The Washington herald., 1920-08-16
BRINGING UP MOTHER,

| BHlNGIAG UP MOTHER
There are a great many advan-
tages in having a family said a
woman the other day, "and not the
least of them is the advantage of
being properly brought up by your
, children.
"Of course we talk a lot of nom
sense about the influence of par
ents over their children. That is
only to save our faces. All of US who
have children know that they infiu-
ence US, and shape our lives a thou
sand times more than we do theirs,
And ! am not referring to the
moral uplift of children, either,
though every baby inculcates in it's
/ parents Spartan system of ethics
that begins with self-abnegation
and self-sacarifice and walking the
collie, and ends with self-control and
refraining from doing things we
would like to do, but don't DO,
because we would be ashamed for
| the children to see us doing them.
No, / mean that it is our chill
dren who are a perpetual college
extension course to US, who bring
us up to date, and keep us there,
who alter our methods of living,
see to 1t that we are kept on the
firing line-that is. IL they are good
children. imbued with a fitting
sense of their responsibility and
with a conscientious desire to do
their duty by their father and
mother.
When I see a middIe-aged woman
! can tell at glance whether she
has been properly brought up by
her daughters or not. If she has,
she has on just the right width OF
skirt, and young looking shoes, and
| the most expensive corset, and her
hair is waved, and her nose Is pow
dered. and she belongs to clubs
and reads the six best sellers, and
refrains from "reminiscences of the
| complications of diseases from
which her Aunt Susan passed away.
! For her Anne Maria's critical
eyes have censored her costume.
/ Her Anne Maria's sCornfUI young
voice has said: For heavens sake.
Mama, what do you think anybody
wants to hear all Of those post
mortems for"
And Mama meekIy wears what
| Anne Maria picks out for her. and
! governs her conversation according
| to Anne Maria's code. for Of all peo-
pie in the world there are none be-
fore whom we so ardently desire to
shine as our own children.
But il a woman has no daugh-
ters, or has daughters who neglect
her education and permit her to
| grow middIe-aged without their
guidance. she is apt to dress sIon-
PLY and comfortably, to comb her
] I,f
| about the things she is personally
Interested in, regardless OF their ef-
| feet upon her listener.
| For, alas, she has no Anne Ma
ria to lay a restraining hand upon
| her, and steer her fiat-heeled feet
into the right road.
TT is not to be denied that as
| the years go by we are apt to slump
! quickly toasted There is toast and
| toast, one made the right way (as
| l see it) and the other made any
old way. The fruit salad is made
| Of any and all fruits carefully diced
and served with a cooked salad
| dressing. II whipped cream is al
! hand so much the better. but the
! thing to guard against in a dressing
| for fruit is too much mustard.
KOHL-RABI
O Eohl-rabi
cup white sauce
Wash and pare vegetables Cut
in thin slices. Cook in salted boil
ing water until tender. Drain and
| add to white sauce. Kohl-rabi is
| a variety Of cabbage and is a de-
! liCious vegetable. 1t should be
used when young and tender.
WOman's tongue may be hung in
! the middle but it took man to
! try to discover perpetual motion.
MARY.