Our Women and Children
Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards.
SILKEN CORDS TO SAFETY
Few of us are without precious
memories which have helped—even
though we may not realize it—to
make us the kind of men and women
we are, memories which stand for
our best ideals, for the pattern of
what we would like to be.
Memory has always been a favor
ite theme of the poets. It has been
called “the only thing that grief can
call its own.” Whittier says of mem
ory: j
“The eye of memory will not sleep,
Its ears are open still,
And vigils of the past they keep, .
Against my feeble will.”
This faculty of memory—of what
benefit is it except to afford the soul
an anchorage amid the storms and
perils of life?
Everyone recalls the legend of King
Theseus, who plunged boldly into the
labyrinth to fight a fierce beast called
the Minotaur.
The king’s daughter, Ariadne, fear
ing that her father, though victorious
ever the beast, might never be able
to find his way back, placed in his
hand one end of a silken cord. She
held the other end of the cord, and
holding it, she knew that her father
was safe.
Theseus found and killed the mon
ster, but he would have starved to
death there in the labyrinth had he
not kept the tiny strand leading
through the perilous mazes back to
the princess’ side.
How often has memory served as
such a guide through the labyrinth
of doubt and despair, proving itself
a silken cord to safety!
In the darkness of grief your grop
ing hand has come in contact with tne
tiny thread vibrating with the love j
of friends, and you have followed the
trail of the silken cord out of the
darkness into the light of their faith
fulness.
Sometimes the other end of the cord
is in mother’s hands, and as you have
walked alone through the shadows,
you haxe held it tightly to your breast
and resolved to follow it—back to the
old home; back to the altar of your
rning dreams.
In any place where precious aso
ciations of pure affections reign,
you may anchor your silken cord as
ou go out into the world. Then, some
day when you are surfeited with
riches, fame and honors, you will
have a safe retreat along its trail to
your better self and to those who love
you best.—'People’s Journal.
MOTHERHOOD
In an editorial on motherhood, the
Mothers’ Magazine forcefully con
cludes with the following:
The mother who errs in bringing up
her children is no more exempt from
blame than one who ignorantly breaks
the law. The time will probably come
when the State will demand justice
for its children. We have child-labor
laws to protect children from the
greed of grasping employers, but we
have no laws to protect them from
ignorant mothers. What we need,
however, is not more laws, but an
awakened public consciousness of the
importance of specific training as
a preparation for the rearing of
children. The mere fact that a wo
man is a mother does not automatical
ly constitute her a fit person to bring
up a child. But mothers have this to
learn.
The individual human soul is the
only thing of supreme importance in
the world. How to mold this plastic
materiial so that the final shape shall
be a thing of beauty, is the mother’s
problem. Here is the greatest of all
tasks. Somewhere Tolstoi has said:
“Mothers,in your hands lies the sal
vation of this world.”
PATHWAY OF THE LIVING
The pathway of the living is our ever
present care,
Let us do. our best to smooth it and to
make it bright and fair;
Let us travel it with kindness, let’s be
careful as we tread,
And let’s give unto the living what
we’d offer to the dead..
The pathway of the living we can
beautify and grace,
We can line it deep with roses and
make earth a happier place.
But we’ve done all mortals can do
when our prayers are softly said,
For the souls of those that travel o’er
the pathway of the dead.
The pathway of the living all our
strength and courage needs,
There we ought to sprinkle favors,
there we ought to sow our deeds,
There our smiles should be the bright
est, there our kindest words be
said,
For the angels have the keeping of the
pathway of the dead.
—Edgar A. Guest in the Detroit Free
Press.
DEATH OF MRS. PINTA JEWEL,L,
Mrs. Pinta Jewell, mother of James
G. Jewell, passed peacefully away ac
her residence, 2911 Lake street, Tues
day, June 6th, having been an invalid
and a most patient and cheerful sui
crer for the past six years.
Mrs. Jewell was bom in Woodville,
Miss., October 5, 1850, and was mar
ried in 1866. Her husband died sev
eral years ago leaving her a large
family to provide for. She had been
i resident of Omaha for twenty years
and a faithful member of St. John s
A. M. E. Church, being the first dea
coness of that church. She was also
a member of Bethlehem Chapter No.
56, O. E. S.
The funeral was held from the res
idence Thursday afternoon at two
o’clock. The Rev. W. G. Osborne ox
ficiated, assisted by the Rev. Mr.
Phelps and the Rev. W. F. Botts. In
terment was in Forest Lawn Ceme
tery.
She is survived by her son, James
G., three daughters, Miss Sarah, Mrs.
Greenlee and Mrs. Sunshine and sev
eral grandchildren.
The G. Wade Obee undertaking
company had charge of the funeral.
WILL HOLD ATHLETIC MEET
The Zion Baptist Church Athletic
team will hold a big free-for-all meet
at Miller Park July 4th, at the big
Baptist Sunday School picnic. All in
terested come out Monday night to
the Zion Church, 23d and Grant Sts.
They will attempt to organize a
branch Y. M. C. A. Mr. McLean, of
the Y. M. C. A., will speak.
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