Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-11-15
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MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Rev. Anna Shaw on the Duties and
Rights of Fathers and Mothera.

Rev. Anna Shaw ON the Duties and
Rights of Fathers and Mothers.
At the first meeting of the season Of
the Philadelphia Mothers club, held on
Oct. II, Rev. Anna II. Shaw addressed
large audience of interested mothers
and teachers on the subject of "Mutual
Responsibility"
The speaker did not attempt to lay
down any hard and fast rules by which
the mother or educator might be guild
ed in the training Of the child or Great
Ing happy home life.
AS both teacher and preacher Miss
Shaw has had ample opportunity to
study and observe family relationships,
and 1t was from that standpoint that
she emphasized the great lack in the
home Of today-the lack of due prep
aration for the grave duties of parent
hood and the consequent lack of wise
cooperation. OF confidence, of sympa-
thy, of mutual responsibility.
The speaker made an eloquent ap-
peal for the rights of the father. Not
for the mental. moral and physical well
being Of the child, but also the father,
who has too long been considered az
nc mere breadwinner Of the family.
the provider of material necessities,
rObbing him of some of the finest Gle
ments for self development, of his right
to the JOY that comes from an equal
share In the training or the upbuildins
Of the child's character
"And the child is wrongfully deprived
of the friendship, the companionship
and the various Influences for good
which are derived from the true spirit.
ual relationship Of father and child.
ut is not" continued the speaker
1.-THE woman alone who creates the
home nor is it the man alone, but tho
combined influences of father mother
and child constitute the real home, for
children train and discipline the par.
ents far more than parents train and
discipline the children. 1t is therefore
this united effort, each acceding rights
to the other, this healthy action and in
teraction, that will effect the best re-
SUilS IOr the WnOle TamlIy.
The speaker hopefully declared that
the time should soon come when home
making or building shall be a part Of
public school life.
1T is not a lack of love-" Miss Shaw
concluded, but u lack of intelligent
comprehension of mutual rights and
responsibilities, that mars so many
homes today. When we shall have a
better fatherhood, better motherhood
and the combined influences of father,
mother and child, we shall have hap.
pier family life, a more ethical and spir.
itual national life"
Maker of Afghan istan.
Sir Salter Pyne, says The King Of
London, who has been mentioned fire.
quently Of late In connection with Alb
churchman's death, is remarkable
man, one Of the makers Of Afghanis-
tan. An engineers apprentice, he rose
to be manager of the works by the
TIME he was nineteen and six years lat
er was appointed chief engineer to the
government Of Afghanistan. There for
fifteen years-he Is only forty now<Sir
Salter Pyne has achieved something
like an industrial miracle. From the
rawest of materials he has raised an
army Of 1000 skilled workmen and es-
tablished the vast arms foundry which
is one of the wonders of this strange
country. 1t has had marked effect
in educating the people, who look on
these gigantic machines raised by the
power of an Englishman and talk OF
them all over tho country. r. ...