Weekly journal-miner., 1911-05-10

show that Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Ja- cob and Esau were all heads of fami- lies and that the family was the only form of government extant at that time When the focks of Jacob and Of Esau became so great that there was not room for both in the land of Canaan, we read that Esau took his wives. his sons. his daughters and his fOcks and went over into another country. Esau and Jacob were both heads of families and neither recOg- nized any higher civil power than him self.
 Profane history. too. is very clear on this point. Our own AnglO-SaxOn ancestors passed through the stage of development when the family was the only form of civil government Later. we find them as two tribes, the Angles and SaxOns, which afterwards inter married and united into what has since become the great AnglO-SaxOn race. After their amalgamatiOn we find them forming a great nation, and later more than one empire. This, then, is the history of the develop ment of civil government among all VtOl'itS NhiCH hdNV pidftN any PA"hA inent part in the great drama of the worlds history; the family, the tribe or state, the nation, the empire.
 What is true of the history of ma tions is also true in the lives of in dividuals. The first government to which any child is subject is the gov ernment of the home, and for several years this is practically the only au- thoritv which the child knows. Fur thermOre. the training which the child receives under this elementary form of government determines, to a very large extent his future usefulness in the municipality. the state and the nation. We conclude. therefore, that the history of men and of nations alike prove that the only possible plan of successful civil government is that which rests the whole superstructure of civil and political rights an the firm broad foundation of the fam ily-the home.
 Moreover. not only is this true
 the first instance. when the nation :s in the process of building. but it is also true of every day and every year of its history. Unless its foun- datiOn is preserved. unless the sta bilitv of the home is maintained. the nation must soon decay. Politicians tell us that the future greatness of this United States depends on our trade relations with other countries on our own fiscal policy: on our meth eds of electing our representatives. In truth, these matters are merely in cidentals. The future greatness of our country depends on keeping its foundation intact; on fostering and preserving its fundamental principle. the home-yOur home and mine. And when yOu and I are doing what we can to foster. preserve and properly govern our homes. we are doing more to perpetuate the integrity of this great nation than are all the legis- Iators within the halls of Congress. Make no mistake. ladies; be not de ceived; just as surely as the sun shines. the home-yOur home and mine-is the very keystone of the whole social arch. on which must de- pend the future glory of this country of ours.
 Furthermore. the relation which we as individuals bear to the home de termines to large extent our use fitness to the community. Show me a woman or a man who iS maintain ing a good home. who is every day sacrificing some pleasure or comfort in the interest of that home. and will show you one who is without doubt valuable and useful member of the community, l care not how 1nr hn hs1 gn.,a1 sf faTt On the other hand. show me a woman or a man who has no home. who has no personal interest in nome life, who is not devoting her or his best efforts to maintaining a home, and l will show you one whose usefulness is greatly hampered and whose value 10 the community is more or less prOblematical.
 Again, the same standard of meas urement may be applied to all social institutions. If an organization, such as your Monday Club, serves to fos- ter and encourage the family tie and the home life; if it tends to be, as it were, an extension of the home, it is a valuable asset to the community. On the other hand, if it weakens fam ily ties, if it interferes in any way with the home life, it is certainly community liability and is distinctly detrimental to the best interests of the state
 The question of the integrity of the home is one which is of special inter est to women, since she is the center of all home life. If the home is the foundation of the state, woman is the chief corner stone of that foundation. Without woman there can be no home; without the home no great nation can continue to fulfil its destiny It is very apparent, therefore, that in the last analysis the future greatness of this and every other nation de- bends on wOman-tne woman of the home.
 Could any human being ask for a nobler calling, a higher destiny? We hear a great deal in these latter days of "woman' s rights,' and "equal rights for women" Equal rights for women? Rights equal with whose9 Does the king demand equal rights with the beggar9 Was Dives jealous