The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-10


stone on the back of his son under the
| impression that he is emancipating him
| from care and drudgery. The most eff
| fective way to curse a boy is to work
| for and not with him. Nature
| gives us nothing until we have made
ourselves ready by some kind of work
| of educational quality; in the world
of human effort and achievement every
| genuine success must be preceded by
| the self-denial, toll and concentration
| which qualify a man to carry success
| with steadiness and dignity.
Nothing is so painful as the perception
| by a child that there is something weak
and uncertain in the character of
father; no human experience brings
with it greater spiritual confusion
| keener sense of battling uncertainty On
the other hand, nothing gives boy
| such a sense of order and rectitude in
| the very structure of the world as the
| perception that these great qualities are
! consistently expressed in his fathers
| character and life. And this steadlness
of character, which gives the home its
| moral background, must touch ana
guide the child from hour to hour with
alert and keen-eyed affection. Ihe love
of boy goes out in fullest measure TO
| that father whose love always invites
the fullest confidence but who cannot
| be cajoled, hoodwinked or managed.
| There must always be a touch of the
master in the father who binds his sons
to him with bands of steel; they must
respect him through and through and
| count hts anger a terrible punishment,
if they are to follow his leadership, NOT
| only with loyalty but enthusiasm.
| In another issue of the same maya
| zine Jenkin Lloyd Jones pleads for the
recognition of the divinity of father
| hood as well as the divinity OF mother
hood IF the mother is a type Of love
| 1,o~ q
into human life, and love has been dis
covered as an inherent part of the. uni
verse. as the quest of life, the end OF
| creation, then through the father mas
! come into human life the thought or
law, through him came the benlgnlty
of government through him has the
soul been tutored to respect authority,
though him have we been made to see
that the universe is not only Graded in
love but that it is centered in justice.
The modern child is threatened
not with too much mother, but with too
little father. We need more
fathers in the home. With Father
Spaulding of the Catholic church. say,
We need more men teachers in our
public Schools we need more men in
our churches: and if our homes, schools
and churches are not organized so as
to evoke and direct this masculine in
vestment, then let them be reorganized
J.
him out of mother rule into father
mother rule. have pleaded for
the divinity of fatherhood for the sake
of the child. Let me close by pleading
for this doctrine in the interest of the
father. He needs the mellowing touch
of baby fingers. He needs the ameliorat-
ing smile of childhood. He needs the
REGENERATION which children give"
These views are submitted to the
clubs interested in child study be-
cause they are suggestive of new meth
DDS which may be adopted with profit
There are many mothers who voice the
sentiments here expressed and who
have rebelled more than once because
the fathers have assumed so little re-
sponsibility in the raising of the chill
dren. When the day arrives for the dis
cusson of this important subject in the
club it would be an excellent plan to
invite the fathers to be present, lead
the discussion into this channel and in
vite them to participate. There is
something radically wrong in the bring
ing up of children in this state, since
so many are appearing in the police
courts of the cities and towns and are
invariably recommended as fit candi-
dates for the reform schools.
The tourists of the Woman's club
wendell their way from Florence to
Rome, seated on her seven hills, and
spent a delightful afternoon last
Wednesday among the familiar scenes
of the Eternal City. AS Mrs. Rueger
so aptly expressed it in her paper:
Athens, Carthage, Florence, Jerusa-
lem are harps of a single string. Rome
is the great organ that responds to
every mood of the players soul, and
never proves unequal, no matter how
high the theme or how skillful the
masters touch" Mrs. Atwater graph
ically described many of Rome's Legal
cies of the Past''-the Coliseum, the
Baths of Diocletian and of Caracalla,
the column of Trojan and the cata-
combs with all their fascinating mys-
teries and awe-inspiring traditions. The
discussion on the transition from Ro-
man to Italian was designed to bridge
over the gap between the Roman EN-
pire and Italy of the middle ages, and
the remarkable changes in the char
acter of the people, their government
and their religion We're carefully traced.
The literature department will have
charge next Wednesday.
The Homer club held its weekly
meeting in the club room, with the vice
president in the chair The first paper,
by Mrs. Norvell, was an entertaining
and instructive sketch of Charles the
Great-the Charlemagne of history and
romance. Mrs. brennan brought vivid
~ before ner hearers the picturesque
Rhine and its legends. Her readings
from hyperion" We're descriptions of
the Rhine and a snowstorm. Heidel-
berg, as castle, university duel ground,
was ably discussed by the president,
Mrs. Moore.
On Friday, Dec. s, the Atlas club
met in the art room of the library.
After the business meeting current
events were discussed. The topics dis
cussed were taken from the December
Scrbner's Magazine. The papers of the
day were Boston, It's Environments,
by Mrs. Wishon, and OLIVER Wendell
Holiness" by Mrs. Gilbert. The papers
showed careful preparation and proved
very entertaining as well as instruct
i've. DR.. Mccain was appointed leader
| of current events for Dec. is. The sub
| ;aot will he .J7pancen