Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-10
My Sons
Wife

the potentialities; in the land Of the
unborn she may be shyly lingering.
For the prospective bridegroom, albeit
he nils his mothers heart, exists only
In miniature. His joyous run is peril
Gus and uncertain. The little linen
suits he wears call forth amazed
comment at their maturity. Nathless.
two years Is no uniting interval
twixt spouses. My sons wife may
well be fact accomplished. It Is as
babe, q newborn babe lying Silly
In q 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 me?
Does she lie there plump or puny,
brown or lily.fair, serene or wailful?
And the cot she lies in, is 1t lace-be-
aecked. beribboned, hung with cur
aims Of fair white dimity? Or stands
Il bare and rudely fashioned Of the
.wopenny banana box?
But be she pauper or princess, win
not cavil. In memory OF that other
babe born in the stable, that other
babe worshiped Of princes, / welcome
he daughter-in-law Of the palace, Of
he barn.
Yet these things are but tribes. ],
100, am the worldly mother. For,
princess or pauper, l would have my
sons wife well-born. Il would have
her forebears people Of honor, Of re-
anement. I would have this, although
know that each new generation
brings q new opportunity. Humanity
ID a compound and not mixture. The
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 a moth
Or who loves you; indeed, 1t is the
common, foolish wont Of mothers.
May you have found a father who Is
4 gentleman to you, whate'er he be
called otherwise!
But the little girl In her cradle has
already arranged her past. Blamelessl
or sinful. II IL already there. What
use II It for me to speculate? What
use IL It for me to think Of her at all?
I trow she never thinks Of me. She
never thinks OF her possessions that
I guard 90 carefully; the silver tea
service at the bank in its soft tissue
wrappings; the family's sole diamond
ring. She does not think Of such
things; she does not care. Yet could
I show them to her. she would gurgle
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 IN artist, deeming crude valuables
distinctive Of the loathed Philistine;
or learned lady despising gauds and
baubles; or q little socialist. happily
certain that In universal earthenware
lies the cure Of human Ill. Yes; me-
thinks my sons wife will be social
list. Daughter-inlaw, / will respect
your acruples; l will admire your mo-
BILE discomfort. You shall melt the sill
yer tea service; you shall sell 1t, and
print therefrom pamphlets, many
pamphlets. 10 reform the wicked pluto
crat,
But although my sons wife may
deem silver teapots worthless, al
though she may consider pearls more
fltly cast before swine, yet there is
one possession ! am guarding that
she will hold very precious, one b.
longing that awaits her for which she
will surely care.
Then, It is of this that shall tell
her, this one thing of Importance. I,
pirate Of silver services when should
describe my son. Tall / see him for
his years, his two years, as he plays
on the sward before me; tall and ex-
ceedIngly sturdy. His eyes are brown.
but his hair curls goldenly. little
girl, are you not glad with me that
his hair eHrls goldenly?). Strong he
L. Nnd merry. When he hurts him.
self he cries but seldom. Rarely IL
he vexed. What else is there to ten
about HINT An, see, he RUNS towards
me with his arms outstretched.
But perchance my unknown daugh-
ter.in.law will feel that flial piety
concerns her not, Perchance she may
resent It, Ana Jet It is a desiruhle
quality, An the things that / have
tala her are desirable qualities; they
should tend to make happy wieA.
For two years thia son hath brought
his mother more happiness than she
had ever known. Is It not. then, prob
able that he viii one day bring ioV
unto his wife? Little EMBELLISHMENTS.
I pray that my son may give to y0u
as great . peace, as great a comfort
"a he hath given me. Ipray. although
n truth the prayer Is more for my
sons sake than for yours, since you
are yet q stranger 20 Mech, may NO
son come unto his wife as unspottsd
a. hO came to me. May he be pure
IN heart when he enters upon his Sec
ond birth, the birth Of the new dual
lifel May he always, and Whate'er b.
fall him, never cease IN seeing Godl
And 90 farewell. little girl. Fare
ven. for IN the surging crowd I can.