The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-14
To THE MOTHERS
OF THE COUNTRY
concluded from First Page)

those who, from no fault eli their own
i are denied any Of the Other graa
( blessings 81 life Bot the 0an o
woman who deliberately faregoe.
these blessings whether from vicious
{ ness. coldness. shaliowsheartedness
self INDULGENCE. or mere failure 10 ap
preciate aright the difference between
the all.imponant and the uuimport
ant-why, such creature merits
contempt as hearty as any visited up
on tho soldier who runs away from
battle, or upon the man who refuse.
to work for the support Of those de
pendent upon him, and who though
able bodied Il vet content 10 eat in
I idleness The bread which others pro
vide
Cure Of Race Suicide.
The existence Of women Of this
TYPE forms one 81 the most unpleas.
liant and unwholesome features Of
modern life. Ii any one is SO dim Of
yisicn as 20 fail to see what a thor.
oughly unlovely creature such a wo
man is / with they would read Judge
4 Robert Grants novel IInleavened
4 Bread, ponder seriously the charac
ter of Selma, and think OF the fate
that would surely overcome any ma
ton which developed It's average and
/ typical woman along such lines, Tn
/ fortunately ii weuld be untrue to say
/ that this type exists only in Ameri
/ can novels. That ii also exists In
/ American life is made unpeasantly
evident By the satisfies as % tho
4 dwinalng families In some l9c3lities
4 It is made evident in equally sinister
4 fashion by the census statistics as .c
divorce. which are fairly appalling
j for easy divorce is now rs it ever has
been, bane 70 amy nation, a curse
10 society. a menace to the home, al
Indictment to married unhappines
and to immortality an eyil thing fci
men ana a stin more hideous evil fol
4 women.
Training chldren's Character.
eThe way to give child a fan
chance in life is not to bring it mp Ii
/ luxury. but TO see that IL has the kline
of training that wil give it strength
OF character. Even apart from the
lhyigal anesbiGns OF rpauonall life, and re
\ gafding otffy the' individual interest sof
/ rhe childrrni tRenselve sssshappiness ia
the true sense Is a haplredfold more
apt to come to any given member Of
q healthy family Of healthy minded
children, well brought up. well educat
ed but taught that they must Shift
for themselves. must win their owl
way. and BY their own exeuions. make
their own POSITIONS a usefulness
than u Is apt To o7me ta those whose
parents themselves have acted on and
have trained Their children to act on
the selfish and sordid theory that the
whole end Of life IL TO taste fen
| things,
Would Be End of Nation.
"The intelligence Of the remark IS
on a par with its morality, for the
most rudimeptary mental process
would have shown the speaker that II
4 tho average family in which there are
children contained but two children
the nation as whole would decrease
n population so rapidly that in tw,
or three generations it would very de
/ seryedly be on the point of extinc
ton. so that the people who had act
ed on this base and selfish doctrine
would be giving place TO others witt
trayer and more robust ideals. Nor
would such a result be in any way re
/ grettable; for race that practice,
such a doetrine-that IS a race that
prachced race suicide-would thereby
eoRcusively show THAT il was unfit t6
exist, and that il had better give place
to people who had not forgotten the
primary laws of their being.
Sum of Whole Matter.
ITO sum up, then, the whole mat
ter is the avoidance Of risk and trou
bic and labor Save in exceptional
cases the, prizes worth haying in life
must be paid for and the life worth
living must be a life of work for
worthy end, and ordinarily of work
more for others than for ones self.
Duty Of a Husband.
"The man is but a poor creature
whose effort Is not rather for the bet
lterment Of bis wife and children than
( fer himselfS and as for the mother.
! her very name stands for loving IN.
selfshness and sell abnegation. and
in any society fit 10 exist. Is fraught
with the associations which render Il
holy.
The Mothers Reward.
The womans task IS not easy-no
task worth doing is easy-but in do
ing it, and when She has done ii. there
shall come to her the highest and hor.
est JOY known TO mankind; and hav-
ing done it. she shall have the re
ward prophesied in scripture; for her
husband and her children. yes. and all
people who realize that her wors Ties
at the foundation OF all national hap
nfnpsg and srrparuauq shall rtea ,fn