Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-16
A Mothers Work and Her
Hopes
Hopes
An Editorial Written Especially for Men and Boys
Copyright 1879

This editorial is not written for women It is written for
MEN and for boys for the millions who fail to appreciate the
work that mothers for the millions that ignore the sefsa
fee and devotion upon which society is based
On hot night in the dusty streets of dirty city you
hundreds of women sitting pOrches TAKING CARE OF
BABIES.
In lonesome farm houses, far plains
with the late setting long day hard you
women cheerful and perseverng TAKING CARE OF BABIES
In the middle of the night in earliest morning when MEN
sleep all the world in ice hu North in Southern in
big houses and dngy tenements, you find awake
cheerfuIy and gladly TAKING CARE OF BABIES.
We respect and praise the man solfshy working for him
he builds up great industry and great personal for
tune, praise him
he risks his life for personal glory for praise
praise him.
he shows courage saving his from de-
structon, praise him
There was never man whose courage or devotion could
be compared with that of caring for her baby
The mothers love unselfsh and it has limit this
Of the grave.
You will find ONE in a thousand who will his life
for a cause.
You will find a 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 charac
ter, and ALL his chances of
How poorly the mothers service repaid by individ
ually and by society a whole
The individual feels that he has done much he gives
sufficient money LITTLE attention who brought
him from nohngess into life and sacrificed her sleep and
youth and strength for his sake.
Society the aggregate of human beings feels that duty
done when few hospitals opened for poor mothers and
little medicine doed out in Codhearted fashion to the sick
child
Fortunately, may truly be said that the great
most always appreciative of his greater mother
Napoleon cold jealous of other men, fundamentally
egOtscal when comparing himself with other of
But he revernced and appreciated the noble who bore
him. lived for him. and watched him to the end He said
at mother principles that
and all have that worth while do not hesitate to that the flu
ture Of the child depends 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 of
millions of perfectly devoted mothers.
Every mother is entirely DEVOTED, entirely HOPEFUL,
entirely CONFIDENT that future is great for her babys
deserts
The little head-often hopelessly ilshaped-ros about
feeb the thin neck devoid of muscles The oohess gums
chew whatever along The wondering eyes look eeby
amessy about without focus concentration The future
human being to the cold blooded onlooker useless little
atom added to the human of nonentity
But the mother that baby the of all time
endless meaning the first mumbngs, endless soul in
enle baby smile unlimited possibilities in the obby forehead
and round hairless head She in the future of the baby
responsibilities of government and feels that perfectly
lovely eventually be acclaimed ruler by mankind
AS result of perfect confidence in its future
gives to every baby perfect devotion perfect and aeoonate
moral education Each child begins life inspired by most
beautiful example of atruism and self-saOrhOe.
Kindness gradually taken the place of brutality among
beings because every baby its birth has found itself
surrounded by absolute kindness.
The mothers kindness forms moral character.
The mothers confidence and encouragement stimulate
bition and inspire courage.
The mothers patient watchfuness gives good health and
fights disease when it comes.
mothers wrathul protection shields the from the
stern and dwarfng severity of fathers
Truly may and should be judged by his feeling Co.
ward his mother and toward the mothers of other
Of ALL MEN
In the character of Christ whose last earthly thought
goha for His Mother the character of the hardwor
ing ignorant whose earnings to make his mother
Portable the beautiful trait devotion the
suffers and works for her children from the hours that preoede
their birth through all the years that they spend
gether.
Honor thy father and THY MOTHER.
And honor the mothers Of other Make their task
easier through fair payment Of the who support the chill
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