The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-11-02
WOMAN IND LABOR.
BY Or. 9. w. Leland, Of Carriers.
Vile, Ga.

The great labor performed by
nearly one.half OF the Inhabitants
oi the globe is very seldom spoken
Of, or written about. mean the
unseliish, never ending work of the
women of the hud, aud when |
speak of women, | do not mean
those butterflies OF fashion, the fe.
male dudes OF society; they do
work, but ii Is tho work OF SELF
adornment, aud the older they get
the more artistic work they have
10 do, until they get to be such ex.
perls that all they want Is IL frame
to bang their dry goods on, for she
can buy soft aud silken curls TO
cover her denuded head, she can
Ireshcn up her faded complexion
with powtlers and paints, She can
cover her empty gums with white
pcarly teeth, she can make her
shrunken form look full and vO.
lupthous. After great toll she eau
sail upon the streets tor an eveaing
Promenade, with her full-flosing
criuoline, a regular inan trap, not
mss<le 81 by her Creator, but by
some artistic drrssmaker-there
she goes, false ou top, aud false at
bottom, false before and ialse be.
hind, and very often with talse
heart beating Behind Il false bosom.
Ii mothers they erer become,
they are the mothers of the edu.
cdled boobies and brainless dudes
which inlest the land.
The women | speak eff are those
duliful daughters who are ever
ready TO help aud conf 1t their
weary mothers, OF those faithful
wives whJ ale helpmects to Their
husbands: OF thoss mothers who
with entire selfabnega'ion devo Z
themselves to the rearing of their
only supported in Bel
iiever-ending toll by that well Of
love that ever springs fresh and
pure in ~ pCther's breast. Hers
is the only real aud unselfish love
that this world is blessed with
She nourishes aud protects them
in chlldhood, aud when grown be-
you'd her maternal care she will
watch over aud pray for them.
The world may point the finger Of
scron at them, the stern tathef
may repudiate them, but sue Is
always ready to fold the returning
protligal in her 10 ing arms, wheth.
er he be repentant or unrepentant.
lfyou grow up to be an honor 10
her, oh, how proud she is but she
viii cling to them even in their
disgrace, and should die druukards
or felons, she will go and weep
over their dishonoreG graves itifd
forgive them too.
While labor is the strength of n
countfy, Its civilization aud friine.
ment are in exact proportion TO
the love aud respect entertained for
its women.
1t is easy for any man to love
the young aud beautiful of the Sex.
| once saw n picture OF Eve 10y one
OF the old masters as she came fresh
from the Divine Hand, u master.
piece OF creative power, no rough
apron of tig.leaves marred that ex.
quisite form, she was clothed IN
her own innocence and purity, |
realized tor the first time that love.
llness
"Necds not the foreign aid Of ornament,
But is when uuadorned, adorned the best
1t was hard to believe that she
was made from the crooked rib OF
a mau. She looked to me as il she
was formed in Paradise, breathed
upon by angels, aud handed down
Oh u stair OF stars for man to love
and cherish forever But when
beauty Is gone, the eyes become
dim, the cheeks furrowed with age
aud care aud toll for tue comfort
of man, it is then that the great
Auglo- Saxon race shows its supe.
riority over tie rest of mankind,
hy their vpnprnt,ou and rpspect for
then, beause they are women. We
honor ourselves by houoring them,
for they are the conservators OF all
the morality, religion, and even the
civilization OF our race. Their re-.
ward is not Of this world. I know
many faithful mothers who may
not have attained high character
il society for Christian graces, she
may not be u member OF u sewing
eluh. io,. shd is the sewinr innthlnr