The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-07-02
Father And Mother.

here II redl to be a curious tendency
Gu ihe All oi many men 10 Law sh upon
tins httlo ones the affection once cxclu-
sivcly tho wIfo's \ division OF demou-
stration would ba hptl natural and graft
flying to Il woman, but too ofteu she is
ignored i'll this respect entirely. The
boys and gals are pyiully greeted 10y the
Homecoming father while the wife is
eareleSsly nodded at over their sunny
heads. A wise observer once said ::
"iI"rble comes with tho first baby if it
rs coming AT all. Different ideas of
government are often the entering edge
III dlssehsi iii. The little one sonnet ines
separates The father aud mother, aud at
its cradle the husband goes away irGm
the wife IN thought and deed just when
she needs him most While she rocks
the cradle she thinks deeply, and i'll the
readilstment of her ideas wifehood is
merged i'll the stronger force o! mother
hood. She demands more of her hus-
band mentally aud morally than ever
before, because he is baby's fatheS, and
sometimes disappointed.
Ia the matter OF expenses pater amilias
is apt 10 be more generous in his allow
ances iog The needs OF the children than
tor the less tangible wants of tLicr
mother. lie admits that clothes cah te
outgrowp, but is skepsical about their
going aus OF fashion. We are told that
IA mother b: comes unselilsi.. For herself
yes; but il she not tempted To overlook
the claims OF others III seeking all good
things Tor her childrer?
| dnpbt ii the mother, burdcned with
the care oi her child's living ;,ad The fear
of its dying, can hall enjoy the beauty
per sc OF childhood. The outsider can
rejoice iii all the loveliuess, oftener with
more appreciative eyes, because they are
not blinded by dread. Heredity, 20 u
conscientious woman, is simply oppaiiiDg
How can she punish child for faults
inherited from herself? Can she be hap
Ply as she notes the growth OF d DISPOSE,
which should, tor tho good of the race,
cad with her husband 5 lie? Can sho help
being afraid when she looks at the little
son, who is pocket edition OF the iather
il-law IL drunkard's grave? Is i.
possible, too, for her 10 discover that
her children, though g,zi & az her with
1, l. 10
in the tones OF a voice that hiss made the
music of her life, are aliens in thought
aud deed?
But some ono says, | know all that;
there are years of pstiaaca care and toll,
years, perhaps, when the hush and and
wits 60 their separate ways, one rearing
the children, the other going on alone,
absorbed in business interes IS forg5iful
OF the woman lett behind; but when the
sons and daughters are grown matters
adjust themselves. Not always. The
fair girl graduate becomes the faded
little mothers rival, and daughter the
wife is still left out. 1t is generally the
rough boy, with th.t warm loving heart
which makes boys 50 dear the world over
who dimlg divines the situation, ard with
bearish hugs AID mammoth pats cheers
and sustairs the lonely heal'. While ii
lasts it is The aweetest thing, this romance
between the mother and her son; but,
alas, it is briei Some dainty little
maiden takes the lad captive, and then
the jealousy, the acute suffering of that
mother heart, who can fauthonl?-Helelt
j., IN Harper's Bazar.