The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-09-01
A Ram or SEINE GOVERNOR.
Mr.. Warfield Goes to Foreston and Makes
a Good Speech in the Rain-The
Crowd Not so Large as
Was EXnactad.

Governor Warfield was the star speaker al
the Baptist Sunday school reunion and cele.
bration at Foreston, Baltimore county, last
Saturday. The weather was very unfavorable
and prevented several thousand people from
attending but those who turned out enjoyed
the speeches and social meetings of the day.
The Governor received a warm reception and
made an excellent address and among other
things said:
lam here to fulfill promise l made last
| year. You invited me. but had arranged to
attend the picnic at Middletown. l told you
that I would be here this year, and | have
come. / am disappointed with the weather,
but am not sorry l have come.
Il am Governor of little picnics as well as
big picnics. l am the servant of the State and
like to be in touch with its citizens. Ibelieve
in the States servants moving around and
getting acquainted with the people. | never
saw live Governor till was % or 30 years
old, and l always thought that Governors were
different from other people,"
He praised the work being done in the Sun
day school in teaching the young men and
women clean living, and also reminded the
fathers and mothers of the grave responsible
ties imposed upon them in the bringing up of
children.
Fathers, keep your sons with you," he
said. Never let the boy get too old to be
your companion and chum. Consult him and
teach him to consult you. / know something
of the waywardness of sons by reason of the
pardoning power which is invested in the
Governor of the State and know l speak
accurately when l say that the waywardness
OF young men in many cases is due to the lack
OF home influence and the guiding hand of
father. Fathers, you must walk straight
lineyourselves.
eThe influence of environment for good or
bad Is never overestimated. Makeyour homes
cheerfnl and pleasant for your children, that
they will prefer home to other places And
enjoy your homes yourselves. Don't lock up
your parlor and best bedrooms and keep them
locked until the Governor or the preacher
comes Usethe best you have. There is too
much money invested in parlor and spare bed
room furniture that is never used. Let father
have the bestbed in the house.
IT know homes where the parlor windows
are seldom opened unless there is death. Do
away with the musty air of such parlors and
let in the sunshine. And, mothers, get away
from the kitchen sometime. Many men and
women get into the work habit ana really
believe it is sinful to put on clean clothes on
week days and 60 to q social gathering like
this. They think they are wasting time and
that the only time to wash and put on clean
clothes is Sunday. Everybody should have
their times of relaxation and recreation.
-"The old saying that all work and no play
makes dull boy is true one and is just as
applicable to fathers and mothers as to sons
and daughters. Many men and women slouch
straight into old age merely because they go
lolling around in old clothes and don't take
the trouble to brush up and keep themselves
neat. When we put on clean clothes we IN
crease our selfrespect and are more inclined to
good manners. am preaching the gospel OF
happiness and contentment.
1T takes hundred men to make fortress,
but only one woman to make home, says
the Chinese proverb. Home, however, is not
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should be garden where flowers of goodness
and beauty should grow and it should never
stand quite by itself. Each home belongs in
a wav to all other homes within its reach, and
should exert an influence for good on all OF
them
..Bv home l do not mean place to eat and
sleep, but place of pleasant social intercourse
between parents and children and neighbors
and neighbors' children.
.sBuiid your homes for the purpose of bring
ing-up children. Give them books and maya
zines, which can be gotten cheaply. If you
cannot afford to buy books, get in touch with
a library. See that your children are given
opportunities to improve their minds and
morals by good reading. Encourage the social
side of life And do not fail to go away from
home at times. j.
Maryland, and if your son is old enough to
think and learn take him along. Show him
the old State Building and the room in 1t In
which George Washington resigned his com.
mission as commander of the Continental
Army. Show him the room where the treaty
of peace with England was signed, the Naval
Academy, where Admiral Winfield Scott
Schley and other heroes were educated. Elk
plain to him the significance of these places.
It will do you good and it will inspire your
son. 1t is good for all people to rub against
strangers once in a while. And do not forget
to take your wife with you. Do not be selfish
in your pleasures"
Judge Duncan made brief, but energetic,
speech on 1.-The Country Boy and His Oppor-
tdTity." Rev. w. H. Hubbard, Of Pough-
keepsie, N. Y, who fused to be Baltimore
county boy, ;" made talk on temperance. The
speakers were introduced by Rev. ]. A. Jones,
nastor of Forest Baptist Church.