The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-05-06

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Motherssin.Law.
BY LIMA RIVERS.
II there is one mean, unmaIIly, nm
womanly piece Of injustice that ought,
more than another, to arouse the
righteous Indignation Of every tine
man and woman, it is this TRADE
against ''motl.ers.in-law" which has
become So noticeable in most news.
papers. There are, no dotiht, moth:
ers. in.law who are me'l,llesome, in.
tcrterins busy bodics but, rest as
sured, the iucldeut Of their becoming
m"thers.in law does not make them
50. There are, alas ! young girls and
young married women who possess in
the highest degree those very unde-
sirable qualities. Naturally the mar
riage Of their sons aud daughters, in
after years, does not cure them Of
these evil l4opensities; it only gives
them fresh field Of operations. But
because a disasrreable girl grows into
hateful, vicious woman, and by her
nnamiable disposition makes her
children unhappy, and even contin
ncs to torment them after they have
left her fireside, is that any just rea-
sou why the whole race Of mothers
in-law should I've ridicuIed, slandered,
and unfeel;ugly insaltcl' Is that
any reason why our gentle, loving
mothers, ladies' in thought, word aud
deed, should be wounded every time
they take up their favorite papers by
the wonld.be wit Of the vulgar off,
spring Of the class of women before
alluded TOT
/ have u mother in law my hus.
band has another; perhaps neither Of
them would be considered angels by
our woall.be wits, but in our house.
hold the "motl,er.in law" has never
once been used in a respectful man
ner. They arc our children's dear
grandma's, and are loved and revered
as such.
And, more than this, my love for
my dear husband is more than donb-
led his very faults sink into iusig-
niicance in my eyes in view Of the
nnvaryins kindness and respect which
lie has shown to my mother du,ing
our ten years Of married life.
1t is an old saying that "wl'en the
young laugh at the old they laugh at
themselves beforehand" This is par
t;"''l"sly 90, ~ this case. For instance,
how could l, with any regard to my
Own future, throw slurs at my moth.
er-in-law, when myself am a moth
erf How will it please me, after all
the weary, sIeeplcss nights, and anx-
ions days, which every true mother
bestows upon her little ones, after NIL
the kisses and caresses and loving
care lavislled upon them, after l have
subjected myself to innnmcrable TOLLS
and privations that they may enjoy
life-how will it please me, say, af.
ter a few more years Of love aud toll
and care have fed, aud my heart is as
full IF love for my children rs ever,
to be stigmatized as IN obnoxious
creature whose death speaking nc.
cordinS to the sentiments ofour witty
friends) would I've the signal for Il
general jubilee I And all this. lie.
cause to stranger | shall have given
up my tenderly nurturrd onesl
How any man or woman who has
ever loved a dear mother, how any
man who loves or even respects bic
wife, how any sensible woman, can
be guilty of such unkindness and
glaring injastice, passes my under.
standing. There il q great deal said
nowadays about the tlisrcspect shown
by children to old people but how
can it he otherwise, when they have
the example Get them in almost every
paper that meets their eyei indeed,
with many, it seems to have become
an article Of belief that the CREATES,
proof Of intelligence and wit that can
be given is to open their silly mouths
aud give ntterance to M original "r
pagiarin,d sentiment insulting to
those who, above all Others, are
worthy Of "df affection and respect
our mothers.