The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-05-12

take it for granted that they can put
all their burdens on the patient, I'M
murmuring mother.
A young girl, beautiful, gay, and
full of spirit married and had four
children. Her husband died and left
them penniless. BY dint OF unremit-
ting toll and terrible sacrifices, s-e
succeeded In rearing them and putting
them through college. When they came
home, dainty and refined, she had be-
come an old, commonplace looking
woman. They had their own COM
panions and pleasures. She fingered
among them q few years, and then
died suddenly Of brain failure. The
shock aroused them to consciousness
Of the truth. The Oldest son took her
In his arms and said, You have been
good mother to u.s." Her face COL
ored and the light came for a moment
and smiled, you never said so before,
john" and then the light died out and
she was gone"
A Pathetic Sight.
I think one Of the most pathetic
sights l ever witnessed was that of
Kentucky mother who came to this
city q few months ago to see her son,
who had been sentenced to the peni-
tertiary for house breaking. She
walked into the Jail Office, and her
son came in the opposite door in
charge of an officer and with manacles
on his wrists, those wrists that had
been once circled around her loving
neck, and she gulped down a lump
which had arisen in her throat and
tried to be calm, had to turn away.
And when she had done all she could,
and had to see her boy csrried to the
penitentiary, and turn back, desolate
and hungry hearted alone, / felt the
tragedy of it ALL
And what neglect the mothers have
to suffer! A few scraggy lines that
chill her heart. Sometimes no letter
at all.
There are perhaps numbers of
wealthy men who owe everything TO
| their mothers, whose declining years
are being spent in penury. Such men
who never think of carrying her flow
ers will pile them higa on her coffin.
| Men make the mistake Of neglecting
the little things they might do. The
| feminine heart is just as susceptible
in the aged as in the young. A little
attention would lift many a weight
1t ought to be the ambition Of such
men to see that their mothers live As
well as their wives.
An old man was being turned out
by his son, who called his own boy to
! give the old man a pair of blankets
! and let him go. The father observed
! that the boy had cut the blankets and
kept one, and repriInanding him, re-
! ceived the reply, Il kept one to give
| you when turn you Quit"
| I read of a mother who shaved for
her only son for years, taking in wash
| ing that he might have college edu-
cation. When his time for graduation
came, she wanted to hear his speech.
| It was her one ambition. He discour-
aged her, because he said she did not
have clothes suitable. She was deter
mined to go, and sat in the rear.
When he had finished she was so
proud Of his success that she went
| forward among the others and threw
her arms about her boys neck to con-
graduate him. 1t was a proud mo-
ment with her. He repulsed her, and
afterwards sharply chided her for
! making a scene in the presence Of the
+, audience.
If one is ashamed of a godly mother
because of her wrinkles or poverty,
| then he is trying to sail under false
colors and is not trustworthy.
There Are Noble Sons.
There are some noble sons who do
not neglect, but whose chief pleasure
is found in filial love and attentions.