The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-12-19

or tO-nipnb arc NV N",'J ''ff, -,
what n wise boarding school thn'
would be IL the mothers were the pu'
nils and the daughters the teachers
How well the teens could chaperon the
6fties, Then mothers do not amount
70 much. anyhow. They are in the
wav. and are always asking questions
about postmarks Of letters. and ask.
inr. "Who is that Mary D?" and.
where did yon form that acquaint-
ance. Flora?n and Where did yon get
that ring, Myra2' For mothers have
such unpreccdcn means Of knowing
everything they say sit was bird In
the air. that told them. Alasl for that
bird ia the air. Will not some one lit
his gun and shoot it2 ltwonld take
whole libraries TO hold the wisdom
which the daughter knows more than
her mother. why onn not have
this?' why can not do that?'
And the question IN many group has
been. although not plainly stated,
What shall we do with the moth
ers anyhow They are so far behind
the times" Permit me to suggest that
IL the mother had given more time to
looking after herself and less time to
looking after you, she would have been
as fully up-to-date as you, in music, in
style Of gait. in csthctie taste. and in
all sorts OF information. | expect that
while you were studying botany, and
and embroidery, and the
new opera, she was studying household
economies. but one day from over
work, or sitting up OF nights with n
sick child, or blast OF the
east wind on which pneumonias are
horsed, mother is sick. Yet the family
think she will soon be well, for she
has sccn sick so often, and
has always got well, and the
physician comes three ;tmes day. and
there is a consultation OF the doctors.
and the news is gradually broken that
recovery Is impossi ole, given the words
while there is life there is hope" And
the white pillow over which are strewn
the locks n little tinted with snow. be-
ZONES the point around which all
the family gather, some standing,
Some ineeling, and the pulse beats the
asst thrUb. and the bosom trcmbles
With the last breath, and the question
$ asked in II whisper By all the group,
lis she gomez" And all Is over
Now come the regrets. Now the
laughter reviews her former criticisms
II internal supervision. For tho first
ime She realizes what it is 10 have
~ hu. L, -. L.
Tell me. men ami women,
'0ung and Cd. did any of us appre-
late how much mother was TO US until |
he was gone? Young woman, YOU will |
probably never have more diSinter- |
stcd friend than your mother. When |
he says anything is unsafe or impru-
ent. you had better believe it is un- |
afe or imprudent. When she declares |
is something you ought TO do. / |
hink you had better do 1T. She has
cen more of the world than you nave.
10 you think she could have any mer-
enary or contemplate motive in what
ne advises you? She would give her
fe for you If il were called for. Do
on know of anyone else who would
o more than that for you? Do YOU
now of anyone who would do so
iuch? Again and again she has al
lady endangered that life during six
eeks OF diphtheria or scarlet fever.
nd she never once brought up the
nestlon of whether she had better
ay. breathing day and night the con-
'gion, The grave yards are full of
Others who died taking care of their
liidren. Better appreciate your
other before your appreciation of her
III be no Kindness To her, and the
'st-mortem regrets will De more and
ore OF an agony as the years pass 90.
Ig headstones OF polished. Aberdeen.
I'd the best epitnphs which the family
1t together could compose. and a
srland Of whitestroses from the CON. (
rvatory are often the attempt sor
atone for the thanks we
'ght 70 have uttered in living ears
"a the kind words that would have
me more good than all the Gala Ill
I ever piled up on the silent mounds
the cemeteries. The world mikes
'piauditory ado over the work ~ {
others who have raised bows To he
eat men, and / could turn 10 NV
OK shelves and find the names az SO !
'tingnished men who had great
others: Cuvier's mother, Walter
otts mother, ST. Bernard's mother 9
nJamin Vests mother. But who !
aises mothers for what they do for
lighters who make the homes a. z
nerica? ] do not know OF an insta nee 9
snch recognition. Ideclare To Won a
az ! believe am uttering the first !
'ra that has ever been uttered in mn 4
eciation of the self-denial, of the fa. a
'ues and good sense and nrar t