The courier., 1901-11-16

niles an hour come new demands. This
.orvellous, strenuous new world re-
v,,pires not only quicker, more re-
,o,rceful race of men and women to
.ontrol natures forces, but also de-
,,snds a nobler energy. higher pur-
.,ss in life to escape being crushed by
the modern car of Juggernaut. Ever
since the world began, new times have
allied for new men; but the present
.;r,a is calling for a generation of new
uomen to transform and transmute
,ithin the home this debris of hurry
into the nobler elements of pleasure
md usefulness.
The so-called Club movement" is
uoman's response to the call. de-
sire TO better understand her duties
and responsibilities, and by mutual
bal, to learn how to better perform
,bam. The outlook is encouraging.
The legacy which the nineteenth CEN
ury hands over to it's successor is the
.orce of an awakened wOmanhOOd en-
dowed with skill and wisdom to take
nm the homely duties of everyday life.
tSennoble them. and to deal unfiinch-
ipsly with Iife's problems.
There is no common law for sOlu-
tion. no general rule that will apply in
all cases any more than there can be
formula for building houses and pur-
chasing clothing.
The first requisite for solving prob
lens is a desire to find a solution, and
a desire that is not strong enough TO
arrange and adjust environments and
overcome obstacles and discourage
ments need not hope to find solution.
No amount of college education or ad-
vice or example will help one who is
satisfied and has no desire to change.
In order to do, one must wish to do
know how to do, and will to do.
world of truth is sometimes packed in
to the little bright paragraphs that
are passed along from newspaper to
newspaper Here is one of them that
echoes with significance: Many fail
ures in the world may be attributed
to the fact that the hunter for success
uses blank cartridges" There is vast
amount of noisy, spectacular. insincere
endeavor in the world that is precisely
like banging away with blank cart
ridges.
\ no one need hope for success in meet
ling the problems of life without
strong, sincere, direct purpose, and in
addition to desire and purpose there
must be the weight of responsibility.
The home-maker must not for a mo-
ment forget that if things are not as
they ought to be it is due to some re-
missness, and that 1t is her province
TO locate the remissness and set things
right. If she be overtaxed. some one
else is doing too little. If all are over
worked, then the search-light of in
vestigation should be turned on
methods and management of doing
work or on the discrimination between
necessary and unnecessary work. Most
cases OF alleged over work have their
origin in something else than COM
pulsory labor.
In seeking solutions, search should
De directed toward causes rather than
results. If children are disObedient.
dlsrespectful or quarrelsome. subject to
analysis the examples of parents.
fyinders in little ears record messages
winch are repeated again and again
IN the monographs of daily life.
cameras of little eyes are constantly
taxing snap shots of looks. actions.
ucmeanor, which are developed on the
; hsltlve plates of character. Sons and
daughters do not belle parental intiu-
ence.
a lack of harmony. unity and SYM
PE'hy implies some form of subterfuge