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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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A LETTER FOR CHILDREN TO READ
The following letter, written to the Ed
itor of The Seattle Star, is, we believe, a
striking sermon in itself and a complete in
dictment of the thoughtlessness of children
after they are out and away from the par
ental roof. Read it, you young folk who
have mothers somewhere—or fathers—and
take its lesson to heart:
“In The Star of May 7, I read your article on
Mother’s Day, by Jim Marshall, and I cannot tell you
how glad I am that someone is beginning to notice
how mothers are being neglected. I am not going
to sign this, as I might in some way injure my chil
dren if I did, but oh, we mothers carry lonely hearts
most of the time.
“I am an elderly woman who has raised a fam
ily, educated them and given them a good start in
life. They are all doing well; have their own cars
and good homes, and I am glad of this, for I want
them to have a good time and enjoy life. But I wish
they would give me a little of their company some
times. I very seldqpi see them unless they want me
to do something for them. They never ask me to
their homes, and I would love to go sometimes; and
they never ask me to go out with them.
“I am getting up in years and am not very strong,
yet I work hard every day for my living. I am de
pendent on my work, and sometimes I feel almost
too tired to keep going. My children never give me
a cent or help me in any way. I do not want them
to give me anything while I am able to work; but it
would be so nice to have them take enough interest
in me to inquire how I am living, but they never do.
“If I were alone in this I would bear it and say
nothing, but I know so many cases like mine in the
main. Some give their parents a place in their
homes, but do so under protest. What are old peo
ple to do? I think the heathen way of killing them
at certain age much more kindly than killing them
by neglect. Please start some movement that will
help young people to realize how parents feel. I do
not think that our children are intentionally un
kind, but they are just thoughtless. Mother’s Day
means nothing to many mothers outside of making
us remember how little our children care for us.
“I asked one of my children once some months
ago when I was out of work to lend me $20 to pay
my rent, and wras told that it could not be spared.
A stranger helped me. It makes my heart ache -when
I see young mothers building hopes on their chil
dren. I see so many old mothers wrhose hopes have
all be blasted. “A MOTHER.”
INLAND WATERWAYS
The board of engineers for rivers and
harbors reports that the annual dividend to
the American people from their investment
in inland waterways is approximately $150,
000,000. Compared with Class I railways,
the inland waterways, according to the re
port of the engineers, made a remarkable
showing. While the railways in Class I,
with 250,000 miles of main tracks, handled
in 1925 about 1,280,000,000 tons of revenue
freight, the 30,000 miles of inland water
ways, including improved sections, carried
200,000,000 tons. With one-eighth of the
mileage of the railways, the inland water
ways carried one-sixth as much freight.
Henry Ford's .penchant for antiques has
not as yet impelled him to make any exten
sive collections of early “small cars."
A communication received signed “F.
,0. B.” will be published if the gentleman will
send in his full name. Of course, we know
his address is Detroit.
The cut-in dance was probably invented
by a darky with a razor.
Seward Speaking:
Make your plans
now to spend the
4th of July in this
He-Man’s Town.
THE BIGGEST DAY’S CELEBRATION
EVER PULLED OFF AW AITS YOU
The Famous
Marathon Mountain
(Seward’s Spectacular Annual Event
SHE’S A PIP :
ATHLETIC EVENS OF ALL KINDS
Sore! Thereli be a ball game
And a Smoky Smoker
Take home a prize; there II be lots
SIDE SHOW ENTERTAINMENT
Dance the whole night thrn
QUESTION:
What’s the Fourth without a parade?
One round of pleasure and a good
time guaranteed.
Under the auspices of tbe
SEWARD
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
DOROTHY DEVORE and HATT MOORE
HOW UXuR
BUTTED IN”
Directed by WilliaiR Reaodine
This iproariotsfr tony cmedy is the whim
sical story ot a shy yosg nutn becMtag a bold
and dastais here—mmttmiy!
Matt Moore in a characteristic role nude fam
ous by tan—ni a cwedy pktnre tbit IS GREAT!
By Owen Davis—Adapted from
-STUFF OF HEROES"
by Harold Titus
ALSO PATHE NEWS
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