The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-21
Kansas City Journal.

Kansas City Journal.
IF each club woman would stand for the
sacrednes of the marriage relation, there
would be fewer divorces in the country to-
day and fewer sorrows and heartaches,"
said Mrs. Robert j. Burdette in her talk to
the club women of the city in the
Athenaeum rooms yesterday afternoon.
Her talk was a very practical one on the
motto of the National Federation of CLUBS,
Unity in Diversity" She showed the
women what a power they might become
If in their many aid varied workings they
would only unite more closely. One of the
things which Mrs. Burdette believes the
club women should interest themselves in
is the divorce question.
II know you will .think il is not neces-
sary for you to interest yourselves in this
question because things are running
smoothly and happily in your own homes"
she said but, my dear women, We have got
TO look out for our children, for the next
generation. Do you know, mothers, that
more than one-half of all the heartaches
in the world are made because these ties
are held so lightly? 1t is our duty to see
that they are held more sacred 1t has
been shown that divorces are increasing
three times as fast the population, then
years the separation of husband and wife
will be greater through divorce than
through death. We are a great power
throughout the world and we can do
great deal in this work
There is another thing, too, for which
We women are responsible. In this day and
age men are money mad Why? Do you
know that last year hundreds of millions
of dollars were spent for jewelry? Do men
wear jewelry? During the year 621 men
put behind the bars for embezzling
large sums. Did the men want the money
just for the love of having It? They wanted
it to help their wives and their daugh-
tiers to shine. Fancy the wife and daugh-
tiers shining In society when the husband
and father is behind the bars. We women
are responsible for these things. We want
too much. a man prospers and he says
his wife must have servant. He prospers
still further and his wife must have two
servants. He prospers more and she de-
mandS another, and so il goes. We must
learn the art of simple living. When say
that we must live simply, | do not mean
that we should take the vows of poverty
There are certain things which we must
have to make the home attractive, but we
do not need so many things. Now honest
ly, isn't your home filled with lots of
things that you don't really want and that
you wish you could just throw out in the
streets. There's that chair that isn't
comfortable and that picture that isn't
really ornament You don't know why
you bought 1t and you would like to get
rid of il.
aSimple living means simpler table and
fewer gowns. oh, mothers teach your
daughters that not everything is to- be
found in beautiful clothes. that there is
man has said that the separation of hus-
band and wife is the danger which threat
ems the American home. Men and women
are no longer companions In our country.
wife and the children attending to their
social duties. They drift farther apart and
scarcely know each other. Women. we
are responsible for these things We think