The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-06-01


committee I could not decline so hon
ored an invitation, and on reflection,
I asked her whether all or nearly all
the members of the Woman'S club
we're not married women, as | desir-
ed to say something in behalf Of the
children. She replied that all but
two or three We're married, and they
desired to be married.
So, kind ladies and mothers, that
determined the subject Of these re-
marks: The Proper Care of Children.
DR.. jacob, an eminent lady physl-
clan, of New York, once said, "The
fondest ambition Of every woman IS
to become wife, and the fondest am
bition of every wife is to become a
mother.
The strongest passion Of which the
human heart is capable Of feeling is
that Of love Of mother for her off
spring. "a mother is happy, su-
premely happy, when worshipping at
the shrine Of childhood. ." And those
of loving hearts and empty arms do
not enjoy this strongest passion of
motherhood.
Father. mother, child-these con-
stitute a family, and a family pre-
supposes a home. The family and
the home are the most ancient Of hu-
man institutions. They have prob
ably decended to US from pre-human
not vet men. Without a home it IS
impossible for children to be proper
ly brought up, and their characters
and faculties -healthily developed.
There can be no satisfactory con-
tradiction to this proposition, yet
when we look around US we find
thousands upon thousands in our own
land who possess nothing of the
semblance of a home. Not only so,
but many are endeavoring to shun the
duties Of home-life, seeking that Of
hotels and boarding houses.
In Chinese civilization, the most
ancient and stable the world has yet
produced, the home and the family
are made the basis Of society. Ev-
cry Chinaman belongs to family,
and has home in which in trouble
or destitution he can take refuge, un-
less he has by misconduct forfeited
his rights and been expelled from
his family. It is these outcasts who
form the bulk of Chinese emigrants.
and the fondest hope and object of
these coolies is some day to get back
to their country and be reinstated in
to their families.
T. is said we know very little of
the Chinese who stay al home.
It is Their from the family and the
home that nation is properly fed
and maintained.
1t is in the sphere Of quiet homes
not elsewhere-that woman can
best rule and save the world. What
an awful and sacred responsibility
then is woman's! No less respOsl-
BILE should father feel, although it
is not his to mould and shape and
prepare. The family then is the unit
of the nation. and as the family or
the children Of the family are reared
and trained so will the nation be.
At a recent conference on the care
of dependent children. called at the
white house by ex-Pres. Roosevelt,
the preservation intact of family lite
was tre chief point stressed at the
meeting. The report says:
Washington. Jan. 26-Advanced
steps of far-reaching significance to
the future well-being Of the children
of the country were taken at the con-
cluding session today Of the confer
ence on the care Of the dependent
children. held in this city. Voiclng
the unanimous sentiment Of nearly
200 delegates, the conference adopt
ed comprehensive report OF It's con-
clusions as to the most practical plan
for promoting the welfare Of the neg
lected child.
One Of the most important recon-
.nendations contained in the report
which was submitted to President
Roosevelt at notable dinner by the
conference at the New Willard re-
'quested the president to send a mes
sage to congress, urging the establish
nent of a children's bureau, one OF
whose objects shall be to disseminate
information in regard to ohild-carlng
work and the needs Of the children.
Briefly summarized, the eonelu-
sions Of the conference are as fol-
lows: