The Detroit times., 1909-03-15
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always Mother.
( \ wife may DO much toward polish
| ing up man and boosting him up the
/ ladder but unless his mother first
gave him the intellect to scintillatc
and the muscles To climb with the
wife labors in vain.
You cannot make a clod shine. You
cannot make mollusc aspire. You
must have the material to work with
! TO produce results.
/ By the time man is married his
character Is formed, and he changes
( very little His mother has made
( him: and no matter how hard she
tries. there is very little that his wife
can DO toward altering him.
/ IL is not the PHILOSOPHERS, the theor-
| les, the code OF ethics that a man ac-
| quires in his older years that really in
| hucnce him II is the things that he
/ learned al his mothers knee. the prin-
ciples that she insti!led in him in
his very cradle, the taste and habits
that she formed, the strength and
courage that she breathed into him.
Childish Imprc asons Count.
! 1t is the childish impressions that
( count IL Is the memory OF whispered
prayers. of bedtime stories, of old
ideals held unlaterngly before ii
! BOYS gaze ii Is half-forgotten songs.
and dim visions OF heroes thai a
mother taught her child TO worship.
that make the very warp and wool OF
! the soul
! It IS the pennies that mother
! teaches boy TO save and the self
! denial that she inculcates in doing H.,
I that form the real foundation Of the
! fortunate of the millionaire.
! II is the mother that loves books.
and who gives her sons her love oil
! learning, who bestows the great schol-
airs. The writer's, and orators, on the
: world.
I II Is the mother that worships sci
ence. who turns the eyes of the child
upon her breast up To the wonder OF
/ the stars. and who teaches the little
/ toddler at her side To observe the
marvel Of beast. and bird, and flower,
and all created things. whose sons be-
come the great astronomers, and nat
uralists. and biologists.
And Sometimes He Forgets.
I In the shadow of every great mans
! fame walks his mother She has paid
| the price Of his success. She went
down into the Valley of the Shadow to
give him life. and every day for years
and years thereafter she toied inces-
sanity To push him on toward his
goal
! She gave the labor of her hands for
his support; she poured into him am
bition when he grew discouraged; she
supplemented MS weakness with her
strength she filed him with her hope
and faith when his own failed.
AT last he did the Big Thing. and
people praised him, and acclaimed
him. and nobody thought of the quiet.
! insignificant little woman in the back
ground, who had been the real power
behind the throne Sometimes even
the king himself forgets who was the
k.ngnaker.
1t is wonderful what mothers do 1t
Is wonderful To think that there Is
more than one mother. sitting with an
OIL. dog feared history upon her lap,
and with a little curly-haired boy
leaning against her, listening with
thrilling heart while she pours into
hiJ ears the glorious story OF his
country. who is giving that child the
Impetus that some day will make him
president OF the United states
II is wonderful to think that there
| Is many a mother tonight telling her
little 10y. as she gets him to- sleep. the
tale OF Franklin and his kite. and OF
how the wizard Edison found the fairy
that dwells in the electric, light bulb,
who is setting the little feet upon the
Ioau Of electrical discovery that will
take him further than Our imagina.
tions can even conceive.
Wonderful Things Mothers Do.
IL is wonderful TO think that there
is some mother who is teaching her
! )aby 10 bite back the cry OF pain
when he falls who is developing for
our need some soldier as brave as lee
or GIANT
Il is wonderful 10 think that some
mother who is teaching her boy not
To mouth his words IS laying the foun
dati1n for a great orator 20 build a
career upon. and that some other
mott er who is encouraging and prais
ing her little boy in his FIRST effort al
writing is cherishing the flower OF a
greai literary genius
We look al a great man and admire
This achievements. but IL we only knew