Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1919 — The Bravery of Mother Love Knows Not Age, Race, Geed or Social Degree [ARTICLE]

The Bravery of Mother Love Knows Not Age, Race, Geed or Social Degree

By JOHN KENLON,

New York Fire Chief

Bravery—and who are the bravest of the brave? Forsooth how can one say who is the bravest when all firemen are brave ? But if one is to talk of the bravery .of a* woman fighting flames and smoke and falling rafters and” glowing, crumbling walls to rescue her young ah! there is something to talk about! | t * Men are brave, certainly. Bravery from the soldier or the fireman is quite an ordinary thing. It is expected of him just as earning a living for his dependents is expected of the head of a family. But a woman will cheerfully wade through all thq. flames of the seven circles of hell to save her baby the pain of a scorched thumb. She is capable of looking with clear, understanding eyes into the blazing mouth of certain death and then walking into the flames if she thinks by so doitfg there is one chance in a thousand of her protecting her children from death by fire? A man is, after all, only an ordinary mortal, even .when his qwn are in danger, but a mother becomes a superwoman when her little ones are in peril. Hers in such a case is the bravery that will suffer crucifixion, the faggot and the stake with only a smile for the pain. name spirit is manifested throughout the races of the world. It knows not age, race, creed or social degree.