The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-14
TRUE MOTHERHOOD
AS 1T SHOULD EXIST

ish, or else IL was made a part Of the
first mother and we have Inherited il
. If We were asked to name the two
strongest traits &C motherhood we
d would say Love and selfishness. "
. We may be wrong. but that is the
= way it looks to US in others. and the
b way it feels in ourself
YOU take care Of your child and
I'll take care Of mine" How often
have you heard that? And when il
IS said the speaker valves ever re-
sponsibility in this life to every 9th
er child in the world She recognizes
mo duty to her neighbor's child. to
! the children Of her community. State
or nation She tells herself frankly
ana emphat.cally that she is in no
way responsible for her neighbor's
children. then why should she wor-
ry? But to be scientific, not one Of
us is responsible for our own exist
ence, then why should we worry
about ourselves or with ourselves
Nevertheless. without our consulta-
ton or our consent. we are here We
have all been drafted into this world
and your neighbours children are no
more 70 blame for being here than
yours are and they are born with the
sarll inalienable rights; ''among
these are life, liberty and the pursuit
Of happiness. And here is where
( the trouble begins We want our
child to have the best chance in life
: We begin by wanting our baby to
have the prettiest clothes when il is
born. We want folks to make more
fuss over Us and our baby than any
other woman and her baby We .
don't like it If someone else comes in .
with a finer looking baby than ours
A few years later we want our little
boy or girl to have the best seat at
school We want him 10 win every
prize that is offered and we are will.
ing TO do most Of his work for him
If II viii help him any No matter
how much harm it does him for the
future. We want the teacher to
think more Of him than any Of the
other children. Later we want him
to lead the class. whether he is ca
pable or not If we 20 anywhere on
the train we want him to have
whole seat, so we can have the other
seat, no matter how crowded the 9th
er woman is with her four or five
children. AT the table we want him
to have the best piece Of chicken and :
The biggest piece Of pie, no matter
who goes without or eats the back.
Or turnover pie We know We are
selfish. We think it because We love
our child that we always want him
10 have the best And when he be
zones a selfish domineering man and
expects everybody 20 think of him
md his comfort and interests first
Ike his mother always did you think
I is cruel world that ranks him
where he belongs in the human scale
because he is still your boy and your
owe makes you blind to the kind Of
man you have reared You never
AIRED what happened TO the other
hildren in the neighborhood. just so
ours had everything he wanted and
low down deep in your heart where
'ou try to keep il hid from every :
ody you are wondering why your
oy has not amounted to more in
his world when you did so much for
inn. Poor man, He had a mother
rho cared for nobody's son but hers
he cared nothing for the humilia- !
on Of other children just so hers !
ere exalted She paid little atten- :
on TO how he won a prize just so he :
OF il. Had no interest in the con Z
itions Of the town just so her boy
as safe. She cared nothing for
laws so long as her child Z
d not need to work. She took no )
terest in the lives Of dependent Z
omen and children because her
ashland provided everything she and
n family needed She had no in
rest in the world outside Of her s
'me, consequently the world felt
tile interest in her home and less Z
debted to her family
This is why we have so many self
4, spoiled men in the world today. )
e need more mothers with hearts
z enough to love all the children
the whole country Mothers who
INT to see their neighbors children
n a part Of the prizes. Mothers
10 want to do their part TO purify
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