The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23
MEETING HELD
AT INSTITUTE
Mrs. SeIby johnson Reads Paper at
Mothers Meeting Held
There This
Week


! A mothers meeting was held this
week at the Peoples Institute at
which Mrs. Selby Johnson read a very
interesting paper. Talks were given
by Miss MauGe Brown of the visiting
nurses staff and Miss Margaret 9.
Henke, supervisor for southern Lee
county for the Red Cross.
4 There were present twenty-three
adults, two infants, three chi1-an- OF
lpre-school age ana four c.escNool age.
The hostesses were Mrs. Scott of the
v. IN. A. board, Misses Olive Morgan
and Madeline McGrath of the Baby
Welfare league. Mrs. Bland and Mrs
I looms gave musical numbers.
/ The following is Mrs. Johnson's
paper:
"Life itself is unit. 1t contains
nree phases; the physical, intellec-
tual and moral When we speak of
the physical side we think of the
magnitude, the shape, form, looks,
ETC. The ancient Greeks and Romans
stressed this particular phase OF life
more than any other known people.
There is a gradual coming back OF
the perfect body, not only in military
| life, but in civilian life as well. Be
hold the military man as he STANDS
| before you, erect, square shouldered,
broad chested, and in fact every de-
ficiency visible and invisible remoy-
| ed and all appreciate that brilliant ar
ray OF soldiers on dress parade. The
body polite must do something Tor
the man, woman. boy and girl in CT
vlnan NE. me scnoois, coIleees an
universities with them lour years Cox
rculum OF gymnastics CANNOT. 90 IL all
Inese moluerS meetings ~.s-4 .4t~~s
splendid nurses and the training the5
are giving you both before ana aftef
birth are adding their quota 10 MAKE
the physician man better.
Inc work of the Y. NJ. G. A. ana
| the Y. W. T.. A. with their Splenolo
lean work are reaching the men anu
women VINO have been forced out IN
lro the world early in llie to make their
own way Inc father ana sons move
! -. helps materially III that way
-. modern play grounds afforded fci
alter school hours and many new Tea
lures flhich une twentieth century
has brought will make conditions bet
| ter.
The intelligent side just as the
physical side, requires prenatal at
tention. / wonder how many OF us
! can casually tell whether an lnd''
vidual has an unusual degree OF In
telligence or not. The angle found by
a line dropped from the forehead to
the nose and meeting one from the Top
OF the ear determines much along tna'
line. See the high forehead also. me
Iangle of Websters face formed IN tnat
way as l remember was nearly ninety
degrees. The brain of many or those
philosophers and statesmen has
weighed almost four pounds. There
are two physiological factors winch
govern the life of an individual. Inc
Inherent or natural qualities Win
which one is born and the enVlroh'
'ment. In a large measure the parents
are responsible for both of these rae
tors, 1t Is interesting to see no
reading enters into ones life and heips
make of them what they are; tnen
there is no question but what We
should have the very best IN "ha'-
ever cause we pursue.
One learned man has said just as
man thinks, so he is Then the
| food aids all phases OF life Whetner
physical. intellectual or moral. inc
| highest adeas along all lines should
he kept before the mother even before
the infant makes its appearance INTO
the world. 1t will find enough to dc
tract from perfection much less nav
ing it thrust upon it unsought. me
schools colleges and universities prop
ably do more in this line than Goes
any other organizations.
$50 much for the Intellectual, now
comes the moral side. The aim of all
education is to make a good man or |
a good woman out of the Individual.
The church with its various orsanlZa-
lions, clubs, societies, lodges and the
various organizations throughout ths
country lend their influence toward
this particular phase of life. High !;
grade amusements such as plays
operas. lectures, etc, raise the stana-
ard Of morality Of the individual
Since the community life is wholly
and solely dependent upon lndiVidna.
life lust as the standard OF lndlVldual
life is raised whether physically, NOR
allv or intellectually, just so is TIE
standard of communi.. life raised IN
nronortion. The home life never +
loses its Influence upon the Individual
whether it be for veal or woe ana
Is greatly indebted for the various
aids il receives whether in the line
of nurse training, church, schooi or
other organization. These Three
nhases are blended together as secure
" as are the, trinity in the Godnes'n
e 10 E,+bar Son and Holy Ghost. I