The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-05-11

Mrs. McKimmon, who Is Assist
ant Director of Extension work IN
this State. and State Home Dem
ohstration Agent, roundly scored
the problem of divorce OF this day.,
n problem that in her opinion. iss
due largely to the lack Of training
for parenthOOd and treatment oil.
husband or wife.
What we need mostly. Mrs. NC
Kimmon told her audience. Is to EN-
phasize the training of young girls
to he mothers and wives. and TO.
train young men to he husbands ana
fathers. "We only teach the man
how to earn a living we teach the
girl the minor things Of life. and
perhaps something about making,
her own living: but we do not teach,
young men the problems of married.
life. how TO make home. and how
TO treat n wife: nor do we educate
the girl into a more understanding
attitude toward association with 8.
home. husband. and children" Mrs,
McKimmOn said in effect.
The ups and downs OF today. IN
cluding the present unrest ainonf:
uur young people. were attribufetl
largely to lack of home training
and this lack of training Is due stt !
the incOmpetency Of young people
who have started life without know
ing the fundamentals of getting
along tOgctheA Of making ever.l
hour of their time count for usefu
and happy purposes. OF KNOWN;
what is best to eat, and best I'll
wear, and how to make their suri
roundings cheerful and inviting.
/ The young people Of today ar
fired Of hapllazard methods" sail
Mrs. SIcKtinmoh. 'They hesitate Z |
! marriage and postpone It more that
ever. The average young man fear
/ that his income Is Insufficient. ami
as a result of It marriage In 81
many Instances is dependent oDE
finding a helpmate. who will assum 4
part OF the burden Of earning nyf
ing"
Mrs. McKimnon' brought atteff
ton TO the fact that the wife VIII
doesn't know the ;l,usinessI of mar
agihg d home, and being true hell
matte is the cause of the man wgr i
ing so Gard that he can have littlk
time with his family. making maIs
ried life doubly disappointing. ii
cannot know his children nor the /
him. -..--
1T is time to reinstate the fathe q
as a parent Mrs. McKimmon d'f
clared.
In her. speech she scored hast
punishment of children, which t
one result Of parents ignorant
of the subject of rearing "a famM.
"In most eases. it is the' pargi \
who should he spanked" the speal 4
er said.
In her opinion. the family is goiDi,
to new level In this new ddiS
Get established on Il more efuj Il
able basis looking toward the.
mutual happiness. that II will he OIL
4. for social betterment." Il
The meeting ut this city was OF
Of a series conducted in cooper
tion with the county home and defl
onstraticn agents In ChOwan. Pa
1uotank and Currituck. with vie Y
To cstabli hing a higher degree
unity among people of towns an
the county. 3
In the courthouse Wednesdf {
night. short addresses were ma 3
by Miss Edna Evans. Home Dei
onstraticn Agent. Mayor Flor
Judge J. b. Leigh. Mrs. ]. G. FeaS
Ing. president of the WOmans Cluf
and moving pictures were present'E
| by County Agent Falls. K
One Of the finest meetings OF g
week WAS held at Currituck Wednt
day afternoon with more than y
women present. Currituck won I
take much interest in club wolf
Mrs. McKimmOn was the princilt
speaker. while addresses were ma i
by many other women Of the d
trict. who have made unusual s'y
ceSses in various lines of endeauf,
/ Mrs. McKimmon left Thursday 3
attend a similar meeting In Chow 4