The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-09-17
Echoes Of Woman's Clubs


der 1t. or 1t may be that there arr
laid there sounder foundations thai
were ever dreamed of; 1t is our bus
mess to know.
j So it Is with socialism. There ar,
people Of intellectual interest VIII,
1 will say that it is necessary we shoult
know about evolution, and the highe
criticism, and all that pertains t,
modern scientific investigation shoul'
be pursued by the person who has as
pirations for culture, but what do W,
| care about the discounted masses O
Europe; that does not affect us ii
any way. 1t might be well to impress.
them with the quantitative side o.
this question. Socialism command,
more voters than any other party In
Germany, and could control the
Reichstag, probably, If they were not
Disseminated against. It has mil
lion adherents in France. There are
many in other countries If there
are not SO many adherent of socialism
In England, it is probably because
there the government is more social
istc, and SO socialistic ideas are not
forced into the field. Harcourt said
OF England: why, we are all social
lists now" That is one way of get
ting rid of the problem.
Every dictionary has definition
Of socialism, every newspaper al
most every day contains some men
ton of it; it's literature is piling up
mountains high; the movement is inn
pending, and yet people pleasantly
fold their arms and say that they are
Indifferent. lam no more asking you
to become socialists than evolution
lists or higher critics, but j repeat
again that it is an evidence Of lack
of culture to be Indifferent to this
social movement. It is either the
most helpful thing on the horizon, or
the most destructive of all we hold
dear. 1t surely is important that we
should know it.
The program was concluded with
the singing OF America.
4. 4. i
WHAT TWENTY-SIX GIRLS KNEW
An interesting examination was
held recently in a Massachusetts, high
school, says the Cleveland Plain Deal
err. Twenty-six girls, members of the
same class, were given list of thirty
questions. These questions bore ref
erence to the girls knowledge of
household duties and the answers
proved decidedly entertaining. Twelve
OF the twenty-six said they could
make bread, eighteen could make
lake and all could make candy. Tween
ty-two girls had built kitchen fire,
twenty had cooked beefsteak, and |
,wenty asserted that they had prepar-
I'd full meal. 1t is disappointing to
earn that not one girl of the entire
-wenty-six knew why new bread is
lot healthful article of food. nor
Gould twenty-four of them tell what
trap to sink is. The making of
tarch was understood by twenty of
ne class, and sixteen said they could
ron their collars and cuffs. Twenty
iris could mend their clothes-at
east that's what they claimed and
eventeen had made shirt waists.
even of the seventeen had made but
ne shirt waist, but there was one
irl in the class who had made fifty.
When 1t came to trimming hats there
'ere thirteen girls who knew how.
nd thirteen who didn't know and
admit tried to learn.
The principal of the school framed
his list of questions and considers
ne answers a fair exposition Of the
omestic knowledge of the average
Ign school girl. He asked the ques-
on with a definite object in view. He !
anted to be certain that domestic {
;lence was an advisable addition to
le school studies. After the an
vers to his thirty questions were :
thoroughly considered he admitted
lat there would be no delay in es- :
'blishing the new course. Perhaps !
was diplomatic on the part of the :
'incipal to avoid all mention of the D
ue cause Of ignorance of the class Q
whole-lack Of home training z
I'd home encouragement. i
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GIVE US A UNION POLE y
Maybe Dr. Cook is a liar. Maybe A
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