Show an ail article P read pad ad by mrs lula B coll call before the recent peace you ask how best can mothers promote the cause of peace we little mothers that ali aimont tremble at our insignificance we are individually 1 such tiny dious in fit the sea of people who cover the earth when we think of ourselves and the seem iny weak efforts we can put forth to advance the march of the worlds progress we cannot help hell but anjer value our work Us its true we are but atoms but the he earth aes es all the universe is made up of particles pai tides smaller even than we anea ittie irtle part is of importance not only in itself but in ill the support it gives to all those around it individual cells and the unity that holds them together makes make ita 4 a we are not so small after all nor is our influence of little scope look at al that sweet babe cuddling in your ainis do aou ou know inow who he Is no but aou ou feel that lie he is of oc just as much importance as the he czar of dussias Rus sias baby and he is the throne of russia may inay fall tomorrow your babo babe may live to be one of the greatest men the I 1 lie world has ever known liow dow in humility and say that the influence you haie po er to exert over his life may be for the best good A noted catholic priest once said give me your child until lie he is seen cars old you may haie him bilm then he will always bo be a catholic what does that tell us that the old adage early in impressions pres are the most lasting means so we conic into this with a brain all areli for impressions 1 avery very thing we hear or see we store away in mind pictures of those pictures we form our ideas of life our belief of the relationship that man should leold to man and his maker the why of our existence and the connection of this L is world to the one behind the veil 1 1 are we going to lie be honest hones t and chaste or live a life of sip sin and sh shame arnea are wo we going to make ourselves respectable spec table citizens or be outcasts from Eo society clety are we going to our fel or pull them down it all depends on our mind pictures and the uses to which we ire put them who is best situated to give us these first lasting impressions mother around her knee the first questions are asked questions that so puzzle tle the little new earth spirit let us see to it that we plant good seed lit in th that garden de of knowledge seed that may some day blossom and bear f fruit vi ve e may 1 never see the blossoms or taste the fluet but let us plant weri weh all tile the same in ancient sparta mothers taught their boys to fear nothing and face death without a quiver I 1 they ay were maae to 10 boar bear great physical pain that they might be inured to hardships fathers trained their sons flon childhood for a soldiers life it was as the highest ideal ind and ambition of 0 a boy to be hacked to pieces on oil the battle field and in die without a murmur so much is in the training and environment ideals are formed and actions are pattern ed after the thoughts of the mind and we know that it is much easier to give a child new good ideas to think about than convince older of the enor of the old tradition they have follo followed Ned so long that man mail Is a necessary evil may we not say is a tradition the reformation or of mankind depends on tile the children or of today we are all i ibach caching u upward awa id u upward 1 ward to a higher letter better life than we are living now we dont want to so go alone we want to help lift humanity to that higher plain too loo can call pro giess gless best be made in tim time e of peace or times of turm turmoil oil what is growing ing in the garden when the ill plowshare has been cast into the avold svold weeds the sounds of the battle shout and the cannons roar always has its echio in the cries of hunger and sorrow hom the widow and the fatherless hatred and en nifty is in fia the heart of man mail when aben lie ho carries an instrument of blood in ills his hand and ami when the horrors exist lie he will v ill have had work to uplift him self or oi assist the brother at his side since c e the fall of man the world has can been cm in n perpetual w warfare the astl strong ong overcoming the weak still 1 aire we are arc all looking forward to the I 1 reign ot of peace that shall yet encircle our globe here is work for the mothers to do tradition is a liard hard chain to break we are hero iidro worshipers wid and the heros of war have been held up so eo long as patterns of the noblest and bravest that the martial spirit seems to be born in nearly every boy tile the strains of music the waving of flags and tile the tramp of feet as the soldiers march away avay have something fascinating about them there Is something that stirs in our hearts a feeling of pride and patriot ism le do not see sec the suffering in this long lone line of glittering show who is not willing to shoulder a musket and aad maichi leaich away even to death for his count rys cause as the poet sos for the he green graves of our sales gorl col ind and our native land and it was well that they felt that way lit in the past jt it made of weak cities strong nations ind and made men forget their personal selfishness and ask aid of and give to their neighbor it seemed the only way then but now we hope for a new and better era the old tradition of physical phy ical strength blute foice go governing veining the earth will pass away and right will prevail 01 er might when intelligence all and loe and peace will govern tile the acts of men ind and na eions clothe s it if you can call but implant this yearning for peace in the souls of your our children if aou ou can but make them feel the uselessness of war and bloodshed if they can but understand that intelligent arbitration will settle a dispute and light a wrong mole moie successfully than the foice or strength of arms arins then it will not be many generations before tile the of man will have forgotten that guns and implements of war were ever necessary to preserve peace ind and good it will just us t be read of in wonder ind and ama amazement zemen t in fit the history of the worlds past teach your ybur little lit tle ones from boyhood that force never did prove a truth and that there are other ways of defending your our honor than by knocking the other fellow down let them know that in the past man lias has had to light fight for his place in the world families cities and finally nations have had to band together tor for self protection be because catlie enmity and selfishness fis fish ness luied the actions of men but that the people of the world have yet the lesson to learn they learn it to love their neigh lor as thenis elf when ali taj law governs no ones rights will be tram train upon it is true true that the constant dropping of water will wear away stone so the smooth r flowing 0 of peace will yet wear away the hard bitter feelings from the hearts of men vou ou and I 1 have h av e our part lit in this york work to do it if we can accomplish much hy by individual effort think what will be done by the unity of 0 thousands can we not teach our little ones to not only bo be willing to lie die for their country but me live for it and give others the same privilege A mothers influence is unmeasured tho the little family circle at her knee will some lay day be a community of souls give them higher lid ideals bals show them as heroes of the world tile the men who have done the greatest good to inan mankind kind the little decd you plant now in their tender hearts will be a garden of precious fruit bye ind and bye development Is gradual the emperor napoleon Ka bonapart reached the summit of mans mastering of the world since then little by little the right of force has been quelled until now we ive can call almost see sec tile the rosy lawn dawn of universal peace there is a theory and I 1 believe it is true that the he devolving planets and stars make sweet music as they whirl through space oh ob let us hope and pray and work that the lash clash of arms the groans and lamentations of war may cease that peace and love may abide with us its that our earth isay inay not male make discord in the harmony of heaven |