Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-01-20

{ How hle4ttd ~ tliHt hi1fhtf WI
y hUt trmfslled Nv sdgefsA eltc8nl
ssahees ~ face The ttlliclslne snl
often unstmps'hellc rubiic, q
bfeaa SINNERS
That wife. mother N dauehle
vho n we'll provided fof, IN = c1m
ktiabic bome, ibe ssnctny N whicl
need suffer no Intrusion w The out
side wefid through her efforts I,
procure the necessities N life, Il
bsppy woman,ot Al least she shoult
lfy ~ be such.
When death, desefilon. ineapacii,
of lasiness, fol,s the wlfe and mothei
" her pfovidef ~ comfort aud pro
tectof from rough contact with The
world leaving her 10 solve the prob
lem " "what shall We eat ~ whaI
shall we dtink and wbefewitbsl
shall We be clothed" the fighlful
domain ~ pfesefvef ~ home hap.
pioess ~ director general Of home
usefulness, is lnffinged upon, the
higher d1ti.s,of nuftuflDg The noble
vital forces IN her cbildfens souls,
Of training fof the world lts "llgbts
and leaders" F" are made subservient
~ the bread.winning necessity.
If parents make their children
what they should be, and under
right direction what they almost
without exception would be, they
must give them systematic training.
The mother, careful and troubled,
weary In body, distracted 10 mind,
Ia poorly qualified TO lay the founda.
ton for noble lives and broad useful
ness for her children, And, because
there are 80 many Of this unfortu-
nate class Of mothers, the reform
schools, and peuitentiaries are re.
celviDg new recruits steadily.
The child's destiny as a general
rule, depends manly upon the
mother. In the hearts of children
lie seeds ready to germiuate, to bear,
In future, either good or evil fruit.
No hand can stay the growing hui
man twig from iBclining crookedly
so well, and so surely, as the moth
er's hand; In her hand lies the key
which locks or unlocks the possibil-
tiles of the chlld's future usefulness.
rbe mothers Influence is the plastic
power which moulds the world.
The solemn influence of mothers
duty should not he lessened by her
competition with wage-earners who
have not the responsibilities of
motherhood.
There are such mothers today
seeking employment at the hands
of our Legislators, whose plea for as
sistance IL uDheeded, while some are |
employed whose best qualification
is pretty face, and whose highest
need Is self-adornment.
The JOURNALS article on the
lady clerk question in yesterdays
issue Is the embodiment of truth,
and comforting TO the older aspir-
ants for clerSsiIips,-who would
gladly "retire from the conflict
were 1t not that real necessity de.
nands an effort to acquire means of
for the dependent up
)n them. y
The home where the mother is
he maintalner of its inmates Is an
ll-condilioned home; and since the
lOme Is the fountain of society.
ust In the same ratio that the i'll
home Is increased so In
corresponding ratio is the world
fastening to moral ruin.
We may truthfully say, good
mothers are the salt of the earth;
'ut II the salt hath lost its SAVIOR or
aving power, wherewithal shall il
70 sal,ed? What ever hinders the
aving power ofa mothers influence
curse to humanity. That bread
generally does hinder who
an deny? Aud what is to be the
smedy? Perhaps the present legis-
'ture may be able to hit upon some
'asible plan giving aid TO the
'orthy class under consideration
trough legislation, rather than civ
" OF clerkships aid-not AS paupers. :
ut as trainers Of future lawmakers.
blenders of our state rights aud
berlies.
od bless and help our bread winning
mothers q
others, the guiding 5 ars OF youth c
eady 10 detect the latent seeds OF evil =
encourage all better tastes and feelings {
ace to Ming so bright radience o'er life
oiNirtue, 1
hat children seek II as Gods gloriou, i
glit. '"S
APPLICANT FOR A CLERRsHIP.