The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-28
EVERYDAY WOMAN
WELL EULOCIZED
BY RABBI NORRIS LAzERoN WHO
TOLD OF HER PLACE IN PRO-
cSESS OF CIVILIZATION.
Miss Matilda Orr Hays Of Pittsburgh
VIII Speak Next Friday After
noon at Womsn's Club Meeting.

The Home Economics Department
OF the Woman's Club met Friday af-
ternoon with Mrs Charles Beekman
presiding. Rabbi Morris Lszeron. OF
me Eon street Temple spoke on The
everyday Woman-Her Place in the
Progress OF Civilization" His words
were well chosen and he spoke In his
usual pleasing manner. He said /
VIII speak of purely human trait OF
cnaracter-we are all children In that
we love the hero. We idealize the
neures that stand above their genera
ton We clothe them with all that
Is best and truest. This same instict
makes us thirst for record. As the
child Is attracted by bright colors
SO We grown-ups have a love for the
nero or the record-the thing that
stands out as highest. This is human.
IL Is not the powerful woman OF lit
erary ability that we would follow.
such women as Jane Adams and
Florence Nightengale. blaze the traif
or lead the way. but II is OF the Ey-
eryday woman we will speak Come
with me along the path of centuries
from the time mans abode was a
cave. up to the present day. and a
good woman is always the good fr-
fuence. Even In the first man of the
world. their whole nature was
changed by association with good
women
The point Is simply this: That ev-
eryday woman. the mother. the wife.
mas been the most potent. though the
least appreciated force in che pro-
gress of mans spiritual and emo
tional nature. This every day wo-
man with their tremendous influence
Is the balancing weight OF the power
In the world. The woman's kingdom
Is not only the home. II is the whole
word. Emerson says the power of
good women Is civilization. The ev-
eryday woman's work Is TO guide two
generations in the way OF life. 10 be
the conscience OF a child. fnspirer OF
husband, wifehood. motherhood.
The word mother. What is the the
life of the child 10 be- II depends
on the mother-the everyday woman.
Other Influences.
There are outside Influences to
make II difficult to bring up a child
correctly. But the instruction OF
mother. her counsel go far to make
him good man OF a failure-a noble
woman or failure. The response
bility of the mother-the every day
woman. is heavy. for 1t is upon her
that evolves the task OF fashloning
the child's disposition when Il is i'm
pressionable. Remember the story OF
the criminal on his way to execution.
He stood before his mother and said:
'Hads't thou done thy duty. should
not be going forth to a shameful
death"
NU hg ANaNw~ -
man TO see that every advantage or
education and training is given the
little creature which comes into the
struggle OF life not of its own will. A
kiss from his mother made BENJAMIN
West a painter. Just such a kiss has
set seal OF conservation upon many
a mans life and kept It from going
TO the pit
Think of the extent OF your power.
OF the sanctitude of your mission.
Deem no effort too exacting which
you bestow upon the training of the
little ones, you have received from
God. You gave them life. now teach
them 10 use IL we'll. The highest 10y
that may come to tho every day wo-
man is that when she lay down her
lie there may be a smile on her face.
as her children stand round with tear
stained eyes and utter a holy bene
diction on her going
Second Sphere.
The second sphere OF influence.
where the every day woman finds her
place in the progress of civilization.
where she exerts large influence IN
the capacity OF wife. or helpmate TO
man. Does she always know her in
huence as wife? What cannot
strong woman do to deepen the good
Instincts OF her husband, to fortify
the weak points in his moral armor.
Every wife may be such that her hus-
band seeks direction not in affairs OF
the family alone but OF the world.
What may a man not do moved by
the infueoce ola good woman.
This Is the two-fOld work OF the
every day woman in civilization.
Mother and wife. hers to build the
foundation OF character upon which
the future hope of civilization rests.
Rabbi LazerOn spoke OF Charles
kingsley's sketch. The Triumph OF
Woman" In which everyone. even the
drunkard. the artist. the scholar. for
got everything when they saw the
good woman and her influence appear
as she was the divine ideal of her sex.
This H. the work. the place. the in
huence Of the every day woman in the