Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1909-12-30
becomes 4 symbol Of all hallowed

becomes symbol o. al halloWed
memories.
The home is the abiding place Of
the domestic affections.
sHe entered his house
His home NC more,
For without hearts
There is no home. Z
In origin the family differs fro4kfAe
other social institutions, becauseN has
its rise in simple, direct and pt5mt1ye
attractionaof men and women fSr each
other, and in the vague parental in
stincts which yearns for the presence
of children, and which protect and
nourish them after they come into life:
Future citizens are fitted for social
life within the home Mothers and
fathers, if they have suitable educa-
ton and are intellectually alive, can
assist their children to store their
memory with natural truths that will
go far in molding their future lives.
Most of this responsibility rests upon
the mother. Woman is the homemak-
er. The home is the foundation Of a
clean government. ~
1t is from imitation of parents and
playmates that children learn that
wonderful art that binds man to man,
race to race, and present with past
and future-the art Of language. If
the language offered as an example is
rude, coarse, with scant vocabulary
pieced out with signs and slang, with
defiling' expressions. and debasing
images that is the foul matter which
goes into the young mind. When a
child comes to school his habits of
speech and action have already been
formed. The teacher knows if these
habits are wrong it is hard to break
them, sweep them out and build> up
new ones. In the school room one
may easily see refectionsIof the home
life. The home is the real primary
school, the organized temple the first
government. The mother, therefore
being the homemaker is greatly re-.
sponsible for the future of her child.
Within this social institution lies
the duties of parents, and the nature
of their education should be such as
would aid them in the performance of
their sacred office all sciences and all
arts would be worthily employed in
mother work.
The father, being the natural bread
winner of the household, must be
Haway from home most of the time. If
his wages fall short Of supplying the
means of physical existence with
margin for human culture and enjoy
ment, then one Of the two effects must
follow; either the family is physically
and Intellectually starved or the moth
er and children must assist in labor to-
make the living. The proper care OF
her house is labor enough for a poor
woman She has done her full indus
friatAask when she has performed
mother work -f'
Growing children should be kept
from hard labor until they are well
matured, for, many reasons that they
may have full physical development,
that their Natility may not be Slapped
before the energies Of resistance have
come to their aid, that they may have
chance at the play time Of life and
not become prematurely old men and
women, that their intellectual develop
ment may not be cut off before they
are duly prepared for the struggle for
existence 4
Normally, wages of men should be
thigh enough to maintain families. Alb
normally, philanthropy should find a
way.
All social reforms, if nationally and
successfully conducted, will contribute
to the happiness and social efficiency
Of the home.