The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-26

1NHE met hers. congress which met In
III Washington u. G.. February IL
Ill was a ysos. excellent sdsA4: wsi
conducted Te every thinking we-
man ske fact that she II a rsefher lends a
eseilng OF responsibility hardly 10 be esti-
mated by enc who is either spfrster or
chlsdlesx wife Should Il woman have 40
children. she escapes many Of the cares %
life. The constant drain upon the strength
physical and nsental-ssf lostng mcsheT
pale ns motherhood There is hardy a wife
ard mother who is rot a trifie nervous
some women mere than tribe. The con-
slant assrsslors OF a isfE in this restless age
seems 10 have developed nervousness even
In the cow woman, thai ansablS and
abundant exponent Of nature wfo. cen
tury or 30 ago was never known 10 con-
Tess TO nerve. There are rnore diseases.
too. for ehsldren 20 contract. since trains
have been excavatei and since the needs
Of modern civilization require lavasGri.s
and toilet rooms in all modern dwellings
II is very wise idea for mothers to as
sernhle ard exchange views on the develop
ment Of thar which Is best. ard the elirni-
nation Of evil tendencies Of that portion OF
the weird which today IS the chrysals and
tomorrow may be grub. butterfly. chaff or
nower.
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Old maids children are always divine.
They never were known 10 growl or snap.
They never were heard or seen 10 do any
thing hus Just what WAS right OF course
IL Is very hard for an average everyday
sort Of mother 10 have one OF these spin
sster-wives SIT on her at all hours OF the
day because Tom Is 50 rough and Nellie
is SO rude. As every man who reads the
daily newspaper thinks himself more capa-
bic OF running II than the editor. thinks he
could give the reporters spades and big
casino and stiii bea, him In scoops and
sweeps" 50 the woman VINO has no child
always gives the child's mother excellent
advice. too difficult TO heed. and warnings
as impossible 10 follow. Then the way saat
these sterile mothers pick AT the children.
aagging till exhaustion calls halt is sure
~ as bad for the nagger the nagged.
There are many mothers. mothers In
heart and soul. who have never been wife
or mother. and 10 these loyal and lovely
ladies my knee viii always bend. have
In my mind as / write now a woman who
died AN old maid. She was y when she
died. and | know that she was a loving
loyal mother TO twelve or fourteen people
during those years that she walked among
US. Not having the family burdens to bear.
and with no husband to covet her time or
claim her affection, this old maid was able
10 do more for the children whom she coup
seized and reared than most mothers. She
was one OF the great few who called q
spade a spade. and quoting one of the
greatest Of writers she would laughingly
say; ''Oid 1 know / am. and a maid hope
| am. when trying to tease her some enc
would introduce the subject of .old maids
THE father OF ten sons is rich. The
father Of ten daughters may as well en-
gage rooms in the poorhoase." says an old
proverb. This used 10 be more the case in
days gone BY than now, for in this century
women have taken the. stand that Tabor
is honor and work as hard as the fathers
and brothers OF their generation.
It's nothing but eirl-baby--it ought TO
be drowned" is now eliminated from the
funny papers and gone into retirement
with many other expressions OF by-goue
days. The age has gore by when the girl
baby was corrugated in the passive voice.
To be supported 10 he protected, to be
lowered and last. though not least, 10 be
married.
At one of the earliest meetings in this
country called mothers conferences one Of
the shining lights made this remarkable
speech: Il always secuted the doctrine OF
original sin until had children 81 my own.
IN total depravity" At this same time DIR.
Holmes said: There people who think
everything may be done II The doer be he
educator or physician. he only called in
season. No doubt: but in season.. would
often be hundred or two years before the
child was born. and people never send 50
early az that
DR. Holmes vas a great believer that
''atavism''-the ancestral nequest of phys
cal mental and spiritual traits to succeed
ing genera ll0ns-had much TO do with the
you and me of today. As Joseph Cook said,
ITO speak roundiy. the great law Of hered-