Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-08
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10 THE AMERICAN HOME
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tSuccess, Novemberl II
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: As to the
increase In the number OF divorces be-
ing an evidence of the weakening OF
home ties, think 1t is quite the con-
trary. / believe it is due To the grow;
ing independence Of woman and her
recognition of what Is due to her az
the mother OF the race. Her new Dig
nifty and selr-respect will not allow her
to maintain relations which can never
be productive Of anything but degra-
cation and misery for herself. She
knows. too. that the influence of un-
happy relations between the parents
will act most disastrously upon the
children. There will probably be some
abuses, but, on the whole, facility In.
obtaining divorce Will result in
Strengthening all true relations and
weakening all false ones In short, I
believe that many of the things be-
moaned as evils, including the apart
ment house, the woman S club and less
stringent divorce laws. are heralds Of
the good time coming, the ideal society
and home Of the twentieth century.
Rev. Robert Collysr: There are no
happier homes on earth than ours. II
is said that a happy country has no
history. This is more true Of homes
than of nations. We hear much Of di-.
vorces; yet they occur not more than
once in a thousand marriages Only.
the seed of discord will terminate and
grow into q weed that will destroy the
home. TO speak personally, lived
| thirty-seven years In the country, and
have lived forty in the city. Both lives
have their vaiue-the country for gath
ering in forces, the city for putting
them out in the interest of our fellows.
But, wherever they may be located, 1
see no degeneracy in American homes.
The divorces are merely the driftwood
on the surface of home life. They in no
way represent or reflect the clear
depths. Let young man begin right
by marrying the right woman, and.
marrying her early in his life, and his
home will be great blessing.
Stewart L. Woodford: The greatest
danger of departure from the old and
true ideas of home life is found in
homes of wealth. Glitter and show are
not the ends of life. Social distinction
is not all for which we live. Let us
have the old fashioned homes of love.
and duty and purity. Guard the home
and you guard the republic. Destroy
the home, and you inevitably kill the
nation.
Rev Madison c. Peters: ] believe
that the greatest defect in our social
system is the aimless way in which
girls are brought up today. Very few,
indeed, are prepared in either body or
mind for the lofty duties and serious
responsibilities which marriage implies.
and marriage, in consequence, has been
brought down to a low. sensual plane.
The state of life to which it has pleased
God TO call. our women Is. for the most
part. that which entails the duties of
the housekeeper and the hom1ekeeper:
and, for those duties. the learning ac-s
Ieuired in the schools does much TO un-s
TIT them. The result of this unfaithful-
mess in the foundation, the education,
lis sean in woman's wearying in her at
tempt to be a queen in her own house
Kingdom TO live Without head
Mrs Frank Leslie: Apartment, hn-
tel and club life are believe, among
the principal Influences in the weaken
ing of homo ties. and perhaps greater
than any of these IS The growing desire
of women for a wider field Of action
than that bounded by the limits Of the
home. believe in higher education, to
the broadsst possible 'ssree of culture
for women as we'll as for men. but !
as not a very. strong advocate. of what,
In public parlance, Is termed a career
I for women: for think that. in seek
ing and finding career, as women do
now, they give up a great deal in the
way of that tender family life that
meant so much in the past. AS gem
6eral rule. the woman VINO leaves the
home to follow public career must
Hay many sacrifices on the altar of
gratified ambition.
Samuel Gompsrs: For the safety and
Integrity of this nation, our working
4 men must have good homes The eight
4 hour laws which the American FEEDER
alton OF Labor has procured in vari-
Ious states enable the laborer to enjoy
Esome Of the rest ard leisure of home
life. to become acquainted with his
Ichildren, TO cultivate his mind, TO be-
come more intelligent and better
4 American citizen. Every move to re-
duce wages Or in any other way b,jure
! him is blow at his home and at the
republic Itself Grinding poverty.
tsqualid and miserable homes, tend also
4 To retard the development OF chilGHsn