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The West AUSTRALIAN
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1911
In and Around the Home Make Each Day Brighter
" Speak gently to the little child, Its love be sure to gain ; leach it in accents soft and mild, It may not long remain." 'Tie a great mistake to have bad opinions or to form rash judgments of children ; and it is almost an unpardonable crime to let them know that you do not think well of them. They will usually endeavour to live up to the opinions they think their Parents and teachers have formed of them. The more a parent or teacher believes in a child's purity of motive, the purer that child's motive will Nothing is more disheartening be. to a child than to be charged with an anworthy motive that never occurred to him. If a boy is scolded for quarrelling, when he has simply interfered to stop a quarrel, he is less likely to be a peacemaker at the next opportunity. is If he at taken, to task for being late school before the teacher finds out why he is late, his sense of justice tray be outraged if his lateness is of a kind that the teacher would approve, with knowledge of the cause. The light-hearted, generous, forgiving spirit of the child makes many a teacher nr parent careless about giving But if we would set up offence. pure motives in abiding power in the life of the child, we must check our blundering suspicions, believe in the child's purity of motive, and keep that belief Plainly to the fore in every. issue.
Guard the eyes despise the day of little The whole system needs to be in good condition to keep each So keep your body organ right. strong, for when the body weakens, the eyes weaken. This is the reason of failing sight in old age. Don't forget that hot water is most efficacious in case of tiredness of the eyes. Bathing for about ten minutes with water as hot as you can bear your elbow in is almost a sure
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Don't go to an optician to get glasses without being first examined by a good oculist. and treated Much harm is often done this way, and your eyes are not things to run any risks with.
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Catholic you often came upon a wayside shrine of Our Lady of Pity. On wild and lonesome moors, rugged hillsides, and, in quiet villages, you came on the stone or wooden image of the Blesdead Christ, sed Mother, with the packmen, merchants, and pilgrims, nobles, children all would stop, kneel down and say, " Hail Mary." One of the great sanctuaries was that of Our Lady of Dale, Virgin Mother of Pity, in Derbyshire. This is how it was founded. There once lived in St. Mary's street, in Derby, a Pious baker, named Cornelius. who gave many loaves to the
The housekeeper whose kitchen is always "in a mess " whose food is half-cooked, whose dining -room is untidy, fails in her duty as surely as does the woman who never goes into her kitchen because she can afford to pay for plenty of service. On the other hand the woman who a good cook and tidy, and all is that one could desire in that way, makes an utter failure of her work, if she is tied down to her kitchen, her and her household duties all If she is her housewaking hours. hold slave, she is not its mistress. The women who stay at home all the time often make the most unpleasant homes, whilst those who think about something besides kitchen ranges, washtubs, and baby flannels make the best mothers-a truth that most People who know women and mothers readily assent to.
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'Mid Pleasures and l'alaces though we may roam, Be it ever so trumble, there's no place like home
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the Most women intend to live simple life --some day. But somehow or other this dream never comes come true. It is always going to true-to-morrow. Meanwhile, to -day is lived the same as was yesterday. And yet, as Turgeney says, " How empty, dull and useless is almost evHow few ery day when it is spent the traces it leaves behind it ? How meaningless, how foolish those hours as they coursed by one after another? We Ah, to -morrow, to -morrow comfort ourselves. But why do we imagine that other coming days will not he like this day we have just li!
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Easy things " I want my Parents often say children to have an easier time than The wish is we'll meant ; I had." frequently it is most unwise. Sometimes- the struggle may he so severe as to injure, cripple, or even blast Usually it is not the a man's life. struggle, but the lack of it that cripVery often, perhaps usually ples. the bard things we complain of and from which we wish to save our children are the cause of what success we have attained. To them we owe what power of initiative, what mastery of self and events are ours ; to them we owe what strength of character we possess. It is the hard things of life which we have conquered, or bravely fought against, even if we have not conquered, which have chiefly developed what originality and individuality we have. To save children from any blight that may' have been on our lives is wise, is kindness. To shield from all hard knocks, to make all things easy, is to do about the worst thing for them. This is to do what is called " to inure by kindness "-a misnomer what has the applied to outward form of kindness, but which lacks the substance. It is in reality, cruelty. It is to blight life by the curse of easy things. :
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When sewing heavy muslin, the machine needle often is unable to Pierce the material without breaking. This is due to the dressing of the fabric and the condition is greatly, improved if soap be applied as a thin coating upon the seam.
One night Our Lady told him in a vision to go to Depe Dene, sell all that he had, and live as a solitary, for the sake of her divine Son and herself. The good baker obeyed and went out to find DePe Dene-not knowing where it was. But as he went through the ailStanley he heard a mother lage of tell her daughter to drive the caaves to Depe Dale, and he went the same road, and found a small and rocky cave, under a hill, in which he erected an altar, and lived as a hermit. Here he lived, doing good, and here died happy, and here rose the he great Abbey of Dale, sacred to Our Lady of Pity, of which the ruins only remain. But we can love Our Lady of Pity, can make a shrine in our hearts, and show our devotion by performing little acts of compassion. The youngest child can be her client-for he or she can go to a mourner, or anyone, who is in trouble can say, " I'm sorry," and give a kiss. Virgin Mother of Pity , help us to have pity."
Light refreshments was An old North State darkey sent to the hospital in Charlotte for treatment. Upon his arrival he was placed in the ward, and one of the nurses put a thermometer in his mouth to take his temperature, and when the doctor made the rounds he said to him " Well, my man, how do you feel ?" " I feels right tol'be sea." " Have you had anything to eat?" " Yassah." " What did you have ? " " A lady done gimme a piece of glass to suck, sah."
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Work and ability It is well for girls and parents too to remember that two things lead to success in work. First comes the right choice of it profession and then the ability to stick to it. Having found the right line .of work only the few seem willing to stick to it. Simply to like a thing does insure the ability to accomplish it. heartbreaks and heartaches Many might be avoided if girls with nice little voices would cease to dream dreams and see visions if girls who play- popular songs effectively would up the idea that they might give some day move apPlauding thousanis and if the girls who could recite could understand that the great actresses are the prodacts of years of hard study and self-sacrifice. ;
Have pity on those who straggle against the difficulties of life and who are on the point of yielding to discouragement, and perhaps to neglect of duty.
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