Logan Republican | 1907-05-25 | Page 7 | Would Pension Mothers

'Would Pcntlcn Mothers. Pensions for mothers aro advocated advocat-ed by a prominent society woman, who has eclzed u.'os the idea ot an ' KnglUli writer. Sho argues especially especial-ly in behalf cf the wives ot workmen tho kind of woma'i who, on a w'ago of samotlmcs less than eight dollars n week, has roared a. largo 'family. "Without tho mother, whero would tho nation bo?" sbo asks. "Yet what 1b tho nation doing for tio mothers ot America? Surely thdso women nbovo all athoiB should bo nblo to look forward to a porlod ot rest aftor fighting tho bnttlo ot life. With n stato pension how much lighter would bo tho burdens of tho vorklngman's wlfo! What nn lnlluonco for good would sho bo In her old ago to tho rising gonorntlon, Instead of being as at prcaont a drag on the energies of hor offspring young peoplo who ought to bo ablo to glvo' all their tlmo nnd devotion to their own families."