Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-17
SOWING SEEDS IN DANNY
BY NELLIE L. McCLUNG
author Of The Next of Kin" Three Times and Out"

+, your health and not overdo your
strength"
While she was speaking, Mrs. Wat
sons eyes were busy with the room, the
pictures on the wall, the cozy window
seat, with Its numerous cushions; the
warmth and brightness of it all brought
a glow to her tired face.
Eyes, maam." she said, "thank ye
kindly. ma'am. II is very kind of ye
to be thinkin' o. the likes of me. "
"Oh, we should always think oI
others, you know" Mrs. Francis re-
piled quickly with her most winning
smile, as she seated herself in rock
ing chair. Are the children all well!
Dear little Danny, how is hep
"Indade, ma am, that same Danny
is the upsettinest one of the nine, and
him only four come March. 1t was only
this morn's mornin' that he SEE to me,
seq he, as was comm away, Ma, dye
think she'll give We pie for your dinner
Thry and reminder the taste of it,
won't ye, ma. and tell us when ye come
home, SEE he.
"Oh. the sweet prattle of childhood, y
said Mrs. Francis, clasping her shapely
white hands. How very interesting it
must be to watch their young minds un =
folding as the flower 1t it nine little
ones you have, Mrs. WatsonT
eyes, nine it is, ma'am. God save
US. Teddy will be fourteen on St.
Patrick's day, and all the rest are
younger.
1T is a great responsibility to be a
mother ~and yet how few there be that
think of it. added Mrs. Francis,
drcamily.
'Thruc for ye, ma'am," Mrs. Wat
son broke in. There's my own man,
John Watson. That man knows no more
of what it names than you do yourself
that hasn't one at all at all, the Lord
be praised, and him the father of nine. !"
81 have just been reading a great
book by DR.. Ernestus Parker, on
Motherhood. 1t would be great
benefit to both you and your husband.
"och, ma a'am." Mrs. Watson broke
In, hastily, John is no hand for books
and has always had his suspicious o
them since his own mothers great
uncle, William Mulcahey, got himself
transported durin' life or good behavior
for hayin' one found on him no bigger n
an almanac. at the time of the riots in
Ireland. No, ma Fam, John wouldn't
rade It at all at all. and he don know
one letther from another. what's more.
Then il you would read it and eX-
plain it to him, it would be so helpful
to you both, and so inspiring. 1t deals
so ably with the problems OF child
training. You must be puzzled many
times in the training of so many little
minds, and Doctor Parker really does
throw wonderful light on all the prob
lens that confront mothers. And | am
sure the mother of nine must have
great many perplexities.'
Yes. Mrs. Watson had a great many
perplexities-how to make trousers for
four boys out of the one old pair the
minister's wife had given her; how to
make the memory of the rice pudding
they had on Sunday last all the week
how to work all day and sew at night,
and still be brave and patient; how to
make little Danny and Bugsey forget
they were cold and hungry. Yes. Mrs.
Watson had her problems; but they
were not the kind that Or. Ernestus
Parker had dealt with In his book on
Motherhood.
"But / must not keep you. Mrs.
Watson" Mrs. Francis said. as she
the washing. when you
20 downstairs will you kindly bring me
up small red notebook that you will
find on the desk in the library
Yes, ma'am," said Mrs. Watson,
and went heavily down the stairs. She
found the book and brought it up.
While she was making the second la
borious journey down the softly padded
stairs, Mrs. Francis was making an
entry in the little red book.
Dec. Z, 1908. Talked with one
woman today re Beauty Of Mother