THE VITALITY OF THE RACE

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 518, 27 May 1909, Page 3

THE VITALITY OF THE RACE

"A Mother" writes.to tho editor saying: Will you. allow mo through your columns to thank Dr. Agnes Bennett for her splendid article in Tuesday's Dominion? Women aro usuallycrcdited with hysteria, but'thero was not a traco'of it.in tho: : two columns, even to tho splendid climax. In tho next column thero is a report of" 'tho "no-conscription meeting" held on Monday, which gives .'evidence, of hy'storia, envy, and aggressiveness. At the present time tho whole -world ;iifieds leaders among women—women of education, rofinoment, and ".with hearts of faith', in a groat cause—to. waken loyalty, reverence, and patriotism in a dormant,people.- ' I propose that New Zealand women form'a society to bo'called .",Tho Dominion League," to'promote nighor. thought in this young nation. Let us not.-allow lawless, ill-natured pcoplo to' flourish : in-our midst. Is. it. possible to have compulsory and efficient military, training without interfering with .working hours as thoy'now stand?- Lot.imothors train.their children in their infancy, and fill .them with bravo'thoughts,'so that thoy can stand alono in their. years of maturity—courageous and unafraid. -'Fill-the..garden..with, flowers so that there;:will bo-no: room'.for' woods.- \