Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-08-04

it would have been put down as spite and never
been preserved but philosopher was the origin
ator, 50 il was laid away in the annals and no one
disputed the fact. This is another point although
as d metaphorcal statement 1t is far from elegant
rather unique in its yulgarity, in fact. However,
it is but figure of speech for q germ of selfish
ness which years develop to greater or. less ex-
tent in man.
Nothing so appeals to the combined love and
pride in q womans being as q son; and she would
fain feed him through his whole life with the honeyed
and sugared and jellied bread, that none save the
promptings of mothers heart could prescribe
No heart beats for him with the steadfastness OF
his mothers, and no hand save hers would fam
garnish the ofttimes bitter bread Of life with the
sugared layer of her own experience and protec-
ton. No wish more earnest than hers that the
stones and thistles by the roadside be transformed
to sod and roses beneath his feet. In the mean
time does she ever say, "Ah, my dear son, if you
do thus and SO, you will one day make your wife
very unhappy" What mother loves to think of
the one who will one day come between her and
her sons affection And when he finally makes
his choice, does it not become the privilege as well
as the duty of this fortunate woman, whoever she
may be, to contribute to that dear sons pleasure.
This is the reason why the truths of the satirlst
never touch the mother-in-law on the other side of
the house. So just as every crow firmly believes
her crow to be the BLACKLIST so this loving partial
mother is blinded to the faults and finally helpless
to correct the traits she has in her indulgence and
sympathy cultivated She nourished the tiny pig
in the baby boys BOSOM and when it squealed
she pacifed it with sweetmeats; and whilst it
slumbered, it grew. When it awoke and rooted
about occasionally, the mother sought always TO
silence it. Love, devotion and long experience
brought her to anticipate its wants, and the man
himself was unconscious of its existence.
The loving wife next figures on the scene. 1t
is her pleasure to do his WILL but as she becomes
more familiar with his many good qualities, one
day does this occupant of his internal organization
make itself known. With the maternal tenderness
in the heart of every woman for the man she loves
she seeks at once to effect reconciliation between
this lordly usurper and herself which she speedily
does by constant brides to silence. By and by
her mother receives an introduction to this imma-
terial parsonage. With keen foresight, fostered
by long experience, she recognizes an enemy. She
frowns upon him. and when the occasion permits,
she informs the partner of her daughters woes of
this quality of selishness so firmly embedded in
his organization, and-she forthwith becomes a
mother-in-law. She neither has nor wishes for
any bread and honey to quell this mutnouS tenant ;
rebellion is in the air; she openly declares war ;
she offers her presence and constant scrutiny as
potions of NORWOOD and she threatens to drag
the unlawful monarch from his habitation. But
she is powerless, and all she can do is to keep an