The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-10-23
Echoes Of Woman's Clubs
.Esndraeht m..k, maeht. "A United Pull Give. Power.

she would resolutely put aside the
tempter and know that as long as
time itself endures there is but one
path to success-the perfect path of
love and justice and brotherhood.
what might America, my own Amer
lea, not dol" Does not that open to
your heart vistas OF service which we
may render to our beloved America
Is not that patriotism the more
real which plans for the future as
well as takes hold Of the past?
Shall we not ask ourselves what is
worth while in our woman's life?
Shall we not count it great
thing, too, to be resident Of Idaho?
Shall we continue to nurse our
pride in the state from which we
have come, or shall we not rather
throw our whole selves into the state
Of our adoption, for here we may
become q vital part in the uplift and
development Of glorious state.
Perhaps twere pleasanter to gen
eralize; but let's be more SPECIFIC in
thinking OF the things that are worth
while, remembering always that we
are the helpmeets the rivals Of
our brother man.
How many OF the worlds great
women have been society queens?
After satiating her appetite In the
highest society courts of England,
the great and good Hannah More said
of it: Everything is great, vast, late,
magnificent and dull! Every fac
ulty, but the sight, is starved and
that is surfeited." Must it ever be
SO? Must social functions always be
vapid and devoid of inspiring and
profitable nyersation--most often
spent in bending the God-given
powers of a noble mind upon bits of
cardboard which should be nothing
more than the playthings of child
hood, and at the end of one hundred
twenty or more golden moments,
someone gets pretty plate or a
gaudy bauble, and someone gets a
BOBBY prize. Verify, should not all
have BOBBY prize for dissipating
their God-given powers and their
God-given time?
Women, beloved, we can rescue So
cial times to better things. Someone
has said there is mort to be learned
from conversation than from books.
Alas! he never meant the average
conversation at our society parties.
But speaking of books was in
deed gratified to see that all, save
one, of Lords Beacon Lights of His
tory were gone from our library
shelves into the homes of Idaho Falls
last week. Novels and short stories
have usurped the place in the hearts
of our young people, especially, that
should be given, at least in the ma
jor part, to the more substantial ar
ticles of literary diet. Stories should
be the dessert at our mental feasts
and then they should be good. Hear
ing rather unusual discussion of a
story a short time ago, ! took time
to read it, to see what sort of a book
had strayed into my home. To my
surprise ! found the story teaching
the pernicious doctrine that
we are not responsible for our loves.
How often we hear it said that we
can not direct our love, etc.
God never made faculty of the
human soul that was to be master
of that soul--every faculty must be
and can be brought into subsection.
We are as responsible for unbridled
love as for any other department of
our natures. Not being reader Of
novels (not so much so as l should
and would be could command more
time) can not say how. much there
is that is pernicious or trifling in
them, but / am firmly convinced that
the majority Of our young ladies have
mental dyspepsia from an excess OF
such reading. And the world Is SO
rich in that which would truly culti-
vate the mind and heart, while I
fear the modern novel cultivates the
nerves.
Sentiment good word which
should be rescued from abuse-does
really underlie everything, "the JOY
Of festivals, the soul of patriotism,
the bond of families, the beauty of
political and social institu-
tons and is wonderful power in
the SOUL" but 1t is not to be found
in the sickly sentimentality Of many
Of the modern novels.
If we demand the best we shall
get the best, for writers produce and
M, hlish GRO furnish what the public |