The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-12
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JUST ABOUT MOTHERS,

JUST ABOUT MOTHERS'
There is no deep, strong deathless
love save that within mothers
heart
In Mr.. Barrels play there is an
eNquisitely beautiful speech put into
the mouth of his Alice and delivere d
equally exquisitely by Miss Ellen
Terry as to the peculiarly tender
feelings of mother for her girl
as she grows up from childhood and
at last crosses the river that divides
youth from mature womanhood to
stand by the mothers side, that
would make one wonder how a man
had ever understood so we'll moth
er's heart were it not for the revel-
alton that he has himself given Of
his own life in his memoir of his
mother. There he tells us that it
was great day for my mother when
she gave birth to my sister. who
was to prove the companion and
friend of all her life. 81 will never
leave you mother. - the daughter
would say and Fine, l know you'll
never leave mev' the happy mother
would reply. So 1T was in truth, for
at an advanced age the mother died and
this devoted daughter passed away SO
nearly at the same moment as to pre-
vent either Of them knowing that the
other had gone.
Thus was achieved the ideal that
was once expressed in simple langu-
age from the heart of dear little
tender maiden of but six years old
who so loved her mother that, when
it had been borne in upon her that
mothers sometimes die and leave
their daughters alone, she thought,
deeply, till she had excogitated this
ideal: Mamma, would it not be nice
if there was mother, and she lived
to be very, very old, and her daugh-
ter lived to be old too, but of course,
not SO old, and then both died
at one time?" Queen Alexandra is
herself so loving mother and was
SO devoted daughter that one sees
her personal influence in the regula-
tion allowing the ladies who enter the
new homes named after her majesty
to be accompanied by daughter.
Mrs. Oliphant wrote: While my
mother lived l wanted no other
companion, and many happy moth
er knows that her daughter would
say the same.
In regard to the present agitation
OF the tendency of club life to lead to
childless homes the N. Y. Evening
Post says: ION the face of it the
charges are rather absurd. The aver
age club woman in the eastern and
southern states is about forty years
old, the mother of several children,
the Oldest of whom are either in
college or preparatory schools. She
is in comfortable circumstances, but
has not always been so situated. She
is good housekeeper, as averages
go. and simply prefers to spend her
leisure in self-improvement or civic
work rather than in shopping, matt
nees, bridge and gossip. In the west
ern states the clubwoman is rather
younger, but there is no evidence that
she neglects her domestic duties for
the club. Why should it be assum-
ed that the children are crying for
food and the husband is buttonless
because the wife goes to her club once
a week? Nobody assumes such ter
rible things if woman goes to a
matinee or tea.
One of the sweetest sights on the
Fourth was to see the tired looking
mothers holding up the little child
rem so that they could see good. ,"
Each spick and span white dress and
clean waist meant mothers hands at
the washtub and ironing board and
in manv gay hair ribbon, planning
and mothers going without, could be
seen. Three little boys with pink
and white waists stood in front of
their mother during the parade and
we heard her saying to some friend
81 got those three waists out of my
dress but it took some planning. We
thought bless your dear heart so it did
but it was happy time for you-as
to the boys, their faces spoke for
themselves. l hope they didn't get
very wet or soiled, those three pink
waists but iihave faith that moth
err would be equal to it if they did.
SICK.
Edwin L. Sabin in In Lighter Vein in the
November Century.
When Mothers sick. the holse is Al!
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