HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1959-05-06, Page 3WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1959
ZURICH Citizens NEWS
The Needle -Point
(MRS. NORMA SIEBERT,
The easiest way to be satisfied
with our lot is to build on it a
home that turns out to be a happy
one.
BETWEEN VS MOTHERS
Am I a good mother? I think
most of us have asked ourselves
that question at some time or other
and perhaps been filled with va kind
of panic at the answer our con-
science gives us. But relax, per-
haps we worry too much about
the next generation. Perhaps if
we concentrated a little more on
improving this one we might get
better results.
"Actions speak louder than
words", is an old saying with
more than an ounce of truth in it.
Do you tell her what is right or
do you do what is right? Though
all the advice you give her may
seem, to fall on deaf ears this is
often just a pose. She may sur-
prise you six months later by quot-
ing to you the very point you
B.A., Woman's Page Editor)
thought lost,
Some well-meaning mothers,
who themselves have gotten things
the hard way, think that by in-
dulging their daughters every
whim they are proving themselves
good mothers. Unconciously they
are rearing a daughter who will
prove a serious marriage risk.
Who can blame her if she expects
this same indulgent treatment
from her husband, and feels hurt
and neglected if she doesn't re-
ceive it?
Our best contribution to her
future happiness is to teach her
that marriage is not the story -book
type portrayed on TV, with the
devoted husband showering his
wife with continual attentions and
witticisms. As in every other sit-
uation she will get from marriage
only what she puts into it,
As she meets the various prob-
lems that will inevitably arise in
married life, she will naturally
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fall back on her memories of her
own hornelife and how such prob-
lems were met by you, her mo-
ther, So though, in the present,
we seem to fail, if we heep our
own home standards high, our
influence 'may be more far-reach-
ing than we think.
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DEAR MOM:
(Written by L. B. Nichols, in
the London Free Press, for his
new-born granddaughter):
"Dear Mother: This is a "first
time" for both of us and I am
sure we are both feeling pretty
good about it.
"Neither of us has much exper-
ience yet and both of us make
mistakes because we are just
novices --you as a mother and me
as a new human. None of the
mistakes are too serious anyway.
Sometimes I am put on my face
when I really want to be the
other way up; sometimes I get
banged on the back and told to
burp, when the situation calls for
something much more serious.
"Sometimes my timing isn't so
good and I cause you a lot more
washing, but by and large we are
not doing too badly. I know that
you love me and that I will recip-
rocate that love just as soon as I
am capable of feeling any emo-
tions beyond hunger, pain and
rage.
"As we both become more
knowledgeable and older, I expect
we will sometimes make mistakes
in our treatment of each other,
There will be misunderstandings,
inconsiderateness, hurtful words
and looks. Thoughtlessness, worry,
anger, overprotection and in fact,
most of the weaknesses and mean-
nesses which are common to hu-
man beings,
"But, in spite of, and over all,
there will be a mutual love. You
will probably contribute most of
that Iove because you are a mo-
ther and therefore will not stop
to measure it. Later, as I grow
up more and more, I will prob-
ably return more of that love.
"In any event I know and will
always know that your love will
be there for me to lean on when-
ever I need it.
"How do I know all this ? Well,
where I come from they are pretty
smart. They give us a lot of in-
stinct and then forget to teach us
how to talk so that we can't shoot
off our fool mouths directly we
arrive. And in that place I come
from, they keep the records. The
good and the bad things are noted
down and mothers, or nearly all
of them anyway, always have a
big credit balance, somehow.
"So you see, knowing all this,
and it being "Mother's Day, I felt
that I had to tell you just how
things stand. Besides, it's your
first "Mother's Day" and as I am
sort of responsible for that, I am
sending this note from Vicki to
Mother with love."
E
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We are always glad of local
talent. Here is a poem, written
for us by one of our local moth-
ers:
Night Thoughts of a Mother
Dear Lord, I pass my burdens up,
I give Thee all my cares;
I feel Thy gentle peace that steals
Upon me unawares.
0, wilt Thou, ease the tired ache,
Calm the hurried thought;
Straighten out the tangled threads
That in one day are wrought.
My little ones Dear Lord, keep safe
From any careless harm;
I tried to tuck them in to -night,
(It's hard to keep them warm.)
But Thou whose watchful eye ne'er
sleeps,
Wilt vigilance not spare;
Nor in Thy mercy hesitates
To supplement my care.
The dough I set to rise to -night
Will keep my family fed;
Grant they may never know a lack
Of Thy Life-giving Bread.
Now comes sweet sleep to make
me fit
To meet another day. Do for us;
Do for us more than we can ask,
Is what I meant to pray.
P.P.S.
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And here is another poem we
feel is very appropriate for the
occasion of Mother's Day,
Are All The Children In?
I think ofttimes as the night draws
nigh, of an old house on
the hill,
Of a yard all wide and blossom -
starred, where the children
play at will.
And when the night at last came
down, hushing the merry
din,
Mother would look around and
ask, "Are all the children
in ?"
Al 1HEUBRARJL
.Fipples Don't Just Grow"
When a mother finds herself
widowed, when she finds that con-
sequently her income is insuffic-
ient to meet the costs of living,
when her three boys start running
wild about the Toronto streets
what is she to do?
The book whose title precedes
this question is a factual account
of how the author dealt with her
problem.
'Tis many and many a year since
then, and the old house on
the hill,
No longer echoes to childish feet,
and the yard is still, so
still.
But I see it all, as the shadows
creep, and though many
the years have been
Since then, T can hear my mother
ask, "Are all the children
in ?"
1 wonder if when the shadows fall,
on the last short, earthly
daWhen we say good-bye to the world
outside, all tired with our
childish play,
When we step out into that Other
Land, where Mother so
long has been,
Will we hear her ask, just as of
old, "Are all the children
in?"
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The Mailbag
REAL Cf ALLENGE
Editor,
Zurich Citizens News,
Zurich, Ontario.
Dear Sir:
The publicity which you gave to
the Zurich Public Library in a
prominent corner of your latest
issue presents a challenge.
The library owns books which
would cost a total of not less than
$2,000 to replace, In addition there
are rented from the County Lib-
rary every year 800 books valued
at approximately $2,500.
Is $1.00 too much to pay for
the privilege of reading some, or
even all, of this collection? In
comparison, how much reading
does one get for $1.00 when spent
on a magazine subscription?
Yours truly,
A MEMBER.
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