The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-23

We need wholesome, healthy social
amusement, social centers, where
the boys and girls may be together
naturally, and where the girl can go
dressed up and be her prettiest
Mrs. Miller expressed the hope that
when we have our Public Library. it
may not be place for books alone.
but may haye rooms where young
people and men and women may
meet and talk and meet socially. 1t
should even have toys for the chill
dren, for we pass through the toy
age as really as we do the book age.
And 1t should have place for all
kinds of club meetings.
Mrs. Miller explained a. forgotten
law of Indiana, by which If twenty
citizens ask that any subject be
taught at night or cnt of sclo u
hours. it is the duty of the School
Board to provide a place and a
teacher. We can have night school
if twenty citizens want it. We
women can be taught Domestic
Science, having a kitchen and a
teacher provided by US all, the tax
payers. Every woman may attend
who desires to learn how to manage
her home more scientifically, more
economically or with less drudgery
IF we wish our daughters to learn
how to cook, being taught by an ex-
pert teacher, we have but to petit
tion for it.
We spend so many school hours
over Latin, or Geometry, or Algebra J
subjects which we will not use at all |
in real life and we know almost moth |
ing about the composition of soap.
how to feed a husband to keep him
healthy and happy, or how to rear
our families.
Vacant lot gardening has proved
solution to some communities of the
probler, what to do with the energ-
les of the growing boys. There can
be nothing better than agriculture
for the boy to learn In connec-
tion with this work. the government |
publications can be used TO advan-
tage. One boy can become an ex-
pert on lawns, one on bees. one on |
the sparrow, and so on. The gov
ernment spends $4,000 annually for
the publication of these results of |
the experiments of experts, and too
often they are only stored away in
public vaults. They should get back |
to the people who pay for them and |
who will use them. Such study is a |
great inspiror of civic pride in these
boys. An expert from Purdue will
ccme here free and tell the boys
what will grow best on the lots, and |
how to care for them. Free seeds |
can also be obtained of the Purdue |
Experiment Station.
Th" moving picture shows, which
are frowned upon by many, are a
great social power. They are the
poor mans theatre 1t would be |
well for the women to investigate
and be assured that the shows of our
city use only films which have been /
passed upon the National Censorship
cf Moving Pictures, of which Jacob |
Riis. is at the head There are only !
a few companies whose pictures are
not thus endorsed.
ANY child who has seen Washing |
ton crossing the Delaware in moving
pictures will not have to study it |
twice in his history. But we should |
mot stop with the moving picture !
shows. We should be always trying
to raise the child's taste by provid- !
ing the better entertainments, art |
exhibits etc.
Mrs. Miller closed her address
with a plea that we as mothers do
not try to pluck all the ripe fruit |
for our own children, but try to pass
all we can on to those mothers who |
cannot reach quite as high for their
children as those more fortunate can
that we be sisters working for
common purpose-the betterment of
humanity.