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Show MOTHERS SHOULD HAVE THEIR RIGHTS. There Is no one In the average family, fam-ily, says O. S. Marden, writing In Success Magazine, the value of whose services begins to compare with those of tho mother, and yet there is no one who Is more generally neglected or taken advantage of. She must always remain at home evenlnge, and look after the children, when the others aro out having a good time. Her cares never cease. She is responsible for the housework, for the preparation of meals; she has the children's clothes to make or mend, there is company to be entertained, darning to be , done, and a score of little duties which must often be attended to at odd moments, snatched from her busy dajs, and she Is often up working long after every one else in the house Is asleep. No matter how loving or thoughtful the father may be. the heavier burdens, the greater anxieties, the weightier responsibilities of the home, of tho children, always fall on tho mother. Indeed, the very virtues of tho good mother arc a constant temptation to the other members of the family, especially es-pecially tho selfish ones, to take advantage ad-vantage of her. If she were not so kind, so affectionate and tender, so considerate, so generous and ever ready to make all sorts of sacrifices for others; if she wero not so willing to efface herself; if she wero more self-assertive; if she stood up for and demanded her rights, she would have a much easier time. |