The Omaha guide., 1933-09-23
Heroes Unsuns

Fraternity Of Grandmothers

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She suffers and sacrifices. She neg
lects cultivation of her mind that her
children may be enlightened and un-
embarrassed. And she looks forward
to the time when her children will be
grown, have homes of their own, be
amply provided for, and her burden
removed. And many times she looks
in vain.
Often these children are unfortun-
ate in selection of mates. Girls marry
men who cannot care far thus, and
they must remain at home, still a
burden. Boys get married and take
their wives home to burden mother
and to vex her life out of her. Then,
come the grandfather, when the work
of other years begins afresh, and the
burden thought to be lifted is pressed
down again. Grandmother must care
for the children what she needs for
her old age, with her grandchildren.
And, as these multiply, her burdens
multiply and her hopes for peaceful
old age diminish.
Perhaps never do those faithful
souls receive the consideration and
the gratitude which they deserve. Per-
to give them equitable credit for their
haps the world will never be inclined
sacrifices. But, in the book of the
Recording Angel, it must be written
down that they deserve great credit
for their heroism. Unsung, they have
made an enormous contribution to
human advancement.
Sacrificing Wives
The special thing in mind is the
sacrifices of wives who help their
husbands to succeed, and in so many
cases r unappreciated by these
husbands.
| am thinking of a woman who
worked and supported her husband
while he was taking his course in
medicine. When he became prosper
Gus, he discarded the wife who had
shaved for him. Another woman suf-
fered hardships and privations to help
her husband to accumulate wealth;
then he became too st7ngy to give her
what she needed, even after her sacri-
fices. Other womn have worked and
allowed their money to go into pay
ment on property, finally to be told,
This is my house"
Illiterate, toil-worn annotated and
pr~ematurely old, many of these wives
have become unattractive and unac-
ceptable to their educated society
struck husbands. Some of them have
been kicked out; some divorced with
out a share of the property they
worked to accumulate; and others
have been murdered, to make place
for those who were younger and more
attractive. Perhaps in no other cases
have abuses been less excusable and
injustice more palpable. And the
word is full of just such cases. In
some instance. women thus treated
have taken vengeance and have killed
the men who dealt thus with them
Was it murder! If so, it was not with
out mitigating circumstances.
Some Negleced ToiIers
In grist mills, cement plants,
shelters and other such places work
often have their lungs file with
dust In many factories and mills
poor light Injuries the eyes and lack
Of fresh air Injuries the health. Long
hours sap the strength Diseases and
incapacitate. In slaughter
houses and damp cellars workers are
exposed to cold in the winter and ex-
cessive heat in the summer In all of
places accidents are frequent
and often fatal.
The inevitable results Of these con-
litions are broken health, much suf-
and premature death. But the
food we eat, the houses we live in,
The clothes we wear, and the many
things we must use in this complex
civilization must be supplied SO we
should be deeply grateful for these
things which cost their producers SO
And we should not forget to
give credit to these to whom we are
indebted for so much.
Hold Carriers
(For The Literary Service Bureau)
In spite of the use of hosting
machinery in the erection of build
lngs, in many cases, even yet, build
ing material is carried up by men
who are called bod carriers
These workers constitute the low
est class of daily t%oilers; theirs is
lowest rate of pay; but theirs is
The basic work which makes it pos
,ible for our great buildings to toward
he skies
In lime of service many workers in /
his field are manned by accidents
md many are killed" in the line Of
iuty I" Others have died of exposure I