The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-01-01
Good Resolutions.
SALT LAKE Cry, December 81, 1884.
To the Editor of THE HERALD:

SAIL, LAKE CITY, December 81, 1884.
To the Editor of THE HERALD: a
This is the annual time for making
good resolutions, maybe few to be
preserved intact, but. probably the
greater number to be damaged more or
less seriously before the new year will
have run along very far. One good
resolution ought to be made and kept
sacred by those who have not made it
effectually already, and that is resolu-
ton to look well after the old folks at
home, those of ones own flesh and
blood and to look after them not spas
medically, at such odd and irregular
times as the fit may come on, but regu-
larly and Systematically as should be.
There are many middle aged and
younger people who are pretty we'll to
do, but who have parents in the sew
enties and eighties, neither well-to-do
nor able to work for their living. These
are comparatively helpless persons, and
they ought to be helped by their poster
lty. They have a rightful claim for
help upon their children, some of whom
are well off indeed, and abundantly able
to help their parents literally and see
that they do not lack anything which
is really desirable for them to have. 1t
Is the duty of all children to help their
aged parents, and more especially and
more abundantly those children who
are well off and whose parents are de-
Ginning in means as well as in strength
and vigor, and advancing into old age
Some children and grandchildren will
say concerning their aged parents,
well, if they really need anything, they
can have it, but do little for them, and
that little only occasionally. OF course
the parents need something. They
need many things to make them COM
Portable, If they have little or nothing
coming in, from their own labor, past
or present. 1t seems to me to be the
sacred duty of children to see that their
aged parents do not lack any necessary
nor any comfort, if possible to prevent
it. The old folks at home should be
frequently visited and their hearts
made glad by the ministrations of their
children. Many grown up children are
perfectly able to make their parents a
regular allowance, weekly or monthly
sufficient to cheer their old and care,
worn hearts during the few more years
they have to pass on the earth, and the
parents should be expressly informed
that such allowance is at their com
mand without let or hindrance. How
much better this than an occasional
small gift only? How very much bet.
ter than to let the old people beg and pray
for everything they need to make then
comfortable? Many persons, though old
and infirm, have such spirit of indepen
dence within them, that they would
starye rather than beg, even of their owl
children. Besides, what right feelin,
son or daughter wishes to humiliate hi
or her aged parents in that or any othe
way? He who feels rightly towards hi
parents would rather be swift and cage
to honor them, and anxious to assis
them, financially or otherwise, so far a
was consistent with their necessities an,
his abilities and opportunities. Herein
is an excellent subject for good resolu
ton on New Years day, and one tina
ought not be skipped.
SALT IAKFR