Mother is a short story by Owen Wister that was written and published originally in an anthology titled A House Party: An Account of Stories Told at a Gathering of Famous American Authors, the Storytellers Being Introduced by Paul Leicester Ford.

The story is about a young couple living in New York who wish to marry, but must wait until their means are sufficient.

The groom-to-be luckily inherits a large sum, and intends to invest it wisely in order to live off the income.

However, under the influence of an unscrupulous financial advisor, he begins to lose a large portion of his money in dubious investments.

This short story provides considerable insight into the financial and social interconnections predominant among the middle and upper classes in the quarter century that preceded the stock market crash of 1929.