Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1909-09-09
Clntch Of the Baby Hand.

AAS cNAJ uouNo w NV tIVpIC Oo'
by clutch a mothers heart. There
isno appeal like theirs, no call SO
strong to motherhood.
Flushed with the hope OF a new
and happier lii" in the New World
Mrs Itta Buchalzow packed up|
her goods in Russia, turned her
back ON the old home in which
poverty had continually dwelt,
and sailed for, America, where
her robust sons, had found a dom
icile and a chance for success
She took with her her four youn-
ger children, the Oldest IA and
the youngest oily 4. She had lit
tie money and, to the officials en-
forcing the immigration laws,
seemed unable to bear the bur.
den of supporting her flock. The
sons were waiting, but they, too,
were poor. So the immigration
offirers decided that ii admitted
some Of the children were likely
to become public charges. There
fore they turned her back at the
very threshold of the new land.
They would allow her to enter
with the two older children, who
could soon be self.supporting,
hut if she stayed in America she
must send the little ones back to
Russia.
1t must haye been a great temp.
tation to remain in the fair new
land OF promise with her stalwart
sons and share their future. But
when she had to choose she could
not resist the appeal of the youn-
ger ones. They need me more, "
she said, and wiping away her
tears, she decided to return to
Russia, to take up the old | te
, there with her babies.
i The mother seeks to serve and
does not hesitate to spend her
self for the GOOD of her children.
and the smaller and weaker they
are, the more her heart is touch
ed. Their very weakness is the
strongest appeal to-that we'll q
sympathy in woman that goes
out to the weak. the crippled the
blind, the i'll. the distressed. II
is that which makes her the min
istering angel who stands beside
the slckbpd and fights for life tt
the very gates of Death. 1t il
+ that which arouses IN every goot
1 woman that spirit of sacrifice
that has made the worlds mar
tyrs. 1t is that which inspired
Florence Nightengale and Grae
Darling. which gives the R e.
Cross nurse the courage to bray
the battlefield, which fills t h
stats OF our hospitals with thes'
n gentle saints OF the sickroom
which results in a thousand act
OF charity, which has given ris
to the many organizations to re
lieye distress and help the NJ edy
1t is the spirit in man and VIC
man which has removed the shad
ow of starvation from. the live
n oI the poor, has provided human
n treatment for the insane, has gi
en- a home to the outcast a n i,
friends to the erring, has helpe
the deaf to hear and the blln
to see.
The humble Russian mothe
without a moment OF hesitatio
turns not to those who can CIV
her most, but those who need h.
q most. Her instincts are as tru
= as those OF the woman who wit
:, all the aids of civilization a n
~ education has been developed il
I. to the most refined and sensiti,
product of the age. For, after al
there is nothing in the life OF
woman 80 helpful to humanit
:. as this simple mOther-love whic
il poured out with the fragrant
of it's blessing upon the childre
.R of all the world.
Dysentery is a dangerous disea'
te but can be cured. Chamberlain
I'd Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rer