The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-25


 fare Of their children is our desire.
 'J believe that it was Kipling who said: He knows not England, who only England knows meaning that knowledge of only a single thing is SO deadening that one soon grows not to know even that How applicable ls this idea to the attitude of the mother who knew not her home be- couse it was an she know!
 "She had no perspective in her life she did not see its relation to the world; she did not have insight into the depth of It's function. By show ing mothers how to keep house with an understanding of its influence on outside affairs. but also give the mo- thers of the country bond of sym pathy with the progress and develop ment of the whole wide world.
 "What of the statement that wo- mans place is in the home? say yes. Q mothers place is in the home, but not for all time. Women owe it to themselves and their children to get out and see what other people are doing and how the world is growing and thinking. Therefore advocate clubs and women suffrage as educa- tive means of elevating the atmos- phere of American home life."
 Educating the mountaineers of Ten essee and Kentucky is another move ment dear to Mrs. Claxton's heart She is interested in the Berea Col lege of Kentucky and the New Lin coln Memorial University of Tennes- see both schools of practical purpose for the enlightment of the people of these regions.
 "The Lincoln Memorial University of whose advisory committee l am a member" said Mrs. Calxton, "is sit uated in Cumberland Gap. in east Ten nessee. It is on the same plan as Berea College and will undoubtedly will exert a pronounced influence up- on the people it is designed to assist.
 "Its site is one of the most beauti- ful in the state, for it is situated in a severely mountainous section. For merly a hotel, built by Q wealthy northerner as 6 resort, 1t is therefore exquisitely equipped and planned, both as to building and grounds
 Its outline of studies is purely practical. for. obviously. it would be most useless to establish a fancy school for these sturdy woodspeople. Their lives are not fancy and they have no fancy demands. These peo- pie. representing the purest blood of the entire country. are in need only of training in their own established mode of living, cultivating the every day soil of their own lives.
 "They want to be shown modern educational and sanitary devices for adapting life to their particular en- vironmeut. They already know how to kin a bird or scratch up a little growth from the mountainside. But the art of living is not followed in any systematic way. So the school gives emphasis and attention to dem onstrating the principles of agricul- ture, domestic science and stock farming. Embroidery and piano les sons can well be kept In the back ground until a housewife is taught how to prepare palatable and whole some meal"
 Mrs. Claxton hopes to unite the ac- tivities of the Mothers Congress with the Lincoln Memorial University. and is contemplating a series of lectures out of her own experiences on travel, woman suffrage and peace. She firmly believes in the efficiency of the lec- ture method as one of the most im- portant educative mediums in use.
 Club life, as she mentioned. may be most broadening and cultivatlng if women follow it seriously. A review of Mrs. Claxton's clubs presents an index to the breadth and culture of her personality. She is member of the national advisory board of the woman's peace party. the Daughters of the American Revolution aud the American Library Association Last year she was president of the Lea sue of American Pen Women.
 Mrs. Claxton is a cultivated daugh- ter of the south. Before her marriage she was Miss Mary Hannah Johnson of an old Tennessee family.
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