Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-11-11

into the homes of the poor and needy
and help the mothers take care of the
children, show them how to make mex
pensive clothing, teach them the value
Of proper nutrition, etc. All the money
that is raised in each state is spent for
work within that state and SO Aer cent
Of it is spent in actual relief work.
s. J.,Race of Minneapolis was the
principal speaker of the evening, his
subject being "The City Of the Fu-
ture.'' The main thought Of this talk
was the need of more welfare work
and greater civic pride in connec-
uon with improvements in municipal
ity. rather than the selfish, commercial
izing attitude. He pointed frequently
to instances of where conditions have
been entirely reversed as a result Of
the people gettingea. greater, broader
and more human aspect of the prob
lens of the municipality, and while in.
majority of these instances, the
municipalities were Of the metropol-
itan class, big centres of population,
in many cases the situation applied to
the small towns as well. ~'.
Mr.. Race sought to impress upon his
hearers the Importance Of doing
things for posterity and to begin with
he spoke Of the advance Of civilization.
There was time, he said, when no
man could write; and then there was
a time when no one could make a fire
and it was long time before, man
could count, and so on ad infinitum.
AS we think of this civilization and
look down the line a little further, we
must necessarily stop and wonder, he
said. Referring to the Board of Com
merce, he said that naturally such an
organization had as its mission the bet
terment of the community, as well as
neighboring communities. Then recall
ing the city in which he lived in his
youth he said he remembered that it
took long time to convince the people
that the museums, libraries, parks, art
galleries, ETC., should be open on Sun
days, as they said that if this was done
the churches would be empty, and right
now, he added, We are just beginning
to face the larger outlook of the prob
lens that confront us. The times are
changing and the human CONSCIOUSNESS
Of obligation is awakening and no man
can today button up his coat and 60
down the street and say IT don t give
a damn for the public.' There is>not
nearly so much bad in some men as
many of us would have one believe and
there is enough bad in the best Of us.
:. So complex and difficult is the gov
.ernment of the municipality becoming,
Mr. Race said, that today we
find the cities run on more
efficient basis than formerly and
men are being trained and fitted
for this work. There are no, longer re-:
publicans and democrats when it comes
to the municipality, but the main
thought of those serving the public as
that they are coming to face problems
end work them out for the good Of the
community. Men have said that clin-
les, ETC., are foolish waste Of money
but the results speak for themselves,
the speaker said. In order to get the
best results from the children, they
must be kept normal and the way to}do
this, Mr.. Race said, is to provide those
things for them which tend to develop
and strengthen their faculties. a
The speaker pointed to the change in
the attitude of policemen toward chill
dren, of helping them across the streets
as an Indication of the awakening of
our consciousness of duty along civic
lines. The boy Of today is the man Of
tomorrow, he said,. and we are begin7
ming to realize tlAt it is necessary to
train the boy Of today for the problems
Of tomorrow. Wealth and prosperity
are Of no account unless they help the
community in which they are situated.
The city Of the future is one Of human
betterment, where religion is manifest
in an every day righteousness. b
. Senator McGarry Of Walker, who is.
with the Ten Thousand Lakes Of Min
nee0ta Association, spoke Of the work
of that, association. He said that it
was organized -four years ago but ex-.
perienced q setback when the war
came on. a deficit of $4,000, resulted
but the officers and boosters went out:
and raised this amount and now the 5or-;
ganization is -funct ctioning very well ana
the twin cities have gotten behind IL
Mr.. McGarTt said, that while the pro- pro-
ject % = whole e for the state the