, 1900-02-20
THE W0MAN'S CLUB
HOME DEPARTMENT HELD A PRO
FTTABLE MEETING SAT-
URDAY AFTERNOON.
Talks by Mrs. Buffum, Mrs. Ulen, Mrs.
SlossOn, Mrs. Garlock, Mrs. De-
Lario and Mrs. Boyd-Cooking
Receipts Exchanged Mrs Buff
fum's Paper.

mans club spent a delightful and pro-
ftable afternoon on Saturday.
An informal reception was held dur
ing an intermission of the exercises,
at which light refreshments were serv-
ed.
A paper was read by Mrs. Buffum.
and as a good many have requested
that it be published, it is given below.
Mrs. Ulen's talk on Physical Gull
ture in the Schools was excellent. 1t is
to be hoped the citizens of Laramie
will take IA little deeper interest in
this matter soon, and not deprive their
children of any thing that is so neces-
sary to their best good.
Mrs. Brown was unable to be pres
n and her address was in part sup
piled by short speeches by Mrs. Slos-
son, Mrs. Garlock, Mrs. DeLario and
Mrs Boyd.
Al the close of the afternoon a gen.
eral exchange of cooking receipts was
had. These receipts. having been tried
by some of the best cooks in Laramie,
can any of them be had by calling up
on the secretary of this department.
Mrs. Buffum's paper was as follows:
WHAT MOTHERS HAVE TO DO"
As mothers and as individuals we
are apt to think we do not require the
help of anyone. 1t is an idea very old
and very prevalent that every woman
is endowed with certain instincts thai
are all sufficient in bringing up a fami-
ly.
One mother may. u~nwittingly,
teach her child to be cruel, to steal, to
lie. while another, understanding bet
painful effort teach her child to be gem
tie, kind and truthful. The children
are associated in school or at play, the
n learns the bad, while the other
gets but little good; negative ideas are
SO much easier grasped than positive
ones. How much better that these
mothers should devote a portion of
their time in studying together the
best methods of bringing up their chill
dren, that the little ones may have a
training the foundation of which is
based on the same principles, that the
work may be continuous and not be
entirely or partially undone by the
school life.
We cannot live to ourselves, no mat
ter how much we may wish to. We
are each a part of one great body
humanity. We are each either a prop
or a drag to the wheels. not one of us
can get any further than the great
body. One may see further into the
future than the rest and help clear the
road for progress, but all must pull
together If w would keep the wagon
going steadily up hill. There is moth
ing like cooperation. Come, let us help
one another. But what is it we wish
10 do? Surely we want to put the ris-
ing generation in the way of getting
further up the hill of progress than
we are. Surely We want them to have
a clearer insight into the meaning Of
life than We have. 1t may be we were
late in grasping that meaning, indeed
it may be We have but Just caught
a glimpse of it ourselves. Let us search
diligently until We can see the great
truths underlying nature. Let us try
to grasp the thought that we are all on
an upward march.
AS we look about us there are so
many evils. SO much trouble, so much
wrong, so much injustice that We are
inclined sometimes to feel discour-
aged. to think there is no use trying.
We might just as well bring up our
children the easiest way. in fact let
them come up themselves. they will
come out just as well. And any way.
how do we know what is right? We
may not know what is absolute right,
but we do know there is more than one
way of doing things. Let us choose
the better rather than the easier. Be
not discouraged. Courage is the word
Our Utmost souls cry onward, upward
ever. Still not that voice. Let it have
sway. Foster every good thought. fan
every spark of fire and in the years to
come a great good, a mighty light will
be the result.
What are the forces that have made
this generation what it is? What made
the action and environment of our par
ents and foreparents? Can We make
ourselves over in a day? To be sure
by patient and persistent effort we may
overcome many inherited tendencies
and acquire traits, but our best is but
little, comparatively speaking.
The present is not ours to mold. 1t is
here. 1t is an established fact. But the
future is in our grasp. The seed we
plant in the hearts of the little chill
dren will grow and continue to bear
fruit for ages to come.
The boys and girls on our streets,
in our schools today are the men and
women of tomorrow, the fathers and
mothers of future generations. Are we
doing all We can for them? Are we fit
ting them for true citizens, for noble
men and women, for good fathers and
mothers?
Mothers, the task is ours. Let us not
throw 1t lightly aside and go about our
own pleasure. Let us make it the aim
OF our lives to get hold of the best
thought on child training and let us