The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-11-22
Ieenth century 70 rixe the snsci, uniea We

teenth century to give the spscd which we
ses whirling through all our cities and along
/ the country roads, and with that speed
comes health. The woman of the next de-
! cade will be healthier than Mt any time since
4 the world was created. while the invalidism
which has so often characterized woman
hood will pass over TO manhood. which by
!, Its posture on the wheel is coming to curved
spine and cramped chest and u deformity for
| which another nifty years will not have pow
| or to make rescue. Young man, sit up
| straight when you ride.
Darwin says tho human radA is descended
from the monkey. but the bicycle will turn n
hundred thousand men of the present gener-
| alton In physical condition from man to
monkey. For good womanhood. I thank
| God that this mode OF recreation has been
invented. Use it wisely, modestly, Chris
tianly. No good woman needs to be told
what attire Is proper aud what bshavlor is
| right. II anything be doubtful, reject it. A
hoydsnish. boisterous. masculine woman is
| the detestation OF all, and every revolution
OF the wheel she rides is toward depreciation
and downfall. Take care OF your health, o
woman: OF your nerves in not reading the
trash which makes Up ninety-nine out ot 100
novels, or by eating too many cornucopias OF
! confectionery! Take care Of your eyes BY
| not reading mt hours when you ought to be
sleeping. Take care OF your ears by stop
ping them against tine tides OF gossip that
surge through every neighbornood.
Health Only those know its value who
nave lost 1t. The earth is 2irdled with pain
and n vast proportion Of il is the price uaid
ior early recklessress 1 close this thought
with the salutation in Macbeth:
Now GOOD digestion wait on appetite
And Icaitt OF both.
Advice the third: Appreciate your mother
! while YOU have her. II is the almost uni
versal testimony Of young women who have
los: mother that they did not rcali1, what
u C.l En- Nrn,,t
this lie. Indsed mother is in the apprecia-
ton OF many Z young lady a hindrancc. The
maternal inspection is often considered an
| obstacle. Mother has 50 many notions about
that which is proper aud that which is i'm
| proper. 1t is astounding how much mor"
many girls know at eighteen than their
| mothers at forty-ilve. With what au elabe-
| rate argument, perhaps spiced with some
temper. the younSling tries to reverse the
! opinion OF the oldling The sprinkle OF gray
| on the maternal forehead is rather an indi-
cation to the recent graduate os the female
seminary that the circumstances OF to-day or
tonight are not fully appreciated.
What a wise boarding school that would
Deif the mothers were the pupils and the
| daughters the teachers How well the teens
could cdaperon the flfties! Then mothers
| do not amount to much anyhow. They are
| in the way and are always asking questions
about hostage marks OF letters. ard asking.
| Who Is tlat Mary D.?' aud '.Wherc did you
did you get that ring, Myra?" For mothers
| have such unprecedented means Of knowing
eyarythnG-thsy say lit was Il bird in the
air that told them. Alas. for hat bird in
| she air! VIII not some one lit his gun and
shoot K? 1t would take whole libraries to
hold the wisdom which tho daughter knows
more than her mother. why cannot
nave this? why cannot do that?" And
the question in many n group has been. al
| though not plainly stated '.What shall, we
do with the mothers. anyhow? They are
so FAR behind the times" Permit
me to suggest that il the mother
had given more time to looking afteS herself
and less time to looking attor you she would
have been rs fully up to date as you, in
! music, il style OF gait in aesthetic tastes and
in all sorts OF information. L expect that
while you were studying botany and che ~
, istry and embroidery aud tho new opera she
was studying household economics. But one
day from overwork. or sitting up OF nights
with neighbors sick child, or a blast OF the
west wind. on which pneum onias are horsad
mother is sick. Yet the family think she
will soon he we'll, for she has been sick SO
often, and always has got WELL and the ply
sician comes three times day. and there Is
consultation of the doctors. and nsYs
is gradually broken that recovery is
rie, -isen IA tne words wniIe the
there is hope" And the white pi gvoF
whicl, are strewn the locks little Il ID with
snow becomes the point around which all
kneeling. and the pulse beats the last throb,
and tho bosom trembles with the last breath
and the CT restion Is asked in whisper by
all the grour, Is she gomez" Aud all Is
OVER.
Now como thc regrets. Now the daughter
reviews her former criticism of maternal su-
pervision, For the Erst time she realizes
what IL is TO have IL mother and what il is to
lose mother. Tell me. men aud womsn
young and old. did any of us appreciate how
much mother was to US until She was gone?
Young woman, you will probably never have
p moro disintcrested friend than your moth
er. When she says anything is unsafe or i'm
prudent. son had better believe il is unsafe
cI imprudcnt. When she declares it is
something YOU ought to do. think you had
better do II. She has seen more OF the
world than YOU have. Do you think she
could have any mcrcenary or contemplate
motive in wIpt She advises you! She would
give her life for You II it were called for. Do
You know of anyone else who would do
more than that for you? Do YOU know of
and again Shc has already endangered
that life during six weeks of
diphtneria or scarlet fever. and she never
once cebrought up the question OF whether she
had better stay. breathing day and night the
contacion. The graveyar6s are fun OF moth
ers VINO died taking care of their children
Better appreciate your mother before your
appreciation OF her will be no kindness to
her. and the post mortem regrets will be
more and more OF an agony as the years pass
on. Zig healstones OF polished Aberdeen,
and the best spitaphS which The family put
together and COMPOSE. aud a garland OF
whitcst roses from the conservatory are often
the attempt To atone for the thanks we
ought TO have uttered in living ears, and tho
kind words that would have done more good
than all the cniia lilies ever piled M on the
silent mounds OF tn" cemeteries.
Tnc world makes apraulit0ry ado over
ii" work 0i mothers WHO haze raised bows
10 nc Srn;t. mon. and I could turn to my
book kshe.?e, AMI find the names 0s f!ty dis
tincniS"eI men war had great mOth"r.-
turicrS mother. Wa. y SCOTS mother. 81,
B'"EarI's mother. Gsniamin Wcsl's mother.
But Woo pr:ti,e$ M others for what they do
Io'daT-tterS w,,p Ha',n ;hn homo: Of Amer
!c2t lp not know of au instance OF such
r'toGn,ti"n. dr.'I.rn :, You trr [ hci,v.
"m Htic".nG ,ar nr,; wori trtt mas rgc..