Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-08-04
What Z Woman Can Do

Les'ie's Illustrated Weekly saws.
philosophers and divines who. from ~.
allied he'gh's and the profound do ~.
their ~isiom, condescent to prescr,ba ;.
woman the sphere in which she shou9,
rove and which che can TRANSCEND o,,.
ire loss Of . | TIA, is nobies. and swes.a
her nature, must have been app~lIed b, v.
Hewitt 9 revelation OF he WORK d,ne i, u.
Washington Roe bling in the c,nstsucta,~
the mag ,hcent bridge winch nov spsn..s.
river between New York and Bro
That Erac-t ul At, uc'ure the airy ou,l ~.
its curves Of beau y .ndani be, seen ma
sive towers IN tie words Of Mr. II ~.
The result OF the study of the .xpes..or.
and OF the knowledge Of many as-s-s 49,
~lhou q rival among tie wonders II h.
man skill" could not have been comnla..a
when it was, without the aid Of a wo,...
nobly rem erred at q lno>t critical none,
Was it no, q hard fate for SO N .ny sp,l
theories, carefully wrough, out AMI oratai,,.
y pioSia'mCu, A"0' tcy Shouid nus ii.
Ano perish in q single ho- r. in the presence
Of one stern and inc%ontrover,iole .scr a..
example OF womsnly c~ourageand WON ,nlv
capacity Tor the acquisition o, KNOWLEDGE?
When Mr. Roebiing was tricken down.
with the terrible disease induced BIZ inbs,
ing the foul air OF the caissons. and VA, i.
capacitated for the further full dischar.e G:
his duties in danger even OF dy,ng-h no.
bl. wife, instead Of crying hysterlcaily over
his misfortune and ST. king down n.rveless
and helpless into the privileged ~sottness 10
which philosophers like DIR DIX would con
sign her, set herself at once to the tack 6,
acquiring the knowledge Necessary 10 enable
Der to become q helpm' ct to him in his SCI.
ent,6c labors. He bad become go n.ot b.dIv
sensitive, that the mere sound OF a huma6
voice was unbesrable. Not QUE Of The en-
gineers could consult with him, and yet;ha
most intricate and profound problems in
mathematics, to which he alone held the
key, had to be solved. Under his dlrec,ion
lis wife studied the highest branches Of
mathematics. mastered them, ard applied
her knowledge to the construction OF he
bridge She grasped her husbands idea.
and interpreted them to the engineers, who
wele astonished at the acu.enes. and dep,h
Of her knowledge. In a short time she be-
anne chief director of the work. With this
or dge, says Mr.. Hewitt, will ever be
coupled the thought OF one through he
subtle alembic of whose brain, and b, whose
facile fingers, commuu icalion was MAINTAIN.
ed between the directing power OF its con-
struction and the obedient agencies Of its
execution. 1t is thus" he continues. an
eve lasting monument TO the self sacrificing
devotion Of woman, a..d f her capacity or
that b.. her education from which she has
been too long debarred."
Well said, Mr.. Hewitt! But, perlaps.
some phi osopher OF tn. Dxi ~ schoo wi
r sc up 10 Sd, that h. woman Of Gem stac
q d household life was sacri6c-d 10 tn d..
mands OF science. and u at wonauhood. 10
'ts best Sense, was bllyh,ed. A s~utficlen,
ane~er to this will be found 10 ,he.e~wor6s
of Mr. K,ns liza. one OF the bridge trustees.
The mot ab,truse study has not lnt-rfrr.
red With NJ 9. Roebli'g's m,nis,rat,ons a.
htr hasbaIld s beside. If he Is re-ror, i. 10
health,At v'il be largely through her paTel,
and lnte iisent attendance ap,n hlm, aud
Colonel Roeb'iDg will be indebted 10 lis 10
Bile wife even as the le)ule are"