The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-23
MINNEAPOLIS.

Eof anger and spite, and deprive them
of your wages, they will actually suf-
fer for want of some of the necessaries
of life-and you, my child, will be
| guilty of sim
! well, why don't the boys do more?
They hand in very little. Why should
do it all?" cried Sadie, who was once
more dangerously near to tears.
You know that Will is an appren-
1 tice as yet and has therefore but little
/ to give. AS for Ed-well, | am not
talking to the boys. If | were talking
to them l would tell them their duty
lin unmistakable language. Just now
| am talking to you. l know that your
family stands in real need of your
help together with all they can pos
sibly get from the boys, and therefore
your duty is to give them this help.
| You would never be able to fill your
present position were it not for all
lit little aceords with your naturally
noble character to let them slave and
scrimp for you all these years, and
then when they have helped you to
comfortable and lucrative position, to
turn your back on them in their need
and say: I'll CO.
We'll, why aren't they satisfied with
help without wanting everything
| can't have decent clothes; | can hard
| ly have few dimes or little recrea-
ton; l can't have room for myself;
the children poke their noses into my
boxes and upset and ruin everything.
/ After putting in nine hours of hard
work in the store, come home tired,
| and ma scolds and scolds unless /
pitch in and help like a hired girl"
Sadie, have you been to the picture
show this week?'
Il was there twice."
Have you been to the theatre?"
Once"
/ Were you at the band concert last
Inight?"
yes, Father"
How often has your mother been
to an amusement of any kind during
the past year?"
I "Oh, she doesn't care to 60"
/ Perhaps she mas mad so few oppor-
tunities for amusement that she
thinks it hardly possible. 1t seems to
me that l heard you say last summer
that you stayed at home one Sunday
and took care of the house and in
sisted on her spending the day in the
park with Ted and Rosaleen. Don't
you think she enjoyed it,"
Why, ye'es, she did seem whole
lot brighter after it,
SO you see that it is possible that
she does care for amusements. And
she has had one chance in year,
while you have had four chances al
ready this week. And yet you grumble
and say that this poor mother inter
feres with your amusements. Sadie,
I'm beginning to be ashamed of you.
As for clothes, you know very well
that no one ever saw you on the
street when you were not neatly and
attractively dressed. Your gowns may
not have been so expensive as those
of other girls, but your good mother
has taught you how to. make a better
appearance in a gown of moderate
price than others make in one that
costs three times the amount. You
claim that she insists on, your handing
in your wages to her You cannot say
that she spends them on herself Come
now. be honest, can you?"
No, Father, she won't buy anything
for herself, until we just force her to
do So" admitted Sadie humbly.
Come, girl; be true to yourself.
We all know that you are made of the
right stuff. You are worth dozen of
these shallow. selfish creatures whose
sole object In life i to run from one
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