The Washington herald., 1908-03-11
PRESIDENT DEFINES
THE IDEAL MOTHER.
Continued from Page one.
Copyright by HaTisEwing.

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entirely to herself To sleep in. I abhor
and condemn the man who fails to recog- /
nize all his obligations 70 the woman who
does her duty. But the woman who shirks
her duty as wife and mother is JUST as
heartily % be condemned. We icspise her
as We despise and condemn the soldier
who fiinches I'm battle. good woman.
who does full duty. is sacred in our ewes.
exactly as the brave and patriotic soldier
Is 10 be hOnOred above all other men. But
the woman who, whether from cowardice.
from Selnshness, from having false and
YacuOus ideal shirks her duty as wife
and mother, earns the right 10 our con-
tempt, Just as does the man who. from
any motive. fears TO do his duty I'm battle
when the country calls him. Because we
so admire the good woman the unseliish
woman, the far-sightcd woman. we have
scant patience with her unworthy sister
VINO Tears 10 DO her duty; exactly as. for
the very reason that We respect a man
VINO does his duty honestly and fairly in
politics, who works hard at his business,
VINO VINO IN Tine OF national need does his
uUty as a soldier, We scOrn his brother
VINO ioles when he should work who IS a
pad husband. bad father. who does his
duty III IN the family or toward the State
VINO fears 20 do the work Of "A soldier IL
the time comes Wien soldiers work IS
needed. All honor 10 the man or woman
VINO does duty, who renders service: and
We can only honor him or, her II the
weight OF our condemnation is felt by
those who finch from their duty.
In for n sermon
You see. my guests. you have let your
selves in for a sermon. I have now al
most come TO the end. Before / do. how
ever, 1 want 20 ask your assistance in
two or three matters that are not irnme-
diately connected with the life in the
family itself, but that are Of vital conse-
quence 10 the children. In the first place,
IN the schools, see that the school work
is made as practical as possible For the
boys l want 10 see training provided that
shall train them toward. and nOs away
from, their life work; that viii train them
toward the farm or the shop. not away
from 1t. With the girl. see that il IS not
made matter Of mirth that the girl who
goes 10 college comes out unprepared 20
do any of the ordinary duties of woman
hood See. in other words, that with the
higher education which she should hsve-
Tor she should have a right 10 lust as
much education. 10 just as high an educa-
uon, as any man-~see thar with that goes
the education that Will fit her 10 do her
fundamental work in the world As re-
CARDS our public schools, l want 10 put in
special word in behalf Of the right kind
OF Fairgrounds. No schoof Is a good
School II II has not a good playground
Help the children 10 play; and remember
that you can often help them most by
leaving them entirely alone. I nfisread
them II they themselves do not often
know how 10 play better than we old
folks can teach them. Remember that in
the city especially il is an outrage 10
erect school without erecting a play
ground 10 go with that school II is the
gravest kind OF wrong, not only To the
children. but TO the whole community, 10
turn out the boys and girls, especially in
the congested part of the city with no
place 10 play in but the streets. There
can be no more important reform than to
provide adequate Fairgrounds. and be-
ginning should be made here In the Dis
triCt OF Columbia
Stuntinss of the Morals.
You cannot have good citizens. good
men and women Of the next generation,
If the boys and girls are worked in facto-
ries to the stunting of their moral, men
tai, and physical growth. Wherever,the
national government can reach. il should
do away with the evils Of child labor
and I trust this will be done; but much
must be done by the action Of the several
State legislatures: and do each OF vOu
in your several States, all that you can
TO secure the enactment and then the en-
fOrcement Of laws that shall put a stop
to the employment of children OF tender
age in doing what only grown people
should do.
The field of your activities is so very
wide that Il would be useless for me 10
attempt 10 eaumerate the various sub
jfcto of which You will ana ought 70
treat You have come together to discuss
the problems that more vitality than any
others effect the real welfare, the we'll
being in the present and the well-being
In the future. Of this nation and OF all
nations l wish you wisdom and good
judgment. You must bring more than
one quality TO your task. No mother can
do her duty In her own home without
genuine tenderness OF heart. genuine sen
timent; but If she has only sentiment and
only tenderness Of heart she may through
through weakness. You must have the
tenderness, you must have the sentiment;
but woe TO you and woe 10 the children
who come after you if that is all that
you have. With the sentiment, with the
tenderness of heart. encourage the com
mon sense that VIII enable YOU to correct
the tenderness when il becomes weakness
and injustice. IN addition, cultivate WIst
IN the long run counts for more thrl in
tellect, Tor more than sentiment, and that
is character. The sum of those qualities
which really make up Il strong, brave
tender man or woman. You c2nnOt get
along, you nor any one else II YOU de-
NelOp your intellect TO the point that YOU
lose all other things. all other qualities
IL does not make any difference how in
telligent woman is. if she looks upon
her children only with intelligence they
are not going to care OYermuch fOr ber
IN return. Do not forget that love must
come flrst; that love is what the family is
based on. but don't do children. don't do
grown people the dreadful injustice
through love that is merely one form OF
weakness-of failing TO make the child, or
might add. the man, behave itself or
himself
Partnership Affair.
A marriage should be a partnership
where each of the two parties has his or
her rights, where each should be more
careful TO do his or her duty than to ex-
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