El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-16

school and the Christian association is
to supply the girl with effective Bible
teaching, wise and sympathetic person
al leadership. and opportunity for fell
lowship and service. Intelligent coop
Grafton viii conserve energy and in
crease results
Helping the Employed.
Speaking at a meeting for discussion
of the Home and its Relationships, in
connection with the Religious Educa-
ton association convention today. H.
w. Gibson. boys secretary of the Mass
achusetts and Rhode Island State
Young Mems Christian association,
gave his views on 1.-The Young Mems
Christian Association and the Home in
Relation to the Moral and Religious
Education of the Employed Boy" He
said:
No institution can ever take the
place of the home. AS the homes of
this nation 60 so will go the nation.
The greatest peril confronting the Am
erican people today is the passing away
Of the real home and it's wholesome
life Of mutual sharing in JOY and sor-
row, problem and solution, giving and
taking, failure and success.
."The Young Mems Christian associa-
ton through its Industrial department
is seriously concerned about the meth
cd of approach TO the moral and relig
ious uplift of the employed boy. Some
things have been determined upon. One
is, that the association must not sup
plant. or be substitute for, the home.
It's relation must be that of a supple
mental agency, a correlating and CO.
operating force. institutional life has
many things to commend, but also
there are many dangers. and the great
est of these is the substitution Of the
home life and the relieving of parents
of responsibility.
I'VE must give the employed boy
plenty to do that has moral quality in
it. Serving others is a fundamental.
teaching of Jesus Christ. Helping the
other fellow is the boys way of put
ting it. 1t is this kind Of unselfish
service which is to be the salvation Of
the employed boy from the deadening
monotony Of his daily work. The boys
conscience must be kept sensitive"
The EVIL of City Life.
Making the individual home attrac-
tive as a bulwark against the despirit
ualizing influences of the modern city
vas urged by rabbi David Philipson,
ID, of Cincinnati, in an address on
''The Home and the Modern City, be-
fore the convention of the Religious
ipson said in part:
The cities are the whirlpools of CIV
ilization into which the best and the
worst elements are drawn There life
is lived al its fullest; there the prizes
that pass among men as the most de-
sirab1e are to be found; there human
companionship in all its forms is &c be
had The whole trend of our modern
civilization is cityward. The indiv1d-
ual home must be the bulwark that
withstands the onrushi1g tide OF mod
ern city life which threai ems TO ma
terialize our aims, lespiritualize on1
IDEALS
The Mechanical Player.
THE influence OF the Mechanical
Player on the Home was the topic Of
an address by the Rev. William A
Bartlett, =. D. Of Hartford. Conn, be-
fore the department of Religious art
and music of the association. DR..
Bartlett said:
-'The mechanical piano player has
oDened up to the world of music lovers
the works of the great masters Many
a youth has become virtuoso in the
Interpretation of the most difficult and
beautiful compositions Of Chopin. who
could hardly pick out a simple melody
with one finger. but who longed for
years to hear the best music. Only a
few artists are able to play q wide
repertory of music But we cannot Sc
cure them to come into our homes;
and even if we could. they would play
only such selections as had been recent
ly practiced.
''The piano. player becomes the home
educator I have taken children TO hear
a great performer, and as he played
Walters Prize Song. they turned to me
smilingly and whispered, We play that
at home The mechanical player sup
plies a need. Even leading performers
are approaching the value OF these in
struments. 1t is no more mechanical
than the pipe organ, and by careful
study and practice there can be an al
most perfect reproduction of human
touch and expression"