The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-03-04
Womdn's U)orId

OF a right heart. am always
with Thee. Thou hast held me bv nv
itietl. hano; and with Thy glory Thou
iidst received me-" But there and then
cdlile a knock at her door: her servant
waited to say that Lorenzo. her hus-
pana' was departing for. the chase, and
! "Ished to say farewell to her.
| oWeetly She. rose and left her pray
eis--she was wont to say that "a mar
Tled woman must leave God at the al
tar TO ind Him in her domestic cares
-she saw her husband ride away.
Watching him faithfully till he was out
OF sight; then she returned to her
! oratory, only to be interrupted three
times more at that selfsame verse. Her
enid wanted to speak to her, she met
! MN with a loving smile; a pilgrim had
come from the Holy Land, she humbly
knelt and washed his traVel-stained
feet, and reyerently heard his story.
and gave him food; a gay young noble
man, passing by, came in for an idle
chat, and was patiently and courte-
ously received. Not once did a muir
muir cross those holy lips, sealed
against any querulous or complaining
utterance by the one soothing, uplift-
ing thought of the will of God"
But when she went back, peacefully,
, the fourth time to her little ROOM it
seemed to her she saw a radiant form
OF heavenly beauty disappear from her
prayer-desk; and, on the page of her
misSal. shone out in golden letters of
unearthly loneliness the words of her
psalm at which she had been. so con-
tinually interrupted, and by little in
terruptions" only; Il am always with
Thee. Thou hast held me by my right
hand: and by Thy will Thou hast con-
Quoted me, and with Thy glory Thou
hast received me-"
Here lies the cure for our nervous
ness, our worry, our "Americanitis," if
you choose to call it so. We must take
our little Interruptions, as we try to
take our great ones, simply and sweet
ly as the will of God. This is the one
thing necessary, and by doing it. we
embrace always the better part of
Mary; for he who does Gods will
everywhere, in small things as in great
things, finds God everywhere, and !
whether in crowds and tUnults or in |
prayer and Communion, he stirs not |
from his place at Jesus feet. Let US
look thus on little interruptions"
that come, uncalled for but impera |
tive, in our daily lives; sooner or later, |
in Gods good time, our restless, ner- |
Vous, storm-toSsed being will become |
calm as the whirlpools central deep. |
The Girl Ashamed of Her Mother.
1T is a sorry day for girl says a
writer in Success, when she feels her
self superior to her mother, and con- |
siders herself called upon to apologize
for her bad grammar, Inexperienced
words, foreign accent or slips in speech.
When a girl becomes so small and con-
temptible that she is ashamed TO appear
in public with her mother, because she
ance, her hands brawny, her face pre-
maturely wrinkled, and her form bent
by long years of drudgery for her chill
dren, she is indeed to be pitied. She
has indeed fallen below contempt.
What a return to make to the poor
mother for all her self-sa crifice, for the
years of patient trials. cheerfully plod-
ded through, that her daughter might
enjoy advantages thai she in her youth
never dreamed of!
The girls who are ashamed of their
hard working mothers are. few happily
with the vast number who
and endeavor to repay their
mothers sacrifices. Still, there are too
many of them-girls who do not even
darn their own stockings, mend their
own clothing or make their own beds.
Il have in mind mother who is con-
making sacrifices in order that
her daughter may make a good appear
ance. She wears her old cloak ana
shabby bonnet another year; she re
models for the second time and tries
TO freshen up the gown which SHOULD
nave been discarded last year, so that
he young girl may have new ones and
appear 10 as good advantage as other
girls finer age. She drudges from
morning till night. and often far into
The night, so that her daughter may
have more leisure to practice accom-
or to have good time.
Anything is good enough for the slave
mother. When the tired hands should
De at rest, they are busy with some
lainty laundry work, or plying the
needle on some pretty thing for the
girls adornment when she shall make
Ter next appearance at dance or a re-
option. The daughter, meanwhile, is
.ossiping about the neighborhood or
5 at the theatre. or some other place of
or, perhaps. she sits by
eading silly story or stunning on. ..
he piano. Should her mother ask her
o assist her by washing the dishes,
clearing off the table. or doing some
,ther simple duty, she usually finds
some excuse for getting out of it"