The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-03-28

the infinite difficulty of the womans task, who does
not realize what IS done by her who bears and
the children; she who cannot be sure until the
children we'll grown, that any night will come
when she have it entirely to herself to sleep in
| abhor and condemn the man who fails to recog-
nize all his obligations to the who does her
duty. But the who shirks her duty as wife
and mother is just as heartily to be condemned We
despise her despise and condemn the soldier
who Hinches in battle. A good woman, who does
full duty sacred eyes, exactly as the brave
and patriotic soldier is to be honored above all
other men, But the woman who, whether from cow
ardice, from selhshness, from having a false and
vacuous ideal, shlrkS her duty as wife and mother
earns the right to contempt just does the man
who, from any motive fears to do his duty in battle
when the country calls him. Because we SO adj
mlre the good woman, the unselhsh woman, the far
sighted woman have scant patience with her
unworthy sister who fears to do her duty; exactly
as for the very that we respect man who
does his duty honestly and fairly in politics. who
works hard at his business who in time of national
need does his duty as soldier, scorn his brother
who idles when he should work, who is bad hus-
band, bad father, who does his duty i'll in the fam
lily or toward the state who fears to do the work
of a soldier if the time comes when soldiers work
is needed All honor to the or woman who
does duty, who renders service; and only
honor him or her if the weight of our condemnation
is felt by those who finch from their duty.
You see, my guests you have let yourselves in for
a sermon. | have now almost come to the end Be-
fore do however, [ want to ask your assistance
tor two or three matters that are not Immediately
connected With the LIE IN the family ITSELF but that
are OF vital consequence to the children In the first
place, In the Schools that the school work is made
as practical as possible For the boys | want to see
training provided that shall train them toward and
not away FROM their life work; that will train them
toward the farm the shop not away from it.
With the girl, see that it is not made matter of
mrth that the girl who goes to college comes out
unprepared to do any of the ordinary duties of
womanhood. So, in other words, with the higher
education which she should have-for she should
have right to just much education, to just as
high an education, as any man-see that with that
the education that will fit her to do her fund
mental work in the world.
AS regards public schools especially [ want to
put IN special word in behalf of the right kind af
playground Help the children to play and remen-
Der that you can often help them most by leaving
them entirely alone | misread them if they them
selves do not often know how to play better than
we old folks can teach them 1t is the gravest kind
OF wrong not only to the children but to the whole
community to turn out the boys and girls especially
III the congeSted part of the city, with no place to
play in but the streets.
You cannot have good citizens, good men and good
women of the next generation if the boys and girls
are worked in factories, to the stunning of their
moral mental and physical growth Wherever the
national government can reach it should do away
with the evils of child labor, and trust this will
be done; but much must be done by the several
states legislatures and do each of you in YOUR sey-
era states all that you to secure the enactment
and then the enforcement, of laws that shall put
stop to the employment of children of tender age in
DONG what only grown persons should do.
DO not forget that love is what the family is based
on; but don't do children don't do grown folks the
dreadful injustce-through love that is merely
one form of weakness of failing to make the child
or | might add the man, behave itself or himself.
marriage should be partnership where each of
the two parties has his or her rights, where each
should be more careful to do his her duty than to
exact duty from the other partner, but where each
must in justice to the other partner no less than to
himself or herself other partner no less than to him
self or herself, exact the performance of duty by
hat other partner.
Now, do not take half of that statement only; take
all; let each of you do his or her duty first put