Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-09

- Gus children and the
average h u S n d
there could be no crueler masters"
A mother with a soul so sordid as that
must be made out of very poor clay, and
1t is from blood such as pulses through
her veins that criminals are bred. No poet
son ever sang of a woman like that
over my heart in the days that have
shone.
NO other worship abides and endures
falthful, unselfish and patient like yours"
Somebody has said, Woman is first and
foremost a mother, and not all the learning
of classic halls can ever divorce her from
this her natural sphere" Men, in the bur-
ry and push of lifes restless energy. fssrrget
to be gentle and kind and compa ssionate.
but they never forget the teachings of a
good mother. however little they put them
INTO practice, and the memory of a mans
mother goes with him to the grave. He
may drink deep of pleasure and satiate
himself with the loves of other women.
the crown or the immortals may rest upon
MS brow, but when the shadows begin to
lengthen behind him he wearies of it all
ana longs to sit by his mothers knee, to
Ieei her hand upon his head her kiss upon
his cheek; to be folded just once again in
her loving arms tender embrace to go to
sleep like little child. But the mother
who styles the clinging arms of her chill
dren :manacles" can scarcely hope to have
her memory revered and honored If, may
hap, those children rise to heights in
James temple. There must ALWAYS be n
question whether the children OF mothers
so narrow minded and SO little endowed
with womanly tenderness can rise very
high. No matter what the qualities in
herited from nobler scions of the parent
vine the Childhood passed in the home DOM
mated by such mother would but sorrily
MT one for ennobling duties. The children
or perfect slave" are sure to show in
SOME measure their relation to serfs
Mothers of Great Men.
The great men who have been mother
reared are SO numerous that the lesson
taught by their lives ought to be a kind
OF inspiration to the mothers who grow de-
spondent and inclined to repine when the
little cares come SO fast to homes that
seem too small to shelter them all. And
the lesson, If read Alright, will show thar
after all motherhood is woman's highest
mission. and that poverty and priyations
OFTEN serve to bring out the sterling quail
tiles shat would else lie dormant The
proper culture may be flames favorite to-
morrow. The boy that came to that floor
less, cherries cabin in the Kentucky for
est brought new cares to a life already
bare or the commonest conveniences but
Lincoln's mother did not murmur though
she was distinctly above her mean sur-
roundings. 1t was at her knee that Lin
coin learned to read and write in the little
breaks that the hard working woman could
make between her tasks. If ever a woman
was slave Nancy Hanks Lincoln was
one, but she never gave utterance to such
a thought If she ever harbored it, She was
happy in the love of her children. and bat
tied bravely with the hardships of pioneer
life until death came. and gently as she
had lived she went out into the unknown
leaving behind her the homely awkward
little lad, who mourned her death in his
SILENT repressed way, never resting until
long months after he got an Inherent
preacher to say above the snow-heape,i
mound the words that at last consecra ted
the earth in which his mother slept God
bless my mother" he said one day after
he had reached the highest point of all
his greatness. "All 1 am or can be 1
owe to her" 't.i-' ......
St. Augustine loved his mother with love
that was passion, and she had for him the
love that suffered all things, endured all
things and prayed without ceasine" and
for this slavish devotion she was richly re-
warded. She saw the infidel son of a pagan
father converted to the Christian faith and
ordained a great bishop.
Napoleon, who seems to have opened his
heart to but two passions, Napoleon, and
after Napoleon, France, in his hard way
paid tribute to his mother. He was a will
full, hayward child, given over to Moods
selfish sullen and easily angered He said
of his belligerent temper: But / had need
to be on the alert: our mother would have
reproved my warlike humcr; she would not
have put up with my caprices. Her tender
ness was Joined with severity. She punished
and rewarded all alike" That he believed
that motherhood was woman's highest honor
and noblest duty he often evidenced. A
brilliant woman longing for q compliment
from the then emperor asked him who was
the greatest woman in France. That wo-
man who becomes the mother of the most
sons to make soldiers for France" was his
quick response