The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-05-29

associations, thus implanting justic
and kindness in the young. When tn,
clubs of the country follow the ex
ample of the State Federation of New
Jersey, and resolve never to wea
aigrettes nor baby ,lambskin, the wan
ton destruction of innocent life will
be checked. The humane education
crusade must also eventually result
in making children more consider
ate even of their parents and teach
ers, overcoming the influence of tn.
present distorted conception of chill
dren's rights.
Since the masculine mind is pro
verbally the one to solve great prob
lens, it is not surprising that minor
details of school economy have beer
left for the feminine mind to grapple
with. The mothers are the ones to
hear the cry. What shall do?" and
Where can l go?" and to proceed to
the acquisition of Fairgrounds and
vacation schools in the cities. The
success of those now secured prom
Uses soon to be followed by many
more.
That modern women are learning
what was once thought beyond the
female capacity-some business man.
agement-is shown by the free schol-
arships and loan funds in the gift
and under the control of the various
State Federations. The Michigan
Federation of clubs has $4,000
fund, the interest of which is ap-
piled to educating girls. That of
Texas has twenty scholarships, Utah
two, Colorado nineteen, Kansas
eighteen, to bestow. New Hampshire
is educating four girls at the State
Normal school and working for high
er teachers salaries, while in other
localities teachers pensions have
been obtained by women for women
on account OF length of service. Mis-
sissippi assisted eight girls in one
year to education, while one enter
prising Federation helped thirty-one
girls to complete their normal stud
les and become teachers.
And the desire to help all children
is shown by the unusual scholarships
of the Los Angeles clubs, and of six
other cities where sum equal to
what his earnings would be, is paid
weekly to the child who is the sup
port of a disabled parent, upon pre-
sentation of certificate of attend
ance from the principal of the school.
The true import OF women's organ
izations and efforts has been misun-
derstood. The school people have
often regarded their committees as
meddlesome and their advice uncall-
ed for. But this antagonism is I'M
natural, and undoubtedly due to mis-
directed, if jealous efforts, or to
some unfortunate personalities. A
common bond should unite as fellow
workers the mothers and teachers of
the land,
The special phase of woman's de-
velopment expressed in the woman's
clubs is not considered by thoughtful
women as an end in itself, but as one
phase of their social evolution, and
an important means toward the at
tainment of that larger life which |
they know to be their rightful hertz
age. They realize that the heart of |
the movement is opportunity for
greater usefulness and unselfish SER
vice,-that all who labor effectually
are agents of that Power which
works in and through this universe,
and in doing whose work lies the
only true happiness.
One who has studied the subject
Of architecture tells us that the
men raise reflect the spirit
If the times. The Acropolis of
Athens perpetuates the religion and
lrt of ancient Greece and still tells
If it glories. In Rome today the
'uins of the coliseum and the Forum
'vershadowed by the palace Of the
Caesars, breathe the spirit of war, of
he exaltation of law and of imper-
alism. The cities of the Middle
Ages cluster about the great cathe-
lrals,-the common market-place
lose to the sacred structure,-and
ell of the church dominant in the
leart of the city and the citizens,
with its mystery and
owering in vastness, age, and power
'ver life's other trivial concerns. In
Northern Europe we find the town
lalls where the republican citizen
transacted their business, and the
elfries from which their alarms
ang. The lofty buildings most in
violence in our own country in the
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