The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-27
Tom Watson, w h o r an cred to the Baser Instincts of His N ei g h bors- Taking a Profit from Prejudice - w h a t Has Become of the Old Fashioned Home Bathing Becomes an Indoor Sport.
an Indoor Sport.

udilL anu dbIe eOIlOT, d SuCCSSS- full politician who never got to be a great man because he pam dered to the worst elements in his environment. In Georgia there is a large negro population, sur vival of slavery; and a white population, of the type which southerners call poor white, eco- nomically ruined by slavery. These people, narrow, vindic- tive, fanatica1ly religious, intoler- ant, specialize in hating those not of their own particular be- lief. To this feeling Watson gave the best that he had, making men worse instead of better. The influence of environment is tre- mendous. Watson lacked the moral power to surmount his.
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 The temptation to take a pro- motion, or a profit out of the weakness and innocence of ones neighbors is strong in the human heart. Politicians are especially weak. It is so easy to get a few votes by setting neighbor against neighbor. or by sacrificing school children, or in many other ways, that work for evil. The Socialists call this economic determinfsm, which means that politician sees nothing but his bread and but ter. Thinks he sees the bread and butter, is often truei False hood in public life also fails in the end. The real time to ask whether a man Is a. failure, is when he is about to be buried? ? Then true values often are as- sessed
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 What has become of the old fashioned home2 The question was asked by W. N. Northcott, Bridgeport Y. M. c. A. secretary. yesterday, in an address he made to Rotarians. The old fashioned
  mind, was the large. old colonial house, with many rooms of good size, standing on a large piece of land. In these homes several families often lived, as sons and daughter grew up and married. In these homes living was gener- Ous.
 
 There were other homes, not so generous. Taking it altogeth- CT, homes are bigger than they used to be, and unutterably more comfortable, in the United States. When MT. Northcott was a. boy, they took a bath Saturday night, in something convenient. Even g. pathetic, with running water, is more convenient than that. Most families have bathtubs of fair size, and bathing, which used to be a duty. has become an indoor sport.
 It Is quite true that families are less self contained than they used to be. The school, for in stance, is a great family separa- tor. The boy may be taught one thing at home, but he is taught many things at school. Is the family necessarily the best school? Can more and better be acquired outside? It depends somewhat up- on the family, but broadly. the answer Is, yes The old square grand had It's place; but there is more music nowadays and more persons understand music, all though the mechanical piano and the talking machines have ar rived.
 Taking mankind bye and large the transition from the self con tained home to the home con- tatned in the world has been a wholesome one The home was once an economic unit, which pro- duced most of the things of daily life, its own goods and its own mentality. The church was one separation. The head of the fam fly was once the priest of the family. The school was another. Baseball, moving pictures, drama. libraries, steamboats and rail- roads are other separations, most ly good.
 
 It must not be supposed that MT. Northcott's address was not in the main true, as well as elo- quent and convincing. There Is a certain tendency for the spirit of the home to coarsen. Jazz is not beautiful, though it is more toIerable than the same sort of thAag was in the earlier day. Be cause only the best songs are pre- served from olden times. 1t is commonly supposed that the old times were better. But songs and jokes today are cleaner, and less vulgar, taking them a1togeth-