The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-10
-Mye -unra 3. Speer.


mo right of woman can be more sacred
THAI the right 10 defend her sex and the
home that is almost in its entirety Ler
hame-tie home where pure lives are liEed
and pure men and women are trained to re-
peat those lives: aud the right 10 defend
includes the right 10 maintain aggressive
warfare. 0nr country abounds in such
homes, and am glad that their defense
and the maxine. Of public sentiment that
will largely add to their number. has been
undertaken by brave and true women.
Nothing that 1 can think Of wiil 70 farther
toward convincing men that personal purity
is part OF all manly life, than to ind that
purity Of life is being oouiageously advo-
Gated by woman in words that are not less
womanly because they are streng, nor less
pure because they are plain.
Tie mothers right to be Der sons friend,
and the father's right 10 be the trusted
counsellor OF his daughter ought not 10 be
abridged 10y the smallest fraction. No
mother can tell her girl hos 10 know the
gold Of true manhood from the pinchbeek
of polished libertinisin half 50 well as can
he whose sex enables him to meet the lib
ertine in his confidential moods; and no
man can teach his boy how TO respect pure
womanhood as well as she can " hose words
Of teaching are uttered in womanbood' s
purest spirit.
'.Just as long as there are two sexes in
this world. just 50 long ill every boy and
girl that is born need two teachers. faith
er and nother-not a father or mother
resnectiyely-fromw whom 10 learn The les
sone that will make their lives pure If
this assertion seems to you in any way in
accurate, Il yen haven't the courage to trust
the teachings OF your own heart, ask the
most sensible mother you know whether
she believes that any man can teach her
son, however hard both teacher and pupil
may labor over the lesson, all that she
woald wish The husband Of her daughter 10
know and practice as part of his daily life,
and all that she would = ISL him t. know
Of the relations Of the two sexes before
trusting her daughter happiness ard health
in his keeping, and treasure her reply as a
source OF strength Whenever yon again have
occasion TO speak oi the need of plain talk
in the home.
I believe that every mother should be 4
mother To her son in al his he as much as
she would v ish to be to her daughter, aud
that an equal duty rests Oh every father to
have a part in the training OF Ais daughters
Between the parent and the child there
should be absolutely no secrets. The home
should be the citidal Of confidence. No
child should be allowed TO gel the idea
that any thought that can eater his or her
mind must not be spoken TO either parent
No sort Of care can keep moral poison from
coming within the raage of the child 5
grasp. but the parent who Is allowed 30
know what the child * taking in can sort
out the poison and eliminate it from Ike
minds stores How can this knowledge be
had if the child is allowed may. taught
To think that it is wrong to speak Of q "a lie
range Of topics that IL cannot help think
ing Of. and which it will u5s long be al
lowed TO keep ont % Us mind Aud eyil
is two sexed. Some forms &C moral poison
are Invisible to tha fathers eye; sege,
equally as destructive. esnnat be- ssen by
tlse mother.