The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-08-07

that they retain the helpful thoughts
and give them out in their families.
Another advocates a more thorough
search for the good qualities OF 9TH
ers; and closing of eyes to faults. To
be bigger hearted and broader mind
ed, seems to be the idea OF many.
TO adopt and practice the golden
rule, to do unto others as we wish
to be done by. To avoid criticism;
to cultivate love, and patience, kind
ness and helpfulness. The history
department wants something that
will demand more actual study and
research. Another wants to see the
members out, who seldom or never
attend.
One says, Don't leave everything
for the leader to do. Then come the
suggestions to make our town better.
THAT we have studied child culture,
how to raise child, but not where
to raise him. That he would stand 9
chance to become q better citizen. II
his town surroundings were improv-
ed She says, 1.-THE poor we have
with us always; also the Russian
thistle and the mud hole. /" And
why not create new department, TO
benefit and beautify our town. She
does not wish to detract from the
". /. S., but thinks better results
could be secured by uniting forces
And / deem the suggestion worthy
of earnest consideration.
1t has been said and with some
truth, that our American woman
hood has been cultivated In the orna.
mental, to the detriment Of the prac.
tical; that is, she can say the right
thing at the right time, she is con.
ventionally perfect, and nobody
would find fault with her, but wheI
something of real, original value i
needed, she is lacking and fails tt
satisfy. This is true Of the southern
woman to a greater extent than Of
the northern, and is accounted fol
by the climate and by the institu
ton and customs of slavery, which
developed one generation after an
other, OF women who had little o.
nothing to do.
But we may have both classes o
women, in both the north and south
To illustrate this difference in rea
| worth, let me use a smile, ! tax,
| two rivers which I have in mind, ant
describe the. effect they make upol
the visitors.
| A party Of us took a trip down TIL
| Oconee river in central Georgia in
turpentine fiat boat. We movet
leisurely on the CLASSY surface of TIL
stream that was never known to hur
ry. Every curve in the river wa
| gracefulness itself. On either banl
| the turpentine forests were fringe'
with cypress trees of the fiat top va
riety, with great lobes of gray-greel
moss hanging in profusion from tn
topmost limbs, and swinging lazil
in the breeze. The underground Q
palms filled all space beneath tn
/ trees, and the odor of turpentin
| greeted the nostrils. If anythin
could be added to this scene of per
feet rest, 1t was supplied in the cas-
movements of the boat that seemed
to move on velvet cushions.
In the course of the morning W
became very thirsty, and the captail
informed us we could stop for Dime
where there was a spring. When W
went ashore at noon to enjoy Trea
of spring water, we beheld the clea
water bubbling up from the sand
We dipped it up eagerly, but imagin
our disappointment to find 1t warn
and insipid. We turned from it i
disgust and drank black coffee pre-
4 pared by the black cook on the boat
| All nature was good to look upol
but that was all. Attempt to use
and 1t was disappointment. 1t wa
not what 1t seemed to be. Have yo'
seen characters like this?
Let me draw another picture.
| In the Lost River Valley, opposit
Mackay, Is canyon named Ceda
i Creek, and residents of the town Xix
/ to take their friends there to sho,
them it's wonders. AS you drive u
the long slope that lies between tn
bottom of the valley and the moutl
of the canyon, you are impresse
with the hard rocky formation whic
biologists call an aluvial fan. 1t !
simply wash from rocky canyon
The great cliffs from which 1t cam
in the long ago, are grim and barren
j except for the juniper and mountai
\ mahogany that grows in favore
spots. The sun beats down on tn
party and as you enter the canyon
its cool breath, the rushing water i
the creek bed, and sturdy pines an
the ferns growing under cover of tn
cliffs, renew your energy and FL
your soul with grand thoughts. TIL
water rushes over its glossy bed
leaps over hundred cataracts to tn
mile, dashes itself to spray in 1t
falls and curves, and goes laughin
everywhere.
\ Selling cup you go down t
drink. The water is so cool and de
licious and refreshing, that eacl
draught calls for. another. You tax
enough to make you sick II 1t wer
ordinary water, and 1t gives you neN
life. 1t satisfies. Have you see
characters like this.
The women of preceding genel
ations are to a great extent respon
sible for the characters of the VIC
men of today. We are responsible
i for the rest, and are influencin
those that come after we are gone
Since the formation of our own char
acters is left partly to us, we shout
study the ways to make ourselve
what we should be.
i. mot boldly she to place hersel