The White Ribbon. For God and Home and Humanity. MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1910. RESPONSIBILITIES OF WOMEN.

White Ribbon, Volume 15, Issue 178, 18 April 1910, Page 7

The White Ribbon. For God and Home and Humanity. MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1910. RESPONSIBILITIES OF WOMEN.

WHEN we look around on the multitude of women of leisure we think of the need there is for a prophet to be sent to tell them of the woe awaiting those who shirk their responsibilities. The persistent cry of to-day is, for help from women of intellect, character, and culture, to stem the torrent of evil overflowing our country. How can women Mothers he aroused? Will improvement in temperance and morality come to our children without instruction? Will matters be helped by sitting down and bewailing the sins and misdoings of the rising generation ? We say NO ! The way —the only way —is to take every opportunity to put Christian women by the side of Christian men in all positions of influence, on public bodies and committees. We have the opportunity with us now to elect our School Committees. Let us see to it that at our householders’ meetings, to he held everywhere this month, we are there to see the right people put in the right place. A School Committee's power is still limited, hut the Committee can say, as far as the law will allow, under what conditions our children’s education shall he pursued. Education Boards are elected by the votes of School Committees, and with these the decision rests what shall be taught to our children by text hooks and object lessons. School life in many cases decides the future career of our coming citizens, and the highest moral teaching must he given. Heathy and strictly sanitary surroundings are essential. It is the plain duty of all women to see to these things, and untold trouble will arise if they evade it.