chil
dren now, 1 can also see how easy and
pleasant is a different course.
If you will get your children’s confi
dence by encouraging them to open their
hearts to you,you are then prepared to deal
with them justly. Let their best inter
ests be your guide in all your dealing with
them. Give them all the freedom and
privileges they can utilize in developing
personality, but stop firmly when a fur
ther indulgence would endanger their
moral or spiritual welfare. They will soon
appreciate your reasons,and love and trust
you more than if you vacillated. The kind,
loving protection a child by firm,
judicious parents is a blessing that will in
fluence its life for good here and here
after.
I know a young mother who is hot
tempered and impatient. She slaps, scolds
and chastises just as her temper dictates,
never with any reference to the merits of
the case. The unfortunate children can
neither love, respect, nor obey her. They
will tell a falsehood readily; and have no
conception of obedience; indeed they
would be puzzled to know what she really
wished them do. Though they are bright
children, they are fast becoming wicked
and uncontrollable.
1 can see pain and sorrow and trouble
for that careless mother, and ruined dispo
sitions to torment the after life of these un
fortunate little ones.
For Woman’s Work.
MOTHERS’ THOUGHTS.
BY FLORA CLARKE HUNTINGTON.
fjOW great are the cares and respon
p|*| sibilities of a mother I Each mo
c the magnitude of life’s mission, in
tilling that holy position. The mother’s
love is not a part, but all of her being.
There are times when the recompense
seems small for the suffering and loving
solicitude which she has borne all along
the years. Some have been fraught with
joy and happiness, but there were times
when her lips have tasted the bitter cup of
sorrow, when she has passed bravely ' un
der the rod,” to toil on and on, —though
the way be rugged—until she reaches the
dawn of the glorious morning, thebegin
ning of a brighter and better day.
Mothers should never die ! When the
time comes for “rest from their labors,”
they should gently fall asleep, while the
angels waft sweet incense over their eye
lids, and with low, musical strains of har
mony, they are borne aloft, straightway
into the “golden portals of Heaven” to
receive the reward, which every true moth
er so richly deserves.
Her crown should be of jewels whose
light is surrounded by the halo of love,
her girdle of charity, her wand scintillat
ing with diamonds pointing to the “star
of hope,” her sandals of pearls, whose em
blem is purity, the path of which leads to
that “peace which passeth understanding,”
and is the joy eternal of a well spent life.
For Woman’s Work.
A FANCY SCARF FOR CHAIR OR
PICTURE FRAME.
BY LENA THATCHER.
To make this scarf, take one yard of satin
and do drawn-work on the ends as follows:
measure oft ten inches on each end. The
first five inches the threads are pulled for
the fringe, but this part of the work should
be left till after the drawn-work is finish
ed. Now measure one inch above the five
inch fringe, and pull threads to make
a row of drawn-work inches in width.
Next, measure \ inch, and pull threads for
the 2nd row of 'drawn-work. Tais row is
one inch in width. The work is easily
done, and I need only to give a brief expla
nation. Beginning at the left side, fasten
the thread —which must be of silk and I
s ime shade as the satin. Place the needle
in, under 8 or 10 threads from right to left, >
draw it through, and take an ordinary ■
hemming stitch at the right of the tnreads. .
The threads of silk being so much finer I
than scrim, the worker will find them troub- i
lesome to cnunt, but a practiced eye
need not count thu number. After fasten-|
ing the threads on each side of our one
inch row, it is ready for a design to be ex- j
ecuted on it. Divide the strands of the 1
open space into groups of two, and knot
them firmly. Tnen, with another thread,
knot each strand of the group separately,
crossing and recrossing the middle or di
viding thread. The third thread is used
exactly as the second, except at the inter
section of three threads, a firm knot is tied.;
To make this row more artistic we weave
our thread in and out through these cross
ing threads till we have what I call a
small daisy. These daisies are worked on
every other one of the center threads. ,
Now we come to the 2| inch row of
drawn-work, which is begun same as the
narrow row. IVe keep the dividing thread
down the centre, but here each group con
tains four strands, and four threads are
used on each side of the middle. The cen
tre is here filled in with a large daisy.
This daisy has 8 petals, and each petal is |
made by weaving the thread in and out
of two threads. This completes one end.
The other end is a trifle different: First
is worked the narrow, or 1 inch row; in this j
we divide our strands into groups of three,
with a middle or dividing thread; then
threads numbers two and three divide each
strand separately, thf* intersections to be
WOMAN’S WORK.
tied firmly with a knot. To make our
knot conspicuous, we weave our thread in
and out around the centre of each of these
knots. This, when completed, gives a
small wheel. In our second row the space
is 2| inches. Here each group contains six
strands, and three threads are used on each
side of the centre. The centre of the
crossing and re-crossing thread is filled in
with a large wheel.
The drawn-work being completed, we
draw threads to the space of 5 inches for
the fringe, and this is divided into strands,
two strands are knotted, then these two
strands are split and again knotted.
The scarf described is of a golden brown
satin; the crossing threads are pale olive
green, and the large and small daisies are
worked with white embroidery silk, with
a trifle of olive in the centres. The large
and small wheels are worked with pink
arrasene, but pink embroidery silk would
answer. The centres of these wheels are
filled in with pale yellow. I call them
wheels, but another person calls them
‘ roses,” and the pink arrasene does make
them resemble this flower. E nbroidery
silk of a dark olive green is used for the
crossing threads.
A scarf of pink or green satin, made in
the same way, would be very pretty.
China silk, with drawn work on the ends,
makes handsome scarfs. Instead of fringe,
a trimming of brass rings, crocheted over
with embroidery silk to match color of the
scarf, makes a pretty finish. If a variety
is liked, a trimming of wheels on one end
and fringe on the other, will give this.
One made by rayself had 40 wheels ar
ranged to form points on one end and
fringe on the other. The wheel trimming
adds length to the scarf, as well as beauty.
To make these wheels, first cover the
ring with one row of de 2nd. row—lde
on each de with 3ch between. 3rd. row
—lsc, 3dc, Isc, under each chain of 3.
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