Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-04-02


and tenderness; bring around then
their young associates, in your owr
home. Make home pleasant fol
them. Be yourselves their conf
dants, their companions. Remem
Der that love begets love, and that q
confidence between mother and sor
is one of the sweetest fruits from oul
Creators garden.
Sisters, you whose brothers fire.
quent the gaming-tables and the bar
are you conscious of having done
your duty fully? Have you tried tc
make your homes pleasanter than
those gilded palaces of sin. in which
reclines the smiling fend which
lures your brothers to destruction
Should brother be brought home
dead to night, killed in some drunk
en- brawl, would you, gazing into
that once sunny smiling, but now
bloated, distorted face, hold yourself
entirely euiltless? We are told that
actions speak louder than words.
Is your daily influence and example
such that there is no danger of your
being taken for IN enemy, rather
than friend? Will you not clasp
hands and hearts with your brothers
and friends to-day, and by the help
of the Angel World, nobly resolve
not only to "Touch not, taste not,
handle not" the cup which intoxi-
Gates, but to ever hold yourself in
readiness to lift from the slough of
degradation the brother or sister
whose very kindness of heart, per-
haps, and inability to refuse COM
panion's invitation to drink, for fear
of vexing him, has dragged him to
the gutter. Ah, girls! your infiu-
ence is greater than you dream.
Then wear tho emblem of your
League, 'tis Heavens own color,
and when your eyes rest upon the
little knot Of ribbon, be sure the
Angel World is smiling an approval.
Be sure that many mothers, whose
burdens were too great for them to
carry here, are blessing you from
the unseen spheres, and the dear,
brave Blue Ribbon League, for all
you are doing to save their orphan
boys.
Wives, do you still remember the
sacred vows you pledged in the
years agone, to love, honor, cherish,
through sickness and health, through
good and i'll? Did you realize be-
fore taking those vows that the COM
panion at your side had paid you the
highest compliment, the greatest
mark of respect, that man can give
to woman, in selecting you from all
his acquaintances to walk hand in
hand and heart to heart with him
along life's varying path, to give to
you that sweetest of all names, ,cite;
to place upon your brow the sacred
diadem of motherhood Did you
realize, then, that the instructive de-
sire of every heart is to be loved;
that this ne,er-vaiyiny instinct lies
at the foundation of every action,
the propelling force in every effort?
Have you faithfully, lovingly kept
these VOWS? Have you strewn his
pathway with the roses and sun
shine of sympathy, love and patience,
that you unconsciously, almost, give
to your neighbors and friends?
When tired and weary, harrassed
with business cares, he enters his
home, have you always had " smile
of encouragement, word of cheer? !?
Has his weary brain been soothed
to rest by the gentle touch of your
loving fingers? Have you stiiven to
keep yourself the one fair woman in
all the world to him? Have you
made your home the sdnctum sancto-
rum, to which his heart must turn?
If you have done all this, do not
believe the wine-cup could sever
your husband from you. Ii you
have failed in your duty, then
God pity you! for your punishment.
must be great indeed.
Oh, | wonder that there are not
more women ready to enter heart
end soul in this blest cause, not
only TO help the down fallen brother,