MOOHE'S &TOAL HEW-YOEKSE. 



■ < h ■ i ■ - - 



I pawing through 



llij- grief, a* Jacob* 



..„ 11..;. I . I.I. -i' - '• 



of old, and the " Christmas Tree" bend its lade 

 branches— lateti withtbe >ove-gifuof each child 

 every member of the family— in Ihi 



m would h ■■■ 

 ushered in with ghouls of happineaB, and i's frosty 

 air melodiouB with the ringing of the sleigh 

 of children gathered cosily 



buffalo robes ( "" 1 " 

 eigh. Ti 





tbe family *l 



MlLl.ll gfftdl 



drive the ca: 

 youog again. 



We have not spokei 



independence, should 

 Spirit of Liberty. I- 



blankets, ii 

 ,r cliildn 



i brows, and make 



mt&* the 111. hut biota it, if, before the n 



pniteta; II rmoeU'd, then he seals II 



e right linmi nngol weopetli. Imwins- I. 



liii riglil band ainM. scaling up the g 



1 Hill II"' Inlghl Watdhwflnd on rntsd 



Plain Talks to AmiTieanWomefl.--No.lo. 



_ 4 - ^Pa . t'SW i ^ ll' .u ' K -lMllvorM.hi,,.,,!,,, ,h plftj 

 id the ball-room,— when their little hearts become 



tiou they receives,— this is a serious inquiry.— 

 Children are social beings— it will not do to de- 

 prive thorn ol the companionship of those of their 

 own age, How, often, and under what circum- 



1 ben-pass ft.i society be indulged* 



■ may say, i- is consistent with the 

 'leielopmenl -if u st-iblr > hai artei, and always nil 

 dercireurnstanrcsof tl,, purot r^r-iUty. and the 

 iplicity. The natural artlessness of 

 childhood should not he superseded by pride and 

 affectation ; its biisbfulncss should be guarded n ill, 

 the vigilance with which one would guard the 

 oojtliesi pearls, 



it is doI our opioiou that it is wise for the 

 ChriKlian mother to permit her sons and daughters 

 i to fourteen years of age, to contract 

 the habit of attending " parties," as they nre call- 

 ed, and commonly conducted. Let her spend but 

 — ^evening »t such a gathering of children bcr- 

 i that she could scarcely fail 

 ■hub • '■nvmciii oi tin'ii' unhappy tendency — un- 

 '">l>P.v,asd.->t n „.,n. ,,i ii,;,, bashrnlnoM and «m- 

 plicity of which we have spoken,— unhappy, be- 

 cause of their tendency to dissipation, to draw the 

 oiind from more noble ni ,d intellectual employ- 

 ment, and to blunt the moral sensibilities. The 

 recreation* Irecpieuth indulged in, while excif 

 LnaAigh degree, are such as milB , shock the 

 1 modesty of purity. 



Employments and Amusements of Children. 

 To what extent shall children participate in {__ 



? lu au age when childrens 1 parlies il-.ed. ■■ ■ , .-l.iJ.l & k UJ a.t. l. r . l on.jj n ,, , — - 



, -..ai- ■ — A-«rn— ; S ts^plishment merely, but as a u-, 



of the Fourth of July; this. 

 lie child of its bravely-wor 

 e forever consecrated to the 

 our children, in the namt 

 of Freedom, lift tbeir liny star-spangled banners to 

 the kiss of the breeze, and in such an hour, when 

 their young hearts are patriotic to enthusiasm, tell 

 them of (he eclipse upon the escutcheon of ihcir 

 country's glory, and bid them pray to I 

 erty that it may pass. 



Family birthday anniversaries, too, we would 

 that they might occupy u more prominent place in 

 the calendar than is usual— might be remembered, 

 and in some pleasant way celebrated, becoming 

 little love-links in the chain of time, llow pleas- 

 ant to see each child anticipating the birthdays of 

 papa and mama, or the loved brothers and sisters, 



acceptance. How will these mementoes of aflec- 

 sn be valued, especially if the work of the giver 1 

 We would say a few words with regard to the 



purchase ufgifts for children. Let them generally 



the child can use. or that will afford a pleasure be- 

 yond the charm of novelty. A book, a picture, a 

 ,ft microscope, I he dnyneri-enty pc ol some 

 little carriage, a wheel-harrow, a box of 

 paints, a set of drawiug-cards, specimens illustra- 

 of nntural history — how many such things 

 it beselecled that would be of real use and in- 

 terest to the child, and alVmd di light to the whole 

 family ! And with regard to the lust item named- 

 it is a very pleasant employment for the young to 

 collect such specimens for a home cabinet. Ilow 

 many hours have we spent in wandering along (he 

 brook and in other localities, searching among the 

 gravel for curiosities,— how much pleasant time 

 in preparing flowers for our herbarium! Were 

 all the children of every large family interested in 

 this work, what line cabinets might we behold in 

 private drawing-rooms, and bow large an amount 

 of information would be treasured up by the col- 

 lectors! One child, whose favorite science was 

 botany, might bring a store of rich treasures from 

 the field and the forest; another, preferring min- 

 eralogy, might levy tribute upon theVocks aod the 

 mountains ; a third, in love with the bright-tinted 

 shells of the sea nnd lake shores, might gather the 

 gifts of the blue waves ; and still another, rejoicing 

 in the varied forms of animated 

 the store-house stuffed birds, dried insects, Ac. 



How strong will become the attachment of child- 

 ren to homes thus adorned by their own industry ! 

 And if each child should be permitted to acquire a 

 kuowledge of sc 



and how cheaply could this adornment be extend- 

 ed ! One, perhaps, learns the art of dr; 



ful ., 



the c 



STRIVE AND HOPE. 



urn, the glmUonic, t 

 ujnyistiijenr; 

 irlmUdjlng -i .-. 



mm mmmm?, 



do* ii tin' i 



TO DREAMERS. 



earn any longer. The more you in- 

 rereric the more this mental di-ea>t! 

 upon you. Au uncontrolled imau-iua- 

 i enemy within the fortress, breaks 

 Triers that reason and the will raise 

 iders. Thus the beautiful temple of 

 eft to turn into a barren waste. As 



the mind is i 



do not gather grapes of thorns, or figs of 

 thistles," so, from a mind given up to the fickle, 

 guidance of fancy, we can expect nothing 

 really great or good. The dreamer brings upon 

 iself a lethargy of mind and body. Practical 

 aim. There is nothing he 



:,d iv,th I 



-ely. ideal creations. Need w 



soy that ii home thus rendered attractive by its u: 



tes, and made so because of their interest in i 



home, will be the dwelling-place of lovin 



hearts? Would it not seem strange, almost anoni 



ch a place the harsh accents c 



self, and i 1 



Under the direct io 



inolber, little mighboi U, 



Engt where the poor may I 



; rich, the ragged v, 



me watchful, Christ: 

 1 featherings— 

 ' equally welcoi 

 ' huelv clad, where 



ithei 



1'iide of aristocracy intrudes — 

 to control, one who is interested in 

 linppiui.'fN id children, an ocruskma 

 as ohildrtD unspoiled by fashion lore to spend 

 them, in hearing stories, telling riddle 

 "blind mini's hull," '• hi tie- and -seek, 

 like innocent games, eating apples, aud cracking 

 mils, may be u ., real sunshine to the glad hearts of 

 childhood. Then those royal seasons, the wintei 

 holidaya, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New-Years, 

 ■*■ th« birthday of Wabhikotox, they may be en- 

 '"'"■■' ""^. tothoii i 'die, t extent. 

 Wedonot like the tendency of the age to pass 

 hunored institutions It 

 ' think of the olden tin,,-, v, hen these 

 ' great an amount ot enjoy - 

 ' Thanksgiv- 

 athering day, when 

 triarch an 

 his presen 



due to his gray hairs und gi 

 er should 



-when little cousins should 

 lions, and pout i 

 old fire-place,— wheu all the n 

 brought home for the loving eyes of the da 

 DAT to look upon. We would have 

 1 ristmas" ever ring out as hear ti] 



restive days h[ OU gi, 



nu'iii -mii, town, 

 ing" still tin 



the granuVw, ol ,.. UI ., fidSSffi, 



^.WeuiirgihMnwIth 



«!l. lh " re *I' 0Ct nDd love 



"— t heart— whenbroth- 



' ei nbrace brother, 



"'"gin their afltc- 



'"' ""■ ample 



lehouldbe 



nk badness 



Another subject to which, perhaps, we may us 

 fell refer here as anywhere, is the cultivation of 

 house plants. How greatly they may add to the 

 is of the family living-room ! Though 

 iy be driving around the bouse, and 

 the lawn become gracefully draped in the pure 

 robes it brings, there is summer within, for there 

 ore flowers there — and if sweet birds are singing 

 there also, it is all the more delightful. From 

 what we ean learn, aquariums are also adapted to 

 ufford great pleasure in the family circle, "But," 

 says one, perhaps, " these things require so much 

 care." Brant that they Jo require care, will not 

 the gratification they bring, the refinement they 

 rive to the joys of home, amply repay? Let each 

 child have the charge "f a particular department 

 let the business of one be to take care of the 

 birds, another of the flowers, and so on, and the 

 advantage it will be to them in cultivating thought- 

 fulness, and in acquainting them with the habits 

 c.r plants and animals, will he u still further c 

 pensatiou for the small amount of attention 

 quired. And here we would add, let each child 

 cultivate that kind 



the lab 



inking to some purpose. This natural avei 

 to the labor of thought sirppl 

 great number of work* of B superficial cba 

 for public favor. The pure gold ot 



for t 



, choic 







f dispo 







• sho 



desire to see developed in her child] 

 little ones love their birds, their lumbs, 



tens, their ponies — they will love yoi 

 less for this affection, rather the more, if a general 

 family interest is taken in the pets ol each 

 many ways there are to make children happy!— 

 One family may not be able to adopt them all, but 

 each may lind something adapted to itself, that the 

 may grow up in the sunshine. 



yours to cause the unfolding of the 

 your dwellings, or to blight 

 into blossom. It is jours to 

 cause it to become merelv a 



little 



Mothers, 

 buds of gliidm 

 them ere they break 

 make home, home, o: 



staying-plae 



Img r 



?BtntL FiAtuoK. — If there is an; one fashion 



absurd or cruel than another, it i. s that of 



making little girl's dresses and skirts to be worn 



irely off from the shoulder. One cannot meet a 



child, whose mother is more fashionable than wise, 



thout feeling distressed for the efforts of the 



little one to use its arms, and constant shrugging 



of the shoulders to get one or the other alitlk- 



1 i fashion undoubtedly di 



the almost universal deformity of shoulders 



usually done up in small parcel.;," so it is a pretty 

 safe rule to suppose that when an author becomes 

 noted for the great number of his works, there is 

 considerable waste matter. The imagination, if 

 left unpruned, brings forth more leaves and boughs 

 than fruit. 



Day-dreaming affords not oven a shadow of good 

 tothemina. The happiness it brings is tho very 

 shadow of a shadow. Those who indulge it are evei 

 " Dropping buckets Into empty wells. 

 And growing ..M in .jniwiag ,iot/,i,i(, up.' 1 

 What au employment for a reasonable being! 

 Look among the great crowd of those who have 

 aided in the world's progress. They are all men 

 of action. Hand and brain have been earnestly 

 engaged in the contest. They were thinkers and 

 workers, mostly from the ranks of the poor. Thev 

 had no leisure to stand with folded hands, and eves 

 on vacancy, while the battle was raging 

 them. Action, rightly directed, is (he true 

 ophy of life. Every power of our physical and 

 spiritual nature requires its appropriate exercise. 

 Every faculty unused will bring us iota condem- 

 nation in the day of limit account. We shall be 

 responsible both for what we ha\ e dune nnd what we 

 ight have done. Say you that ibis is severe doe- 

 □ e ' Vet remember thill ever faculty, if rightly 

 ed, is the means of unbounded happiness. The 

 u be disposed to, act, 



APPEABANCE OF LITERARY CELEBBITIE: 



A Nut Youk corespondent of the SpringCe 

 snnal appearance of the leading literary celebritii 



Emerson look* like a refined farmer, mcditatii 

 and quiet. Longfellow like a good-natured bed 

 eater. Holmes like a ready to luugh little body 

 wishing only to be "as funny as he c. ' ] , , 

 ett seems ou'y the graceful gen tie 0*0, who ha* 

 been handsome. Ueecher a ruddy, rollicking hoy. 

 Bancroft a plain, negative looking man. Wbittier 

 the most retiring of Quakers, Bryan! a plum. 

 serene looking man, dressed in gray. And thus I 

 might name others. Not one of these gentlemen 

 can be called handsome, unless we except Deechei 

 who might be a deal handsomer. In this respect 

 they can bear no palm away from very intellectual 

 women, who have always become homely. Tl 

 is nothing in a dominant intellect, in continu 

 fir -reaching, wearing thought, to favor thecu 

 of beauty; it consumes a greater quantity of ti 

 and fluids than it supplies. It dilates the eye, 

 deepens the lines, sharpens tbe bones, and often 

 wears tbe nervesto atorturiug quickness. So thi9 

 is one reason why intellectual women should carry 

 their quantum of ugliness. 



Let us look at them as they pas3. Mrs. Sigour- 

 ney, the grand-motherof American "female" lit- 

 rature, in her prime (if we may believe her portrait) 

 was quite handsome. Catharine Beecher is homely. 

 Mrs. Beecher Stowe is so ordinary in looks that she 

 has been taken for Mrs. Stowc's "Biddy." Mrs. 

 C. M. Kirklnnd is a fat dowager. Mrs. E. F. Ellet 

 looks like a washerwoman. Margaret Fuller 

 plain. Cbarlotle Cushman has a face us marked 

 as Daniel Webster's, und quite as strong. So has 

 Elisabeth Blackwell. Harriet Hosmer looks like a 



Mrs. Oakes Smith is considered handsome. Mrs. 

 Julia Ward Howe has been a New York belle.— 

 Francis S, Osgood bad a lovely, womanly face. 

 Amelia F. Welby was almost beautiful. Sarah J. 



Hale, in her young days, quite, unless her picture 

 fibs. The Davidson sisters, as well as their gifted 

 mother, possessed beauty. If wo cross tbe ocean, 

 we find Madame deSuiel was a fright; but Hannah 

 More was handsome; Elizabeth FfV, glorious; 

 Lelitia Langdon, pretly: Mrs. Henians, woodrous- 

 ly lovely ; Mary Howitt, fair and matronly; Mrs. 

 Norton, regally beautiful, — but alas! she who has 

 tbe largest brain of all, with as ^rvat a heart, Eliza- 

 beth Barrett Browning, in phy-hiue is angular, and 

 though she has magnificent eyes, Yxer face is sug- 

 gestive of a tomb-stone. 



Charlotte Bronte had a look in her eyes better 

 than all beamy of features. But if we look at Brit- 

 ish men of first class craniums— Shakspeare and 

 Milton were handsome; Dr. Johnson was a monster 

 of ugliness; so were Goldsmith and Pope; Addi- 

 son was tolerably handsome; and Coleridge, Shel- 

 ly, Byron, Moore, Campbell, Bums, were all un- 

 commonly so. Sir Walter Scott looked very ordi- 

 nary in .-[lit*.- of his line head. Macuuley is homely, 

 .ugb a dandy, Charles 



led I,., 



e allow 



o differ, and covered with jewelry, he can but look 



^IMrf^f^^S 



"TOO POOR TO LIVE IN THE CITY." 

 oo poor to live in 



city, for he shall see June in its glory. 



uthfuls of clover-scented air as he gets, no mai 



ter whose land tbe clover grows on ; such glorious 

 inks of oxygen u ben the sun shines; such elbow 

 om when he feels likeputtiog his arms a-kimbo 



such a sweet, clean smell of rain, when it wusbc; 



the faces of roses nnd paints the green leaves ovei 



again. 



THE TIME FOR PRATER. 





A FRAGMENT. 



A palb ana attenuated form fay upon a 

 of death. The wearied spirit was fast nearing 

 the portals of eternity, yet mental, far more than 

 physical suffering, had bowed that once manly 

 form and chilled the heart whose beating* were 

 about to cease forever. A desolating bereuvement 

 had been added to his own protracted illness, the 

 friend whom, during his detention from business, 

 he bad honored with the most implicit confidence, 

 had effected his pecuniary ruin, and one change 

 succeeded another, until de-f iiutioii and actual 

 want followed. Friendless and alone, shrinking 

 as ouly a sensitive nature can from the rude shock 

 his feelings had received, his once cherished confi- 

 dence and aflection resolved itself, by a fearful 

 re-action, info a stern hatred of man and a fatal 

 distrust of Gon. And thus, in the prime of man- 

 hood, the victim of a hopeless and despairing sor- 

 row was about to pass away— one who might have 

 lived blessed and a blessing to the world. " Ob !" 

 said he fo one who sought to comfort him in his 

 last hour : . " tell in., if there is hope— more of its 

 beauties. Help me back to Goo. Blest SaviobJ 

 thou wast deceived and betrayed, Shelter me, 



//,.', 



_j;u i 







"Dull 





i by the clock of the year'.V.i, and 

 mdows of the morning arc rolled 

 biers are rolled up with them, we 





img. i 





und the greater delight will you fake in exerting 

 your powers. Time that used to drag heavily will 

 seem to fly, and life will be a new thing to you. 



None should e.tcuso themselves on the plea of 

 small talents. This is mockery to our Creator 

 and only a feigned humility towards our fellow- 

 men. Observe that those who are the readiest to 

 make this excuse are insincere. Let any one but 

 themselves lell them of their meagre talent, and 

 wounded pride will soon betray their weakness. 

 God only requires thot each should act well bin 

 part, whatever that part may be. The poem of 

 CAHL03 Wilcox Antidote to Despondency bears 

 upon the present subject. It is worth inscribing 

 ou memory's tablet, not so much for poetic beuuly' 

 as for good common sense, and vigorous truth. 

 Here is an extract with which I will close; 



" peal i" em 



Death l- v 



Wake ere tin- |.«ni,.|.„r ..mi i. r>.- iin ,- .|„k ( ., 



An.] W i[, j thiiiijjiit, ti, n, irk d i vim ;i 



, ITlll ! ",|..|,l ; 



An .„„,, r. miin vv.nil.l ,lr..,,j. ii I .' "I i. .il, 



A (nl God Inn,.- ||, j,,..,, ,,, ,-, „ ,. r , .,[,-, , i,],.,|, 



!X8£. 



tiuoforwliea 



and so he balanced the books, and went on, look- 

 ing as if everybody were dead and he chief mourn. 

 er. We nre sorry these early summer mouths do 

 not suit bun. Won't he just please to make a 

 private summer for his own use, and be sure to 

 keep iton his side of the line fence, lest he be sued 

 for trespass? We wouldn't take any home-made 



gift. 



Why cannot people 

 did? ."Look," said 1 

 preaches faith to us all 

 tucks Ins bead under ! 

 leaving Gon to think fe 



tii kk said the bird 

 that little fellow 

 es bold of his twig, 

 aud goes to sleep, 

 -Chicago Journal, 



OUR CHILDHEN. 





■■■hl- 



il and wounded spirit, mi,I.,,j- nude 



i eye looks with pity, and no arm is 

 lave. Yet the work angels love, b 





'iln- 



any 1 



iW," that o hltle kind- 

 ness and sympathy might comfort and save. 

 There are few trials the heart feels' more keeuly 

 than a betrayal of confidence or alienation of feel- 

 ing in those we love It is bard, when the storms 

 of adversity have bnwcil the spirit, to meet only 

 smile, the averted glance of the 



sof a 



t Cam; 



regard the LndiOerc 



I follow 



, the 





.-.•CK-iy 

 them up in tbe 





- nij>M 



ST niRUt; 



■ 



ikil'i.i and m HI 



Our children are to fill oi 



Church and State, and the 

 will iill them depends upoi 

 we educate them. If we 



Sabbath Si I I. for God aud his Church, they 



amply repay us for our care ; but if they are trained 

 up for the world— in the streets— in the gambling 

 and tippling saloon— in .Sabbath breaking, pro- 

 fanity, licentiousness, and intemperance— in idle- 

 ness— in sin, they will dishonor our names, and 

 repay us by and by with a vengeance ! 



How fearful our responsibility ! When we con- 

 sider that our son may make a talented, o n ful,, 

 and happy man, respected and beloved by nil 

 around In in. or he may make a consummate \ illaiu, 

 detested by the world as a nuisance and a curse, 

 and that our daughter bus a eiirrespinidiiig ulleruu 

 five before her— that in tin hi-iory of both, in all 

 probability, there is o oruit, or turning poiul, 

 When it is uncertain which waytln> u ill pi epou- 

 derate— and that we necessarily play off important 

 part in tipping the scale, we can but Rtol tbat this 



means pus-ible should be resorted to, in order to 

 secure the right drift, and save those so dear to us. 

 Aj ii. would have them honorably jet n,,.,,- ,,„,, 

 ■ ■ ..j" hi.-, -<> let us sedulously .urn ti. 

 qualify them foi 



U'ering humanity' How unlike the great und 

 ripassionate Rbdubum are they who have uo 

 y for the fallen, uo word of kindness or look of 

 ;er for those who can no longer echo buek their 



:one of sympathy— are little tilings; yet these 



re lifted many a buuden, and saved the heart 



m breaking. That which is ao easy to give, 



y are not men more prompt to bestow! To 



what higher honor can we attain, lhan to walk in 



footsteps of Hmi who cai 



;eo-hearled and comfort I 



Yet, how prone mankind are to wrap themselves 



proudly in their own comforts, and neglect the 



Divine command, " Bear ye one another's burdens, 



BO fulfill the law or Christ." There is but 



Being whose love can meet the demands or our 



-uiin; hem tfi — but one of whom we can say, 



rUKHfl in (Thorn I have believed, and atn persua- 



that Be is able to keep fhot which I have 



initted nnto Hiir." Oh. may more love fill 



ian hearts, to dine away '■this bitter Cold." 



■ 



> thing ,,| v 



Mb 



An Italian bishop, who had endured much per- 

 lecnjion with a calm and unruffled temper, was 

 asked how be attained auch a mastery over him- 

 self. "By making a right use of my eyes," said 

 he " I Brat look up to heaven, as the place whither 

 I am going to live forever. I nest look down upon 

 the earth, and consider how small a space of i 1 o' 11 

 soon be nil that I occupy or want. I then look 

 around me, and think how many arc far mora 

 wretched than I am." 



Tmii-s in Ti- 

 lt is but 

 ! 

 affliction or Ihi 



fearfully, and 



| 



you distrust (nilh becau El 

 '„.,,! in the bright day?— 

 fholher i' he the night of 

 - j,, -i ■-..-.■uiii.ni , only let the 

 come suddenly, densely, 

 shall beasapillar of^'re 



Dm.- 







