The Brunswick news., 1913-04-13
/ SUNDAY SERMON

COMMITTEES" whose duty it VIII bs to
welcome visitors and newcomers 70
the city
This movement is a oommendable
one and II ever a town needed the
sergtces Of such committee. Bruins
wick needs them prominently.
Unfortunately, Brunew.ck has net
moved osward in some directions a.
her more progressive sister towps
ha4e eone. There is instead. 3
stroog tendency to that barnacle-like
conservation which is deDlora5ly
akin to narownesa. which we fear e
narfownesg masquerading uader
another namea narrowDess that
means death and dry rot to a town
in this day Of progress and changisG
conditicls There is in some towna
an element which would ar.oz ate to
itself al. the perfeciions With which
LEHgICtClAs IApFAuSA|C hdo SUN ~
TO bless humanity. It sets up It's so
cial standard, entreacehes Itself with
in a citadel OF preiudices and self
satlstied superiority TO the rest Of the
world, and resists any invasion OF
others except those socially eligible
taccordlng to their own standard
fll these who do not measure up 70
this narrow standard, all who come
Iunhcralded, without flourish or pa
rade. without a passport proclaiming
tleir worthiness for the inner circle
OF the citadel, are cast into outer
darkness, ais Il we're. relegated to
rAnk oblivion! Little care those
within, OF any possible hidden quail.
ties that would make these eligible
10 this Faubourg St Germain
Do they, in common humanity and
true womanly spirit, SO forth to wei.
come the stranger within our gates,
or soot y Christian kindiincss the
lonlInes the homesicE newcomers
who hay eTt behind friends and rel
atives a setimes ASSOCIATION. 70
eass thei With US? Truth con.
strains ply, sadly ana rcm
tari ly mott
The NeWs has in mind numerous
cases where this rocial freeze out
has worked serious injury to Bruins.
wick. In many instances, the new.
comers, chilled and outraged by this
ccld ignoring Of their wives OF
daughters, have left Brunswick, plac
ling their investments elsewhere, los.
ling to our city valuable citizens, and
investments that meant much to the
business of the city
| 1t is a pity that the business men,
to Whom this issue is so vital, can
lnot induce their women folk to see
the hardship it wcrks on them and to
i.;'a lie iseS that II fatally retauds Bruins
wick's advancement and upbulding.
llf the women of brunswick could be
brought 70 adopt their husbands
viewpoint in this matter could be
brought to see the absurdity OF this
luafortunate state OF affairs it would
mean much to the future or Bruins
w.ok 1t would mean that our
pretty little city would emerge from
the village class. that she would
lshN NSe of finally and forever the
81 SEkles OF this hopelessly obsolete
before the war spirit, so ont Of ac.
cord with this twentieth century
when women's hearts are growing
ibigger and finer ii would mean that
amid ali the modern movements for
charity anl uplift, that this work sug-
eested by the Board Of Trade should
be the pride of our womanhood.
The real genuewoman, secure in
the possession of good lineage and
gent.eness, is never afraid to asaoci-
ate with anyone. She knows that
lher superior advantages should but
make her the more gracious, thai,
sure q herself, eau afford pleasantly
Ite less unfortunate ones. She gives
lunmlstakable evidence of her aristo-
cratic lineage by her graciousness
land assuredness. She can venture in
where the snob and the parvenue
fear to draw back in scorn
lafraid!
Therefore it behcoyes our true
lSonihen women to rise to the occa-
sion to make Brunswick noted Tor is
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