The Washington herald., 1912-10-04
Topics of Interest to Every Woman
EDITED BY JULIA CHANDLER MANI
Does Mothers Training Fit
BOYS for the Mans World
BY FRANCES SNAPPER.

Here lis query put by a woman IN
presenting the mothers side Of child
culture. her training. and her ideals
tiers the business world:
rs there a demand in the mans world
for boy who might be a good product
of a good mothers training?"
1t sounds "a little extreme, even a lit
tie rank and biased until one listens to
all she says. Then one sees that there
is neither animus nor undue criticism
In her inference to the mans world"
which, in itself. always seems a bit Of
fensive.
Whose the Fault.
She comes to the rescue of mothers
upon whose shoulders are placed the
responsibility for what some one calls
the present generation, and asks that
that responsibility be shared; indeed
shows how 1t is shared.
And first of all comes the public
school system, which, according to her
viewpoint. leaves much to be desired in
the teaching of morality and good man.
ners. And. she asks, whose the fault?
The teachers? They are overtaxed al
ready. with all the demands upon them.
Inc mOlnerS!s Iney nave nOtnlng 10 DO
with the school system
The mothers, she says, very often
pay taxes that should be applied to
education. But, she asks, who deter
mines whether that money shall go for
schools or for the erection OF battle
ships or possibly for the tearing up Of
streets to-day that were laid yesterday?
Can They Make Good.
And suppose mothers do all that is
expected of them: suppose they teach
children always to be mindful Of the
rights of others. to be true and honest.
and then suppose they send them out.
thus equipped-what do they find?
She does not say what they find in
the world of politics and Of business,
simply asks IL the boys. as they leave
their mothers hands, fit in with con-
ditions in ''the mans world" And can
they make good there their training
against the world as they find II?
Suggests n Compact.
Then she suggests a compact
The mothers, so far as may be. to
leave nothing undone that shall count
in the training of good citizens
And the fathers to prepare a place
worthy of these citizens when the door
of the mother-world is closed and a new
door is opened.
Asks for Innovation.
Or, better than that, she asks for an
innovation.
And in this innovation there is a sug-
gestion that the mothers help make the
conditions which shall obtain in the world
where their boys and girls work and win
or work and fall, as 1t happens.
Since mothers and fathers are equally
interested, why not let them work to-
gether, for If there is need of good
mothers, there is as ABUNDANT need of
good fathers.
And il the world is to be as good a
world as it can be. all the people who
abide in it must have a share in the
making.
Many Questions at stake.
Apart from this viewpoint of the ques-
ton of woman's interest in public matters,
there are many others.
There's the matter Of Fairgrounds, for
instance-who shall say how many or
how few. when needed and when granted?
There is a lot of talk concerning the
quality of foodstuffs, their adulteration
and impurity-the home is nightly af-
fected, and the home is wofnan's strong
hold. so interest along those lines is
quite in keeping with her sphere.
The high prices-what of them? French
women have grown greatly disturbed.
and so have others. even to the extent OF
organizing housewives leagues and
other combinations to combat the cost of
living.
And. of course. there is always the
case of the individual who has her own
particular way for interest, ways in
which lack of participation in affairs may
affect her own life possibly her finances.
should Be None to CnII Halt.
The womans side. the mothers side
One really thinks that when attention
is called womanward, there should be
none TO talk about undue agitation, none
to call a halt at least not until all sides
of the question have been examined in
detail.
Many nj the neuesf Unmarried hlnuses