The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-21

ance question is a very old one and som,
people will say that they are tired of it.
but 1t is subject that we ever have with
US and of vital Importance to the very
life of our nation. 1t IS Of little use to
abuse either the rumseller or the drunk
ara You cannot expect a man to be
other than his training has been. There
fore, / say, let US have better homes and
better fathers and mothers. The state
ment has been made by an eminent
authority that it is impossible to bring
up boy In a large city without giving
the devil mortgage upon him This.
regret to say is but too true. Not 80 Der
cCnt of the mothers are capable of bring
ing up their children as they should be-
People are married. but not ALWAYS
mated
1T is too often the case that mothers
DO not appreciate the great Importance
Of their mission. and that their duty i'm
propagating human life is a sacred one
and a very great responsibility. At Sara
toga Springs some time ago l was out
walking in the early morning with a
friend. 1 saw long line of baby car
riages accompanied by young girls
smiled and called my friends attention
to all the mothers out for morning WALK
with their babies. oh. these are not thu
mothers, said my friend. 1 will show yoi
the mothers a little later out for wall,
with their pug dogs This is, my friends
only one instance of the neglect Of chill
dren Very few people realize the great
responsibility imposed upon them i'm
bringing up a family. The little creaturci
arc given to our hands as a mass of CLAY
TO be nodded. whichever way we may
and 1t is ours to improve the opportunity
But in the race for social position and thu
passion for wealth and power these di-
vine responsibilities are often neglected
/ want to speak more particularly of the
drink habit People will say; 'NFny bother
with the drink question? We nave always
haG it and probably always Will That
is, l believe. no argument. as the sans
can be said of sin. and II is no reason
why we should cease combating sin. II
is just as necessary for us to make Z
mOoted question Of temperance now "a
it was twenty-five years ago. Education
must begin with the boy. before his hab-
its are formed, and the proper IDEAS can
only be inculcated into his character by
purifying and simplifying the homes ard
lives Of the fathers and mothers. Deliver
us from careless and indifferent mothers.
Give me a drunken father with a good
mother and | will make a man Of tho
boy. But little or nothing can be eX-
pectcd where the conditions are reversed.
! do not believe in whipping a boy, as
more devil is whipped into a boy than is
ever eXpunged from his nature. as e.
frequently happens that the very thing
for which the boy Is punished he learned
from an example set by your fathers and
mothers.
~ believe more men reach drunkards'
graves from the drinking customs of so.
ciety at the punch bowl or from the beer
can at home passed in he spirit of So
ciability than dc from the saloon. At
social functions, women pick out the most
beautiful butterflies of society to presid,
at the punch bowl. Oh. mothers Tvh1-
Will you say when called to account in
the final day for the ruin Of some young
mar sent to perditiOn through the punch
bowl and fathers. what viii you say TO
sending your boys sOul 20 hell through
your example, What can you expect
when boys sec their fathers drinking.
men of supposed good standing coming
out of saloons. We must have a new Ell,
Of better things when men will not be
ashamed TO carry the teaching of Christ
into their citizenship. Boys who learn tC
drink at their fathers side5oard cannot
be expected to be different when away
from horne. The all enslaying power OF
drink is worse than Other vices"