Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-07-08
MOTHERS AND MORALITY.
A French Statesman'a Splendid Tribute
to the tnnuence of Home.

to the innuencc of Home.
Almost everywhere the subject for short
er hours for women Is being agitated Dur
ing n debate in the Freuch senate NJ jules
Simon made grand appeal for the passage
OF the law reducing the hours nf labor for
women III the course uf his remarks,
which will interest people Of other conn.
tries as we'll ~ France the great senator
said,
"My friend, Bctengcr argued that by
all THESE nice theur.g~ we are brought 70
the necessity ui prcseutius labor as pun
ishment, thtt IN attempting TO protect the
feeble against the abuse Of labor We are
simply prrsuading them that daily labor is
hard thing, whereas there is nothing
more pleasant or terrifying.
Certainly there j. nothing In the world
30 sweet az labor II is AN old friend TO rs
all For ms part, II II has not always
given me what hoped for, il has. on the
other hand, made me pass many happy
I hours The happitst part 81 my life owe
: to IT, Consequently | am III "A position TO
/ say that work Is benefit, and ! may add
that cannot conceive Of any greater mis-
fortune for human being than 10 live
without working
But there ARE several sorts uf work. and
| am afraid that his il something which
some people are inclined 10 forget For
instance the labor which We perform here
seated comfortably IN nrmehurs, II very
agreeable The task which you undertake
in your private office charms YOU. and that
which my colleague performs when be
goes TO the paiais TO plead before the courts
Is for him source Of joy aud satisfaction
But permit me 70 say that there iS nothing
In common between that sort of work and
tho t,,,rnal stIl1r aT the fgtnu ~ ln pftta in
his twelve hours In "A factory
"Whu can teach morality to IA child bet
ter than mOthcrf Certainly moral in
struction il included IN an the school
programmes hut however much may re
spert the teachers, believe TINT the moth
er is best fitted for giving that Kind of in
struetinn When young folk ARE tempted
by evil they think ~ their mothers, thcy
don't think OF thcr sehualtuaSter4 lf
when the wurklugman comes home he
does not find his wife. who Is obliged q
labor aS many hours as he - and duts mol
find His children properly carCii form Z
word, when there j. Ia hi- homo neither
cleanliness nor comfort nor affection, cnr
you not easily understand tie cause Of hii
errors and 81 his shortcomings But le
him find "A neatly kept huuse, VOL care
for children. n humhle hut abundant sup
per, anu AAlt Ett8tl MIS- ~ a " iiF AuiIA4 y
see him bRck again Then do you thiul
, that lac won't come home more wiliingl
and more regularity
"My colleague. VI Tolain. has cxplane
/ TO you why II has often bren said tina
steam has Killed the wifc nuh the muthe
> ard has Lett us only the female That
r only too true In our workshops th
mot her and wife exist no longer Their,
fore, IN the name Of humanity say to ynL
I Give us UaCk the wife, give us back th
(. mothrrr And. ! might almost add. Civ
US back moralityF
"That Is the reason, gentlemen, why
ask To give the woman tine hour that "
demand for her Give Il t. hur, for II 80
4 don't il will not be given 10 ter GiN
back the woman TO human society. that
a to say, gentlemen. give back morality /
- humanity What is society without
+ moral code, a house without children,
(, home without y ifc and without mgthe
I, Yon will. know. vote for Ills law that y
II present 10 y0a for woman aad ia the nan
: OF womuu You all know now | love Il
: erty Wnat would ! not give for i
Everything, gentlemen, everything, exec
!, morality aud duty - Paris Letter