Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-09

III ucNOtlOn such as this can be shown
for one whose name has, at least. been
tarnished. what words may be used to
describe the loyalty due one whose
name Is a synonym for purityi
The Worlds Burden Bearers.
II will not do this world a biz Of harm
for It's men-and its boys, too-to be
frequently reminded Of the great debt
they owe their mothers From the be.
ginning 20 the end Of her children g
lives, she is the burden bearer of bur
den bearers, and the wonder Of Il all
is that in her delicate construction
there Is strength to cary the loads.
The secret Of her love and sacrifice
was told by one who wrote, "Her
first miuistration for her infant is 20
enter, as it were the valley Of the
shadow Of death ami win its life at
the peril Of her own. How different
must an affection thus founded be from
all othcrsi'
And how different. indeed. from an
others is the mothers affection for
her childrcnl
The majesty Of n mothers love is
indcscribable In the language Of an
other, "shrinks not where man covers,
and grows stronger where man faints.
and from the waste Of worldly fortune
sends the radiance Of its quenchless
fidelity like a star In heaven"
But it Is not alone In the tragedies
of life the mother love is felt, Il man
ifosts itsclf an along the line; and the
routine life Of the mother is one con.
tinual round Of self sacrifice. Of atten.
tions great and small-the greatest
consequential 90 the chiid's Ia.
turo and The smallest indispensable 60
its present day happiness.
''Who ran 90 help me when I fell
And would somo pretty story tell,
or kiss The place 20 make e welii
Nv mother. "
A vcritable Sherlock Holmes.
Did you over think Of thc endless
and various little duties confronting tho
mother every day Of the ycart One
hour devoted % the discharge of these
dutics 90 the children would drive
the average man stark mad. From
morning until night, and In cases of
sickness or Of ffetfulncss sometimes
from night until morning this heroine
Of tho hcarthatono keeps over at her
task. with an the boundlcss attention
required by her little ones large
share ~ her notice must be given 20
tho little necessities Of the father, who,
Ia many ossea. is The greatest baby of
them an. What a wonderful amount
Of work ahe II able 10 accomplish How
many things she seems 20 be- able 90
] DO an at the same timcl AZ ono mo-
mont she 10 preparing tho father for
his daily journey % the business dis
tFict-and Ia most eases this II no
mean task, eithef-ana between steps,
as ii were, she is preparing the chill
dFen Tor school In locating missing
articles essential 30 tho dress she Il a
yefitable sherlock Holmes. Did a. ovs
Or occur 10 YOU that tho boys cap or
tho girls scarlet hood has a mysieF'
ious way OF hiding itsolff Aud dld IL
ever oeur 10 you also that through
somo mysterious power the mother is
always able 10 locate the missing aFiir
clei la such a search the combined
effort Of the father. the children amt
the domestic would be unayailing, even
though they extended over a consider
able period Of time, while the moth
er. who in the first place cannot pos
sibly have an idea az 90 the headgeaF =
location. seems instinciiyely drawn %
its hihng place, This provides but a
meagre description OF the wonderful
capabilities Of the mother in the lit
/ tle things in household affairs But
these thugs are familiar 20 every man
who remembers the kind offices of his
a H.. HHH ID ~ ~
stands uncovered in the presence of
his good wife's ministTations 90 his
own little ones,
Some Familiar Scenes,
Did you ever notice the large din
eulties under which a great, powerful
man struggles when he escorts two or
3 three children 10 a circus OF a county
fart In the parlanee or the street
he Is sweating blood and you have
NO difficulty IN imagining that under
his breath be is singing - charge 10
Keep / have, b" And did YOU ever mo-
tiee how deftly a mother, perhaps all
ready worn and weary from her house
hold work, handles, on similar oeea'
sions. half a dozen nervous, impatient
little onesf Perhaps she is carrying one
of them in a tired arm, and holding
another with a weary hand, while all
the time she is keeping a watehfui
eve ON the balance Of the grouPi ana
ain the time without a sign or weaFi-
ness and without a display OF lmPa'
tience.
HON intimately a mothers sympa'
tbies and sentiments are linked with
those OF the ehildl The boy can not
enter his home so late at night, ana me
innocent inquiry, els that you, VIM
is az familiar to the boys Of today as
10 the BOYS Of forty years ago. she
NAV be in a far away room ana yer
during the dead of night when a llltle 1,
one who has, perhaps taken o1'-, 49,
M half a dozen, Immediately distinguish
the owner Of the sneeze. She may De
sittin0 IN a room several rooms away