Eureka Reporter | 1906-05-11 | Page 6 | Nation Needs Influence of Home

the greatest ence exerted by any natam one of us is the W influence of say a man is influential because he has mone or social position bul by rev r EV FRED A WEIL it does not avail the liquor men to pour out their money and beer in an effort to defeat the high license aldermen no matter what social shield him when he commits a position a man holds it will not wrong what determines public judgment is the sentiment fostered through the unconscious influence received by the individual as he touches elbows with pure and sweet lives it is such lives that shape the future of this nation I 1 do not br little the forming of societies to prevent crime especially when these are legitimate products and not political machines in disguise we need them yet the great problem is the handling of the young lest we see another generation of criminals and degenerates degen rates propagated the large cities especially need playgrounds and require many things to exert an unconscious influence for healthy living physically and spiritually upon its boys and girls but most of all strange as it may seem the nation demands that parents fulfill their obligations to their children and to the city in giving the personal touch in the family life