The Laclede blade., 1906-05-19
Some Evening Rsvsries.

Sometimes 1t is best not to try {
realize ones dreams. 1t is wholesom,
maybe, for man to return afte
many years to a community which h
left for his battle with the great world
but he is apt to have had knock
enough in the arena where men Civ,
and take, without exposing himself
when he leaves the firing line, tc
"wounds in the house of his friends u
Certain cherished illusions in the mind
of the man who goes back are bound
to die like golden butterflies bitten OF
the frost-they were things of the
bright day and the warm sun, and
cold kills them. Every man, howev-
er old, has kept place in his heart
where abide his recollections of his
native town, and the place is young
and fresh as glade over which the
soft April sun has passed. He runs
a sad risk of having the youth of him
chilled and withered when he takes
the pilgrims staff and scrip and starts
on his sentimental journey homeward.
1t is saddening and disheartening to
go back; it is satisfying, maybe, Just
maybe, nevertheless.
Xxx
1t is claimed that all the presidents
of the United States had good moth
ers. 1t is said that John @. Adams
until the day of his death said the
prayer his mother had taught him.
Lincoln said, Cali that I am I owe
to my mother" Garfield kissed the
face of his mother on the |
day of his Inauguration and said,
''You brought me to this" Grover
Cleveland said, "Worldly honors or
perplexities will never cause
ne to forget the lessons my mother
;aught me-" AS the shadows length
IN, the memory of mothers love be-
comes intensified. The vision GROWN
linn with age becomes clear and pic
;ures of childhood days rise before us
n their pertections. It is well 80 few
instances are on record where a moth
r has failed to impress her children
With the value and purity of a moth
RS love. Most of our great men &C.
ord to their mothers the credit of j
heir best achievements. The moral
ature of the child is largely what he
nherits from his mother. Genius Of /
en- comes from the father. We often
ee sons of plain, uneducated mothers
ise to eminence. A mother may be !
1orally and mentally strong, yet ply {
ically so weak that she can give her
hid little aside from her lovable ma t
Ire, and the child will grow into a a
assive creature who will never cause 4
ripple in the worlds affairs. ii
To emphasize the influence of the 5
other physiologically is unnecessary U
our day when everyone has his .
1ota of scientific knowledge. Queen
ictoria is grand example of perfect
otherhood. This queenly woman t.
Id womanly queen has had an infu- r
ice upon the world in wifehood and lt
The mother of Napole- h
i, Marie Bamolino, was not what is le
rmed an educated woman. She tt
arried at the age of "sweet sixteen" lc
It developed into a very strong char tt
ter. 1t is claimed by his biogra- k
lers that Napoleon inherited his firm c,
II and lofty ambition from his moth n
and not from his easy-going father. Al
apoleon said of his mother, "She d,
8 the head of man on the shoulders d
a woman" and be always went to
r for counsel in the important af-
rs of life, yet he did not always fol- !. .
Y her advice. We shall not venture 10
speak of Mary Ball, the mother of 70
further than to say that a.
} was q woman of high temper and