The Republican journal., 1895-09-26


substituted largely for the companionship
Of their natural guardians, Of which they
are deprived. 1t needs no argument to
show that impure literature is great
source of crime.
The dime novel and detective story will
furnish the child's mind with companions
such as are found in the lowest dives Of
any city. You would not allow your boy
to associatwith the robber or the murderer
in person, and yet you allow him to read
and ponder these things, doing him a
thousand times more harm than personal
association, for the impressions made up
on the mind when alone, his thoughts
concentrated upon the hero Of the thrill
ing tale, cannot soon be effaced. How
often are we startled by the announce
ment of some gross immortality on the
part of sons of parents high up in the
moral, social, and ofttimes religious scale.
We wonder why this state Of affairs exists,
and yet when we analyze the situation we
wonder that it is not worse than it is. The
average man spends very little time in his
family, and even when he appears to be
present, he is absent in spirit. His duty,
as he sees it, ends when he has amassed
sufficient wealth to provide for the TEN
poral wants of his household. His
CHllulCu, ldNluS utNGI Dt6H ldugul the
value of time Or money, recklessly
squander both. An impossible gulf lies
between such father and his sons, -
there is no sympathy between them, and
hence no word Of warning against the
dangers Of entering upon a life of immor-
ality is ever spoken, and ere he is aware of
the fact the boy for whom he has been
boarding money and estates is ruined.
The wise father sees that the happiness
Of his wife and the future we'll being Of
his children are largely IN his keeping.
He will make them partners in his bust
ness, and companions ia his pleasure; the
new and attractive book is purchased and
they enjoy ii together: he discusses with
them the news of the day, not only the
amnsements and society news, but the
stocks, the markets, the bread and butter
side OF his Daily, as WELL he consults with
them about his business ventures and re-
ports results. He is Interested III the
school, the Juvenile organizations etc.
to which they belong, and though he may
not be member himself Of any III the
moral or religious organizations Of the
day, yet he refers to them with reverence
and respect. The SOD u daughter OF such
a father, with tile added blessing of 4
iudicious mother. will seldom 60 astray
Sons 81 such parents rarely swell the list
of graduates Of any Institute for the cure
OF inebriety, or are sentenced to view life
through prison bars. oh, friends, there
Is need of reform iii homes MI about us
There are innocent children brought up
without q word Of warning Of the dangt
" trlt1ing with strong drink. Oh the gam
bling den. While there are scores and
scores of women who have every comfort
and many luXuries. WHO excuse them
selves from uniting ther efforts with
those who are tying to tighten the
burdens of saddened souls Open sa-
looms are ready to antrap the young, and
there is no one to reach ont a helping
hand. Will not mothers, wives and sis
tens who have not yet seen the necessity
of lending Their aid in this arduous work,
help now in our time OF need. Be assured
that, ITO live il not to live, ii We but
dwell voiceless and soulless, passionless
and low, the first among mere beings
lis our part to live more nobly in this
bright, free world which God has built
US.
The 'Homekeeper' department of
our Non Partisan Society, established AZ
our last national convention will reach
and benefit a class of mothers who. by
lilGIl SpSSlttl CHNIIOuHtlllS. dIt uIIdUIt u
unite with organizations where attendance
in person is required. The secretary of
this department very truthfulv saws
"More and more tue greatest minds are
looking to the home as the worlds hope
Whatever the power Of mind, good heart
set to right tendencies by a good mother
is the power that wins success.
''The aim of this department is, first of
all, union secondly to learn the needs Of
mothers; thirdly, to meet these needs by Il
system OF study and helps, suggested by
mothers themselves: and, lastly. to awaken
greater enthusiasm for our work and to
lift into higher and holier esteem the bus
mess of housekeeping and the sacred office
Of motherhood. The pledge is simply
this:
| do solemnly promise to do my best to
make for nv loved ones safe, pure and
happy home. | will earnestly endeaNor t.
guard nay children from evil and all know
ledge OF evil and teach them to love purity
ana honor. TO this END | Join hands with
warfare against whatever can harm, weaken,
iniure or destroy our children.
In line with this work for children per
nit a suggestion in regard to temperance
teaching in our public schools. We be
lieve that fathers and mothers as well as
temperance organizations ought to awake
to the importance of having that statute
more generally enforced, not only accord
ing to the letter of the law, but the spirit
of the requirement as we'll. The pupils
of our schools are the coming men and
women Of the country and we cannot af-
ford to slacken our efforts along this line.
Some of US, who believe in the salutary
effects Of industry, are providing, to the
extent Of our ability, industrial training
in some of its various branches. wherever
feasible. This we believe is temperance
work Of high type. Manual training is
the special hobby of your speaker, though
not to the exclusion Of book education,
one should supplement the other II has
been shown by a careful study Of the re-
suits of the ''new education ''that
pupils love the work; il cures idleness,
dignites and exalts labor as well as
thought power, it stimulates habits of
observation and investigation, and it gives
more complete development and adapt
ability to circumstances
Many see in this comparatively new de-
parture the solving in large measure Of
the vexed labor problem. This education
will show itself in many ways in the
future homes Of manual training pupils;
On the one hand in the convenience and
economy of useful appliances. on the
other in evidences Of good taste in matters