The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-05-29
Remember Mother.

Boys. some of you who read fh;a...
absent from home. You are attena;ns
school, learning trade, or enoao ,..ss's IS
some kind of employment fhsf H. =
called you away. -"s
There IS mother at home, who longs
to hear from you often. Do YOU oiSs
her that privileged Or are YOU will;no
to let her watch every mail, day aftass
day and week after week. until NJ
thought comes forcing its way into "a ~
heart that you have forgotten her =
care more for the new associates aronn =
YouP '1a
Do you realize that her THOUGHTS 49,
with you ofteuer. and lfnoeT rnras
longer with you, than yours with har2
You can think of her as 4 w;so
thoughtful mother, in quiet, peaeefri
home, with but little change in her IN
as the seasons come and 90, and ~,
feel sure that all Is wen with her.
She can not think of you with az
same feeling of security. =
You are young, and are out in a wn,.ia
which she knows is full of snares and
temptations. And, while her Confidence
in your strength of character NAV N
great, yet she can not keep back tbs
anxious thoughts that come unbidden
especially when she has not heard frnr
you for a long time.
She knows that this is an importar
period of your life. A great chance
going on. You are developing I'M
something. Can you suppose her {
have aught but the deepest solicitua
in knowing what that something shsl
be? She has foregcne much pfeasue
for your sake, and has conferred maw
hopes in you. She can not help feelir
q deep interest in watching the resu5
of her years of labor in your behalf.
A few days ago our postmaster n
ceived letter from mother in dis
tant State, asking for information con
corning her boy. She had written |,
him twice without getting any reply.
The mothers letter was handed
heI son-a genial, warm-hearted laa.
who could never have been guiltvol
such neglect If he had realized what ii
was costing his mother.
know another boy who, during q
years absence, wrote but two letters
to his mother. At the close OF the wear
he was summoned hastily home to look
upon that mothers face for the last
time. He found the two letters he had
written carefully laid away in drawer
where she kept few things that were
highly priced.
When he learned how many times Els
mother had read these letters, even after
every word they contained had been
committed to memory, he felt as though
he would give the world ii he could
only live that year over again, that he
might swell the number to hundred
instead of two.
All, boys, we often bring upon onr.
selves, even in youth, the bitterness oG
some s'might have been. VIII You
not guard against it on this one point,
at least?
Write to your mother, and write
often. Answer the many questions
found in her letter to you. Do not miss
single one. They were not put III her
letter just for the sake OF filling up the
page. Mothers do not have to do that
What may seem of the least importanea
to you may be full of meaning to her.
Tell her all about yourself. Tel her
all about your studies, your work. og
whatever you may be engaged in. Tell
her all about your associates; and such
as you can not tell her about do not
hesitate to drop at once.
Boys, write to your mothers. Golden
DGqS.