Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1894 — Bringing Up of Mothers. [ARTICLE]

Bringing Up of Mothers.

A young person has been writing an artic e on the bringing up of mothers. Thirty years ago mothers were not brought up; they ;ust grew. They wore caps early, gave up dancing when their children were in short frocks and knickerbockers, and developed all sorts of incorrect ideas about chaperons and flirtations. Formerly the young idea was trained Ihe way it should go. Now the old tree is pruned and pared into shape. Girls have assumed the responsibility ot looking after their mothers. Mothers are kept to see to a well-ordered house, c a c refractory fathers and attend to bores. They must, moreover, be ornamental, look well at the head of ihe table, dress becomingly, keep up with the fashions, look nice when the girls take them out with them, and smile encouragingly at the young men. Nor are their morals forgotten. Frequently one hears a girl say: “It is an interesting show, but not one I d care to take my mother to.”