Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-24

understand that she kNssSE AZ al ~
has dcne anything &rVT w
In tho least wrong.
In her opinion shc has performed viz /
tuous and mertorious act in numbering
anybody that interfered IN the slightest
degree with her childs pleasure or COM
fort
And we ali know hundreds OF just such !
mothers as the mother I'm the play. They F;
may not actually take your life TO make
a Roman holiday for their offspring, but
they sloy your peace and comfort, and
destroy your property 70 alnusc their
brats, without single pang OF compunc-
ton Nay. more They feel that you
ought 20 consider yourself honored and
blessed lie being offered up as a living
sacrifice to their little Tommies and
suEicp and Massies.
Talk ABOUT the unseitishness OF mothers.
Motherhood Is the most utterly selfish
pnsa Oh on cartn. When II comes to
question between other people and her
chiidrcn. tho average mother never even
eohaidora tho rights. privileges or de-
s;rss Of ths party OF the otacr part
! She's iuat bent and determined that her
child shal have tho best OF everything
! and tao naoss OF everything, and that II
! snAii 10 ns Il please. and II this robs you
o. diSSuToE you o. makes you miserable
so fnUeh tho woTso for you. She isn't
. syon sorry 10: you. she considers that
) e inoTe;y shows wat a moan. selfish
| bt-ItS yol arc. not 20 bc willing to hand
oToT everything OIL a silver salyer to her
| precious iittIS UddIouTar.
ThoTe In SonhethinS IN motherhood that
| changes the RentlcSt the most generous.
tho most Just md delicatoly cons'derate
! venom into a fSrocious monster OF SOL
! fishness. who tramples rough shod over
| every one who comes near her In order
/ to crafty the slightest whims OF her
children. These may seem harsh words.
has nsS you 70 consider the conduct OF
ta~ ."-ot,orr OF your acquaintance, and
de~y ~ 81 YOU can.
Csrs.ds" 40 exhibit A, n you please.
tie a0arv:or OF mothers on tho street
oor1 wi,~a accompanied by their off,
spf!ns. DO they moi Invariably put little
Johat;H up 30 no can kneel on the scat,
vita ia r1nddy shoes In the exact posi-
lioa 20 Tpo OF: their filth on tho clothes
az evors' pnaScr by7 DO they not also
tasN ITO psychological time and place.
whSrs iittis Johnnie can do tho most
rairnont, 10 feed him on soft bananas?
Co1Side? exhibit n: The wanton de-
etruetinn Of your property by children
urdsT tho very eyes OF their mother. A
worbna will bring hor child to see you,
nni watch him draw pictures with a pin
Oh ysur hest mahogany table. and then
nTniiinziy ask you II you don't think that
Tommy shows real artistic talent. Or she
Nwll a.N.
one precious statuette that you've gone
broke buying, and give It to her little girl
to play with, and when II is smashed.
and the child howls with rage. she will
say. Never mind, mother will buy her
tootsis wootsie another doll as we go
home"
Peaplc with good furniture never invite
mother with children to come to see
them II they can help il. because they
know that an otherwise laudable woman
becomes a perfect vandal where her
: children nre concerned, and that she will
aid and abet them in running your rugs
: and smashing your china. and soaring
up your precious chairs. II it'll afford heI
infant terrors the slightest amusement
Consider exhibit C: The lack OF con.
alteration for the sufferings OF Others
that mothers exhibit Diu YOU ever try
to tell a good story or a thrilling piece OF
news to n young mother? Just as yol
! reach tho delicate point OF your Toxic sh,
a says Look at the cute way Teddy Il
- using his hands" or Just as you finlsl
= relating your epoch making bit OF new
- about the declaration OF war, or SOM
o great scientific discovery. or telling he
It OF a book, or play, or picture that ha
7, tho white fire OF genius in II, she vii
q say, II believe Sallie is going to cut
% TOOTH
10 She hasn't paid you even the poo
l. compliment OF listening to you. and IN
fact that she has Inundated you an
!! made you blow out a conversational tlr,
so to speak. doesn't make the slightes
particle OF difference TO her The rud,
: ness Of mothers surpasses any other rud,
= ness IN the world
n Worse still. she trots In grubby littI
girls and boys and makes them recit,
and thump on the piano. although IN
dullest eye could perceive that ever
] guest Is undergoing the tortures OF IN
damned therefrom once heard
IN mother calmly say that she was PEI
fectly well aware that II bored everybod
to TO death 10 hear her children perform
At but that II gave the children seif-cor
k. .fidence to be shown off In public. an
BIZ that she was going to do Il whether ht
a guests liked il or not.
a Take as exhibit d. the whooplnE an
&c yelling Of children through the halls {
n. hotels and apartment houses. and Ii
d, hordes 81 little savaGes that roller ska
he on the ssidewalk until they make pede
20 trianism dangerous. Do you ever sec
mother trying to hush her children !
IL that other people may be quiet. or IN
al pressing upon them that they haven't
g. real monopoly OF the pavements? L
BY you ever observe a mother making n,
at little boy give a lady q seat on the sire
car? Nay verify. Mother encourag,
he him TO srao everything he can get VII
op both hands and never to consider anothI
en- human being than himself
no Leonora, In the play. murdered the ms
he who wasn't willing 10 smother 70 NAL
rs. her little girl comfortable She isn't Il
ur only mother who is consumed with moth
selfishness. There are others.