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Show A MOTHER'S LETTER TO THE STANDARD . No greater burden is borno during this war than that intiicteu on me mothers, and, therefore, The Standard prints with admiration this letter- of fortitude and prayerful composure addressed ad-dressed to us by an Ogden mother who has made her sacrifice: Dear Standard: A mother thinks much has been said concerning con-cerning the great problem of .the 'day, the war. Our conversations, newspapers, .magazines, sermons and prayers are filled with the thought, but, after all has been said and done, it seems to me the mothers of the human race have to pay the bill. We pass over the long, weary days, weeks and months of anxiety anxi-ety and suffering before the birth of a child, and later cling to the rollicking, noisy, freckled-faced boy. God only knows what a mother can see in a troublesome youngster,- but she sees much, and dreams and plans accordingly. She bends her tired, aching back day and night, in labor and sickness, caring for her boy, and there is no time but she would give her life for her child. After she has given . the best years of her life to her children, has tried to train and .educate them in the proper way, and after the boys have arrived at - the age of from 20 to 30 years the . finished product so far as she is concerned the old gray-haired mother must stand and sec them march by, to "somewhere" be a target! However, it seems the war was inevitable and could not bo avoided. avoid-ed. The time has arrived for all of us to bo loyal to our president-He president-He was forbearing, enduring and has added patience to patience, in the grandeur and magnificence of his nature. He had no desire for a slaughter pen, if it could bo honorably honor-ably avoided. Amid the jibes, insults, in-sults, ahuse and cartoons, lin slnnrl squarely on the pedestal of right, and now, if I may, I would ask a righteous blessing on the rulers of this great .earth, together with the people they represent, trusting Almighty God will grant us the eternal blessing of peace on earth and good will toward men, . nn . ' |