The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-06-26
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sible for the wild flight and giddy
whirl of the American young man
| and young woman, and the general
youth of today, by speakers at the
national meeting of the General Fed
Grafton of Women's clubs at Los
Angeles. The American home and
the American parents, the father
and mother who so deeply engrossed
in trying to have a good time, as
| they speak of it, have overlooked
| the youth which left to their own de-
vices, have gone such pace that
the parent today is standing aghast
wondering what is the matter and
how to stop the giddy whirl and the
era of jazz and gin.
There is no home life today"
is the statement made by one speak
er, and she is big enough, strong
enough and brave enough to place
the blame on the modern day mother.
The man, the father, is to blame
to some extent, she admits that, but
makes the claim that it Is the mother
who has deserted the home and left
those much dependent upon her to
shift for themselves until the point
has been reached that the young
folks have drifted so far from home
and parental authority and control
that no such condition longer exists.
The remedy suggested is the re-
Mobilization of the American home;
more attention to home problems and
home influence than to social func-
lions and national affairs. One of
the woman speakers makes so bold
as to say that as much as she is de-
voted to club and federation work ,
she is of the opinion that the Amer
lean home has suffered on account
of the activity in national matters
by the women of the country. The
home problem, it is stated, is the
problem of both the man and the
but largely the woman. Be-
fore the emancipation OF woman,
when she was content to make the
home and let the man be the bread
when she was content to
live her life with her children, to
each them the baby prayers at her
znee, to grow up with them, one
night say, to guide and influence
hem, to go to church with them, to
axe the children into social acti-
titles and think more of home and
children than anything else, no So
,ial problems such as those which
Tex today were heard of.
No one but woman would dare
o make so truthful and broad a 7
tatement as that which was made I
It the convention for womankind.
1t was a man who brought the I
ubject up. A bold man, one might
yell say, for when asked to address I
he federation he told the women '
hat in his opinion they had better q
e at home looking after their homes 4
heir children and their business, 4
they had any, rather than to be a
raveling across the country attend s
lg conventions when the American n
ONE, which a generation ago, was t.
ne foundation on which sound Am +
rican life was built, is in danger, a
ointing out the condition of the a
)cial activities of the average Am C.
rican youth of today t
His bold speech was met first with L
ldignation and denial-that was ex- a
ected and probably what he wanted, II
n the aftermath was a discussion n
what he had to say and resolu- g,
ons passed by the women in con- G
,ntion assembled that the American "
)me is worth saving, worth working =
II and worth living for.
The present day generation pre- a.
nts hard problem, for in their p
me they are to become the parents Il
the generation to come, and with d.
Ie present day ideals and lack of CT
aiming just how the parents to be F
i'll place in the minds and hearts a.
the children to come reverence b
Id love of home and obedience to m
e authority of the parent, will be p'
big problem. Of
1t may be that the next genera M
on will awaken to the fact that o g
eat harm has been done themselves H
Id realizing the lack Of purpose tt
/ the part of their own parents, will lie
act strangely and go clear back is
the old time and idea, that of D
aring the rod and spoil the child,
i'd will take their children firmly h
hand and steady them in the
raight and narrow path, particular
by staying in the path themselves.
At any rate, 1t is good thing
talk about, and 1t is fine to know bt
at the good women of the land &C
alize and talk about the apparent dl
rinking of responsibility and lack vi
authority, and maybe on their rel