Part 4 (1/2)

A LITTLE boydown Fourth Avenue in New York, his face bright with interest and his whole air that of one who has ientleman who met him was curious to knoas in the child'sso fast,to the Bible House,” replied the boy pro Star_,--that's the et that shi+p, and so it's part entleman who told this story was old, and the incident had occurred in his young otten it, for it illustrated better than anything he had ever seen the effect upon the mind of a personal share in any enterprise

The child who has worked in a garden is likely to watch its growth and progress with an interest which he could not otherwise feel In the same way he can be ht tasks to do inits order and coular ones, and their performance should become a habit If they are done only now and then, they are much more likely to be felt as a burden

The reat labor and expense

Without unduly distressing them, children should be made to understand this, and that it is only fair that eachit up In the households of the rich, such a course is hard to e home where but one servant, or none at all, is kept, a little ingenuity on the part of the parents will acco” or tiresome repetition

In one family of five children, where there was no servant, but where the standards of the h, there was naturally an enorirl of twelve, the next, a girl of ten Then caht, and so on down The older ones were in school, but all helped cheerfully in the household work as far as they were able

The boy of eight, who htful little fellow, and when he saw histo wash or iron or cook; then, all day long cutting out little gar baby, or engaged in the never-ending task of cleaning the house, his tender heart was deeply reat reader and the lady who superintended the village library ca talks with hi, coupled with a naturally rather ”old-fashi+oned” way of expressing himself, his rehed at hi Chester appeared with his weekly book, and as the librarian was alone, he sat down for a little talk His face was long, and as he dropped into his chair, he sighed heavily

”What is the matter, Chester?” she asked kindly

”My mother is sick,” he replied dejectedly ”She is sick in bed My father got the breakfast, but he isn't ood either Not anything goes right when my mother is sick”

”But she will soon be well Probably she has been working too hard”

”Yes, that's it,” agreed Chester wearily ”My father says so He tells her to let things go more, and she says she tries, but she wants the house to look so nice,--and see hoell sheup one of his knickerbockers, ”and it is work, work, work for ht Oh, Miss Suish, ”the lot of woman is very hard”

Miss Smith had never had such difficulty to control herself as when she heard this monumental sentied to utter steadily, ”Still, it ood children to help her,” to which Chester gravely assented

There are not many children who so fully appreciate their mother's responsibilities; but it is well that, without co, the mother should, in such circumstances as those which have been described, make her family understand that her ”lot” needs all of the amelioration that they can supply; and they will love and value their ho is true of the affairs of your town or city If you do nothing for it, you are likely to care nothing for it

In Miss McCracken's interesting book, ”Teaching Through Stories,” she tells of a little girl, who, fro the story, ”The Microbe Which Comes Into Milk,” became convinced of the importance of pure milk In this tale, emphasis is laid upon the rapidity hichin the sun, and the harm which often cohbor, who had a s her bell early one ht the baby'sout on the piazza in the sun Aren't you afraid it will spoil if you don't put it in the ice-chest?”

It is but a little way from an interest in the pure milk of an individual baby to an interest in pure row up to see that laws are enforced for pure h she may never develop an enthusias to have one woht to see that good laws for such matters are a part of patriotiset such laws, even though he s in front of his house, is not a true patriot

It is not often that one person can work in many different directions; but if each one will choose some reform in which he is particularly interested, and hammer at that until it is acco fine for his country He eain, he must be reminded that patriotisetting your ordinance passed, youit enforced Worst of all, the clever rascals on the other side et your hard-won law repealed,--and there is your long task all to do over again

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty just as much now as ever Look across the ocean, and you see what it is costing the nations of to-day

You think that our fathers gained it for us in the Revolution, and that, however others ht for it, it is secure for us; and all that we have to do is to sit back and enjoy it On the contrary, so to devour us

It is not iht on our own soil again for it