Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-07
GIRLS CANDIDATES
FOR GREATEST Of
EARTH'S OFFICES
DR.. PAINE, HYGIENE EXPERT,
TELLS OF NOBLE PURPOSE
AHEAD FOR ALL WOMANHOOO
DELIVERS THREE GREAT LEG
TURES.

"The girls patriotic service league
~ one OF the splendid things which
the tragedy OF the war has given to
tbs. Its organization is a force which
shall not perish when the war shall
perish There is also patriotism
which belongs to peace, or the period
OF reconstruction. am here to en-
list your cooperation in the way OF
promoting new social condition which
shall become a standard for one new
democracy.
War has its victory but peace has
its dangers. While we are making
the world safe for democracy We must
make 1t biologically safe for men and
women to live in. Every child born
In the world has the right to be well
BON, which shall insure a just and
good inheritance.
The highest honors that can come
10 you is that you may be mothers Of
the next generation. Since you are
candidates for this noble office you
must begin to prepare yourselves for
{ election. If you are elected president
: ola club or society you make prepar-
atoms for filling the office Mother
hood is the highest office to which
you can aspire Prepare to pass on
an Inheritance which shall improve
the race.
Mothers and Angels Alike.
God could not make enough angels
to be everywhere, so he made moth
ers. Not all mothers are prepared TO
be assistants to angels Some OF
them should have their crowns taken
away from them. We shall neglect
them and devote our efforts toward
training you who will soon be in these
assistant positions.
More than four hundred women and
girls Of the city gathered in the audi
forum of the Ottawa township high
school last evening to hear Dr. Joseph
Inc Paine deliver her lecture on so
cial hygiene.
This was the third lecture delivered
by Mrs. Paine in Ottawa yesterday.
and it would be a difficult matter to
tell which of her three talks was en-.
joyed the most. II is estimated al
most 900 women and girls OF the city
heard DR.. Paine yesterday, and receiy-
cd instruction of great physical benc-
fit from her talks.
Is Prominent Club Woman.
Dr. Paine has been one of the prom.
inent Chicago Clnb women, and had
conducted this line of work, many
years before taking up this work for
the government and the National
Council of Defense, under whose aus
pieces she spoke in Ottawa.
She was sent here after an inycsti-
gator from the government had Wis
tied the city and made preparation
for having these lectures given as
war reconstruction measure.
DR.. Paine is a woman of wonder
ful personality, and held her audien-
ces thoroughly thru the entire time
she was speaking, in each of her
talks here. Ottawa women are hop
ing they may have the privilege of
hearing Dr.. Paine again in the near
future.
She spoke last evening along the
lines of general hygiene saying in
part.
Social hygiene is a topic which has
always been regarded as impolite It
has become popular since we came
into the war. The public has heard
about the danger OF social diseases
Men who were drafted into the sew.
ice were selected upon a basis Of
physical ability.
''The government became response
bic for the maintenance Of the health
: of the men accepted. To this end
they laid down an extraordinary so,
cial program and began a campaign
of education along this line.
you too shall not be ignorant when
our returning men reach home. You
will find them changed in their ideals
and attitude toward life, because OF
. JllS teaching. Ou must meet them
with approved ideals. Show them
how war program applies to
peace.
Men Need Companionshp.
"Men are affectionate, lonely crea-
tures They like the companionship
OF girls. They like to be entertained.
"A dignifed cOmradeship is more win
some than silly Irritation. Find an
outlet for energies in sports and phys,
ical recreation. We cannot clap a lid
down on a spring and tell it to stay
there II is bound to burst forth
somewhere else. But we can choose
a place and tell it to come forth.
"YOuth is full of exuberance and en-.
titled to honest pleasure. Too often
the pleasure proves a false one. One
must learn to distinguish pleasure,
which is a fleeing tickle thing, and
real happiness, which is permanent