Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-04-06

1 WoNxs IN Success is the
rule, and failure the exception. when
ladies take interest in a public enter.
prise, or lend their assistance to an OBJ
lect OF charity, utility or patriotism
Whatever cause they add is next to sure
OF ultimate prosperity. Fixtures, aud
even repeated failures. seem to become
but the foundation Of success. There
are substantial reasons forthis strength
Of female influence. That condition of
society is always the most satisfactory
in which, in serious fact, as we'll as in
mere courtesy, the maxim is recognized
Place for the Ladies'! One source of
wonan's power il the Difference with
which she 10 regarded by the other sex.
Foreign observers have remarked with
admiration the large proportion of fe.
male teachers in our public schools.
and the perfect discipline which thev
maintain over the lads, many of WHOM,
are accustomed TO obedience nowhere
else. The secret of this is that the
ruder the boy the more perfect bis sub
mission to young lady placed over
him as teacher. He regards it as n
fact that needs no demonstration. that
he conid set her at defiance, if he chose.
and, therefore, there exists no occasion
for HIM to try such an issue. With a
young man as his teacher he might be
rebellious. With a young woman. as
young, perhaps. almost rs himself, he
is bound by a rude but just idea of mag
nanimity. to be quiet, and even respect
full. Probably female pupils are not
quite 40 well inclined towards female
teachers. But girls have a natural
sense of order which does not stand in
need of forced control. At auv rate,
and for girls, as well rs boys, women, as
teachers, are eminently successful.
The power which woman has, as n
teacher, over boys, is only marked
illustration Of the control which every
true woman has over men. The excr.
tion of authority is not Extensively dis.
PLAYED. and in the exercise of it woman
herself is almost unconscious Of her rule.
She avoids instinctively the parade of
power as something unfeminine. and
her requests have the greater force, for
being presented as requests and not as
demands. Thus the wise woman rules
her household. And her authority has
this farther element of strength tha. il
is seldom Of her own choice exer.ed in
n wrong direction. A woman's juig-
ment may he wrong and her knowledge
imperfect, but her motives are usually
L.. L..
selfish. The welfare of her husband,
her children, her parents and other
objects of her affection are. with her
superior to all personal considerations.
There are Of course col ditions in which
woman falls below this standard but gen.
erallv speaking it is the standard of the
sex.
In the work of religion and charity,
in the formation Of public opinion in
great crisis. and the support of the flag
ging spirits of men ho meet the actual
brunts Of life's battles, women are the
"power behind the throne In their
retirement and freedom from observa-
ton they control and to great degree
supply the strength which averts social
disaster and promotes social improve
ment.
In Sponsors beautiful fable Of Una
and the Lion, and in Moore's pretty
fancy, erich and rare were the gems
she wore," an ancient poet and - mod
ern. have presented in verse the idea
which We are laboring to set forth in
prose And when occasion requires
that woman should emerge from the
family shelter the success Of Una is
hers over difficulties. and abe enjoys
the gucrdcn of "safe conduct" as GER
tainlv as Moore's maiden. These nat
ural immunities and pledges of success
are woman's so long as she preserves
her natural character and trusts to the
defences with which her sex surrounds
her The position of woman in Amer
lea is honorable, both to woman and TO
man. The cal!ings and pursuits which
are open to woman. without derogation
to her sex, mark the advance in true
civilization which has grown out of
freedom of thought and of action. un-
impeded bv the conventionalism If past
ages. In the old time, and not so r,ry
long ago, a woman trusting herself
abroad with no man in her company
was a wonder. Moorc's maiden might
now takea through ticket from Phiiadel-
phia to San Francisco, or from Port
land to New Orleans. and find herself
"an right" at the end Of her journey,
and her baggage "to the fore" on pre-
sentation of her checks. ."-Phlu. Ledg-
er.