LADIES’ EXPRESS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 256, 17 March 1875, Page 2

LADIES’ EXPRESS.

[_The Editor will be ijlad to ffive insertion te any local contributions from his lady frienas that may be considered interesting in the family circle, or to the sex generally. ] o A HELPING HAND. “ This life is naught but care and woe,” We oft hear murmurers say ; Alas I to happiness ’tis plain They know not the right, way. We all have cares, sonic great, some small,-.,<; The're by the All Wise plnnn’d; And we almost forget our own When we lend a helping hand. Then give your power, whate’erit be, (Though you may deem it small) To raise a fallen brother, For perchance you too may fall. Oh 1 help to lift him up again, It is the great Command, And try and guide his wandering steps, And lending a helping hand. Though doubtless some will sneer and say “ We’ve nought but self in view,” Remember then, that “ Time tries all ” So to your pledge be true. Then brothers all, and sisters too For Right we’ll make a stand ; Let’s give the grip of Unionhood And lend a helping hand. F.A. Gisborne, March 5, 1875. Love of the Beautiful. —Place a young girl under the care of a kindhearted, graceful woman, and she, unconsciously to herself, grows into a graceful lady. Place a boy iu the establishment of a thorough-going, straight-forward business man, and lie becomes a reliant, practical business man. Children arc susceptible creatures, and circumstances, and scenes, always impress. As you influence them, not by arbitrary rules, nor by steru example alone, but iu a thousand other ways that speak through beautiful forms, pretty pictures, &., so they will grow. Teach your children, then, to love the beautiful. If you are able, give them a corner in the garden for flowers; allow them to have their favorite trees; teach them to wander .in the prettiest woodlets ; show them where they can best view the sunset; rouse them in the morning, uot with the stern “ Time for work,” but with the enthusiastic, “ See the beautiful sunshine I” Buy for them pretty pictures, and encourage them to deck their rooms in his or her childish way. Give them an inch, and they will go a mile. Allow them the privilege, and they will make your home pleasant and beautiful. A bashful young clergyman recently rising to preach forthe first time, made a terrible mess of it, and announced his text in this wise:—“And imminediately the cock wept, and Peter went out aud crew bitterly.”