Apron-Strings

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Apron-Strings, by Eleanor GatesThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.orgTitle: Apron-StringsAuthor: Eleanor GatesRelease Date: September 29, 2007 [eBook #22804]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK APRON-STRINGS***E-text prepared by Al HainesAPRON-STRINGSbyELEANOR GATESAuthor ofThe Poor Little Rich Girl, Etc. A story for all mothers who have daughters and for all daughters who have mothersNew YorkGrosset & DunlapPublishersCopyright, 1917, bySully and KleinteichAll rights reservedFirst edition, October, 1917Second edition, October, 1917DEAR ANN WILDE,—It seems to me that there are, broadly speaking, three kinds of mothers. First, there is the kind that does not plan for, orwant, a child, but, having borne one, invariably takes the high air of martyrdom, feeling that she has rendered thesupreme service, and that, henceforth, nothing is too good for her. Second, there is the mother who loves her ownchildren devotedly, and has as many as her health and the family purse will permit, but who is fairly indifferent to otherwomen's children. Last of all, there is the mother who loves anybody's children—everybody's children. Where the firstkind of mother finds "young ones" a bother, and the second ...