Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-14
SCORNS RACE SUICIDE
President Roosevelt Talks to
Congress of Mothers on the
Duties of Parents
P'r'Es c4'lDLGss HOMES
cHILpLEss
HON Es.
Says Those Who Refuse to Accept Re-
sponsibiutiea of Parenthood Arc
Those Who Usually Lead vapid, l1-
noble Livcs-Robust Ideals Needed
In tho Homo.

eAese we nave 'he ''sp
pnthy always due to those "ho' ifoi''
M, fnult OF their own. are denied any of
+ha ,thor ,raat blessings of life. But
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ehe iis'ii " "o'''s'.
foregoes these DRESSINGS whel'eF ''o''
yiclousness, coldness, shallow -heant-
alness self-indulgence or mere rt,il-
.,r,+ +ha d,eference
w 1pp.
between the all-Whpol'a''' ANU "'''''-
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ss follows:
IN our Hoaern anaus'iaui eisi''1a
Nor there are many ana grave dangers
20 counterbalance the spienaors ana
the tr1uinphs. IL Is not u soou tnlts
to see cities grow at disportiohate
Npeed relatively to the country, Tor the
small landowners, the men VINO own
their little homes, and, therefore. to Il
very large extent the men who TIL
farms, the men of the soil, have hith-
erto made the foundation Of lasting
national life In every state, and IL the
foundation becomes either too weak or
too narrow the superstructure no mat
ter how attractive, Is in imminent
danger of falling.
but far more important than the
question OF the occupation of our citl-
zens is the question Of how their fam
ily life Is conducted. No matter what
that occupation may be. as long as,
there Is a real home and as long as;
those who make up that home do their
duty to one another. to their neigh
bors and to the state. it is OF minor
consequence whether the mans trade
Is piled in the country or the city, whe-
Their 1t calls for the work Of the hands
or for the work Of the head.
Real Home Necessity.
"But the nation Is in bad way X
there Is no real home, IL the family
Is not of the right kind; II the man
is not a good husband and father,
If he Is brutal or cowardly or selfish;
IL the woman has lost her sense OF
duty IL she is sunk in vapid self-in-
diligence or has let her nature be
twisted so that she prefers sterile
misunderstanding to that great
and beautiful development of charac-
ter which comes only to those whose
lives know the fullfess Of duty done,
OF effort made and Self-sacrifice un-
dergone.
I'm the last analysis the welfare of
the state depends absolutely upon
whether or not the average family, the
I average man and woman and their
children, represent the kind of citizen
ship fit for the foundation of great
nation, and II we fail to appreciate this
we fall to appreciate the root morality
upon which all healthy civilization is
based.
Wealth Versus Ideals.
mo piled up wealth, no splendor OF
material growth, no brilliance of ar
tistic development, will permanently
avail any people unless It's nome life IS
healthy unless the average man pos
asesses honesty, courage, common sense
and decency, unless he works hard and
Is willing at need to night hard, ana
unless the average woman is a good
4 wife, good mother, able ana Wiling
to perform the first and greatest duty
, OF womanhood, able and willing TO
bring up as they should be brought
UP, healthy children, SOUND IN body,
mind and character, ana numerous
enough SO that the race shail increase
ana not decrease.
There are contain Old truths
which Will be true as long as THIS
world endures, and which no amount
of progress can alter. One OF these
.ts the truth that the primary duty OF
the husband is TO be the nome MAKER
the breadWinner for his wife and ch'i-
dren, and the primary duty OF the
woman Is to be the helpmeet, the
housewife and mother.
Man the breadw'nner.
The woman should nave ample ed
vocational advantages, but save IN ex-
sceptional cases the man must be, ana
and she neea not pe' ana generally
ought not to be, trained for a lifelong
career as the famiy oreadWhner, and'
therefore, aftef certain point the