Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-16
My Sons
Wife

luuSSu, she IS OUT numDered anon
the potentialities; In the land of tn
unborn she may be shyIy lingering
For the prospective bridegroom, albei
he fills his mothers heart, exists onf
in miniature. His joyous run is peril
Gus and uncertain. The little liner
suits he wears call forth amazed
comment at their maturity. Nathless
two years is no uniting interva
'twixt spouses. MY sons wife maj
well be fact accomplished II Is al
a babe, a newborn babe lying Silly
In cradle, that picture her.
And what is she like, this little
girl. wonder; this little girl who
means so much to him; so dear to mel
Does she lie there plump or puny,
brown or lily-fair, serene or wailful?
And the cot she lies in, Is it lace-be-
| decked. beribboned. burg wsth cur
tains of fair white dimfty? Or stands
1t bare and rudely fashioned Of the
twopenny banana boxf
But be she pauper or princess, I VIII
not cavil. In memory of that other
babe worshiped of princes, welcome
the daughter-in-law of the palace, of
the barn.
Yet these things are but trifles. 1,
too, am the worldly mother. For
princess or pauper, l would have my
sons wife well-born. would have
her forebears people of honor, of re-
finement. | would have this, although
l know that each new generation.
brings a new opportunity. Humanity
is compound and not mixture. The'l
elements fused together yield an ISSUE
strange and unaccountable. While!
there is life there is surely hope!
And yet-and veto little unknown
daughter-in-law, may you have been
discreet in your choice of parents!
May you, at least. have found moth |
er who loves you; indeed, it is the
common, foolish wont of mothers. !,
May you have found a father who, is
a gentleman to you. whateser he be
called otherwisel
But the little girl in her cradle has
already arranged her past Blameless
or sinful, it is already there. What.
use is it for me to speculate? What
use is 1t for me to think of her at all?'I
trow she never thinks of me. Shell
never thinks of her possessions that
| guard so carefully; the silver tea
service at the bank in its soft tissue
the family's sole. diamondiI
ring. She does not think of such
things; she does not care. Yet could
show them to her, she, would gurgiel
joyously. In her baby eyes their
shine and sparkle would seem fair:
And perchance when she doth real-
lie her treasures she. will no longer
prize them. For my sons wife may
be an artist, deeming crude, valuables
distinctive of the loathed Philistine;
'r learned lady despising gauds and
or a little socialist, happily
certain that in universal earthenware
les the cure of human i'll. Yes: me-
thinks my sons wife will be social
st. Daughter-in-law, will respect
your scruples; 1 will admire your no
BILE discomfort. You shall melt the sill
yer tea service; you shall sell it, and
print therefrem pamphlets, many
to reform the wicked pluto
GRAFT.
But although my sons wife may
deem silver teapots worthless, al
though she may consider pearls more
htly cast before swine, yet there is
one possession am guarding that
she will hold very precious, one be-
longing that awaits her for which she
will surely care.
Then, it is of this that I shall tell
her, this one thing of importance. l
pirate Of silver services when should
describe my son. Tall l see him for
MS years, his two years. as he plays
On the sward before me; tall and ex-
sturdy. His eyes are brown,
but his hair curls goldenly. little
girl, are you not glad with me that
his hair curls goldenlyO Strong he
Is, and merry. When he hurts him
self he cries but seldom. Rarely is
he vexed. What else is there to tell
ABOUT hlmT An, see, he runs towards
me with his arms outstretched.
But perchance my unknown daugh-
ter-in-law will feel that filial piety
concerns her not. Perchance she may
resent 1t. And yet 1t is a desirable
quality. All the things that I have
told her are desirable qualities; they
should tend to make a happy wife.
For two years this SON hath brought
his mother more happiness than she
had ever known. Is 1t not, then, prob
able that he will one day bring Joy
unto his wife? Little daughter-in-law,
/ pray that my son may give to you
as great a peace, as great a comfort |
as he hath given me. pray although |
in truth the prayer is more for my |
sons sake than for yours, since you |
are yet a stranger to me-Oh, may my
son come unto his wife as unspotted |
as he came to me- MAY he be pure /