Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-16

troll will not be practiced by the
foreigner and the poor. whom il
processes to benefit. 1t aims straight
at the hearthStone of the American
home: make no mistake about that.
"a book recently has come out
With Our Girls" Mrs Minor said.
II do not believe there is anything
wrong with our girls. | do not be
lieve in thus taking for granted that
there is something wrong. The mega
tive thought is always a weakness. !
believe our boys and girls are just az
good as We We're ~hen we were their
age. In every generation human ma
ture-and youthful human nature
is the same at bottom and human
nature is good. not bad
"Laxities there surely are. but boys
and girls are not the only culprits.
They but reflect what they find
around them. Look we'll, then. TO
these surroundings and these infu-
ences and the thoughts that prevail
IN the homes and at school. Are they
all that they should be for buildin 8
up foundation Of honor and honesty,
truth and integrity" Many are the
disintesra ting influences that affect
the homes Of today--the movies. the
automobiles. the spirit Of restlessness.
all urging to excitement and change.
1T is for You to keep the homes OF
the nation firmly built up on the sure
foundations of the past-the founGa-
tons OF a strong. pure family life.
around the family lamp as a center
from which CLOVIS all that is highest
and best in the nations character.
For nation can rise no higher than
the level of it's home and the charac-
ter of its mothers There can be no
higher service 10 the nation than be
homes Of the future are safe in the
hands OF our girls. for they will fol-
low the sure instincts of good mother
hood. And as long as millions of
little homes dot the hillsides and
broad plains of America. the socialist
viii never realize his vain dream of
sinking them and all else in the col
Iectlve ownership pool OF the reds
Urges Loyal Teachers.
Next to being a good mother. Mrs
Minor declared. is being good teach
CT. She urged the delegates to de-
vote much OF their attention to the
schools and see that they had teach
ers of high character high ideals and
unimpeachable loyalty to America
character. patriotism and obedience to
law, she said. are the essentials Of
training in the schools. 1t is known.
however, the speaker asserted. that
there is an organized movement of
many years standing among radicals
to insinuate their doctrines into
land.
1T is alleged that there are over
5000 teachers in our schools who are
not loyal to the government and Con
stitutlon of the United States" Mrs.
Minor continued. Here is a fertile
field for your watchful care. See thai
your teachers are honestly loyal: see
that they teach the principles Of This
republic with that spirit of pride in
this country that BELTS a true Ameri-
can. There is nothing debatable
ABOUT alleg1ance to our flag and the
republic for which it stands. Freedom
of speech does not give the right n
teach disloyalty to our children and
college youths. Guard we'll your
schools. lest the life OF the nation
be poisoned at its source America
is calling to each one of US TO keen
alive the spirit of its founders who
counted no sacrifice too great 70 he
placed upon its altar; to keen aIof,
its high standards of patriotism: Of
home life. of public service. Of liberty
under law. of religion held fast in the
daily lives Of the people. Those are
your standards. your heritage OF
ideals Vi
"Pacifists. socialists, International
ISIS OF certain type-all are work
ing together to eradicate these senti-
ntnts. They would disarm and kill
patriotism in the hearts Of her de-
tenders. but the new day of the
bolshevists will never dawn out of
its sea of blood and destruction. But
our need is great. What does II
desecrated hand of lawlessness, as has
happened at Herrin, Ill, where no
jury can be found to convict men re-
sponsible for cold-blooded massacre
What does it mean when a jury fails
TO convict and acknowledge reds
caught plotting against the govern
ment In Michigan 1t Is time to
awaken to this danger; to stand by
the Constitution and the flag, and
have revival of that faith in God
on which our nation was founded.
Look beyond the limits of your
chapter and your town. Put your
love and your loyalty into the great
nation of which you are a part In
God We Trust is the motto of our
nation. See to 1t that we live up to
1t in our everyday lives"
Pages in White.
The opening exercises were most
impressive. At 1925 Arthur F. Wit
comb OF the United States Marine
Band sounded attention. Five minutes
later he mounted to the rostrum and
sounded assembly. AS the delegates,
alternates and guests arose the pres
ident general, escorted by the Of
f1cers of the national society and 14o
young woman pages, all dressed in