Questions like the tariff and currency are
of literally no consequence whatever com-
pared with the vital question of having the
unit of our social life, the home, preserved

-Roosevelt

INTRODUCED BY

REV. ROBERT WATSON, D.D.

THE BAKER & TAYLOR CO.,
TRADE SELLING AGENTS,

354 4th Ave.,

NEW YORK

ANDOVER-HARVARD
THEOLOGICA! LIBRARY
CAMBRILE - MASS!

A71.386

TO
PARENTS, TEACHERS, PASTORS,

“ÇĪTY FATHERS,” AND

"INNER CIRCLES” OF
THOUGHTFUL YOUNG PEOPLE,

THESE FAMILIAR TALKS
ARE CORDIALLY DEDICATED

Copyright, 1922, by
WILBUR F. CRAFTS

PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.

CONTENTS

Introduction by Rev. Robert Watson, D.D...

5

Author's Preface...,

9

I. Be Good to Yourself..

15

II. The Family Circle.

33

III. Unfolding of a Child's Faculties (Family Circle

Continued)

46

IV. The Neighborhood Circle of Love..

61

V. City Patriotism.....

83

VI. State and Provincial Patriotism.

109

VII. Love of Country...

127

VIII. The Brotherhood of Man.....

148

X. Immigration from Patriotic and Humanitarian

Viewpoints

170

X. Educate the Young for World Peace..

188

XI. The World in the Heart of God.....

210

FORUMS

Goodness and Happiness..

233

New Responsibilities of Girls in the Upper Teens 243

Home Training of Children for Good Citidenship 258

Home Discipline by Physical Pain and Otherwise 265

Training Children in Good Habits...

275

Parents and Sunday School Teachers Cooperate 281

A Pull Altogether for More and Better Education 290

What Will Fathers Do to Check New Perils of

Their Daughters?

308

Protect Growing Youth Against Habit-Forming

Drugs .

328

Gambling Always Bad Morals and Bad Manners 335

Are Our Sports and Amusements American?.... 345

Is American "Society" American?.

349

Is American Politics American?.

355

What Is Americanism Industrially?.

36i

What Is An "American Sunday”?.

376

Are Our Immigrants Becoming True Americans? 386

"Flag Day” Service.

390

Shall Progress of the Sport of Boxing Be Re-

verted by Commercialism?.

397

War Clouds Everywhere But “Brighten the Cor-

ner Where You Are"

402

Aftermath

416

Alphabetical Index.

425

List of the Authors Books.

432