The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-17

and surprising figures every year. q
capable German "haus-frau, nh i INV.
ter" could comfortably support q ram N,
lily of five or six people on wh az tne
average well-to-do American housc-
wife throws away every week nL ncr
life. A clever french housekeeper
would faint IL she had one or our
servants and looked into the garbage
pail daily at whole dishes Oh rice,
corn, peas, beans, half loavcs OF bread.
big slices OF meat, cups OF sour n q Is,
slices of pie, slices Of cake, soup. nam
food thrown away There isn't one Of
use indellcous dishes. When we put
industrial training into our public
schools let us hope that ,or 9ne ds baad
Thrift"
1t is certainly noticeable fact n
our country that our women and Hlil.
dren, neither by earning nor ,,,,, sa a,,,ss
as they will certainly be obliss ed to
we have 250,OO0,ooo Of people IN these
United States we shall nave TO live
very differently from what we do now
The amount or money that we now
throw away on anything and every
thing is something amazing and In
credible to the older nations. we
spend on soda fountains, moving pic
pleasure trips. candy. flowers, games
| dresses that we can't afford, and en-.
tertainments, amusements, sum thar
| in the long run would make any iaiii'
Our children In this generation are
being brought UP with little sense W
! duty, without habits of either lnoustry
or economy, with hapl,s' M, ,Is'e Means ans
| There can be but one result Ve cry
| general and noticeable decay of IN, the
| productive forces and moral strengln
| OF our nation. one would think lha'
| we had adopted the motto of the Epi-
| cureans, Let us eat, drink ana pe
merry, for tomorrow we die. me
| Partisan 'boulevardier cannon Ihoi
4 than match many families among US
\ who live on the streets. on publicity
1 sensations, amusements. In the ear,
| history OF this republic this was no'
tho case at all. 1t VIII not lonG coIe -
/ tinue so. Every child in family useo
/ to have It's regular duties to perform
Hts housework. sewing, reading. care OF
the younger child, lessons TO learn
wood chopping wood-bringing, wafer
bringing, animals to feed, table citing g
/ bed -making, errands, duties toward
the parents and older people, sucn az
finding grandpa's spectac!es' NH Wi,oi. y
4 Srandmas wool, reading the blDle ~
| mother, placing a chair on the yeranua
/ On certain spot for lame Uncle Ben
helping to dress Invalid Aunt Nan, help.
ing in poorer families In gathering ann
| preparing vegetables, Ietchllg tte hiiih
/ and butter from the spring house
feeding the chickens, watering ths
horses, clearing off the snow, sweep
! ing off the pavement, cleaning ana M
| ing the lamps. 1t Is evident that theIt
are things a-plenty for children 10 OF
in the world. There always nave beef
plenty. There always will be. Bu
many OF us are bringing UP mighty
good for-nothing youngsters all I'M
| same these days. We are spoillnt
them dreadtully, and utterly untttin.
/ them for the severe trials and grave
concerns OF life. The girl nowaday
who is wisely required by her mothee
to read given number Of verses II
the Bible daily and a chapter IN SOM
history, to keep her room In order U
mend her clothes every Saturday ant
make the everyday ones, TO dust TIN
drawing room, wind the hall clock
count her wash out and In and tax
entire charge of the table linen.
: looked upon as a perfect martyr to
} severe crank of a parent by her schoo1
mates, and even by silly women VIII
are content to let their children TOO
a way time and oppor tunity for years Il
doing nothing of any practical or per
} manent value whatever to themseiVe
or anybody else. In Europe a chli
begins to do something as soon as the
can walk and talk that is a. help to tn
!, family or an education for themselve
, in some trade or occupation Eve
blind children begin to strip, wet an