The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-11

only from her mothers lips. Mothers
should teach their daughters. first obedi-
ence, then industry. This training should
begin in the home by keeping their own
rooms tidy, In caring for their clothing
In developing muscle and in storing the
mind.
Truly, the responsibility rests upon the
mother to teach purity of mind, body and
soul.
"A partnership with God is motherhood,
what strength, what purity, what self
control
"What love, what wisdom, should belong
10 her
"Who helps God fashion an immortal
SOUL"
Following Mrs. Swans address Miss
Edith Norton recited I'm Hurried,
Child" a selection especially appropos
. to the purpose of the meeting. 1t was
as follows:
Poem Rcclted by Miss Norton.
40 mother. look! I've found butterfly
Hanging lpon leaf. Do tell me why
There was no butter! o. do see Its wings!
l never saw such pretty things
All streaked and striped with blue anu
brown and gold.
Where Is Its house when all the DAYS are
cold?"
"Yes yes." she said, in absent accents
mild,
'Tm hurried, child"
Last night my dolly quite forgot her
An when she thought that you had gone
down stairs.
Then dolly was afraid, an so l said,
lust don't YOU mind, but say 'em In your
bed
Because I think that God is just as near.
When dolls are 'fraid. do you 'spose ne
can hear?'
Tho mother smoke, from out the rufiles
.Tm hurried. child!
30, come and see the flowers In the SKY
The sun has left: and won't you by and py;
Dear mother, take me In your arms anu
tell ,o
Me all about the pussy in the well!
Then tell me Of the babies IN the "0oo.
An then. perhaps, about Red r'''''s
Hood"
"Too much to do Hush' husH' Sou u''
me wild.
I'm hurled. child"
The little one was very quiet now.
And rrieyed and puzzled was the childish
brow;
And then 1t queried, Mother' 10 you
know
The reason why you must be hurried SO!
I guess the hours are hitler than ].
So I will take my pennies and will buy
A great big clock, o, big as 1t can be,
For you and me-"
The mother now has leisure Infinite.
She sits with folded hands. and race as
white
As winter. In her heart Is winters chill.
She sits at leisure. questioning Gods VIII.
"My child has ceased to breathe and all
Is heaven so dark that thou didst grudge
my light?
O life! o God! L must discover why
Time moves SO slowly by.
O mothers sweet. II cares must ever fall,
PRAY do not make them stones to build
wall
Between thee and thy own. and miss thy
right
To blessedness. so swift to take its flight;
While answering baby questionings, you
are
But entertaining angels unaware.
The richest gifts are gathered by the way
For darkest day.
DIR. Anna C. CIarke's Remarks.
Dr. Clarke's address was from the
standpoint of woman physician. She
said:
In dealing with the question before us
this evening, II is our most earnest wish
to avoid anything of a sensational char
acter.
The world, socially, mentally and moral
ly, is Just what women make 1t. There Is
no more effectual aid for the enforcement
of law than the high regard with which
women should hold integrity and In order
that we may see more clearly the position
women should take In regard to the pre-
yailing social evils let us look for few
moments at some Of these evils and their
causes.
believe the first cause of the downward
step in most girls lives Is the lack or
friendly and complete understanding be-
tween them and their mothers. Go home
and by loving kindness and manifest In
terest break down any barrier that may
have come between you and your chill
dren. There Is not anything a child
should know In regard to Its own person,
which the mother should not be able
and willing 10 tell II, instead Of learning
II from vulgar children on the street, or
from older people who are only too will
ing to urge them on to all forms of vice.
There Is no more potent factor for good
by pure and holy lives, may throw around
their home such hallOwed influence
that, be 1t a cottage or palace. 1t will
ever stand as beacon light to warn and
guide children Of tender years. as well
as those in the real battle of life, and 1t
will save them In the hour Of temptation.
Danish vulgar stories. low speech and
impure literature from the home; It will
soon disappear from the street and from
our city.
Appalling Condition of Affairs.
It Is appalling to see young girls on the
street evenings apparently with no other
aid that to elicit the attention Of young
men. 1t usually begins in a spirit Of fun
or pure thoughtlessness. but where does
1t end? 1t invites advances that any girl
of a pure nature should regret. A great
many of these ideas have come from
reading novels which over-excite the I'M
agination and exert a degrading influence.
No one in Scranton has the least excuse
for reading such trash, with our excel
lent public library. with its able librarian
and assistants ever willing to aid and
anxious to cooperate with parents In
obtaining the best results.
Daughters should be fitted for that
greatest responsibility and privilege ever
vouchsafed to a mortal. that Of mother
hood. Keep the body healthy. Many per-
son has been led astray by the. promptings
of a diseased organism. She should be
taught the usual domestic duties that she
may be able to be mistress of her own
home; inculcate habits OF personal cleani-
ness and insist upon tidiness. A calico dress.
clean, Is much better in its appearance
and important in its moral influence than
a dirty, dawdy silk: and. above all. your
young women should be taught that their
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