Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11
LEcTURED ON THE SEVEN AGES s. A. BaIdus of Chicago Gave Enter
 taining and instructive Address.

Under the auspices of White Cross
 fufn of Chicago. o managing m in editor for Gats Ex 1 tension Magazine, delivered a thor l oughly entertaining and instructive l lecture on Thursday evening in T. A. | B. hall before an audience of over 150 who gave him hearty applause at its conclusion.
 While the audience was gathering, pleasin- mandolin selections were ren- dered by Miss Loretta Higgins, for whom the accim paniments were play ed by Miss Molly James
 In introducing MT Baldus. Grand Knight Edward T Burke said this lec- ture was a continuation of the series inaugurated by the Knights of Colum- bus with an educative purpose in mind. It was a privilege to have the face, rather than to depend only on the pages of his magazine. The lec turer was greeted with applause IS he rose to speak after the introduction by Chairman Burke.
 Enlivening his lecture with apt anec- dotes and humorous stories well told the speaker held the undivide datten- ton of his audience for an hour and a half. His lecture was entitled The Seven Ages.
 Mir. Baldus quoted Shakespeare on the seven ages of man. and said that the poet here made no reference to supply the omission, and he proceeded to do so. The proper training of the young was given consideration MT. Baldus said he did not believe in the idea of heredity carried to extremes, as to give too much weight to these influences would be to deny all per sonal responsibilities. Adam, he said, did not inherit the tendency to tell on the woman, nor was Gains father a murderer The saddest fact in our modern life is that too few of our fathers and mothers possess character and it is evident that they cannot i'm yxyhi iah 6n f is seldom that a child is better than its parents. In child culture the truth holds that the stream does not rise above it's surface.
 The greatest influence, however. was said to be the home and the benefit of proper training there was dweIt upon at length. If the child has been giv- en correct moral training the parents may well feel that they have discharg- ed their duty and need have no fear of the outcome when the temptations of the world are to be confronted.
 True happiness in the home and the way to retain it formed the principal portion of the lecturers remarks; in fact the little things in life are the ones that count. he said. The great divorce evil of the cauntry today was touched upon, as well as the baneful effects upon the child life of those homes where husband and wife, their love grown cold, live together, but with nothing in common. Small wonder un- der such conditions the children hold no exalted views of the marriage re- lations. To do away with the divorce evil we must strike at the cause which causes divorce, and this Is the unhap py home.
 The speaker said he had read to his regret during the past period of years many articles by women writers, one of whose effusions in particular came to mind and who was the author of a book giving her ideas along the same 1ine-one that practically eliminated love from the marriage contract.
 Attention was paid to some of the movements of the day, and it was shown that woman's greatest power was to be found in the home, where 1t might be properly exerted. The last ages need give no cause for concern, it was said, if those that had gone be- fore had been properly lived.
 Among the priests present, either seated on the platform on in the audi ence, were Revs. J. H. Frederick, T. A. Grumbly, J. H. Fitzmaurice, ". H. Kennedy, w. A. Keefe of Plainfield, and Rev. E. M. Hayes of Jewett City,