The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-02

people, especially in the centres Of
population, is gradually disappearing
under the influence Of the disintegrat-
ing forces at work upon it. AS has
been well said, home is getting to be
only a place at which to eat and
sleep.
This which must be admitted to
be largely true, is enough to make oul
grandmothers turn over In Their
graves, although their sons may be in
sensible to the import of it. 1t means
the substitution of SelfiShneSS for
family affection and pride, and the
elimination from life of it's purest as
sociations and joys, to make room fol
the hollow conventionalities or the de
basing pleasures of the world, which
has become so commercialized that in
that section of which is called $50
ciety" even the dollars that are ex-
pended for hospitality are expected to
be returned in kind. upon pain of ex-
clusion fram its circle In case of fail
ure to do so.
Turn from such a picture, and con-
template a real home with it's family
circle of loved and loving ones, gather
ed together after the days duties are
done, for sweet intercourse, or the re-
filming pleasures of literature, or music,
or art-and say if a wider contrast can
be drawn.
II am touching upon this subject as
a layman, and do not venture upon
that other aspect OF the case which
embraces the relations between a pious
mother and her offspring, which are
the hottest of all on earth but leave
that to more appropriate teachers. But
these two matters of divorce, and the
dissertation and practical destruction
of the home-life of the American peo-
pie are legitimate subjects of discus
sion by any citizen at any time, and
[ make no apology for introducing
them on this occasion. And, in con-
nection with them, it seems to me to
be reasonable and right to say thar
any process by which the young wo-
men of the country are educated away
from the duties and responsibilities OF
this home-life, and Wifehood, and
motherhood, is to be deplored as q
positive retrOgreSSion in civiliza ton Oh
course L do not mean by this that
female education should be limited &c
any particular sphere of knowledge
much less to the narrow compass al
mere domestic and social duties; but
that these ought not to be sacrificed
to the cultivation of ambitions which
even when attained by a woman, cause
her to realize that she has been pro-
jected beyond, and out Of her natural
sphere Normal and Industrial edu-
cation for women as we'll as for men
are the two most admirable develop
ments of our modern educational life
and the resources of the State, as well
as of individuals, cannot be applied
to better purpose than to their sus-
tenance and further development. Elk
cept for those whose means and OBJ
portunties enable them to pursue a
different course. thew furnish per.
haps,, the best equipment for practica
and useful education that We have
and as such they ought to be generous
~ sustained. And yet I would no more
wish to see women in the machine
shops, or at the forge or the carpen.
ter's bench, or running railroad trains
or the like, than to see them wearing
bishops robes, or sitting on the
bench. or in the senate. God never
intended them for such work and mer
ought not to permit them to do it,
Col. Waddell went on to say that the
ability to read and write and cipher
does not determine the intellectual