Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-16
A Mothers Work and Her
Hopes
An Editorial Written Especially for Men and Boy
Copyright 1870

This editorial written women 1t is written for
MEN and for boys for the millions who fail appreciate the
work that mothers do for the millions that ignore the sesacr
fee and devotion upon which society is based
On hot night the dusty of dirty CITY, you
hundreds of women sitting on pOrches TAKING CARE OF
BABIES.
In lonesome farm houses, far monoonous plains
with the late setting long day of hard you find
cheerful and perseverng TAKING CARE BABIES
In the middle of the night earliest morning when MEN
sleep all the world in ice huts North Southern
big houses and in dingy you find awake
cheerfully and gladly TAKING CARE OF BABIES.
We respect and praise the man selfshy working for him
he builds up great industry and great personal for
tune praise him.
he risks his life for personal glory praise we
praise him.
he shows courage saving his from
struction, praise him
There man whose courage or devotion could
be compared with that of caring for her baby
The mothers love is unselfsh and it limit this
of the grave.
You will find ONE in thousand who will his life
for a
You will find THOUSAND women in a thousand who will
risk their lives for their babies
Everything that has and is he his mother
From her he gets health BRAIN encouragement moral charao
ter and ALL his chances of
How poorly the mothers service is repaid by ndivid
ually, and by society a whole
The individual feels that he has gives
sufficient money LITTLE attention brought
him from nothnness into life and sacrificed her sleep and
youth and strength for his sake,
Society, the aggregate of human beings feels that its duty
is done when few hospitals opened for mothers and
little medicine doled out in codheared fashion to the sick
child
Fortunately may truly be said that the great man al
most always appreciative of his greater mother
Napoleon cold jealous of other men, fundamentally
egoistica when comparing himself with other of
he reverenced and appreciated the noble
him. lived for him. and watched him to the end He said
my mother good principles my
and all have that worth while do not hesitate to say that the fo-
ture Of the child depends on the mother"
The future of the individual child depends individual
mother and the future of the depends the mothers of the
Think what has been done for mankind by thousands
millions of perfectly devoted mothers.
Every mother is entirely DEVOTED entirely HOPEFUL,
entirely CONFIDENT that future great baby
deserts
The little head-often hOpelessly ilhaped-ros about
feey the thin devoid of muscles toohess gums
chew whatever along The wondering eyes look eeby
amessy about without focus concentration The future
being, to the codblooded onooker little
atom added to the human of nonentity
But to the mother that baby the of all time There
is endless meaning in the first mumbings endless soul in the
senle baby smile unlimited possibilities in the obby forehead
and round hairless head She future the baby
responsibilities of government and feels that perfectly
lovely must eventually be acclaimed ruler by mankind
AS result of perfect confidence in its future the mother
gives every baby perfect devotion perfect and aeoonate
moral education Each child begins life inspired by
beautiful example of altruism and self-sacrhce.
Kindness has gradually taken the place of brutality among
beings because every baby its birth has found
surrounded by absolute kindness.
The mothers kindness forms moral character.
The mothers confidence and encouragement stimulate am
bition and inspire courage.
The mothers patient watchfuness gives good health and
fights disease when it
The mothers wrathful protection shields the child
stern and dwarhng severity of fathers
Truly may and should be judged by his feeling
ward his mother and toward the mothers of men
If ALL MEN.
In the character Of Christ whose last earthly thought
gotha for His Mother the character of hardwor
ing ignorant whose earnings 10 make his mother
Portable the most beautiful trait devotion the who
suffers and works for her children from the that preoede
their birth through all the years that they spend earth
gether
Honor thy father and THY MOTHER.
And honor the mothers Of other men. Make their task
easier through fair payment Of the who support the chill
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