The Carlisle independent., 1920-05-27
THE PARADE
The Girl Stacker

house Of a friend, when. hearing nlu- sic and singing, we decided we would stop in and see how the folks were. MT. Blank welcomed sss and ushered us into the parlor where his daughter was playing the piano and his son singing. We begged them to continue and dropped into an easy chair. The song they were singing was Mother They sang 1t very feelingly and then father joined in on the chorus. This was followed by Mother Machree", !, Then they stopped for a while and and still another of like sentiment. MT. Blank commented on songs about Mother how true they were, how @ezr, and hcw they owed 10 sing them Then, as Mrs Blank hadn't appeared we inquired about her state Of health HOh" said the daughter Mothers well enough. She's in the kitchen do- ing the dishes, but after she has fin- ished and sorted the clothess she'll join us.1 This isn't intended to be funny. There isn't anything humoz- oas about washing dishes or sorting clothes. There isn't anything funny about the daily grind of moth CTS work in the home and we know a lot of doll-faced parasites that kick the pedals of the player piano while mother SCOUTS the pots and pans. It was poor old King Lear who said, How sharper than serpent's tooth it is to have thankless childr7 and that was 2 long time ago, before the fox-trot, the picture show and the joy ride. Today it sa rare thing to find good, old-fashioned daughter, who helps mother with the dishes and the housework.
 The world is full of idle girls today. who make slaves of their mothers, while they loll about the house in a dirty kimona, read novels before the fire or doll up to entertain some rat tle-brained youth. While we are fig uring on saving the heathen or orga- nizing League .of Nations to edu- catet the serfs abroad, we might insti- ute little club right here in Carlisle to teach worthless daughters some ap- preciation of their mothers. It makes Us mad all over every time we see a bunch of these indifferent girls pa rading off to the picture show at 6:30 every evening when we know poor tired mother is breaking her back over the kitchen sink. For shame! Cole ridge truly said, A mother is moth CT still, the holiest thing alive" but there are lot of serpent's teeth around Carlisle, who never thought of her in any other way than to impose upon her, to abuse her and to treat her like horse. Let's change all this girls! Let's give mother little rest. Pitch in and help her with the dishes. And it wouldn't hurt dad and big brother once in while to tie an apron around their necks and take a hand with the tea-towel or the dish rag. Then the whole darn family could go to a picture show one night all together and it would pay you a big dividend of happiness to see how mother would enjoy it. There is no game in the home like helping moth CT. Try it some evening real soon in stead of all slipping away from the table and leaving the dear, tired soul to get along the best she can all alone by herself.
 The Passing of The s.Rube"
 Almost anyone can remember when the boys of the town used to ridicule the boys from the farm, calling them eclod-hoppers," .hay-seeds," "rubes'' and 1country Jakes."
 It is rare that we hear such expres- sions now. isn't it
 The "hayseed" has passed on. In his stead we have a rural business man, student, country gentleman.
 Ne rho know intimately the farm CTS around Carlisle, know a man Wlose dress is not greatly different from the dress Of the average busi- re1s man or mechanic. This mans srs. <x 4~4~