Show T s 0 X on ITI 0 n I I i ks 11 By EDITH IDITH E. E I I A BUSINESS ESS woman in iu talking 2 about her small suii SuU recently suid that sho site l knew V ne and autI un understood him hut hotter better most mot mothers understood understood under under- stood their children This woman who was no ol ordinary business woman l ft her home home her young son bon on every morning to return to them a nt night Sho hol holds s one of oC the highest pai paid an and most responsible positions in in one of the largest companies in the tIie world Tier Her work compels her to I travel over o the country often an and so fco soher soher I her boy bo bois is often left motherless is for weeks and mouths months at a time little At ono one tune limo when she just getting started start start- ed cd on Oil her business career She sho had to leave 0 him for an ent entire rc year In Ill view of these facts it was n n. rather interesting statement that she site shema ma made c about tt knowing kno her son sou It was not surprising however howe when she told her reasons for believing illg that she knew and understood her boy bette bet- bet tc te most other women who aro are Ill in hi daily nih contact with their children This woman woman said baid that she learned to know her son eon on and learned more about him when she site was a awa away lY from front him him than WitCh when she sue was with th him hint him hen she was away from him for a year he lie I I wrote to her e every day a In n this w way she I learned a his thoughts as os well as ashi his hi leeds deeds for people usually r write the thet t thoughts ou which they never or utter She learned his pla playmates and md associates through his eyes oyes and thus thua she was cu cua lm a able lc to ju judge g-c g which were a good bOod bad i influence for hi him jj He POured out his Ins heart to her in lette letters a. a lt i never nc would ha have do done dout o e in worda fo tor the self self consciousness of ot t the child would w. ver ii have permitted j it it The woman who is IS at ut home with ht children ren may know what they do Jj ana how V to they pla play and with whom t t play but hilt lic knows s of U her child thinks an and tho the thoughts L tx time the important import timings things I The fhe business woman roman or of o course courE 1 vii tl an unusual mother for she took g KH i pains on and c exerted herself hersel to the thc bt most niost to learn leant to know her son and to interest and him Jilts Sh She Sho feit him postal cards s every day she tras trasa aj a away aay ay from him him and she tho the car cards s pIn play a part in some Somo g mt 1 Perhaps sho would scud send a riddle w or Of Ofa ji ii Puzzle pu on Oil one and the next nest day tie be answer or she would start stort a n contin cantin nod story and each card would tam carry cama tamn a n new installment If the thc boy o missed one ho Lo would write a a. card carel to her aid j make up UI the missing part pait This womans woman's exertion and care for much food for thought mothers at homo home and t working moth moth Cl'S Are ninny many misunderstood children simply waiting for mother to know them better better ns as this roman 4 knows her boy bor 1 Is the e a t business woman doing her ier utmost t to to get CL close to the heart oC or her ch child l f Copyright 1919 WID c |