The Donaldsonville chief., 1915-01-16
YOU OWE 1T TO YOUR MOTHER.
Code of Conduct for DutifuI Sons
Outlined by Famous Philosopher.

The following is quoted from ar
article by DR.. Orison SWEET Marden
in the Pictorial Review for February
You owe it to your mother:
To lift all the burdens you can
from shoulders that have grown
stopped in waiting upon and work.
ing for you.
ITO seek her comfort and pleasure
in all things before your own.
Never to intimate by word OF
deed that your world and hers are
different or that you feel in any
way superior to hsE
ITO manifest a inte lst in what.
! ever interests or use her
/ To make her a PEI ker, so far
as your different age @Will permit,
in all your pleasures and recreations.
To remember that her life is
monotonous compared with yours,
and to take her to some suitable
place of amusement, or for a trip to
the country, or to the city if your
home is in the country, as frequent.
ly as possible.
To introduce all your young
friends to her and to enlist her sym
pathies in youthful projects, hopes
and plans, so That she may carry
youth into old age.
To defer to her opinions and
treat them with respect, even if
they seem antiquated to you in all
the smart up-to-dateness of your
college education.
ITO talk to her about your work,
your studies, your friends, your
amusements, the books you read the
places you visit; for everything that
concerns you is of intq@Ast to her.
courtesy and def fGRne a8kou accord
ss ts seeitios. tssfs who are o7s +" in rank
To bear patiently with all her Pc
culiarities or infirmities of temper or
disposition, which may be the re-
suit of life of care and toll.
Not to shock or pain her by max
ing fun of her religious prejudices if
they happen to be at variance with
yours, Or if they seem narrow to
your advanced views.
TO study her tastes and habits,
thene as far as possible in an unob-
trusive way.
ITO remember that she is still a
girl at heart SO far as delicate little
attentions are concerned.
''To give her flowers during her
lifetime and not wait to heap them
on her casket.
ITO make her frequent, simple
presents, and to be sure they are
appropriate and tasteful.
.'To write to her and visit her.
ITO do your best to keep her
youthful in appearance, as well as
in spirit, by helping her to take
pains with her dress and the little
accessories and details Of her toilet.
If she is no longer able to take
her accustomed part in the household
duties, not to let her feel that she
is superannuated or has lost any of
her Importance as the central factor
in the family.
Not to forget to show your appre-
citation Of all her years of self-sacri-
flee.
|"To give her credit for S1arge
Pdl Ol yum ouGSSoa.
sTo be generous in keeping her
supplied with money, sS that she will
not have to ask for it, or feel like
a mendicant seeking your bounty"
The New Orleans Item gives cur
rency to the report that George K.
Favrot, of Baton Rouge, may be
candidate for attorney general to
succeed R. G. Pleasant, who is like
Iy to be an aspirant for the. guber-
natorisl nonlnation. Mr.. Favrot is
now member of the legislature
from East Baton Rouge. He former
ly represented the sixth district in
congress, and also served as dis
trict judge.
The merchant who fails to adyer-
tise can sSend his time standing in
the doorway to see the people pass
his store without bestowing a..
thought upon him or his goods. The
merchant that does advertise is
kept busy behind his counter waiting
upon customers who have read his
Tribune.
There are no oranges procurable
in the markets of this state that
equal in juiciness and flavor the
Louisiana orange.
John Hugh Kirkpatrick, of Homer,
has been nominated by President
Wilson for United States marshal of