Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-09-02

the annual convention OF the Grant
County w. G. T. U. which met in Fen
nimore Aug. 1920. 1t is an interesting
thesis on Our Opportunity for Ser
vice In Our Homes, and was pre-
pared by Edith Hoyle of Bagley:
7 FEEL quite honored to be permit
ted to compose a paper, to be
read before body so distinguish
ed, made up as it is, of the finest and
most amiable ladies of Grant county,
The Women's Christian Temperance
Union.
In my selection of this subject,
"Our Opportunity for Service in Our
Homes" it wasn't a matter of long
calculation, it was merely one of pure
chance, it being my first thought that
occurred after receipt of the request,
and as many of you are acquainted
with the writer, know her to be most
ly interested in her home, and in our
homes today, rests the responsibility
for the present dav conditions.
LETS Co.. Slogan Now.
1t is said there isn't any longer a
head of the family in the home. We
find parents fighting for supremacy,
neither willing to obey, both forget
ting that love and obedience go hand
in hand" The home is the cell of
life of the nation and the nation is
Just what the home builds, no better
or no worse. We are living in times
and under conditions which startle
those of us who think Every new
discovery of science and new inven
ton seems to add something to the
already terrific speed at which we
are going somewhere" Lets Go,
is seemingly everyone's motto.
Losing Power to Control.
In my own philosophy I belong to
the extreme class of Optimists, yet to
my judgment there isn't anyone at
the present time who can predict
with any certainty where we are go
ing. Whether we shall continue to
finer achievements or whether we
are going to fall One thing is GER
tain, we are learning more rapidly
the new sources of speed and power
than we are learning how to control
our power and direct our speed, and
not much head work is required to
determine that this is not good
combination.
It has only been few short years
that we were quite content with the
modes of travel, "the horse and wa
gon," because it was common thing.
But, lust think of today. A man can
breakfast in New York, and have sup
Der in San Francisco, having crossed
the continent in less time than we
could have gone a few miles in
single day with horses.
The first telephones were regarded
as a hoax They couldn't believe one
could talk into a little box on the
wall and be heard miles away. Now
in considerable less than half cen
tury can listen to President Coolidge
speaking from the White House
while sitting in my chair at home.
And I presume one of these days when
we have developed a little closer sell
ectivity and little more regeneration
or whatever maybe needed we can be
able to tune in" and hear the morn
ing stars singing together. I'm not
sure. where we are going, but we are
surely going some.
Youth Taking Easy Way.
Youth has been caught, or in more
specific terms of thinking, the High
school" age, those upon whom we
shall be forced to depend for to-
morrow's leadership and they are drlv-
ing fast. Our old standards have been
thrown aside. Old ideas pretty much
forgotten and our modern social pro-
grams have stimulated their curiosity
in the wrong direction, and developed
long before their self-control has even
"sprouted." They are following the
lines of least resistance, which doesn't
often lead to things worth while, and
I7oorI n 1nptUTpT state
.non-resistance leads to softness, and
soft things soon perish and rot.
Grow Up Like "TOpsy.'
One of the most tragic things about
this terrific pace at which we are l1v-
ING. these days is resulting In new
order of things in our homes and IN
our social life.
The one objective is, most of us, are
so busy doing things for our young
people that we haven't time to do any
thing with them The result is most
babies born Cike Topsy) they just
grow into young womanhood and man
hood and a large percentage OF the
children of our so-called best famlI1eS
are being reared by proxy. That is:
Their education. both mental and NOR
al is being entrusted to schools.
Y NJ. G. A.. and here is where the
Young so-called ''cake-eaters and mod
ern fappers" have two outstanding
faults. their father and mother.
These parents, maybe splendid men
and women and dearly love their off
spring. but they are not taking the
time to be companions to their child
rem. or to study their natures, and to
wisely direct them. People say it's the
fault of prohibition. the war, the 18th
amendment. the movies, the newspap-
ers and many other things, that are
responsible for the present situation.
Each may in fact contribute its bit,
but in searching for the cause of the
pace our younger generation are trav-
cling a prophet might well stand up
and point to the modern parents and
say. as did Nathan to David: Thou
art the mani"
No Discipline Grave Fault.
In many of our homes our children
are being reared in idleness, allowed