Milford chronicle., 1895-11-22

! AAiB AuQ many NAAAuNAlIfAthH VI GUuANiLAUAA
cry. Take care of your eyes by not read
ing at hours when you ought to be sleep
ing. Take care Of your cars by stopping
them against the tides Of gossip that surg,
through every neighborhood.
Henlth Only those know its value VIII,
have lost it. The earth is girdlod with
pain, and vast proportion Of it is thu
price paid for early recklossness. 1 clos,
this, though, with tho salutation in Mac
beth;
Now good digestion wait ON appetite
And health ON both
Word For Mothers.
Advice the third; Appreciate your moth.
or while You have her. It is the almost
universal testimony Of young women who
have lost mother that they did not realize
what she was to them until after her exit
from this life. Indeed mother is in the
appreciation of many a young lady him
dranco The maternal inspection is often
considered an obstacle. Mother has SO
many notions about that which is proper
and that which is improper. 1t is astounG-
ing how much more many girls know at
Is than their mothers at 45. With what
an CELEBRATE argument, perhaps spiced
with some temper, tho youngling tries to
sprinkle Of gray on the maternal forehead
is rather an Indication to the recent grad
uate Of the female seminary that the cir
oulnstances Of today or tonight are not full
ly appreciated. What wise boarding
school that would BIO if the mothers were
the pupils and the daughters the teachers
How well the teens could chaperon the
fiftiesl Then mothers do not amount to
much anyhow They are in the way and
are always asking questions about postage
marks Of letters and asking, ''WhO is that
Mary d. ~ and Where did you form that
acquaintance Flora?' and "Where did you
get that ring, Myru?" For mothers have
such unprecedented means Of knowing ev-
erything. They say sit was bird in the
air" that told them. Alas, for that bird
in tho airl Will not some one lift his gun
and shoot it? 1t would take whole libra
ries to hold tho wisdom which the daugh-
ter knows more than her mother. "Why
cannot 1 have this?'' "Why cannot do
that?"
And the question in many a group has
been, although not plainly stated; "What
shall we do with the mothers, anyhow?
They are so far behind the times. Per
nit me to suggest that if tho 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 rs you
In music, in style of gait, in aesthetic
taste and in all sorts of information
expect that whilo you were studying bot
any and chemistry and embroidery and
the new opera she was studying household
economies. But one day, from Overwork,
or sitting up Of nights with neighbors
sick child, or a blast of the east wind, on
which pneumonias are horsed, mother is
sick Yet the family think she will soon
be we'll, for she has been sick so often and
always has got well, and the physician
comes three times a. day, and there is
of the doctors, and the news
is gradually broken that recovery is impos-
siblc given in the words, "While there is
life there is hope" And the white pillow
over which arc strewn the looks a little
tinted with snow becomes the point around
which all the family gather, some stand I
ing, some kneeling. and tho pulse beats
the last throb, and the bosom trembles
with the last breath, and the question is
asked in a whisper by all the group, "Is
she gomez" And all is over
Maternal Supervision.
Now come the regrets. Now the daugh- I
ter reviews her former criticism of mater I
nal supervision. For the first time she
realizes what it is to have a mother and
what it is TO lose a mother. Tell me, men .
and women, young and old did any Of us
how much mother was to us
until she was gone? Young woman, you
will probably never have a more disinter-
ested friend than your mother When she
says anything is unsafe or imprudent, you
had better believe it Is unsafe OF impru-
dent When sho decares it is something
you ought to do l think you had better do
It, She has seen more Of the world than
you have. Do you think she could have
any mercenary or oontomptible motive In
what she advises your She would give her
life for You II it were called for Do you
know Of any one else who would do more
Than that for your Do you know Of any
Dne who would do as muchf Again and
igain size sas ziTccay onaangaroa snG5 .i.v
Turing six weeks Of diphtheria or scarlet
,yer, and she never once brought up the
uestion Of whether she had better stay,
day and night the contagion.
The graveyards are full of mothers who
lied taking oar9 Of their children. Better
your mother before your appre-
station Of her will DO no kindness to her,
md the post norton regrets will be more
md more Of an agony as tho years pass on.
Big headstones Of polished Aberdeen and
he best cpitaphs which the family put to-
ycther could compose and a garland Of
Thitest roses from the conservatory arc
,ften the attempt to atone for the thanks
We ought to have uttered in living ears
md the kind words that would have done
nora good than all the cailI lilies ever pill
ID up on the silent mornigSf the ceme-
cries The world makes ap, a,litory ado
ver the work Of mothers wl.O have raised
Toys to be great men, and / could turn to
ny bookshelyes and end tie names Of 80
mon who had great mothers
-Cuvier's mother, Walter SCOTS mother,
st. Bernard's mother, Benjamin Vests
mother. But who praises mothers for
What they do for daughters who make the
ZONES Of American ! do not know Of an
Instance of such recognition. I declare to
ou that l believe / am uttering the first
word that has ever been uttered in appro>
iation Of tho self denial, Of the fatigues
md frt.c,1 ecnse and rsragers which those