St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-03-25

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other questions Of importance to the
woman of today.
one channel or another. and with q
little patience and perseverance by
each one am sure the majority OF
the women of this parish can be In
terested in these questions of such
vital import to the present schoo'
children and those following.
Let us eliminate selfishness and
strive for sselflessness" in these eft.
forts to uphold and support the
school system in every way possible
We must not, after one effort, sub
side into a self-complacent attitude
and let the world rock on as before
but Immediately look for the next
important thing to be done and di.
rect our attention and energy to-
wards its accomplishment.
Take as single example of per.
sonal endeavor the work of Francis
E. Willard, the great temperance
worker. Her name is known in all
parts of the world, and her organi-
cations are in every state in the
Union.
Florence Nightingale. whose work
as nurse and whose ministering to
suffering humanity is known il
every nation. These lone women
strove with all their might for the
betterment of humanity according te
their highest convictions, and none
of them had children whereby they
might have been accused Of q selfish
motive. How much more should We
mothers strive for every good thing
that means advancement and better
opportunities for our children.
We have the worlds greatest ex.
ample of what organization and sys.
tenn can do in what the Germa
army has done in Eu 'ope today. Tt
illustrate, 1t is said that In her
march through Belgium, at the be
ginning of this war, for three days
and three nights the army marched
through Brussels, with no halts, no
open spaces, no straglers-so COM
pact the column and rigid the file
closers, that at the rate Of fort.
miles an hour a car could race the
length of the column and need not
for single horse or man, swerve
from its course.
This Is only one illustration =
many that could be cited, but Is
used only to demonstrate the effect
of efficiency and organization.
And II the women Of this parish
can get closer to one another In all
work pertaining to the schools and
leagues. with one aim and purpose
and take as our slogan schools
first" the result will be more than
hoped for.
With our good roads and many
cars, distance is in a measure elimi-
mated from the objections.
And as the Covington League has
taken the initiative, we might al
follow by having occasional joint
meetings In our home towns.
l feel safe in saying that the Mad
isonville Leasue will be happy to
extend you q hearty invitation to
visit us at some future date--the
greater attendance the more honor
ed we will feel.
Miss Anna Morrelps paper Is al
follows:
Miss Anna Morrell.
We women have just begun to
throw of the letters of that gilt
edged slavery so CALAMITY termed by
the members of the stronger sex,
chivalrous protection. And since
we have begun to think and work
for ourselves we realize that the best
results on q large and beneficial
scale cannot be accomplished with
out systematic organization to con-
centrate our efforts.
The woman's entrance into mu-
nicipal work is merely the extension
Of her duties as custodian OF the
home. And although she may be
a pioneer on a new from
teer when using her efforts for the
at large, still her inter-
ests in that direction have resulted
from the overlapping between the
home and the community, from the
margin which is
common to both under modern con-
ditions of life.
Those who still maintain that the
home is woman's sphere and that
The only human beings in whose
she should be interested are
those to whom she is related by ties