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been taught the principles of agriculture and knows how to grow things 

 and loves the performance of that labor. 



Another point of attack in the home is its amusements. The spirit 

 of co-operation must ever abide therein. It is an appalling fact that 

 so few parents appreciate their responsibility in that respect, but pay 

 so little attention to that part of their boys' and girls' development. 

 Amusements have been taken out of the home, and too many parents 

 are paying but little attention to the quality of these amusements and 

 the effect they will have upon the child's character. The spirit pre- 

 dominates in the mind of most of our young people to-day of having a 

 good time. A good time regardless of every other condition in life or 

 whether it meet the approval of those nearest and dearest to them. 

 The moving picture show is going to prove a great menace to 

 the Nation or a great benefit, and we can make it just what we desire 

 it to be. If you do not believe it is so, listen to these facts. In the 

 city of Madison, Wis., 31,000 out of 35,000 population visit the moving 

 picture shows every week. Some censorship has been done but not 

 sufficient to guarantee parents to trust their children to enter picture 

 shows whenever they so desire. Well, we may ask, what are we going 

 to do about it? And the answer must be, educate parents to their re- 

 sponsibility in the matter, so that the picture show may perform its 

 mission of amusing and educating properly at the same time. 



I have gone into the details of all these requirements of home-makers' 

 that you may see how closely they are allied to the co-operative rela- 

 tion and spirit that should exist between men and women in the home. 

 It must be established if the home is to be one of happiness and har- 

 mony. 



The third great relation that will be as sure to follow as day does 

 the night if there is co-operation in the home, is consideration for each 

 other. What do we mean by consideration? That fine sense of ap- 

 preciation of each other's likes and dislikes; that we may not bring 

 notes of inharmony into each other's daily life. How considerate men 

 and women are of each other before marriage and how soon it is en- 

 tirely ignored when the honeymoon is over. I will give just one illus- 

 tration : The untidy appearance of both men and women in the home 

 so soon after marriage is a lack of consideration for each other. We 

 find that true especially among farmers and their wives, until we 

 speak of a man that tills the soil, thusly: "Oh, he looks just like a 

 farmer." 



These are some of the most prominent relations that must exist in the 

 home if it is to be a real home. Home-making is truly a profession 

 that means wise training and a broad education to meet all its de- 

 mands. Should not our present-day training of our boys and girls have 

 this home-building science, the keynote of all their education? Would 

 they not be more truly fitted for life and all its high and lofty pur- 

 poses if such could be the case? Should we not put forth greater 

 effort along all lines of child development or human development that 

 the ideal home may predominate in our midst? 



Orison Mardeu says: "The ideal home of the future will not only 

 be equipped with all the comforts, conveniences and refinements of life; 



