Loving the Baby.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 314, 7 November 1888, Page 6

Loving the Baby.

We think many mothers -would find it conduce nob only to their present joy, but in ani even greater degree to their future happiness, in days when failing strength and spirits will make the constant protecting love of son or daughter doubly dear, • to ponder well the following, written by Mrs Alice Goldsmith in an American contemporary :—: — Young mothers are often told not to make idols of their babies, but are seldom warned against not loving them enoughj; and yet many children after their earliesb babyhood have their loving little hearts starved and their sweet natures perverted, for want of a.a absorbing mother love. Mothers lavish care on their children and look after their piactical wants, but for want of having had their own love nature developed, shrink from making any other, demonstration of their affection. The rosycheeked lad whose mother never fails to see that he is properly mittened and coated before he starts to school would often far rather have his heart warmed by a mother'a» kiss than to have his body warmed by her care. Don't be afraid of loving the little ones too much. I can often wai d off a fit of impatience or sulks in my little lad of five by calling him to my side and spending » few moments in caressing him. No matter how busy I am at the moment, I feel more, than rewarded by his little loving epithets. I ' never forget that the Angel of Death may be standing without my gates waiting to snatch my treasure: When the sunlight has, gone out of your life, when the naughty hands that yesterday seemed so troublesome 1 are forever at rest, and the little tonguethat once nearly drove you frantic with its. questions is silenced and can never again lisp you name, it will be too late to show the love you would then give your life to•xpress. Love your children, mothers. Don't be afraid of loving them overmuch ; they were made to be loved. But love| doesn't mean injudicious indulgence, American children are proverbially disrespectful to their parents. This argues a. weakness in their home rule, bub not by any means an excessive love. To allow a child to grow up a boor for want of wise teaching" is mistaken kindness, or rather it iB not kindness at all. A boy whose mother has been weak in her management of him will bo apt, not only to have little affectioa for her, t>ub bo have that little mixed wibh contempt, Ib is to the Home life that yfs musb look to, bo surround a child with gentle influences and kindly courtesy thab a rude word ihall be impossible to him.

THB PITCAIKN- ISLAN-I>EB/-« JUBILEE Pri> sent. — Captain Lewtrhwaifce is master of bh,e Oairraon of Glasgow, and on' his homeward voyage from Vancouver Island, lately, he called at Pitcairn. He found that th 6 descendants of the mutineers of the Bounty had received papers containing particulars of the Queen's Jubilee. They said they were anxious to make her Majesty a Jubilee present, and in the absence of anything more valuable they decided to send some straw hats of their manufacture. They alsosent other goods made of straw, which they manipulate with a great deal of skill. Th© presents were handed to Captain Lewthwaite by M'Avoy, the governor of the island, and grandson of one of the mutineers. The box containing the presents has been lodged with the vicar of Peckham-rye, who acts as agent for the islanders, to forward to the Queen. There are now one hundred^ and twelve persons on the island, two-thirds being women. They use no strong drink, tobacco, or money. Some time ago a har monium was taken out to them, and CapVLewfchwaite says one woman plays it remarkably well. On September 4th a mateh 1 of a remarkable nature took place at Long Sutton ; Mr Thomas Wilson, who is* 94 years of age,., undertaking, for a purse of money, to walk four miles within the hour. The route was from Sutton Bridge railway station by the.Washway - road to Long Sutton. railwaystation; Mr Wilson accomplished the distance with ease in 59min., which, eoosidering his great age, must be reckoned a remarkable feat. ' ' The Old, Old Story*— She (early in the • evening) : Good evening, Mr ' SampsonsSame she (later in the, evening) : Good nighb, George.