The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-03-19

great extent. We 60 there to learn
that there is no use trying to revolu-
tionize the church or home, except
as we start with the great underly-
ing principles that are founded on
the Christ conception of love and
justice to all mankind. And SO 1t
seems to me in our domestic science
work there is little use Of doing
much unless we can bring 1t to the
consciousness of club women all over
the United States that this choatic
condition, that is visible in defective
bodies, defective morals and much
of this arrested development in every
way, largely starts with a defective
conception of the real meaning OF
home.
All our young people could prob
ably tell us that the home is the
center of the greatest happiness, the
one thing that has the greatest
meaning in all the world, and yet the
scientific development of this age
tells us that this must be put in
order and the underlying principles
must be greatly improved to meet
our present demands.
AS we watch the daily and yearly
changes in our great mysterious
world, we perceive that the earth re-
wolves with unerring accuracy, the
stars appear at their appointed time,
nature manifests itself in harmoni-
GUS law. And sometimes I wonder
if we realize the tremendous re-
sponsibility that is ours in carrying
on these universal plans for race
completion.
The greatest privilege we have is
life-full, complete life physically
mentally and spiritually, the we'll
rounded life Life itself is evidently
founded on great underlying laws.
The manifestation that we see at
present in defective mental, moral,
and spiritual development is clearly
not the great concept Of life. 1t is
largely in this unevolved and incom-
plete state. We women, the holy
messegers for creating and sub
serving life, do not fully awaken to
the full importance of the subject
and do not realize that the preserva-
ton of the home, in all of it's poetic
splendor, is dependent on laws and
on complete knowledge OF these
subjects out of which homes grow.
1t can no longer be left to chance
or intuition, If the home fulfills it's
mission. The completion of race de-
velopment largely depends on
Strengthening out these chaotic con-
ditions. Your committee can hardly
renovate the homes Of this country
without the thorough cooperation
and support Of the 100000 women
who make up this organization.
Neither have we evolved the COM
plete process by which it is to be
done, for this work is so largely
individual and dependent upon the
bending of your efforts to bring this
knowledge to your community. We
have tried rather to make our de-
partment somewhat of a bureau OF
information, to put you in touch with
the great movements that are going
on in our work.
Through our government, the
universities, Lake Placid Conference,
and other organizations, much in
formation has been obtained upon
different phases of our work and our
nilsson will be to see that this
valuable information flows through
this organization to those who are In
quest of it. Some of the states are
doing very good work, and, as the
months 60 by, we hope to have ac-
counts of this work in the Re-
publican, in order to give practical
demonstration of what you can do in
Your community.
4 The Chicago School of Home Eco
Monies has the very best books.
libraries and pamphlets for home
and club study. BY studying with
them, you can, If you wish, pursue
your work under some of the experts
in this country. We have arranged
with them SO that you can, by APP
plying to me, secure their books at
reduced price. The three subjects
that we will especially take up first
will be to ask you to help put this
work into-your pubic schools, have a
set Of the best domestic science books
in your city libraries and introduce
some phase of this work into your
club programs.
To facilitate this work, some of
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