Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-29
Her Unsel6shness.
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to benefiting others. Our benevolent
acts are usually bestowed, first, on those
nearest and dearest to us; second, on
those remote from us. Mrs. Day fol
lowed this rule inversely. She ex-
pected those nearest and dearest to
her to do her legitimate work, while
she benefited the larger mum Der.
Her daughter Maud possessed a dis
position exactly the reverse. She sacri-
feed for those nearest and dearest to
her, while her mother was engaged in
general charities. The consequence
was that Maud's sacrifices, which were
real ones, passed unnoticed and I'M
known, while those of her mother,
which were not real ones, gained her
the reputation of being one of the
largest hearted women in the world. i
"You must give me up, Harry, DEAR
said Maud to her lover one evening
when he had proposed for the seventh
time. 81 feel that it is my duty to
stand by mother"
while your mother stands by any
one except you"
Mothers unselfshness is beauti-
full
"In what way do you stand by her?'
"Well, you see, If mother had the care
of the family she wouldn't have time
to do what she does for the world, and
I'm needed to relieve her of it. Now,
If you were rich mother wouldn't OBJ
ject, you know, because you could
supply her with nurses to look after
the children while she presided at
charitable meetings and directed the
efforts of the army Of good workers.
She's a sort of general"
every general is supposed to have
a body servant"
az don't know what you mean by
that"
"You are doing work which your
mother should do while she is crafty
ing her ambition"
"Oh, Harry, you don't understand
her at all! She is the most unselfish
woman in the world"
"Her unselishness is truly remark
able. She loves you so well that she
expects you to marry a rich man that
he may provide her with means for
doing what she should do. There's
nothing to prevent her marrying the
rich man herself. She's a widow"
"You are very unjust. Mother has
no idea of marrying, and, above all
things, she would not let wealth int1u-
ence her In her choice. Her nature is
far above that"
1t was a year after this dialogue that
Mrs. Day announced to her daughter
that she was about to marry q million
aire. The news spread, and Harry
Ashurst heard it. The same evening he
was with Maud.
Sweetheart" he cried, "is the glori-
GUS news true? Is your mother en-
gagged to old Cubberly 2"
"She is"
"And you will now
"Mother says she'll need me more
than ever"
what do you mean? Didn't she
wish you to marry a rich man that he
might provide servants to take care of
her children while shle"-
"Please don't talk SO, Harry. Mother
is q truly beautiful character. She
says Mr.. Cubberly is to give her con-
troll of his income, and she's going to
spend it all on the poor"
"Now, see here, Maud, this is the last
time I'm going to ask you to marry
me. Either fix it up with your mother
now or give me up"
This decision had its effect, and
Maud pleaded with her mother to be
permitted to marry the man of her
choice. The mother coldly told her to
do as she pleased. Harry turned the
tide in his own favor, and mother and
daughter were married about the same
time.
Harry" said the young wife n
day, 1--WE just been over to mothers.
It's perfectly regal over there-splen-
did house, rich furniture, lots of serv-
ants"
81 thought the income was to go to
the poor"
"Of course she must keep up the
mode of living to which her husband
has been accustomed-for him, you
know
How much goes TO cndrlty
81 don't know. Mothers forte was
always in directing others. She's a
great organizer. What she could do
by merely giving would be a mere
trife compared with what she does as
AN Administrative"
"Are you sure she has the control of
her husbands income?"
"Yes, l am. But l don't think he
likes it as we'll as he thought he would.
1 overheard him talking to her very
unkindly."
"What did he say?"
"Why, he said that-I don't like to
repeat his awful words"
"Come, sweetheart, out with it."
"He said that he'd been a fool to
make some agreement or other"
"About his income going through her
hands to the poor?"
"How did you know that?' +.
"Why do you askY
Because that's just what he did
say"
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