The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-12-25
Ladies Department.
Wnnnn,s Usefulness


How queer things are in this woTli.
l really believe there is an extra twist
that kinks things out of shape terribly.
Talk about woman'S sphere! Just as
if there was something new for them
to do Why cannot they be contentd to
do what God designed to do without
making such an everlasti g "hulla-
bello"about it? l take it that wom-
ans mission is pretty much the SAM
| as it was so or 100 years ago. l admit
the times ars changed; one can see that
with one eye open, but | am not sure
that the women OF 1884 are one bit
more contented or happier than their
grandmother'5 were in their day.
They did with their might what their
hands found to do.and were happy in
doing it. Big families were the fash
ion then, and the girls were just As use
full the boys. Mob ldy sighed over the
future of the poor thing when baby
girl was born, and groaned because an
other girl was add d to the flock. No,
the eighth girl was just as welcome as
the first and male just as comfortable
Yes, the times are changed, and
babies are not looked upon, nor do
they meet with the same feelings of
welcome that they used to do. such
careI so much work. Just as if
the poor forlorn duckling had no sort
Of business tc enter this world, and |
there was no place for it mad ready |
One thing is certain, and there is no |
lodging it; babies will be born and |
some of them will live and grow up to |
womanhood, rs well 2s manhood, and |
there is a place for them, and there is !
Fa y IN 70 E |
they will only seek it. There is no |
need of hunting around to find a mis-
sion, for every living psTson has a
mission prepared ready for them If
they will accept of it. 1t may be Just |
a common place, everyday duty. If !
such duties are we'll performed, it is
Just as honorable and praiseworthy as
if she had gone onto the platform as a
public speaker. or entered the bar As =
lawyer There is no station In life IN
which person cannot he useful if
they have The desire to be so. There
Is q Disconnected reStles5neSs that
makes people out of sorts with com
mon duties, Girls are not suited with
quiet Vocations; they are anxious TO
make their mark in the world. They
want to be celebrated" They are
QOG Ctutolb W Do OIblhhi j. LIZ ID lOb
enough to hear their sentence, "She
hath done what she could" they want
3 5Eething graudiloqueut pronounced
over them; 90 hay. their names and
memory immortalized! Now this is
all nonsence! If you are TO do some
thing wonderful and good the oppor-
tunity will present itself without run.
ming after it, or folding up the hands
and waiting for it. Not enc woman
In Thousand (nr man either) does
so magnificent as toimmor-
talize their memory through posterity.
If they can embalm it in loving hearts.
it is all they ought to hope for or ex-
pect. and is enough. To be u eful and
happy in the station in which God has
pleased to place them, is what they in
bounden duty ought to be, and if more
is desired it will only make them IN
happy. 1t is not for woman to hew
Dut paths from rocky places; but to
walk quietly in the path before her,
whether it leads her to dark places or
up the heights of immortality, for il
he path of duty one very seldom
,tumbles IGOR. Rural New Yorker.