The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-19
A Mothers Work and Her
Hopes

sacrifice and devotion upon which society is based
On hot night the dusty of dirty CITY, see
of sitting the doorways TAKING CARE
OF BABIES.
In lonesome farmhouses far monotonou plains with
the late setting long day of hard work. you find
women cheerful persevering TAKING CARE OF BABIES
In the middle of the night in earliest morning when MEN
sleep world North in Southern tents
in big houses and in dingy tenements you find awake
cheerfully and gladly TAKING CARE OF BABIES.
We respect and praise seshly working for himself
If he builds up great industry and great personal for
tune praise him.
If he risks his life for personal glory and for praise we
praise him.
he shows courage saving his from
destruction praise him.
There man whose courage or devotion could
be compared with that of woman caring her baby
unselish and it has limit this side of
the grave.
life for
You will find THOUSAND a thousand who will
risk their lives for their babies.
Everything that has and is he to his mother
her gets health BRAIN encouragement
acter and ALL his chances of success.
How poorly the mothers services repaid by ndivd
uafy, and by society whole!
The individual feels that he has done much if gives
sufficient money and LITTLE attention brought
him from notngness life sacrificed sleep and
youth and strength for his sake.
Society the aggregate human beings duty
when hospitals are opened for poor mothers and
little medicine doled out in odheared fashion the sick
child
Fortunately may truly that great man
almost always appreciative of his greater mother.
Napoleon cold, jealous of other men, fundamentally
egotscal when comparing himself with other
But he reveenced and appreciated the noble who bore
him. lived for him and watched him the end He said
. to my mother a her good Rncpes that owe
that the future # the child depends on the MOI
The future of the individual child depends the individual
mother the future Of the depends the mothers OF
Think what has been done for mankind by thousands of mil
lions of perfectly devoted mothers
Every mother is entirely DEVOTED, entirely HOPEFUL,
entirely CONFIDENT that future too great for her
The little head-often hopelesy illshaped-rols about
feeby the thin neck devoid of muscles The tooes gums
chew whatever along The wondering eyes look feeb
amessy about without focus or The future hu
being to the codblooded onooker is useless little atom
added to the human of nonentity
But to the mother that baby is the marvel of all time There
is endless meaning first mumbngs endless soul in the
senle, baby SMILE unlimited possibilities in knobby fore
head and round hairless head She in the future of the
baby responsibilities of government per-
fecty lovely eventually acclaimed by mankind
AS result of perfect confidence in its future the mother
education child begins life inspired by the most
beautiful example of altruism and self-sacrifce.
human beings because every baby its birth itself
surrounded by absolute kindness.
The mother kindness forms moral character
The mothers confidence and encouragement stimulate
bition and inspire courage.
The mothers watchfuness gives good health and
lights disease when it comes.
The mothers wrathful protection shields the child from the
stern and dwarfing severity of the father.
Truly, may and should be judged by his feeling
toward his mother and toward the mothers of other
In the Christ earthly thought on
Golgotna His Mother
working ignorant whose earnings make his
comfortable the most beautiful trait devotion
who suffers and works for her children
precede their birth through all the years they spend
earth together.
Honor thy father and THY MOTHER.
And honor the mothers of Make their task
easier through fair payment of the who support the
dren through good public schools for their children through
respectful treatment of ALL women
The mother is happy For she knows deep joy
ing someone else than herself
You honor yourself and prove yourself worthy of good
mother and of final success when you something for the
mothers of the world
Promotion After Death