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Show THIRTEEN - YEAR - OLD BOY S TRIBUTE TO IliS MOTHER MOTHER. Mother, the most sacral of word? means a great deal to us If mean! : home, comfort and an number o ! things th.'t hold dear in life. Were 1 j not for mother what would life be' In tho lirt place there would be nc life. But supposing there wore life, it; dlemalness would ho unbearable idealise id-ealise there would be no ono to fill thr I place of a mothei in Lhe love and car ne:es8ar to promote happiness ant oven life. A mothoi is a great source of In spiration to us. She the besi teacher obtainable and one should tr to do his best when a mother is en dom oring to help him The quid; and Impetuous youth needs the guidance ol ! a good mother to teach him to con j rol his actions, Often a child gets thf I wron attitude In thinking he know! I mere than his mother This, however how-ever is never true The mothei j knows, h mother Instinct and ha.; learned from wide experience that is a severe and accurate teacher, what Is the best way lo act. Wo may forgot lessons that .vo have lo.irnod In school and we may forget lessons we hae learned In othor places, but those taught lis bj nr mothers 'iid'ire for fiver ii we accept thom Our mother? foach us lo he caretm in the use ol : all things our time, our money, oui oooks. our clothing and everything wc ' nave. A mother s patience may he ex ftausted many times because hoys, a? la rule, hate tt. be careful Of anything There ha. boon in hoys from tho be ! ginning the love oi violent action and often the result is disastrous tc ' things, knowledge of the virtues the.. I must acquire from the teachings oi 'their mothers who. with complete un-I un-I deistanding of boy life, give them ideals Of Strength and n isdorn to fid-low fid-low In years to come we will look back and know that among tho best ' things that our mothers over did for I us Waa i" belp us to appreciate the I necessities of life and the beauties ot G"rl s world. A mother Bhould have a greater in-i in-i fluence upon our lives thin any other I person, for it is she who bears the greater responsibility of our care in youth when habits are formed. The many efforts and hours of labor iur mothers put forth for our comfort ana happiness are too often unappreciated unappreciat-ed A mother's life is made up of sacrifices for her children We will never fullj realize how much su until we have children of our own it we were to put forth every effort avail able wo would never be able to repaj her for the many hours of pain and labor to mal.e us comfortable and happy; we would never be able t give her back the hours sho has lost in worr for our welfare It is tho aim of every cood mother to make our homes the most pleasant pleas-ant places on earth, where -e ma spend our spare moments In peace and contentment, to shield us from the toll and dangers of the world. A child's home enironmont shows itself it-self at all times and In all places so it is our duty to male it of the very best and to love and respect our mothers moth-ers at all times, thus show ing that we approriate their care and our home in tluonees A child should snow his willingness will-ingness at all times to tighten a moth er's burdens ami worrieg and should labor to make as much us possible out of his life so that his mother's heart may swell with pride to km. that her lahors have not boon In vain If as much as possible ig made out of a child s lite bv him. a mother w ill never regret the hours of foil and wor-ry, wor-ry, the pleasures and necessities gi-en gi-en up in behalf of her children. A mother is the most important person in every boy or girl s life friends may be replaced, but a moth er never can be. There are no hotter hot-ter trionds or advis. is than our motn ere, and our lives will be as open books If we lhe them in such a manner man-ner that we can make confidants of them Inasmuch as our mothers ghe us the best that they have let Us re turn our host unto them braham Lincoln and George Wash inpton should be models ol American boys Or respect and love for mothers A mother 3 lahor upon those men. Hie two greatest that the nation has produced, pro-duced, was not in vain Abraham Lincoln Lin-coln rose from a plain backwoods- rnan to the Presidency of the United States, an office sought for by the any, but gotten bj f(''- teorse Washington from ;i Virginia planter io one of the -. reatest senera,8 of all time, and t.. one ol the Ki'ntePt pres ident3 of the United States These men credited their BUCCess in life to i following the teachings oi their mothers moth-ers If they could give such tribute1 I to home and mother influence we can du :is well Let r.s then try to do our iij.st so that our mothers will n'i be disappointed i their expectations of US EUGENE TAYLOR. 574 Cross St.. Ogden |