THE DIVINITY OF MOTHERHOOD.
A woll-known classic, writer quoted the 'immortal remark that- there . were three words only m the English language, and they were "Mother; Home, and Heaven." U -might-' -"weir have been that tlie story of ("The Miracle of Life. or "The DivinItv*. of Motherhood '•' had been woven round, this- pronouncement, for it is certain that no picture has caused more inferesl and more' commentary criticism ■'■han the lihuUiat is to be shown at His ■•Ma-jest v's Theatre- on May 3rrl, 4th, and flth. Brielly, it i^ t^-stQi-y .of a. woman {Who preferred the vortex- of • plehsure to .the*! J°y s oi maternity, and who found 'lut as the years went by that slic "had •aoriflccd the. larger for -the lesspr, and Uiajt while othei—ihotMCrs were living m •V life* of happiness^ W»lh i ; tftei-rJ growing ■■ittle: oneSi-'Shffi- was doomed to Hie barrenness of .a-'Jtopeiy.-. .desolation.- The i.heme is : deUcate).y treated.*, ami .the incidental effects are said ; to be , of a most -harming nature. They include a mini-* ber of. exceptionally pretty child effects, showing the gathering of* the babies from the., flower beds, the old gooseberry bushes under whicli every baby. has. been fbund since "Adam delved and Eve :=-pun."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 5
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203THE DIVINITY OF MOTHERHOOD. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 5
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