The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-03-23

SoASiSoS VI moluelS, LOW uOluluS nU8
tri-ennial convention at the Metropolis
tan NJ. e. church. There was an i'm
nense attendance. The President Was
formally introduced to the audience b.
Mrs. Frederick Schoff, of Philade1ph
the president Of the congress. He re-
his speech, but occasionally interject
some extemporaneous remarks to
phaslze point. The President spoke
follows:
I'm our modern industrial civilizati
there are many and grave dangers to
counterbalance the splendors and the
triumphs. 1t is not good thing 70 see
cities grow at disproportlonate speed
relatively to the country; for the small
land owners, the men who own theiy
little homes, and therefore to veIS
large extent the men who till farms.
the men Of the soil, have hitherto made
the foundation Of lasting national life
in every State; and II the foundation
becomes either too weak or too narrow.
the superstructure, no matter how at
tractive, is in imminent danger Of fall
Ing.
But far more important than tho
question Of the occupation OF our citi-
zens is the question Of how their family
life Is conducted. No matter what that
occupation may be. as long as there is q
real home and as lopg as those who
make up that hcme do their duty to one
another, to their neighbors and to the
State, It Is Of minor consequence
whether the mans trade Is piled In the
country or the city, whether 1t calls for
the work Of the hands or for the work
Of the head.
But the nation is In q bad way X
there is no real home, II the family
is not of the right kind; II the man is
not a good husband and father, II he
is brutal or cowardly or selfish, IL the
woman has lost her sense of duty, IL I
she is sunk in vapid self-indulgence or
has let her nature be twisted so that
she prefers q sterile pseudo o-lntellectu-
ality to that great and beautiful deyelc
opment Of character which Gomez only
to those whose lives know the fullness
Of duty done. of effort made and self
sacrifice undergone.
HOME LIFE ALLrIMPORTANT.
"In the last analysis the welfare Of
the State depends absolutely upon
whether or not the average, family, the
average man and woman and. their chill
dren, represent the kind OH citizen-
ship fit for the foundation of<ssexeat
nation; and IL we fail to appreciate
this we fail to appreciate the root morA
ality upon which all healthy civilizs.
tion Is based.
mo piled-up wealth, no splendor Of
material growth, no brilliance Of artis-
tic development, will permanently. avail
any people unless its home life II
healthy, unless the average man pos
sesses honesty. courage, common sense.
and decency, unless he works hard and
Is willing at need to fight hard; ana !
wife, good mother, able and willing
to perform the first and greatest duty
Of womanhood, able and willing to
bear, and to bring up as they should
be brought up, healthy children, sound
In body, mind and character, and nu-
merous enough so that the race viii
increase and not decrease. "a
DIVISION OF LABOR BYHEx.
"Thre are certain old truths which
will be true as long as the world en-
dures, and which no amount Of prog s
ress can alter. One of these Is the
truth that the primary duty Of the-
husband Is to be the home maker, the 4
bread-winner for his wife and children.
and that the primary duty Of the wo-
man is to he the helpmeet, the house
wife and mother. The woman should
have ample educational advantages:v
but save in exceptional cases the man
must be, and she need not be, and gem
orally ought not to be trained for . life.
long career as the family bread-win.
ner; and, therefore, after certain
point the training Of the two must
normally be different because the duties
of the two are normally different. This
does not mean inequality Of function
but 1t does mean that normally there
must be dissimilarity Of function. on
the whole. think the duty Of the wo3
man the more important, the more
difficult, and the more honorable Of tho
two; on the whole respect the woma1
who does her duty even more than
respect the man who does bis.
WoMAN's WORK THE NOBLER.
mo ordinary work done by q maj
Is either as hard or responsible as the
work OF a woman who is bringing up y
family of small children; for upon-he1|
time and strength demands are madeX
not only every hour OF the day bulI
often every hour Of the night Sh(
may have to get up night after nighi
to take care OF a sick child, and ye5
must by day continue to do all he
household duties as well; and II tn
family means are scant she must usual
ly enjoy even her rare holidays takiu1
her whole brood OF children with he,
The birth pangs make all men
debtors of all women. Above all ou
sympathy and regard are due to ~
struggling wives among those who0
Abraham Lincoln called the plain pei
pie, and whom he so loved and trustee
for the lives Of these women3re ofts
led on the lonely heights OF quiet, sci
sacrificing heroism.
Just as the happiest and most hon
orable and most useful task that ca
be set any man is 70 earn enough 4
the support of his wife and family.
the bringing up and starting in life
his children so the most important.
most honorable and kaesirsbs &c
which can be set any woman is to b
good wise mother in home mark
by self respect and mutual forbes