Show It Responsibilities r r s of Mother hood I By Dr Ernestine Madame i. i II J nE Is to I m my mind no sub sun bo so vital Hal mo about ut which What may write On ono have ha been as that that on ton which CIZ CIZo I m my opinion a asked eked to o express espies would Children eel J What Phat t them hemp B the world be bo Iho By them without I race I Is assured t the Per perpetuity of ot f tho and on bringing their bring the up up- p. p dep depends 9 Although progress o of ot f the world imports Importance tho the superlative of ot brin properly has bringing gong u up children e there been realized for tor or agee are uro no ages age s youn young rules to guld parent tho the tho only followed principles u u i-u d are individual m H. H o s to tu bees be OC mistakes ones an and es of ot one ono the tho passed on to the generation ar are aro e 0 often otten next through t reasoning prejudice an un- un n People so people against st possessed b by by- some somo tash fashioned anything that Is not old i. J r L Y Child nn an 1 Individual O Of or course I f rt world orld has Its every child born Into th tho own n individuality twists of ot Its own character t These have dwelt dwell Wit with to bot bo If f t the trey they should be bo as occasion d demands o and I I on the part of or tho subject of f deep ices study tho the parent But is It strange strang that Whilo there then not havo have always been numerous Instances Lances of ot this sort of ot thing the tho avern average e parent IB hs II Inclined cli to rC regard ard a a. special mental twist I as ns nothIng noth noth- ing more nor less than a childish whim bothersome in then but and anno annoying to the parent not worthy of ot serious attention In fact tact do not the majority of ot parents great reat nowadays absolutely fall tall to realize realise theare the responsibility that is theirs heirs and are they not therefore to be a held ac countable for tor many actions of ft- ft their Jw spring oft off i 1 I have havo perhaps passed rather suddenly to the tho point k of or what I have to say but r H Z 1 t yr 1 j L hf i T p. p u felt y MADAME SCHUMANN SCHUMANN- HEINK t I Ai 4 it is a point o nt that has haR always s 's been boen sup sup- in my mind wl when n thinking ot of o children One who win will In seriously consider con con- conj j shier sider r the possibilities ot or the tho proper training ti of ot children and the decrease in crime and wretchedness such BUch train train- in would ing-would would mean n will agree with mo worthy that thoro there is no other othet topic BO so of or earnest rnest attention The next generation generation gen gen- will be exactly what tho the children children children chil chil- Should wo we not of today are dren make mako ita It might to strive with all our than this one generation better n a not seok seek all nU the aid n and should we this most moat counsel that wo we can obtain on Important subject nul holes 5 Possible that there are arc no rules The Tho statement needs to guide parents be bo a sot of ot rules by There can never brought up be because because be- be bo ho children may which individuality be cause there will always alwn'S In the parent and andIn andIn both to reckon with has there recent years hat In hr tho child Of ot advancement 1 to been heen a tendency much thai that is good tood and that i nn much bad is-bad Is bad In It think that every een child It Is absurd to certain age that a 3 should walk at at a the age of eighteen failure to take of ot lacking mental mentality months Is a n. sign mothers arc are many mothers I thoro thero Nevertheless their sons do don not t who noticing that as their neighbors neighbor's rapidly progress as The Tho re result ro- ro progress endeavor endeavor to force tho the less disastrous because because be be- be- be sult ault cause causo is not nono none realized by those who aro responsible these matters as such sub Asido from things that ma may bo subject sub sub- there thoro are many man larger I have a n. largo beet j t to regulation majority of ot women In family than tho always found that loat that and I have havo America things the same treatment treatment treat in a great many tho lie sumo samo results no ment brings about the c children may maybo maybo different matter how my first child Before bo ho Individually realized rable that I was entered the world I 1 and for tor I r responsibility accepting a a. great has seemed too tea sacrifice that reason no sac great for mo me of Motherhood Ordeal Tho rho prepared extent I 1 was a at least through to an which I was to for the ordeal ordeal lasting It Is 18 a 3 long Ions long discretion dis pass lass pass until tho the years o of before birth child from reached by tho the boon been Grotto to havo have periods or Immunity and ant there aro arc watchfulness no Is the tho note key Unceasing ft H motherhood rt of or good rood told frequently we wo are time l Selfishness e fishiness of our Influence the thc 1 Is he tin tho dominating of or nothing of or admits child should b bo be the r- r S 'S tho the ol ot kind both on the part Ir r- r consideration Thor There c first and nd of the father mother without number num the discouragements t will ill b bl b obstacles disco Innumerable Always Alway i her ber f I I thero there will be bo opposing Influences overcome t to but e through no battle battlo can bo be w won on o i would fighting and those who into the reap victory In n having brought world n. n man or a n. I Whom woman o of ot struggle the they ma may be bc Justly proud must uge age will unceasingly Tho The peace of ot f old oh be bo all the sweeter M lo r lo the Forc Force which During lasted Mated all nil my tight light a not against adversity until m my shy coming to A America In 1898 only 1898 only I I eleven years year ago had to provide for a A. large largo family ofIs of or children My ly y point of view Is therefore I not that of at the free care-free woman whose hose material wants wantA urn are amply provided provIded pro pro- vided for tor Many times ha has tho the task of ot feeding clothing and educating boys bos and girls my and seemed beyond m my pow power r fie frequently was a continuation of at the struggle despaired I of I I knew that t I lowed owed to my children the tho very best hest that I could give them In n eve every way catty I dreaded to contemplate that the they should have to go o Into the great world In handicapped In an any man man- nor ner While perhaps I did not realize It at the time I know now that it was wa the mother love In mo me that spurred purred me mo on to work and plan to tn strive onward and Ind upward through all those years Mother-love Mother Is to m my mind born with the child i Unfortunately there thore ire are cases In which It dies from lack of or nourishment or Is Js superseded by I simple affection through h being choked b by y the weeds of selfishness distrust and nd Ill So man many mothers who have havo cave loved their babies come como only to euro cure care for tor their boys boy's and girls And so many parents who have havo exer exer- cl crl all the unselfishness their natures j were capable or oL In behalf ot of their V boYS 1 and nd ln girls have grown glown careless in th their r attention to tho the welfare ot or tho the youths nn and maidens ot or their families Contrary Contrary Contrary Con Con- to general g opinion thou though h It may maybe be I hold that thero Is no dangerous ago age ot of children From Irom tho the time a a. baby Is born until tho the young oung man or woman gains a n. full knowledge 1 of ot tho the world orld to think for himself h or and the tho n. n ability herself and to think rightly all ages are dangerous My 1 O On n II I But to return to my own story Before Bo- Bo DoI I fore I came ame to America all my children ch had llad been under my constant personal care I belh vl ll my duty lay that way and I havo have never nevor had reason to change o opinion my mv burden was waR wasa wasa my considerable ono one for tor I was a busy a 0 woman and my family was large Sus SusI Still StillI I did think then and I do think now natural duties of ot a mother can cannot cannot not that bo be the delegated to another without results disastrous It was this belief bellet that caused me mo to I nurse my own children I always r rt f t nH even even nt fr- fr an operatic n when playInG Sany Pt times S my baby bab has ha be been T in my Many Ian waiting for me mo wh while to I room dressing responding to an encore encore- have lave been I first set foot toot a on r American Whoa When hero establish R. R home to I decided soil children on e and educate my ultimately Atlantic tlc American American life lifee of the tho this tilde side ch Institutions os and d characteristics Impress Im- Im and I b became convinced con con- greatly press pressed me this country had before before It vinced that future I should have taken the greatest I been childless How had this step the reason when I co much greater to n my h y offer its boundless boys the Child r. Best Friend Mother nother children I have In bringing endeavored Up my to inculcate Into always tho feeling early age ag at an minds their for upon Ulon mo me depend that tha they could ani consider me nib In ovary overy ever and and truest friend I w way ay their best virtuallY all the with me kept them I alono took ca care said time As I nave havo saia unassisted Was vre thom them of ot tho the eight ot of and ana in lu sickness InjO in it health In n them with I never r permitted n and l In Jn sorrow with wilh h my joy jO In to time my mv toward then them teT and for these duties d round found time duties I always circus circumstances beer been I Had my financial not kayo havo done donI dlf dit- I should I otherwise did not permit meto nic me Poverty po ox u when awas a chilli nu oven engage alte a ft nur nurse 1 to en instances sick and JJ In many y bedside dc was waR nj ni ht t to bo be at nt the stayed staved UP Ul all night one a and 1 still wt Went event or I of or m my beloved usual A And l the with my my work a as As I 1 look k al t m my fam foal Is knew I lie never naturallY reel feel happy and ad nd 5 now I 1 tied fled I I I If It I am A A. good mother as 8 people choose to call me It Is 18 because I maintain maintain maintain main main- tain that women of or the tho stage should be bo married that marriage rounds out their art that that It la is the goal for which every woman should and that motherhood Is tit tho crowning glory of ot womanhood The satisfaction of ot a work well done dono Is s a 0 more than sufficient reward Children nn on Inc u lothe se During my upward struggle tho faces of ot my children wore were the tho great Ireat Inventive to hard work and consequently I may maySIl SIl say that I owe to them all that I am today I wanted to rise wanted to be great Ireat wanted the first rank among singers tho the better bettor to provide for tor them and that the they ml might ht have what I thought necessary for Cor them I am ant suro sure that had I had no children children chil chil- dren I should not havo have accomplished what I did accomplish h. h and so so In moldIng molding mold mold- ing their future futuro I made mado m my own and andI I am urn convinced that ever every woman can cando do likewise e. e no matter what her callin callin call- call in In no matter mattor what her station in life Tho The molding of or a L character Is the tho prime primo object of oC existence and there is nothing nothIng noth noth- ing that shapes the character so BO thorough thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- ough and alone such good lines as asa asa ast a t worth worthy motherhood The Ihl Importance of Ilc Diet In bringing up a n child I lay Jay particular lar ar stress upon health proper Coo food 1 and proper exercise Adherence Adherence t to a plain diet of ot simple foods such as milk mille a rood good deal of ot fruit meat once a da day rood good soup once a day dap and plenty of vegetables temperance In everything together with cleanliness good water 1 I I r Af ht light clothing and frost h air f I y consider r the tho bout best proscription tor for good health To medicines o ot of another character I have a n. strong aversion Aside from ministration to material wants the training ot or a Cl young oun fife Is II s a serious m matter demanding constant at at- at Ill behavior In a child Is ls frequently frequently frequently fre fre- based purely upon Ill-health Ill breed and too severe punishment will fear and distrust la laying the tho foundation for tor an barrier between parent and antI I 1 always deman de- de man mended ml absolute obedience and at nil all times good conduct and I succeeded children realize that in making mv my their own welfare as aB well as their own obeying me mo and comfort depended upon I behaving properly Once a child Is brought to realize Imade I Imade Imade fall fail Into proper ways this It will viII made It a n rulo rule never to punish punts my children severely but for tor wrong dog I deprived them of at some pleasure This subjected subjected l them t M f no Indignity as thrashings sometimes to with Ith sensitive and tho lesson Is better hetter children I And learned andin and andin andin required tho the truth at all time I did lid not in all circumstances and I child that admitted Its trans trans- punish a Children I have found are ce sensible and even at an earl early age very ery to conviction If It ono will only are aie open But Dut take tako the tho time and pains to explain too bUSY alas so 50 many mothers are mistakes are made Grave vcr very grave modes of or punishment for 1 hy by parents In word roughly trivial misdoings A hard a 0 hand laid none too gently g on ona ona shoulder a push or 01 a a. slap all allaro allaro little a calculated to Impress a child with aro arc t to tn create creato in the It own HH itt Is 18 Isan isan little brain the thou thought ht that there child and parent an In inequality b between that mn may never be he overcome When achild a i thinks thus thus and and who can say I child ones one's what deep thou thoughts enter a little mind at time lt it commences to draw within itself ItsoU to live e Its own lifo life apart its parents from afterward afterward after after- and amI With Villi this comes self pity how matter reprimand r no each ward but hut thoroughly thorough deserved Is la regarded as another engagement in tho the perpetual tight light between forces hopelessly hope hope- Impossible unevenly matched Thus lessly little by and little the boy boyar or the girl those who should away from s 's grows and con- con be he his or her chief companions II dunIs The Childs Child's Brain Little beginnings beginnings' Imaginary as It may seem It is not Impossible that great crimes have had their true truo some origin oris-In gin in unjust chastisement meted o out to a et meaning well child Small mall things affect us older folk Calk how much much more inure must they affect a growing sens sensitive tive brain open to now thoughts and new Ideas el c every Instant of ot Its existence existence exist exist- I ence once and putting on n each act observed a n construction naturally narrow anus ann based In many cases purely purly on sentiment sentiment sentiment senti senti- ment and seldom on reason For 1101 chilI ehll chil- i dren all are sentimental and their I reasoning If reason they do do has for tor forI I its objective point an Ideal 1 I These little brains of ot our children which treasure a kind word Ford BO so long and retain as carefully the tho memory of ot ofa a wrong wrong some some day they will win have to toI I think out questions large with Import t tind arid and on which the welfare of ot not one I I nerson person alone alono but of ot man many hundreds hundred I I nay may depend How great then Is the rs II that tests rests with mothers and amI fathers Cathers who ho are re charged with tho the |