The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-22

introduced by President Mrs Clou-
chek, the speaker began by gracefully
acknowledging his pleasure at meet
ing the club women "in this charming
city so new, so progressive, so ex-
pressive of the best spirit of the
west" He announced the division of
his lecture into three parts, viz: San
ity or Steadiness; Purposeful Activ-
ity, and Optimism.
There is, he said, danger of sur
render to the mood, the excitement of
the hour and to walk in strange ways.
This is the greatest hour in history
and we need wisdom and steadiness
of heart and action Describing a
scene in a leading Presbyterian
church of a large city where crowd
| of excited women surrounded new
ly donned uniform and kissed its oc-
cupant by relays, much to his dismay.
he said, don't let your girls, become
infatuated with a uniform, regardless
of who is inside. In many of the
indiscretions and even worse re-
ported from our camps and canton
ments, the girls are as much in fault
as the young soldiers and the moth
ers more than either. The time is
one of change, excitement and unrest
The replacement of man power by
women in so many avocations leaves
youth largely unguarded and subjects
the workers to many vicissitudes.
Women should under all circum-
stances insist upon the respect and
Difference of men-their right, and
a greater one to them than the bal
lot.
Referring to untoward conditions in
England and France, where the
strain has sometimes led to drink
and drugs and especially to France,
where the almost universal devotion
of adults to some kind of war ser
vice has so largely removed the us
ual barriers and restraints, he plead
ed for calmness and for steadiness
through all that may be before us.
| Don't be afraid to laugh, he said. If
Kaiser Bill had been blessed with a
sense of humor, this terrible war
would have been an impossibility. For
the safety of the nation and of our
homes, keep them attractive. Keep
the schools open, keep busy at some
needed service.
This introduced the second topic
service. This is the day of great
things. Men walked, then rode horse
: A.
carriages, then in automobiles. But
the day of the automobile is past. Dc
you think when our boys return
from France they will be satisfied
with anything less than an aeroplane
at a couple of hundred miles per
hour? All things crowd. There used
to be four professions-war law
medicine and theology; now hun
dreds. A million men are connected
with one industry, Standard Oil. Nc
one can do everything well. Seek the
path of wisdom. Find your work by
selection, then exclude all else and
use concentration-burn yourself in
to it,
Two things are fundamental: To keeI
ideals strong and vigorous and dc
our whole duty at all timesl Leave
the unimportant and bend all ener-
gies to the essential. Here the speak
er quoted McClure's experience in q
later visit to a French home where
he had formerly been most luxurious
ly entertained, and where he now
found the table covered with oil
cloth, no napkins and service by the
family. 1--WE do nothing unnecessary,
the hostess quietly explained, I'VE
! save all for Francel" We may soor
come to the same need and l trust
/, meet it as nObly.
You club women are fully organ
lied and will be in a position to dc
: very much You will not use your
time and strength, l am sure, study
, ing Ibsen nor Tennyson; nor need
you follow the figures in history, an
cient or modern. You are making
history-the greatest and most inn
! ! portant the world has known. "H'
that loseth his life shall find it." Now
, is the time for churches and club:
4 to find themselves. l want my churcl
to do the last bit of service for the
nation that is possible. And thi:
= great opportunity is yours.
e The third division of his subject
, optimism and tl1ankfulness, was per
y haps made most interesting. 1t was
e certainly treated the most eloquently
. He said he heard yesterday our Idaho
4 boys were on the sea en- route t
D France and the fighting line. How
e then can we be glad? By adoptinl
e this creed: Believe in the best.
o Other things fail and fall. The bes
!, lasts and always comes to us in SOM
D form or guise-sometimes through
heartache and tears. Every clou'
h has a silver lining and the rainbow
: follows the storm. 1t is our task u
S see the bow of promise and to fin'
b the silver lining.
e What have we to be thankful TO
n amid the grief and horror of war? Fo
i one thing, the new sense of solidarity
We now plainly see that the world 4