The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-03
NEW SERIES---NO. 293.

iltie chilurcn are noped Tor and rcvcrcntly
received as precious gifts from God, and
deemed the fairest ornaments of home !;
where their young lives are watched and
tended with devoted and unselish care,
and the wall of baby voices and the clasp
OF childish fingers never become wcarisome
and no temptation Of pleasure, fashion and
ambition can lure away the tender mother
heart from the home nest where the little
white-roEed forms knccl by the mothers
side and lift innocent voices to the dear
Lord who said, Suffer the little ones to
come" 1t Is one to which, as years
glide on, the sons and daughters, standing
with reluctant feet upon the threshold of
life, cling with fond and grateful affection
looking with uncertain eyes towards the
uncertain future which shall know no ia
thers faithful care, no mothor's tender
love. =
such homes as | have picture are many
IN our land, thank Cod but we need more
OF Them The safety and honor of the com.
munlty, the welfare of the nation, demand
that the fountains Of society shall be made
pure, and this work must rest in a great
measure in the future, as it has in the past,
IN the hands of women. She has the power
to cleanse the stream which is often i'm
pure, the opportunity to alter the laws of
society which are arbitrary and so frequent
~ unjust, and from her influence can spring
some radical changes at oncelmperative and
necessary. The moral power welded by
women to-day is immense, and those who
take an active part in social life, who are
its leaders, haze but to bend the weight of
their influence to the side of good to make
1t what they will How often does it &C.
cur that single family of refinement and
culture, with bright anG wel-ordered
home, set in the midst of rough and
uncu!tivatcd community, will in a
few years transform it entirely,
giving an impulse to the society surrounding
1t which is of inestimable value in the
cause of education, morals and religion
| am reminded here of an incident to the
point, which came under my own observa.
ton some years ago. There was painful
rum6r at1oat that in a certain country COM
munity of the introduction of piano into
the district, and with serious forebodincs
the old farmer predicted that "that new
step-darter of the Cap'n's would ruinate
the young folks, and make EN- all want to
quit work and be askin' for planners too. "
What was their amazement to learn in
course of time that although Eastern born
and bred, no Western girl IN the county
could milk as many cows, turn out more
tirst-class butter and cheese from the dairy,
or do harder days work in harvest time,
and then acceptably entertain the Glands"
Cstalwart young farmers from among the
neighbors usually, who came in to h clip in
threshing time), than "the pianner. PLAYING
GAL To say her offers of marriage were
too numerous. to MENTION is SUPER
fous, while in less than five years the piano
was duplicated in several other farm
houses and no complaints were ever heard
of neglected labor on that account. What
power for good in any circle of society is
a refined, cultivated, pure and noble wo.
man. How cordially is she received, how
heartily is she deferred to. Almost I'm.
consciously the profane man drops his pet
oaths, the coarse and vulgar man endeavors
to appear gentleman, and the srivolous,
impertinent and rude put aside their vari.
Gus weaknesses when in her gentle, ora.
cious presence. The worst, most wicked
and depraved men respect and honor n
pure woman. With such an influence over
evil, why is it there is so much unrcbukcd
why is it that good women quietly close
their eyes and ears to the strong undcrtow
which is dragging in and destroying the
lives of so many of our youth? o mothers!
sisters wives here is one of your opportu.
mites, here is the potentially of pure,
wise and courageous womanhood Open
your eyes and see Tie condition of things
around US. Society has two codes of NOR,
ais unwrittcn, but none the less strong and
binding-one for man, another for woman.
AS little children born of the same mother
nurtured under the same rooi-tree, taught
the same lessons of honesty, truthfulness
and affection in their early years, why is it
that their paths are allowed to diverge as
they grow older, and while modesty, deli.
cacy and proprety even to prudcry, are
demanded of the girl, co0rscncss indelicacy
and almost indecency, are winked at aud
openly excused in the boy! These things
ought not so TO be--tlpy are sanninr thn