The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-07
HARMONY IN the
HOME NECESSARY
So Says Mrs, GosSow in Lee
ture at High School,
IS SOLUTION OF PROBLEM
"Cause and Cur3 Dyspep-
sia,' Subject Tonight

"'The hand that rocks the cradle
rules the world is perfectly good
philosophy il 1t appeals to both the
father and mother" said Mrs. Har-
rictt McCollum- Gossow IN a lecture
this afternoon at the high school audi
torium Mrs. Gossow is giving Sc
ries OF lectures under the auspices oi
the Federation Of Women'S clubs Her
subject this afternoon was "Ihc Roy
and Girl Problem"
Demonstration Given.
Mrs. Grace Palmer Craig assisted
Mrs. Gossow by giving demonstrations
Mrs. Gossows talk this afternoon
follows.
The hand that rocks the cradle
rules the world is perfectly good phi
losophy II it appeals to both the father
and mother. The mother. however
good she may be, cannot no her best
BY her children without the fathers ac.
tive cooperation A we'll regulated
household is impossible unless there is
harmony and complete understanding
between husband and wife This har-
mony and understanding is the only
scientific foundation of intcligently
rearing a family 1t paves the way for
the proper solution Of the boy and girl
problem
Rough to BOYS.
"Thc first great fault evident in
rearing family is the disposition on
the part Of men to he rough to the
boy but kind and gentle to the girl
Fundamentally there IS no difference
between the girl baby and the hoy. The
physical mark OF distinction is OF no
real consequence from ,hc viewpoint of
psychology LaboratorA demonStra-
tions have shown that it is the mind
that makes the man. and the mind is
developed by the character OF the i'm
pressions it receives from environment
and associates.
BE good to your boy. be kind and
gentle the same as you are to the girl.
and you viii have a better boy and a
nicer man. II girls were subject to the
treatment and vulgar association that
BOYS IN their teens undergo. the human
race would soon be brought 10 the
depths OF degradation. and probably TO
extinction inside of 100 years. II is
impossible TO have clean, healthy and
upright manhood from the slums OF hu-
man thought Clean up the minds OF
your boys as well as the minds OF your
girls, and ono oi the greatest causes oi
disease and inctficiency viii have been
removed \ white lic and 4 single
standard OF morality Tor both sex IS the
only solution to the social side oi the
boy and girl problem
Should Have Confidence.
"Innatcly, bows arc Just as good as
girls and would remain so throughout
HE If circumstances and false cduca-
ton did not turn their mind in evil di-
rectlonS. Young people should have the
implicit confidence OF their parents. II
you begin with the child as soon as it
begins TO ask questions about life, and
tell it what it wants to know il will
never saunter into undesirable com.
pany.
Parents keep the confidence of your
children and the confidence Vt your
boys and girls as they grow up. Re
oompanlonable and this perpexing
problem OF sex will be solved. This is a
problem for the home circle, not for the
street, but II II is net solved in the
home IT will be solved in the street. and
you parents will never know how or
when', was solved until 1t has involved
consequences Of evil which will stain
the individual, nature the res, OF his
or her LIE
Mrs. Gossow will lecture tonigh, on
THE Cause and Cure Of DySpepia To-
morrow afternoon at ! o'clock Is Spe
oial meeting OF the Federation OF Won.
ems Clubs Mrs GoSsow will address
them on Club Women in Civic Work"