Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-13
By MARY AQUN.

Women know
The way to rear up children Ito be
Fl. JUST;
They know a simple, merry, tender
kIaCk
OF tying sashes, fitting baby shoes,
And stringing pretty words that make
no sense,
And kissing full sense into empty
words,
Which things are corals to cut life
upon,
Although such trifes.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
One church in particular makes OF
motherhood an exalted state and offers
the only protection afforded woman
hood in this capacity. and gives it due
homage through its alteration for the
Queen of Mothers. All during the
month of MAY her face is lighted by
an abundance of Candlelight and fresh
flowers are laid at her feet and the
month of May is termed the Month OF
Mary. Long. long before the Mothers
day as is now coming to be commonly
observed, this homage always has been
given to one as example of all mother
hood, and shall continue while time
shall last as emblamatiC of the endur-
ing, courageous, Self-sacrificing, self
abnegating lives Of mothers. Hers was
the supreme sacrifice and she followed
the footsteps of the dearest Son woman
ever knew and was crucified even as
10 por Jo ~,
has shared the blows fate dealt heI
loved ones
1t is glorious omen when men shall
set aside a day TO specially honor
mother, and tomorrow in countless
ways the custom now in its infancy
will be observed by thoughtful sons
and daughters. A good mother, How
many millions of them. The few baC
ones are only as lightning flashes on {
sultry night. sharply outstanding be
cause of their shafts. Few men bu
can proclaim their mothers as 'tht
best in the world" And so she is
such for every child that has sou
not clod. How well she understands
and how far she will go TO make tina
understanding felt. She becomes thu
target OF the jealous wife time anC
again, taking all the ignomy for faults
or groveling in order TO give her sol
his due in the wife's estimation. She
Journeys over several states, with tireC
body, wan face and white hair, i'll able
to stand such strain, that she may be
present in time Of danger TO daughter.
in-law or daughter. She makes eX.
cuses amid the family circle for the
long absent letter, and one heard he1
explaining the year before she died
why the boys hadn't paid the mort
gage on the little home that was placed
TO give them their higher education
though now one is prosperous
merchant and the other a naval officer
Of rank. That mortgage was making
tie weight Of her years intolerably
crushing, but il was excuses, not com
plants, she was making She goes il
the pathway before the way of hel
sirunkard son and attempts TO hide hi.
tailings for she knows. as no one elst
cares, the force of generations tina
pushes him into the gutter. She senses
the dangers that beSet her daughte
and opens her arms 10 her shame, i
need be. The schools know her ant
that she will not take their snap judg
ment of stupid" and more times thai
not she proves her claims. No less ;
one than Thomas Edison tells OF he
faith and knowledge OF what went int
his making. In his biography he says
with a mother of different menta
calibre | probably should have turned
out badly. But her firmness, hel
sweetness. her goodness were poten
powers to keep me in the right path
| remember | used never to be able Il
get along al school. ! don't know now