Bisbee daily review., 1904-11-17

forts of our Federation.
 The civics committee also presents very important measures. It is work ing for a cleaner. purer citizenship, for more attractive surroundings: for better protection for childern. especi- ally for delinquent children who are such a menace to our citizenship; for closer to union of home and school. of parents and teachers to secure more adequate development of the child for the responsibility of life. One of com mittees of this department will urge you to spread far and wide through out Arizona, the necessity for the en- actment by our legislature this coming winter of a law which will provide for the establishment of the juvenile court and probation system in our territory. beg you to heed the warn ing note which this committee utters and to urge its measures with the womanly persuasion which ever brings success.
 Our penal system needs thorough revolution. We have punished crim- lnals old and young; confined them in jaIs and penitentiaries until the crowding of such institutions.the coun- try over. is almost beyond belief and is astonishing. when we consider the large proportion of youthful prisoners. Wise men and women have been seek ing earnestly the solution of this great problem To them the thought has come:
 To cure is the voice of the past
 ITO prevent. the divine whis-
 per of today
 Inspired by this sentiment. thought has crystaIized into action. and the great sociological forces of our land are battling. as never before. for the prevention of crime. The establish meut and operation of the juvenile court and probation system constitutes one of the most successful preventa- tive measures. reaching. as it does. the heart Of the child in his first vayward tendencies.
 Another feature of the civics de uartmeut is the campaign for public beauty and cleanliness. Let us not be. discouraged if the chairman of the cannot report great things. accomplished. We have been molding and cievating oar own ideals and we may be sure that the standard we set and endeavor to maintain in any community will be the standards which the men. our ready helpers, will sphold
 Let me remind you Of the sentiment 50 frequently quoted: Strive to leave your country more beautiful than you found it."
 Our new department. Household Economics. only one year old, will swing us back into paths which are familiar and interesting. The chair mans report and suggestions will, ] have no doubt. reveal the methods by which We can make this subject very attractive.
 That which lends a new charm to the home which draws to it's the sons and daughters. the husbands and ,athers with keener joy. is a powerful influence for good; while on the other hand, Every single evil which tends to undermine the home tends to de- base the citizenship of the future"
 It is right for organized woman hood to seek the alleviation of suffer ing humanity. the spreading of the gospel of cleanliness into public places. the protection of children from vice. and the control of crime to the end that a better citizenship may result
 But may we never be tempted to neglect our own hons for the sake of such work. The duties of home are a sacred trust and by all that is wo- manly are we bound to give the faith ful. loving attention. and then turn the surplus energies out to the world around us.
 Have I wandered from my theme. Household Economics? I think not, for it is the home subject, the depart ment by which we hope to make home. duties lighter. more attractive. less wearing and thus conserve our ener- gies for duties beyond the home threshold.
 The chairman of our Education Committee will report the work of the year, which has been largely with reference to developing and under standing of the value of manual train ing in the education of the child. She will present bill for the establish ment of manual training in the schools of Arizona, which we hope our legis- lators will approve this winter. The education of the hand and the eyeI to direct the hand is a potent factor in the moral development of the child. His physical energies will find ex-I pression. if not along right lines. which lead to constructive ability. then it will be along wrong lines which may end in mischief and crime.