The daily sentinel., 1913-09-25
MRS. PENNYBACKER'S
ADDRESS SOUNDS NOTE
OF WARNING TO MOTHERS
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life OF the boy and make for himself
a place in the boys heart, at the age
when the heart is wide open, so that
when that heart is shut later on. 1t
will hold him fast inside. For a house
to be the right kind of 4 home, the
most fundamental necessity rests
with the woman. who alone can
create the utmost part of good cheer,
which must peryade from cellar to
attic and cheerfulness in a home Is
absolutely necessary to happiness.
Woman's arch enemy, Mrs. Penny
hacker said was worry and. and
quoting from Mrs Hobson. she said
that the chief trouble with the young
American mother is that she does no.
enjoy today because she is worrying
about tomorrow. The poet said: 1T
is comely fashion to be glad" and
Gladness has to be real; it cannot be
assumed as children are the quickest
TO see through a MASK. Mrs. Penny
backer introduced number OF conf
cal illustrations of her point through
out her talk, bringing laughter with
her ready wit, as quickly as tenrs.
In regard to the making of the
characters of our girls, she drew
some pointed comparisons between
the American mothers and the moth
ers across the sea, in Germany, for
instance, where a whole year is gem
orally given up to the study of the
profession of home making and house
keeping, after the girl has finished
her education and is ready to make
her debut. No German mother. she
said, considered her daughter tit TO
make her debut until she was ac-
complished in the art of making
1 home, which they look upon in the
light of profession.
She also touched upon the absurd
ity of young people being sent to Eu-
rope, with the idea that such a trip
was the open Sesame" to culture,
without proper foundation of edu-
cation which would enable them to
appreciate and understand what they
saw and she gave a comical illustra-
| ton of the American tourist before
Rembrandts picture of the Night
Watch. she being present herself as
witness. She also drew the pathetic
side of the young people being sent
abroad, with thirst for knowledge
and being utterly unprepared and
unable to appreciate the wonders of
the old world through a lack of pre-
vious training.
The whole audience shook with
laughter when she told of a woman
relating to another of a Mrs. Lisa
who had lost her daughter Mona in
an art allery in Paris and was still
hunting for her.
Going on further Mrs. Pennyback-
er said that the next danger to the
country was the lack of patriotism,
which teaches men and women to live
Alright for their country The man
is a coward she said, who stands with
folded arms, when his country calls
him in some civic need, no matter
how quick his response to the cry OF
war. She said there would come a
time when the country would place
an honor upon the entrance into
civic life by the young man and the
young woman and women would then
have no need to plead. She drew an
inspiring picture of the time when |
the nations birthday would be OBJ
served as a day when the young peo-
pie, coming of age should be honored /
upon entering into the civic life, and |
when there would be no separate I
north nor south, nor east or west, |
but one word which would mean all |
things and that word-America.