Year: 1866

"WhO Will Care for Mother NOW.'


The song and the sentiment sound very
sweetly from your lips, young ladies, and
we do not wonder that the young gentle
men, who are so industriously turning the
leaves of your music, think they would like
to scare" for the fair singers provided
they could win in return a little of the
love you are lavishing SO freely on your
mothers. s1t i.baGI


There is no more beautiful trait in
daughters character than pure, unwaver-
| ing love for her mother. But we would
| like to put this affection to practical test.
We would like to call at the back door some
Monday morning, and find out whether
the taper fingers that could dance over the
ivory keys>so lightly. were equally sue
cessful in eliciting tune from that old
fashioned instrument, 1.-The wash-board;"
perhaps MOTHERS hands are requisite for
that kind of music! Or we would like to
step in some Saturday night, and identify
the weary figure bending over the basket
of undarned stockings, with the 1.-THE form
we thought we saw on the skating pond.


Young girls are proverbially thought
less, (and we thank God for keeping their
spirits so hopeful and brightly, but when
thoughtlessness becomes UNKINDNEss, it is
time for day of awakening. Mothers are
noted for aself-sacrificing spirit,and daugh-
ters, we had almost said, for selfishness.-
The mother tolls on day after day. finding
each hour bringing the same weary load
of care, and the daughter is suffered to
fIa in n iy,o
der that life may be, to her, all sunshine
and Disqualification. IF the mother wish
es an hour of enjoyment, she must gain it
at the expense Of an additional draft on
her physical energy, or relinquish it alto
gether, because Maria or Jane would en-
JOY it so much.''


There are few husbands who ever reflect
that their wives need any relaxation, and,
we believe fewer daughters. They believe
that their mothers were made TO ,rork, and
forget that the latter have just as much
right to enjoy life as the former; yes, more,
for they dearly earn the enjoyment by con-
stant toll and unremitting care. MOTHER
comes to be looked on, in this fast age, as
a mere household drudge, who must see to
the meals, nurse the children, and in many
instances, make the fires, black the shoes,
and keep up parlor for the young Ia
dies" and if she wishes an hour or two to
herself. must see that it does not interfere
with their plans for enjoyment.


Is it not so, girls? Do you ever ask your
self the simple question: is there not
some way in which ! can relieve mother Of
her burden of care? Could not purchase
her little relaxation, or give her time to
read that interesting book, by some extra
exertion on MY part Can not keep the
wrinkles from mothers face while long
er, by tightening her toll and making her
feel as young as myself?@ Setting aside
the Importance of your learning practically
to become mothers yourselves, have you
| ever thought how grateful your manifes-
tation of willingness to help, would be
to that mother; how thankful she would
feel for this small return for her years of
salf-denial and anxiety on your account?
| Do not wait for her to declare her wishes.
In many cases she knows they would con-
| flict with your own, and the additional
burden is borne in silence. rather than
meet your refusal or unwilling acquies
cence. See that your share of the work is
,oeH and promptly done; see that she has.
her hours of recreation and freedom from
all care, and let the very thought that
"mother has not five minutes to call her
own" give you intense pain Labor with
her and do not consider it hardship to do
so little for her, when she is constantly do
ing so much for you. Do not let her feel,
when night comes, that she has worked
hard all day for those who consider it one
of their rights to demand her labor and her.
love, and award her nothing in return.


She feels as deeply as you, and though
no word of complaint issues from her lips,
there is mournful consciousness ever
signing through her heart that she is not
loved or appreciated as she feels she ought
to be. ~


Let the mother be ''Queen" in her own
household, and to the latest day of life
treasure her love, guard her health and
scatter in her thorny path the roses of af-


fection and duty.