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Show DR. VANCE'S DAILY ARTICLE w . 1 BY DR JAMES I VANCE. Wifehood and Motherhood are tho top rounds in the ladder for a woman. wo-man. There is no human greatness beyond these. Wifehood is more than a se relation. It la building a happy home It Is confidence and inspiration in-spiration and love. It is furnishing motive power to the world's tollers. It Is heaven at the close of the day This is wifehood A woman must do more than cook breakfast and sew on buttons to earn her crown. She must be the soul of the firm She must drag a man every day out of things thai are sordid through necessity tip to heights where the air is clean and the vision enchanting. Motherhood is more than bear Ing children. It is tramlnc them It Is a mother putting hersell into her children after the miracle' of birth has come to pas It, Is putting herself her-self aside that her children may the right of way. It Is furnishing o liei offspring not only wUh clean blood and sound bodies, but with strong convictions and high ideals land noble purposes. A good mother is more than a j lover of maternity She is a moulder , ; of character and a maker of men. ; 'She produces statesmen. She sends men to the firing line. She keps patriotism Olive She nurses rellgl-OUS rellgl-OUS fervor. Motherhood keeps earth from going jto hell. Ii is a hol calling to be a wife: it is a Facrument to be a mother , The world is built on these twj. The destiny of the race is In tlc hands of women, not as they vote nchi and make good citizen, Mil las they are true to their acient in- 1 heri lance and make good wives and 1 faithful mothers. The greatness of a nation is built ) not at the polls, out bark in the homes of its people I And homes are what wifehood and motherhood make them. |