The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-25

of the license, in order to prevent /,
hasty marriages, and suggested that
power be given judges to grant limited
divorces so that the guilty parties in
divorce could be prevented from
marrying again.
Judge Bond stated that he was in
favor of compulsory Sunday school at
tendance for boys and girls to attend
Sunday school, or its equivalent, in
order to provide moral teaching
1T is remarkable that l have never
had couple to come before me for
divorce who have been married by
| the old fashioned Friends ceremony"
said Bond.
solo by Miss Blanche Boyd pre-
coded the speech by Mr. Foulke.
With the subject of The Ideal Com
munity''. Mr.. Foulke pleaded for more
attention by cities to their spiritual
advantages rather than material pros
perity. The trouble with many
cities is that they have confused the
term prosperity with mere material
] advantage" he said.
1T is we'll to have comfortable
homes, beautiful parks. and prosper
Gus factories" Mr. Foulke added, "but
let us not forget the other things and
make material prosperity our sole aim
That is the besetting sin of America
Let us cultivate the souls. not the
body alone, of the city as well as of
the man."
Mr.. Foulke defined the ideal city as
the one that possessed not only
physical advantages such as art, sculp-
ture, churches, parks, but where
suffering is cared for, and justice and
kindness prevail.
Foulke Names Principles.
i Liberty, equality, fraternity-this is
the watchword of an ideal community
declared William Dudley Foulke.
That is the groundwork of Christian
ity itself. the golden rule. that we
should love our neighbors as ourselves.
The principles of justice and mercy
in all human dealings are based upon
that ideal. If we follow these three
great principles we shall have a sound
basis upon which to rear our COM
munity.
Men may be well meaning. but if
they do not know how to develop sue
cessfully their bodies and their minds,
the community will be far from per-
: feet. 1t is crippled community that
does not know how to keep away the
: inroads of preventable and contagious
. diseases. 1t is stunted community
which permits it's children to grow up
7 in ignorance.
J THE besetting sin of American life
in late years has been its devotion to
! mere physical advantages A city is
forever striving for great buildings
enormous population, unlimited wealth
with too little regard TO the more i'm
portant blessings which follow from
the physical, mental and moral devel
opment of the people. Our greatest
vice has ben the fever of money get
? ting, which, with the great portion
of our people has stifed Other
aspirations.
Thrift Not All.
Now it is an excellent thing for z
man to be thrifty, to increase his
/ store of knowledge by travel ant
!. otherwise and to spend his declining
years in comfort, but to devote his
whole soul to this end is to pervert his
!. energies and dwarf his life. This is
equally true of a community"
j, The afternoon session was closed BY
: a short talk by Rev. A. F. Hogan
pastor of the NJ E. church, anc
= president of the city council. H,
pointed out that the Improvement.
a stressed by the speakers were in lin,
with the desires of the church, ant
Y congratulated the community on pro
gressiveness of leading citizens wht
are earnestly working for Christian
ideals
H. NJ. Gaar, in charge of the ar