The Detroit times., 1913-06-06
''YOUNC WOMEN
OF TODAY" ARE
GIVEN SCORING
Don't Know Difference Between
Love and Lust" Declares
W. &. L. l.. Leader
MAKE WEALTH STANDARD
IN CHOOSING HUSBAND
Lack of Training in Home Blam'
ed-Mrs. Calkins Reelected
President

Young women of rndUy do not
know ne difference betN cen love ana
lust" Mrs l. l. Reed. OF Ann Arbof.
told the W. c. +. /. state convention
gathering. Thursday morning. III The
Church OF Our Father as she gave
scorching denunciat!on OF the lack oil
irignt trairipg in the home, III ta!h
OH Mothers meetings.
Ale that girls seem 10 want nus
bands tor In these days Is 10 nave
some one TO respectfully pay for their
fue clothes, supply them with plenty
OF theater tickets. provide them with
rich FOOD and give them what they call
a good time, declared Mrs Reed.
IF Young man cannot, or VIII not,
do these things, he is cast aside In
hunt Ton one who will. no matter how
fine the poor mans character, princi-
Piles aud honor may be.
When parents base the training o.
their children on instructive and con-
structive lines, and not upon destruc-
tiAer- girls and boys will look upon
marriage with different eyes. The
training of children must begin in IN
fancy. Our American habit of provid-
ing a roomful OF toys for our children.
hch they promptly destroy, Is all
wrong A child should be given a few
tools with which TO manufacture his
own playthings. A girl with box OF
sand, a small shovel and screen and
boy with block of wood, small
hammer and some tacks, are far bet
ter of than the child with dozens ut
expensive mechanical toys. The child
with the simple instruments making
his own playthings. at the same time
Is learning TO think and act for him
self and builds better than his par
ents dream, In qualities that make for
the men men and women
In paper on Health. heredity,
and domestic science Mrs. Minnie
Emmons. strongly advocated the
| teaching Of domestic science in the
/ public schools as a means Of fighting
the drink evil
There Is no larger factor than this
making for temperance" she said.
'Intemperance thrives upon poor
cooking In the home. Men are given
several years training to prepare
them for their life work but WON
an is supposed TO get her preparation
| by intuition"
Mrs. Emmons pleaded with the
women present, that they hold them.
selves strictly responsible for condi-
tons Of health in their homes, for
there. she declared. 80 per cent Of all
diseases are to be controlled.
| Mrs. Elva Lindner. OF Delray. who
works among Detroits large foreign
population. told the convention that
Detroits population is more than
half foreign-b born, a statement that
was challenged, but as positive figures
were not available, Mrs. L.indner went
/ on TO tell OF her labors in behalf OF
temperance among the foreign peo-
pies, especially the Hungarians.
Mrs. Culla ]. Vayhinger of Up
lands. Ind, president OF the Indiana
| State w. C.. T. T.. and wife OF the
president of Wabash college, Wabash,
+, Ind. who Is to be the principal speak
er. Thursday evening made brief
platform appearance just TO say a
word OF greeting TO the delegates.
In the election OF officers, Mrs. f.
I. Calkins, Battle Creek, the president,
was reelected, as were also the fol-
lowing: Corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Julia r. Parish, Bay City; re-
cording secretary, Miss Clara Wheel
er. Grand Rapids; treasurer. Mrs.
Stella d. Roben, Big Rapids.
Mrs. Calkins said that. when she
entered w. c. +. Y. work, over 20
years ago, the union concerned Itself
only with fighting the liquor evil, but
today 1t stands for the propaganda OF
the training OF mothers eugenics.
equal suffrage for women. the Catch
My-Par' movement, and against white
slavery.
Following the custom which has OBJ
tanned in previous conventions OF pre-
senting a public school building in the
convention city with a portrait OF the
late Frances willard, the founder OF
the union. such gift was ordered
sent to the Detroit Central High
school.
Mrs. Henry c. Glasner. of Nashville,
Tenn wife OF Representative Glasner.
who framed and introduced into the
Michigan legislature the famous Glas-
ner euSenics bill, and Is credited with
having aided her husband I'm drawing
ND the measure, talked to the conven.
ton on this subject, Thursday after
noon. Mrs Glasner attacked the laws
and the lawmakers OF the state for
concerning themselves with protection
10 almost every living thing but the
newborn child.
We spend thousands OF dollars 70
improve the condition Of the unfit. 10
insure keeping them with us as per.
manent burden, and 10 make sure OF
transmitting their infirmities to on
coming generations. said Mrs. Glas-
ner. This. OF course. Is not our In
tcntion, but IL Is the result. We pay
our money TO keep imbeciles alive,
furnish food. clothing and care to the
eble-minded, only TO watch them
marry and propagate the insane. cpl
leptic, idiots. and criminal. as though
we actually cherished crime and mad
ness"
Mrs. Glasner pleaded for "reguiat'
ed" marriages, declaring that the very
existence OF the race depended upon
only the physically At being permitted
to marry
Miss Lois May. OF Stockbridge,
Mich. won the grand diamond medal
contest. Wednesday evening, the other
participants being Miss Edna Mcl>o-
uoh