Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-16

my own family You will pardon m,
perhaps iur bringing family affairs before
this vast congregation, but 10 may i.'us-
lfatc the condition of some of the rest of
YOU, and it may be @ lesson Co some Of
u3=a lesson perhaps that does not need
to be taught TO many, but ] am fearful
that there are iar too many ct us that
need to bU taught o. said to- some Of
my folks some time ago when money
seemed To- ba plentiful IN the country
and goods were cheap, aud it was SO
easy To- run Co b. q. W. /. TO buy every
thing that was needed, that there was
scarcely anything that we ate or wore
that wD did not have 90 buy. How is
tli,' ] asked. ~ can remember !
said, "Whgu YOU used TO Eni. my stock
iugs and stockings for the children and
yourselves. but now every stocking hw
Co DE bought and the money paid for o.
Aud these stockings arc not made in
Utah. our people are not employed boz
the manufacture OF them We are build
inT up somebody else away oy1f boz ihc
east and We arc wearing their shodly
giving them employment and lci,iu.
OUT own people go without ! do not
like this I will get some yarn from
som" of out factories here, % you will
20 10 knitting again" Well they have
gone tp knitting ato.kuEs, and | hope
the little ones will bee taught to knit
their own. When ] was little boy. boo
NWyuu, my mother used to have some
difficulty 90 keeping track of me. used
Co like 10 gu of and play with the boys.
So my mother conceived the idea that 30
would be a very niC. thing 10 set me ,o
knitting, aud She set que pattern %, a
suspcndcr aud showed mn how Co do DO.
aud knitted myself apair ut su,pcnier.
! then learned how il Knit, aul being
little handy 90 DO perhaps, although
always drew the thread pretty tight |tlo
su.prulet did not stretch much after !
knit themI She started me ON stockings.
SO learned how 60 huu stockings Tue
Bishop the other day was complaining
about our boys playing from morning till
nI .Ut They climb trees. play marbles,
tear their clothes aud wear out the knees
OF their pants, destroying everything
and saving nothing. They ought 10 be
taught how to work, 10 bee economical,
and to save something, that when they
get old they will not depart from the
night way II Is bad policy 10 let chill.
drgn run around all the time with moth.
ing TO do but play, from morning I'LL
night Let the boys be taught habits OF
industry, and teach the girls how To
make their own dresses aud keep house,
ana thus learn Co DO what Is nccdlul
for themselves, without having to hire
somebody to do ID Tor them. ] believe
iu thi, policy u Is true economy tits
necessary TO do this 10 order that our
children may not grow up IN idicncss
and tu unbrllpl of the GOSPEL for an
idle brain, Il Is said. is the devils work.
shop. aud II there Is any better workshop
Tor hs satanic majesty than the idle
brain Of q little boy, ! would like TO
know what tits. Neither boys nor girls
ought 90 be left idle, but should be
taught to do something useful as well a.,
ornamental. What u their parents are
wealthy aud can well afford TO feed and
cIothr Them without iabor} lfyou have
millions OF wealth, much that you 90
not know what o. do with a. you could
/ not do q more foolish thing than to real
! your sons and daughters IN idleness; tot