Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-01-30
The Fs1
NATIONAL
~ GRANCE
Conducted by Charles NJ. Gardner. Editor
of the National Grange. Westfeld. Mass.
W0MAN'S PART IN GRANGE
Special Committee Of the New Jersey
State Grange Prepare Ad-
dress on Subject.

The keynote of woman's part In
the Grange work OF today was
struck most forcibly In the annual
address Of the woman's work CON-
mittee of the New Jersey State
Grange, composed of three wide
awake sisters of the order, who have
given the subject extensive study.
The following extracts are of extreme
interest:
History. since the beginning Of
time, is replete with the achievements
of woman. Her courage, her loyalty,
her fortitude, her perseverance, has
Won for her home or her country more
than one battle, more than one honor.
And there are battles yet to win and
horrors yet to wear. No resting on lau-
rels; on what has already been ac-
cornplished; no feeling of security
over victories surmounted.
THE watchword OF the day is
progress, and she who sits serenely
down on accomplished effort will find
the world moving on without her.
Women Of today have SO many oppor-
tunities to do things for the good of
humanity. So many doors are open
for philanthropic labor and various
reform movements. Bands of organized
women are fighting a battle for the
home protection-for the safety of
our future manhood against the legal
lied liquor traffic, and. please God,
they will win out. Bands of women
are fighting the battle for universal
suffrage, and may justice be theirs.
Others are dubbed together for the
good and for the right, for the uplift
of humanity everywhere, and for those
things which help to make the world
safer and better place to live.
And so, since the time of Joan of
Are, women are fighting battles of war
fare-some with the pen, some with
the voice and many with just the ex-
ample of upright integrity, which ex-
erts an influence greater than many
Of us know. But with all honor due
those who go out to fight the worlds
battles, we of the Grange have been
taught that in the home comes the
first honor to win. The home Is the
safeguard Of the nation. Make the
home what it should be- and the coun-
try will be safe; neglect the home and
reform needs will become apparent.
Perhaps no class of people have
the opportunity for the ideal home
better than does the farmer and his
family, and If we would bring you
any message today 1t is for the up
lift of the home life. Guard and train
the young folks of your home to lead
useful. upright and. above all, moral
lives
1.-The detailed crimes written up in
such a sensational way in our daily
papers show lax state OF morals, de-
plorable for the best welfare of our
country, show failure Of home train
ing on somebody's part, and 1t is for
us Of the Grange to help stem the tide,
to get back to the old Puritan stand
ard Of honesty and integrity, when di-
vorce courts were unknown, when
Justice was melted out to virtue and
when crime met its just punishment.
"As Sisters of the Grange let us,
with the Brothers, make the Grange
a model of home life-let its influence
for good be felt in every community,
and let us all live up to its principles
of faith, hope and charity with
fidelity"