The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-12
MOTHER AND HOME.

none can compare to that of mother
Who ne speaks of success it is the
mott. % whom they should address
titude which urge the child on with
the ideal of achievement to repay a
mothers years of sacrifice and toll.
There is no honor so great, no joy
so divine here on earth, no position
so enviable as that of a mother who
holds in her arms, cuddled close to
her breast, dear little babe. Would
that these little babes of today when
they are grown up, in turn draw their
arms about that mother, and kiss the
careworn hands which tremble so be-
cause that mother heart is still beat
ing with love.
Little mother, dear little mother"
you can truly say to her, smoothing
back the whisps of gray hair which
have fallen over her forehead. Lit
tie mother'-she smiles, because it
does not seem so very long ago to
her when she was holding you and
whispered joyfully, little babe as
you closed your drowsy eyes, rest
ing in her arms and leaning on her
bosom.
The poor ragged mother who
stands shivering on a street corner
is rich because she has in her arms
her God-given babe, while many a
woman who rides down the avenue
in her luxurious limousine is poor
because there sits beside her a
wretched dog or shivering cat, whose
eyes are Indifferent to the jeweled
bracelets about their neck or their
well-brushed paws, but absorb the
love and care the Creator has sown
into the heart of woman for offspring
with immortal souls.
Mother Is "sacrifce."
When translated, mother means
Sacrifice" and most mothers are
ready to give their lives for even
hayward children, for the black sheer
of her flock that causes worry and
bitterness to gnaw at her very life
nay, ready to give their lives for q
criminal son who must pay the Zen
atty of his own crime, springing from
disobedience to a fond mothers plead
ings, and is about to sit in the cleo
trio chair to await the death-dealins
shock that almost kills the mother a!
WELL
But next to mother" and insep
arably associated with her come
home A pity indeed that our owl
homelike homes are fast disappear
ing and with the modern contrivance
and scientific inventions that real
coy, comfort, brotherly and sisterl
love, a happy contentment and mu
tual affection between parents an,
children. What poor excuse tn
modern city home is for the aver
age home of our childhood. Con
are the gardens and spacious room
and mammoth fireplaces.
Enter the modern apartment an
become acquainted with the cleve
conceit the architect has resorted tC
beds built in the wall, laundry equil
ment likewise folding up and store
away, ingenious electrical contriN
ances surprisingly concealed in ever
corner, rooms so small, hardly larg
enough for two, while the kitchen a.
fords scarcely room to turn. TIL
modern city homes with their hal
dozen families on one floor, three, 81
to twelve stories high, with all pos
sible convenience make life Immature
and do not hold the favorable SUI
roundings for children that our dea
and good old mothers knew in thei
lonely cottages or old-fashione
homes.
Are Curse of the Age.
These nowadays so numerous an
comfortable apartment houses are
curse of the age, for they are d,
stroying the privacy of the famil
life, prove regular snares and pitfall
to the fidelity of the marriage VOW
and will not admit tenants with
large retinue of noisy, healthy Chi
dren in their nurseries, romping an
shouting, playing leapfrog, or rul
ming and catching, on the fifth {
sixth floor, with families borderin
above and below and on each side {
them. No wonder these homes al
childless, or one boy or one girl cage
as bird deprived of it's libert
grows without ever experiencing til
affection of brotherly or sisterly low
so selfish and conceited. The Frenc
poodle or Angora cat with delicatel
tinted ribbons about their necks, pee
out of the windows to announce tn;
they are more desirable companion
less noisy and troublesome, tina
those whom God or nature had i
tended, and who should one day
as so many jewels to a mother
crown. May God bless our familie
brothers and sisters, with all the
faults, ever loving one another, az
fond parents now enjoying the brigf
ness of a setting sun for the love al
care of their younger days.
Think of the joys of our old-fas
toned homes! There was the livir
room with its large table and quail
furniture and log-burning fireplac
the cheerful diningrooIn, nothil
elaborate. but with so MANY. plat