Middletown transcript., 1911-07-22
MOTHERS VACATION .

The vacation season begins July and
will continue in all its glory ofsheer linen
and white fannels for two months. The
vacation is a nice thing, joy while it
lasts, if not forever, but it's queer that
the people who need it least get the most
of it, and vice versa.
One of the persons who needs a rest
most otall but does not usually get any at
all is the mother of the household in
farming or manufacturing communities.
There are some selfish married women to
whom life is one long grand holiday,
making one wonder what excuse they
can give for living. They seem to have
no idea that they we're born to be of any
use in the world whatever and not being
useful it frequently happens that they are
not even Ornamental. But the typical
mother of a family in what is generally
termed the middle class" but ia really
the top class, because the most important
of the country, is at work early and late
day in and day out, Sundays included.
In the words OF Scripture, "She ariseth
while it is yet night and prepares meat
for her household" the quotation may not
be exact, but it serves our purpose. We
have suspicion that the correct reading
is gives meat, but that would imply
that the household is all awake and ready
for breakfast when the good wife gets up,
and that would be grossly inappropriate
as description of modern conditions.
Father works pretty hard, too, and we
have no objection to his having a vaca.
ton if he can. But the men of the family
at least have Sunday as day of rest, and
they get good deal of fun out Of life as
they 60 along. Their daily life compels
them to 60 about among their fellows and
get more or else recreation in this way,
even then they are nominally at work.
But the mother is kept all the day and
every day within the four walls of the
home. She is among the first to arise in
the morning and she is constantly on the
60 until she drops weary on her head at
night And then, on Sundayl To show
what happens to her on Sunday, we quote
from one of many similar items which ap.
peal almost every week in the correspon.
dence columns of the Union News.
"John Pushard and wife had as their
guests last Sunday, Willing Eaters and
wife, and Will Carryfruit and wife, of
Baltimore; Misses Mary Feeder, Sophie
Shippers, Eta, Lott and Rose steeler,
and Annie Moore; Happy Suffer, Joe
Coss, Only Drinkwater, Long Feeder
and Will Bust. They thoroughly enjoyed |
Mrs. Pushard's delightful hospitality"
No doubt they did, but it was pretty |
hard on Mrs. PuGhard, wasn't it2 Tired
out on Sunday morning with a weeks
heavy work, she had to scramble about |
on the "day of rest" and provide "com-
pany dinner" for fourteen people in ad-
dition to her own family. This is fre-
quent occurance throughout the rural
sections, for Mrs. Pushard and her kind |
are always sure to be found at home and |
are easy prey for those who wish to pull |
out holiday at their expense.
Then, in arranging vacations for the |
family, plan for mother first. She may
be hard to manage, no doubt, and will in.
sist that she does not need rest and that
the place cannot get along without her,
but il will have to some day, and the way
to postpone that day of final rest is to
give her some rest now.