The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-06-12

helps him to maintain his position
as center Of the universe for as q
man thinkcth so he is Some social
function perhaps may well be car
red IN cooperative way. Every wo-
man need not potter around her own
kitchen and wash her own dishes
necessarily yet who can say that the
growing mind in these very humble
processes and activities is not gain.
ing in eduCat on which fits 1t for life.
Factory processes may be too COM
pick Tor the simple mind to grasp.
From the simple to the complex al.
ways is a law Of psychology. The
steam from the old singing kettle on
the hearth gave Watt the first con.
ception of the gigantic force OF
steam which has entirely changed the
aspect of modern tine.
But let us not be too narrow and
refuse to discard the sandle for the
electric light. Much of the drudg.
cry should 80 from the home and let
us be keen to improve our condition
as the laws of science unfold to us.
In so doing We must constantly re-
member that matter is matter and
can be handled as matter, but love
Is love, and must be treated as such.
The two can never be treated alike.
When we try to put the human heart
sure there is not a tortorous misfit
somewhere. The mother can part
quite willingly with the laundry work
the fruit canning and more reluct-
antly with the real pleasure OF serv-
ing aesthetic and wholesome meals
and from putt ng the dear little stitsh
es In the little ones garments but
when the baby goes (no doubt 1t is
a mere barbarous instinct) she Is like
ly to call a halt. This is Just where
cooperation, the death or physical
incapac ty of the mother only SHOULD
warrant the existence of public nur-
series. Then too the face Of the
fondling Is somehow so woe begone
and hopeless compared to that of the
normally reared child. Prof Cur.
tbs the great playground promoter
says the most pathetic thing about
the orphan in the orphanage is the
hunger he has for adult l.fe. And l
add here, that 1t is even more path
etic when We realize that, that adult
might have been his own mother.
Some severe moralists say the home
child has saucy disobedient look
which makes the difference and 1t
ought to be discouraged rather than
made a matter Of paternal vanity
Pampering spoils the child and Is un-
necessary they say. we likewise
used to thing that molasses in the
child's bread did him positive harm
but We did know that 1t made the
bread a mighty lot the sweeter ant
now we have come to the conclusion
that in moderation it is good for him
Just so, Is mothers love wisely TEN
pered, beneficial rather than harm
full to the child. Whatever else hap
pens to the home the basic principles
of physical and spiritual growth mus
be retained especially until the youns
mind has learned to grasp the signif
icance OF society as a whole. Ever
the adult often fails to see the true
outcome of community enterprise II
the completely of the system. AS {
homely example the boy may have 9
vague notion Of energy by watching
the electric motor turn the washing
machine but II he turns the machine
by hand he will have true and viz
, Id sensation of what work really
J means and from this simple objec
| lesson he understands the great force
! which moves the universe. This Of
course, must not be taken literally
} for one am not anxious to turn a
washing machine but l do question
} from the home. Already We rathe'
: have too little than too much worf
for our children to do around home
J Foeble and John Dew say 1--WE learr
} to do by doing" In my family VIC
have a good old German grandma VIII
is nightly concerned about the l1zi
ness about the third generation las
she calls II and not without goot
reason. She wants us to so. cul
children at knitting stockings auC
, piecing quilts. or course in cur age
: Of machinery it would be ridiculous
for us to revive old activities sucl
as these but the spirit back OF the
knitting and the quilting stitches and
even the artistic sense though you
smile at that we must carry with us
into the future. The old log cabin
was crude. the furnishings simple