The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-17
Again. one of the speakers said it

needs In It's first days Is soap, soup
and Sleep" The announcement of
the sentiment caused Mrs. Roosevelt
to laugh heartily and nod her head
in approval.
Mrs. Schoff, president of the con-
gress, told of visit she made to AL
bany In 1900, when a reception was
| given the mothers" at the home of
governor" She spoke of the cord
ial welcome by the governor and his
wife, and of the visit the governor
and his wife asked her to make to
the nursery, she said, the governor
took the baby in his arms and sang
a verse of Dutch sleep song"
Mrs. Schoff Reminiscent.
Then Mrs. Schoff told how the
kind expressions of fealty to the
mothers cause of that governor of.
New York had helped the cause along
and, finally, she stated, that COVER
nor came to fill higher office-that
of President of the United States.
Here we found him just as strong
for the work of the Mothers" Mrs.
Schoff said, "and he is just as earnest
! in his efforts to help us. We have
found the doors of the White House
open to us, just as the doors of the
| governors mansion were. l feel that
it is due to President Roosevelt that
the mothers congress idea has spread
to the uttermost parts of the civiliz-
ed world declared Mrs. Schoff, and
1--WE are proud to number among our
members the wife of the President of
the United States, and to have her
with us this morning. Ladies', Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt"
At the announcement the audience
arose and enthusiastically applauded.
Mrs. Roosevelt also arose and bowed
in acknowledgement of the ovation.
Spirit of the Home.
The first paper of the morning was
presented by Mrs. Henry J. Hersey,
president of the Mothers Union of
Colorado, who spoke on "The Spirit
of the Home
Mrs. Hersey said in part;
''In speaking to an organization
which pledges itself first of all to
raise the standard of the home life
it may be unnecessary to suggest the
Importance and dignity of what we
call small things The true mother
learned long ago that while her
sphere is in her own home, she must
draw from the whole wide world the
helps which enable her to bring that
home up to it's highest possibilities.
''No one," said Mrs. Jersey, "can
live another's life nor solve anoth-
er's problems The Divine purpose
which has made us individual forces
each to do for himself. Methods are
methods only--not principles AS
we look back we all see how hard it
was to learn. How confident we were,
after the first baby was we'll out of
infancy, that we had learned all
about it, The second baby brought
a rude awakening. Everything that
had worked so beautifully before
failed this time. He would not sleep
as the other had done, He could not
digest the same kind of food. And
as he grew older the methods of cor
rection and discipline so tried and
proved with the first were found use
less now.
go" continued Mrs Jersey, 1--WE
learn-we really learn-that method
is not principle, and that when a wo-
man says 4 always do so and so she
is not master of her subject. Yet
there is right and wrong, andswe
| all yearn for the one and shrink
from the other. Our common pur-
| pose is to find the touchstone which
| will discriminate between them. This
| touchstone," she aid, may be called
The Spirit of the Home and the
three sides of it's symbolic triangle
are unity, cooperation and courtesy
Think what it would mean if in the
heart of every man and woman were
hidden definite home ideal, a con-
scious purpose toward which every
thought, word and deed would con-
tribute.
Presence of the Ideal.
When the mother sees her daugh- \
ter, whose every hour till now she
has carefully guarded, go forth into
a new and untried experience, to
solve her own problems and bear her
own pain, her happiness wholly de-
pendent upon the character of the
man with whom she goes-in such !
an hour she turns not to wealth nor
position for assurance, but to the
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