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Show 1 111 ...'... ; MOTHER'S SACRIFICES x ' 'BY LUCILLE DAUDET. : - Oral HAVE a patient who is getting &S& 1 1 on my nerves," said the woman lW l doctor. "She simply insists S? ' upon sacrificing herself for her ',at family." (eft "Perhaps her family demands tho AW& I sacrifice," commented the mater, and J'"Sg, toaybe it's necessary." "There you go, with your dear old- -2kb ' fashioned notions," gently chided the atf? doctor. , $ ' "Now, do jou think It Is necessary 'Vlftlk' or for tue DCSt inteicbls of the fam-iP fam-iP ily for tho mother to sacrifice her t0 health, all her convenience and good tMV mes, upon the domestic allar? And JtB dP you think it Is a strong character, HtroK'jB capable of bringing up children and fndfW keeping a husband in the straight Path, that will permit her family to tiPJrVt dcmand the mother as a sacrifice?" ' fr "But Jt's -woman's mission to aacrl- ,ll &ce herself upon tho family altar the ' jH Lori made tez so," argued the mater. '. dm "l refuse to cobMc tint tho xord Is tt-V-lJB' ntlrely masculine." laughed the worn- 9i an doctor, "and that ideal oC woman a mission had a purely masculine beginning begin-ning and fosteiiug. Wc must all sacrifice sac-rifice for othcrc to some eztent. but there is no more good reason wn a mother should sacrifice herself entirely entire-ly to her family, than a father. "Some fathers do," said tho mater. i "This patient of whom I spoke is a shining example of a considerable percentage per-centage of women who revel in martyrdom. mar-tyrdom. She has five children and 'a perfectly good husband. She lias been married eighteen yeais and she told me with many blgbs that In all Ihoso eighteen years she had not had a vacation. va-cation. ... , "The truth is that her family ncec.M a vacation fiom her just as much aa she needs -a vacation from the family. She thinks duly and love chain her to her home, not reflecting that duty and love are not chains, but ropes of flowers that arc peasant to weave in manv lengths, lovely tc contemplate. -Mt irksome to wear and are as mucn a joy to others . as they ought to be to one's Belf." . ,. ;.w Moon Party For Halloween BY ANNETTE- ANGERT. HHOSE who arc willing ty go to some trouble in preparation for the function will find In a moon party something out of the ordinal j'. For invitations use colored curds with silver or white moons (crescent or full) ou them. Writo on the caids the following or somo other verse: Dear fiicnd, this greeting brings to i you An invitation hearty j To join with us on Hallowe'en j A merry moonlight party. Moons of every description are to be used in decorating full, crescent, decrescent, de-crescent, half and gibbous. Thcso may be mado of silver or white paper. They may hang from ribbons or cords and may be festooned all about The receiving party may be composed com-posed of mythological characters associated asso-ciated with the moon. , The fust of these may be tho "moon makei" (Scgonde Nab), who caused the moon to issuo from a deep well so brilliant that the real moon was concealed con-cealed by it. His dark, bluo robe should bo covered with bright red moonB and ho should cany a wand. Another may reRrcsont "Phoebo" (the moon as the sister of the sunj arrayed in silver and white. A third may bo "ABtarte" (tho crescent moon), the moon with the crescent horns; and a fourth, "Ashto-reth" "Ashto-reth" (the Phoenician goddess moon), sometimes called the "queon-of heav-ou" heav-ou" (Jeremiah VII. :1S3. "S'eleno." (the moon goddess), may bo represented with wings on her shoulders and a scepter in her hands. "Gynthia" should be included as tho moon In the open heaven who "hunts the clouds." And from embattled clouds emerging slow Cynthia came riding on her silver car. Tho lighting of the room should simulate moonlight. Vines and branches should bo so hung as to throw their shadows on floor and walls. As. the people arrive they are given ji each a numbered crescent shaped sou- I ; venlr bearing an appropriate quota- I tion. Those holding the same r.um- H ber are partners in tho game of "nioou It raking." If I 11! |