The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-05-12
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To HER MOTHER
Il lfficIllt for Older Mos
man 70 ] AdilIslt. Herself
0sCircutllsI TAM es.


10 Circufnst tan es.
In r HEN gifl enters the business
World She Is bound 70 bring l
LACK to the home On ipde.
pendence ii spirit which Is likely y.
IEhuft the mother.
often the mother fails to recognize
Isthat The iittle girl she knewSstias
grown into woman like herself VINO
has her own thoughts and opinions
and that while they are YET mother ges
and daughter they arefalso two grown
women each with her own PERSONAL (
ity HI
This ii hard, sometimes tor me
mother to understand and the datl g
ter's attitude may be resented.
The Independence which naturally
comes or constant contact with the
world IS brought into the home, and
the advice that The mother offers Is
sometimes questioned by her dalshi
Ter.
From longer experience the Older
\ woman thinks her advice and admonf
Milton should be respected by the
younger daughter whose life has EN-
SEbraced only half as many years as
hers.
The daughter, with the confidence
that comes from knocking against
adverse circumstances In Office life
( thinks she knows the ways Of the
from the beginning to the END
If the alphabet. She thinks her moth,
\ er oId-fashioned in her view Of meT
4 and things, and is more likely thai
4 not to resent the upwlttlngly. super
] ior attitude of the mother. p
3 Naturally the mother thinks tbs
daughter lacking in Difference, ant
clashlngs ensue, which too often enc
in complete discord.
1t is at this time that the mothe
must bring all her love and diplomac!
to bear She must realize that SIN
knew the child's nature, but that tn
k girl who now confronts her is NJ
longer that child, but woman lik
d herself, with her own tastes aud char
y acter. s.
Then she must endeayop 70 know
i her daughters nature, itsposssibtlitle
ia and limitations, and to taatmsITY us
!. her ;nduende where itfwilfsbs of bes
advantage. NJ. s.SSs
h. Greatest freedom has evolved fFof
5. The timid girl Of a,by-gohs day. q
L. Intelligent, sttgpg girl With " u h min NJ
20 grap whatever COMES !.tts llatl
Is Whether -itbe good or Otherwise. Il 7
be determined BY her, and, hefe Sttsl
ttat the greater experience Of u
|. mother VIII come to therescue.
Z The girl fresh from outside infu
| ences, tull OF a isemeYhat arf6sat
!. confidence in her own powers, Will
is she .Oves and respects her parent,
mere likely than not to resent an
n, undue pressure which may be brougf
~ TO bear 10 force her to conform 4
"a her mothers views.
IL Any sensible womanl will admitNth'
n. the problems she must deal with al
Z not The problems OF her mother
III grandmother. for the girl of today
re no more like the girl of yesterda
III than the flora OF the 'rrigid zone
like that of The torrtd.
rs She must be studied from dlffe
1e ent viewpoint and dealt with accor'
= n insly.
r. ThoIG are two things mothetsof sut
4 daughters should cultivatc-a qui
dignity which will force the girl's i
ed spect, and u sympathy which will 8
he held on the girls heart
The old, old legend OF the Moth
Is at tic washtub and the daughter
:, the piano is >the mental attitude
NJ many homes. But the sympathy al
~ love Of the mother can smooth>ov
IN many bumps, even that of the sorrc
al. OF chlld's depreciation.
on III many ways the woman daIssht
in is much like the child daughter viii
re- the mother knew so well, and If q
mother will but draw deeply from h
om store Of common sense and forbea
INT snre no clashes of wills will mar I.
peace and happiness of the home
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