Evening star., 1922-04-02
Training Children at Home
Held Among the Lost Arts

warrior blood corpuscles. and that
Eanism these corpuscles attack the
disease and andeavoT to destroy
1t. In nature ali Destroying AMI
mails and insects have enemies
which seek to overcome them.
Manifeetly. when organised so
ciety observed the disintesration Of
the home in American life, noted
the lack of authority in most Of
them and realized the carelessnsss
an antidote for what It recognized
as an. evil. When Robert Raikes
organized the Sunday school he
had in mind training for the waits
OF the street. He had no idea that
the Christian homes Of England
would cease their moral and re-
liEious training and send their
this kind Of instruction. Yet the
Sunday school rapidly became the
most important annex to the
church. Fathers and mothers were
glad to shift the responsibility of
home training from themselves to
unknown Sunday school teachers.
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When young msn reach the age
to use a razor they seem to think
it time to quit churches and Sun
day schools. which they apparent
ly believe are for women. feeble
minded old men and helpless chill
dren. and not the place for strong.
virile young men. So society Or
ganized the Young Mems Christian
Association and. in the midst Of
bathing and boxing. sought to
keep q decent respect for God
Almighty in the minds Of the
young men Of America. Then, the
trend toward equal rights for
women and the spread of feminism
produced q restive spirit among
the young women Of our land. and to
meet this evil the Young Women's
Christian Association was founded.
The good work Which society
was compelled to do in assuming
vet ended. The twelve-year-old
boy would accept no reason why
his eighteen year old brother
should have an organization to
which he could go. when he was
compelled to stay at home. So the
Boy Scouts found their way into
American life. to be followed almost
lHineofhteiy Dy the rlGeSioe STis.
All this, and only this. we have
done to combat the evils that arose
from the loss of the American
home. II there are social blood
corpuscles and in sufficient num-
bers to overcome the ills. we'll and
good. II not. society in self-de-
fense will have to devise some
new plan to meet the emergency:
In the old days parents were in
terested in the schooling Of their
children. They used to know the
school teacher, and they would 60
to the school to see how the chill
dren were coming on. Disappear
arce OF this phase Of American
life is universally deplored, so
much 80 that again society has
sent its warning blood corpuscles
through the arteries Of American
life by the organization Of the
object it is to get parents inter-
ested in the schools and teachers
and to bring the teachers in closer
relation to the home. 1t is a laud-
able work.
Though men laugh at God, they
know there is God. Though they
sneer at rewards and punishments.
they are very certain that rewards
and punishments exist. They are
brain and the conscience Of an In
dividual constitute about all there
is of him. and that their proper
training is necessary IL the indi-
vidual is to be the right kind of a
citizen. One of these days We will
return to the individual RESPONSE
bility of the American citizen now
depioran,i,y ,,, IGNORED. , Individual ,.nn aa
Eanized society to rear. his chill
dren and guide them in right lines
Of life and stand sponsor for their
success. Some day there will
again be more joy in a household
over q little one that has been con-
flded to the loving care Of q father
and mother than there is now
over the purchase Of q fiivrer or
the striking OF oil.
Organizations now very neces-
sary are but passing phases in the
real life Of the republic. Return
ing toward fundamentals, we shall
get back to a golden mean, where
neither the harshness OF the past
nor the carelessness OF the present
shall be the controlling factor.
We shall arrive at this stage of
our civilization when the training
Of our children shall disclose in
home life the attributes which be-
long to God-goodness and Sc
verify.
Copyright, 1922. BY Thomns r. MarshalI.)