The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-08
WHAT THE WORLD OWES TO MOTHERS

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command Cheering him for the chance to die for him,
the flower of the French army advanced to the charge and
vanished in carnage. The blood soaked where the
Old Guard died marked another high tide in man. reck
lessness and daring
While their bodies were still warm the whose easy
breath had doomed them fugitive The life he held
lightly in others, he valued highly in himself that
he preferred to out in captivity rather than leave
it on his last field.
His fame today his power to send to fate
he himself could not face in the final test. Gored
der his gift to earth Yet his is written large
and time but brightens its luster.
In desoate home in Spokane deserted wife faced the
ordeal of motherhood The who had pledged himself
to shield and support her was gone Three children al
ready looked to her for bread No friends to cheer
and to aid her Hers to for the wants of those
already in full possession of life Added to this the
burden of usherng still another life into the kingdom of
desires to be satisfied and demands for sstenance grant
ed And she had nothing, nothing to do WITH nobody to
look to.
The and comfort sacrifice is considered too great
to procure in humble homes utterly denied her.
Into the gloom she went alone and but she
know what she met and overcame there.
Gloried existence, gloried by love- was her gift to
earth; her mission to yield her life in the giving if
necessary Subject every attack of poverty and friend
lessness in world full of people, she quietly bravely met
the issue-and conquered.
Place this picture in contrast with that of Napoleon and
say who is Drawer nober necessary to EARTH and to
heaven. Yet the world knows of Napoleon and yields him
homage. handful of people in Spokane have heard of
the woman
The story of that mother is the story of every mother
their story would have been different In that is the
history and the hope of the No did brave
act performed a magnificent deed that woman his
mother did not do Drawer act and perform mag
nifcent deed in giving him to the world. All that he
accomplish suffer comprehend, she accomplished suf
fered and comprehended long before.
All there is Of good and precious in the volume of
human existence is contained in the meaning of the name
sacred to humanlty-Mother.
When she says Be honest she speaks by divine right
When she points the right road her authority exceeds that
OF nation ruler She is speaking the words that make
nations and rulers.
Back OF her admonton is her knowledge that she must
go with you in love and loyalty wherever.you tread If
it will outweigh yours If crime your choice the stain
sinks deepest on her
# Ii you in any degree good she prayed you
might be she knows better joy If you great she
Graves sweeef satisfaction If you are both great and
good she knows the JOY that comparatively few mothers
can know in this careless world And whatever may be
your destiny she remains stranger to thought of dis
loyalty to you.
There ought to be inspiration in that even for the man
who has to die despsed the gallows Had he afways
remembered there would be need of gaows prisons
What bssful world this would be if every man lived
as well and honestly as his mother wanted him to live
is 1t unreasonable impossible? Did she ever ask any,
thing actually unreasonable and impossible?
You thought when child. Look back on it now and
you see her ever patiently and lovingly planning for YOUR
welfare She doing still and in the hurry bury of the
world, what you still but child? But she ALWAYS
mother The universe crowned her so.
You are long way from mother and her hopes for Won
now very likely. But why?
Are you any better off because of it? And is she?