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Show 116 MADELYN CANNON STEWART SILVER (David Henry Cannon, son of David H. Cannon, brother of Angus and cousin of Leonora [Nora], her mother, laughing at his dry humor). One day she started to go through her little tin trunk. Among the many old letters were many from Caldwell. She couldn't bring herself to burn them. "Harold is so correctly sure of my love, that they can bring him no unhappiness." As for Madelyn, "they are only cold, dead leaves from a withered autumn of my life. "21 IV Madelyn went to the hospital on Saturday evening, May 3, Papa and Mamma Stewart, Nora, and Aunt Annie Cannon came to see them off. Elizabeth was born Sunday morning, May 4, just before noon. "A child never glorified the love of two happier parents. There was not a moment's agony that was not shared and soothed by Harold. When he brought me my baby and she looked at me with her bright eyes, I knew There was a day of excite the sweetest moment of my life. ment and surprises: flowers, gifts, visitors, and a baby that would not nurse! The list of visitors was long, and they proba bly jangled Madelyn's nerves. The moments of ecstasy in the hospital were soon followed by Mothers Day, when Madelyn received more gifts from Harold and others: flowers, a bassinet. "Oh, I am so proud to be the Mother of our little girl. I want so much to be successful." Visitors, dozens of them, continued until she left the hospital on May 17. (The hospital policy was to keep new mothers about two weeks in those days.) Madelyn underwent instructions on how to bathe her baby. "She will seem so little and squirmy and individual. I am inclined always to think of her as a really intelligent person 1930. "22 whose ideas and whims I should consider. And she is, but I must "23 guide her carefully and wisely! At the Mother's Day service of Salt Lake Ward the next Sunday, as is customary, they gave flowers to all mothers-even "mothers in spirit." When they asked all grandmothers to stand and be recognized, the first one up was Madelyn's mother. It was a proud moment for her. At home in Ogden, Madelyn walked her baby in the park, |
