The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-29
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AS a working man sees II should De9I
There should he very little differ
cnce between home md heaven. a
husband and wife who love one an
other, Wcnbrcd children who love their
parents good health, an income stiff-
cient 20 Supply all reasonable wants.
"a coy neatly fuinished house, broad
minded parents who are not slave
drivers or misers, and who endeavor
to give the children as good a time as
possible without pampering or spoil
inL them. A house in which the gold
er rule holds sway and the Bible Is
well thumbed: n house full of sun
shine. music, good cheer and inno-
cent pleasures. This is an ideal home,
a home that no worker would shun,
the home he strives for. hut happy
homes are not plentiful. Marion Isl
no exception to the rule. Within her
boundry limits / find conditions the
same as in our larger cities. only
OF "a smaller scale We have all the
materials for happy homes in this
country but as yet ~ II seems the
majority have not sense enough to
use these materials right and wisely,
We workers Build 1ftagnfncent paidces
on the one hand crammed fun of art
treasures rthat cost millions 60 get
together. nhabit them by men who
take more interest I'm Other mems
wives than they do In their own. and
Women who would rather fondle pet
dog than baby, and would drop dead
| I. They bad to getf thcr husbands n
meal Men and women goged with
the richest Of food the costliest OF
wine, dressed IN all the latest tom
foleridrs or f,ishfon, nnd wtitcd on
by seryile flunllies. as though thev
were superior beings. That is the
kind Of home, that Is only an apology
for home.
But for all the working men fur
nish every dollar used in such al
home. Working men never enter orI
live I'm such homes. except as they are
building them. ON the other hand we
will view the working mans home.
We have hundreds OF these in Ma
rion and tens Of thousands In America,
wretched, unsanltary, novels, where
men and women elSe out a miserable
existence, surrounded by hungry,
peevish, ill-bred children, houses,
cabins. dens, novels and tenements
where want and worry are never alb
sent. home where consumption, dis
ease and death reap their richest
harvest, homes In which all the finer
things Of life are swept aside in that
grim and terrible, terrific, never ceas-
ing struggle for bread. clothing and
shelter. This is another kind OF
hcme. There you have the two pic
lures What is this organization do
| ing 20 overcome the two evils. 1t
should strive to do this. Wipe out the
the conditions that create both palace
| and hovel, palaces create pampered
pigs, hovels breed criminals, paupers
and anarchists The strength OF a
city or nation lies not in its palaces
q its novels, It's aristocracy OF its
serfs, hut in its comfortable, modest
homes, and healthy upright, manly.
God-fearing plain sensible citizens.
When we have sense enough TO de-
wise a social system that will wisely
distribute the creators country to all
his creatures. then we shall have
neither millionaire or pauper, but mil
lions Of modest substantial homes, in
lhabited by healthy. contented well
educated, well-bred men and women.
a great many OF our ills must be
remedied by our nation and state but
there s abundance Of local work for
IT, willing organization. Marion Us
Icertainly in a wretched condition and
the most wretched Of It all is forced
upon those who do the work. But
lenough OF this, talk IS all right TO