Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-04

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The month Of February IN the
year Of 1897 will be long remember
ed as the first Congress of Mothers
held at Washington. This would
seem to mark the ultimate result in
the series Of movements that have
drawn women into clubs and conven-
tons, To many thus idea of a congress
or convention Of mothers might be a
somewhat amusing one in view Of
the peculiar line Of argument adopt
ed, in some Of the discussions of the
woman question:" how oftenl Oh!
how often has it been affirmed re-
peatedly that the tendencies OF
woman's clubs was to break up the
old theories of home life, and now,
comes a big convention, that mem
bers can only enter through the
doors Of the home, are only eligible
to membership unless they carry the
very old fashioned degree Of MA"
attached, no matter il the college
woman has a "B. A." a doctor with
her IN d." a lawyer or a minister
they are all compelled TO have the
extra and obligatory degree Of Ma"
or they may stop at home, but SER
iously speaking the past convention
presents great opportunity for
work that will have practical results.
Many mothers in their home life are
much isolated, and they often spend
anxious hours in trying to solve for
herself the many perplexlng prob
lens that have been solved and sat
isfactorily settled by someone else
long before her. There is no occu-
patton that carries with it such a
continued mental and physical strain
as that of being a mother, and no
other influence has such a direct and
immediate result on the welfare Of a
nation as a mothers influence, the
physical, mental, and moral we'll
being Of the men and women of to-
morrow lies in her hands, and il
there is opportunity to extract from
the experience of others it should be
considered practical Importance, and
the proceedings and results of the
past convention should concern every
home in the land.
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The past month ID always an inter-
esting month, q little more so than
the others unless it be the month OF
July. February the birth month OF
two Of our greatest men, Washington
the creator, and Lincoln the pre-
server of our Union. In thinking
of these two great men we only give
expression Of our thoughts in a his
torical way, we can not look upon
them as men living and expressing
in his own personality the moving
forces of his day and age, and the
fact that he typifes an idea often
leads us to only think Of them from
historical standpoint When we
think OF Washington, there usually
comes before US mental picture of
some steel engraving or lithograph
likeness, of "The Father of our
Country" we can make him states
man a warrior a hero-all draped
with mantle Of glory and honor,
but to take these away we cannot
realize him as man in his own
home, history has SO draped him In
the garments OF deity" that his
fact Of being either a man, q lover q
husband a friend is lost sight of,
but during the last year some of the
leading publications have given q
large degree Of attention to the
humanity Of Washington. Even the
faults that are common faults of
humanity are endearlng, and the
Father Of His Country" lives in
the minds Of the people more than
at any time SINCE history has re-
corded the life of Washington and
the American Republic, but, no
mantle of glory or dlzzying heights
of achievement and honor could hide
away the humanity of Lincoln, and
his personality was so strongly mark
ed that the grader outlines of his
character were lost sight of, and it
has needed the just application of val
ues that time alone has placed him
among the great men Of history.
| Lincoln was man of the people,