Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-11-12
An Ideal Mother.
Try a Young GRID


Madonna faces. There is certainly
something divine in the face OF
mother with her baby in her arms. ouI
1t Is almost impossible TO denne "ha'
this something is. Her eyes ana sinlo
are full OF love and gentleness, ana the
very atmosphere about her seems 10
be radiant with these attributes.
An ideal mother is one who lives Tor
her family, but who is not their slave
She Is patient. too, but there Is limit
TO patience. IL Is perfectly exaspera'-
ing, and II must be extremely hard Tor
the mother TO be patient when a crowd
Of children, her own and somebody
else's. come trooplng into the house
with mud on their shoes an inch thick,
and almost as much on their hands
and faces. But the ideal mother does
not scold; she simply takes a deep
breath and quietly asks the young par
ty to scrape their feet out OF doors, and
IL she wants their shoes TO be very
clean she will give the children knife
to do II with. Then the children want
TO come In and play fighting the Span
iards or the Indians with their blocks,
or else they want 10 play emlgrants
with every chair In the house Tor a
horse and the most elegant shawl they
can ind for a cover for the wagon.
II is Saturday morning. too. and the
baking must be done and the house put
In order for Sunday. But what can the
Ia uk hat
away. heaven only knows what sort OF
mischief they will do or what kind OF
company they will associate with. So
outwardly calm, but with a very ruled
spirit within, she allows them TO stay.
And they play happily until noon. But
during the morning about every fifteen
minutes they pop into the kitchen to
see II the cookies are not nearly done
and II they may have lust one apiece"
An Ideal mother Is sympathetic and
reliable. Two-year-old baby May with
the tears trickling down her fair little
lace, can go to mamma" with her
broken dolly. and there she will be
comforted and consoIed TO her hearts
content. And the great college fell
low, who always wants advice. but
who Is either afraid or too proud 10
ask Tor 1t, cannot help telling mother
all about his trials and tribulations.
lie knows that she will neither scold
nor laugh at him, and he starts of
again with light heart because there
ID one woman In the world who trusts
and relies on him.
know a mother who makes Il A
point to be around while the children
are getting of TO school Az each
starts of she kisses him good-by from
the college student TO the nrimary
scholar, and her last words Good
luck to you. dear" rings in their oars
an day long. Another thing she does
IS to mend gloves and mlt,ens AZ the
last moment. and in the greatest nos
sible hurry.
chiidren. as we'll as adults. like 10
De praised and appreciated WIZ,
children have tried hard to ba GOOD
they like to have their mother toll
them that she appreciates their efforts
ana when a daughter tries not IN p,e
slang. because one OF her snort,t
friends does not approve OF n sbs
reels greatly rewarded when roo,ha-
says that she is improving in that re-.
speet. The college boy, when in ,hs
depths OF despair about his eramina
lions, reels inspired to work had
.nan ever when mother says tina, abs
knows he can do anything he md.
sakes. because he Is his fathers SON
ana MS father always carried eyerv'
Ihese are few Of the charac,ert.
TICS OF an Ideal mother. Such a nn,h
er is an Inspiration to the child 70 =.
as nearly like her as possible FOR ~ .b ~
Is perfect In his eyes. ''' ''s