Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-29

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and wove the cloth and made the
clothes for the family; the men did
their work and made many of the
tools with which they worked. but
trades have developed, industries and
y have become specialized. One can
better things and for less money,
Sfde by those who give their whole
,Efhe to one thing, and. by the aid OF
chinery, can each one do the work
dozen or twenty men. It is more
olesome to have the mind free for
er interests Of the home. But here
the peril: The home sentiments
pw through work with and for each
Ter. The industries can be surren-
FED, but when mutual and altruistic
mrA1gs go, when no one is called on to
do anything for any one else, but each
one goes on, makes his little purse
and spends 1t, 1t is a blow at the very
heart of the home. Other mutual and
unselfish work must take the place OF
the Industrial work given up. II the
girls are not to wash the dishes, they
must assist their mother some other
way. The horne life demands 1t.
The transfer OF interest from the
founding to the furnishing of the
home raises the question as to the
moral effect of the externals rather
than the Intervals. of consuming rath.
er than producing Again, everybody
Is 30 busy with some outside work of
SO technical and personal a kind that
none can be taken into 1t. no mutual
interest be found n 1t. except in the
income from 1t. The man Is at work
all day, and at night wants to settle into
restful ease or cd to an entertainment
In order to get his faded and tangled
spirits back to normal He has no
time to get acquainted with his fam.
lily. The women are busy with clubs
and receptions and circles and moth.
ers' meetings and sororities and they
are too tired for anything but relaxa-
ton, at that very hour which is the
most critical Of all the "a, In the fam
lily life, the get-together hour, after the |
centrifugal travels OF the day.
But the tale is NOT finished. Stand
ards Of living are high and compell-
ing; and people Of small means have
large ideas of keeping up with these
standards. That throws the thoughts
out from the arts Of home making to
the arts of money making and spend.
ing. Instead of accepting this rare
opportunity for culture, In the virtues
of restraint and self-sacrifice in the in.
terest of the home they often rebel
in dissatisfaction and fault finding.
That marks the end of the home, as
such, though the house and the family
may keep together, for years. Unity
Is one of the elements of home, and
nagging is the end of unity. In that
stage of low finances and high living,
he fiat is the favorite resort for those
who would eyade the responsibilities
Of home building. The fat is not
IN unmixed evil ana many happy
homes are made in them, In spite OF
hem: but too many lives are made
fiat. stale and Improbable" by them.
They unite with other adverse condi.
ions In making the essential virtues
II unselfishness, hospitality and mu.
ual constructive work for the home
much harder
Nor Is that all The herding Of PEG
de In the cities. unrooted in any hold
ngs OF their own, with no sense OF
In anything and SO few
Iome interests an common, makes
ome building almost impossible.
Now. the home Is set OF principles,
italized by a set Of persons; senti
nents throbbing in sensitized hearts.
n atmosphere exhaled from those per
ons and partaking OF their nature, as |
be atmosphere around us has In 1t |
ONE OF the very elements found in
he earth. In these adverse condi |
ons, the home instincts may become |
by disuse or perverted BY
iisuse, especially the building. the
and the cooperative In
Lincts.
But look long enough and we get
a optimistic outlook OF the. home II
s 1t Is a necessary expression of y
he family. 1t is to become better and %
reater II its essential instincts o.
,und culture In the old Industrial life. "
e must tax our ingenuity to find ~
work of the intellectual N
I'd artistic and religious kinds. The IN
at has its limited mission, but 1t may y
} still further limited by D larger ex-
ius to the suburbs and TO the hos.
table country. Clubs may be trans.
rmed to include attention to the 10 10
,me interests that are mutual and -
az be made a true synthesis Of the !. =
mily ideals. The two sexes will 20
ntinue to attract each other. The y
mily will remain. The home VIII ~
Ill grow up out Of the family New =
terests, not before suspected, may be
und. Old responsibilities VIII reas
TT themselves. Out or the chang
& conditions, the eternal home + ,~
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