The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-01-14
MOTHERS CLUB
FRANKLIN SCHOOL
BEST LITERARY AND MUSICAL
TALENT OF THE CITY ENTER.
Tanned WEDNESDAY.

SCnCO. W cunt SOdN dll. moon. l ne At .
tendance was unusually large and
the progrlm intensely interesting
Mrs pugh. the president called
the meeting TO order Miss Leslie
Woods was appointed .o look after
the framing of @ number or
pictures Miss Matthews and Mrs.
Surgcol were instructed to have
hitching posts put in. Miss Mayhem.
with the assistance %. the mothers
will have a candy sal u her room
next sday \ q Dussiou came
up concerning the scar.t fever scare
in the first ward it is well under
control and pupils ar, instructed not
to pass the houses that aro Tagged.
and by the way, the physicians are
a little careless about tine flags they
put up-ol house Uu - street.
northwest there is just % mere red
string hanging III, citizens ask
that larger signals BE- put out The
children who have not been yaCcin
atcd will be looked after Mrs. SWr-
gcon and Mrs. Milacr were appoint
ed committee to So. after the
health Of the ward and confer VITA
physicians
Following the busiu,- ..-siou an
interesting programme w.s given.
Mrs I'D Byrd was lead.r for the svs-
sioa adolescence" wa the subject
and the quotation. "Tuc divine law
for personal purity refers to souls.
not sex"
\ piano solo by Nj Roper was
much enjoyed as an opening snlcc.
ton Mrs Arthur Adams -dyc o.
reading from Eugene Fields and was
called again, giving humorous dia-
loguc both were excel aut The ad
oress 10y Rev. G. c. Wcith, with
,'Adolosconcd as Ms subic T. and
dwelling particularly on the boy was
something that every parent in the
city lshould have hear specially
those rearing boys-"Thi~ is 4 dan
gerous period of his ifc.' said he
"cne that the least influence will
turn one way or the other-either
for the better or for the worse, -
DR. Weith favors more mon teach
ers, the man undeis stands the man. 90
he dwclt az length on the evil in
| fluenCe OF prize fight in moving
| of boys mind at this age and i in
sympathy with him and concluded
| his talk by saying he with one boy
| was up against a stone wall and
was at loss to say what parents
with three or four boys. and a girl
or two thrown in. We're up against" "
Superintendent Evans talked in re-
gard to obscene post cards that fill
a down town show window, ard
how the young boys crowd around
that pace evenings He alluded to
the picture. shows nad Immoral
films that are sometimes run in this
city-he asked that the parents sac.
rifice something To keep their chill
dren at home evenings when there
is vaudeville show in the city, he
insisted that parents should watch
the gang" their children are in, see
that it il the right one ne urged that
tt 1t.1, o ~. ia y
up the post card and picture show
question, often these are the down
fall of your boys said he Moyini
pictures are beneficial when tn.
right pictures are run--often an il
lustration, high class, will be given
thai il would take years of reading
to understand They only urge tna'
these films be- run
THE Pitfalls for Boy" was the
subject Of a well studied paper by
Mrs $, S Carr, she enumerated tn,
many sins and vices that confront T
boy in every day life. she told of the
destruction OF mind. soul, body an,
health of the use OF the cigarette
and pictured it as his first step il
the great downfall she spoke of IN,
drink and drug habit and withal
showed a careful Investigation OF tn,
boys inner life from the Grade q
manhood.
! Mrs. Wcsthcimer vocal solo wa
entertaining and had the hour ~o
been 50 late She would have been
compelled to answer an encore.
Miss Daisy Nichols syae a paper OF
who is responsible for the doubl'
Standard" this was one Of the bes
numbers Of the afternoons session
ana was ful of Illustrations, bot
from her own observation and man!
Of the best authors. She criticize,
severely the iorgiyug spirit shown
the man and condemned bitterly tn
! h1IslnCgs with which "A woman 4