Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-06-19
Home Interests.
A MODERN INSTANCE

father dying, the farm WAS sold and tn
proceeds were divided amoug fou
children. One Of these, daughter
resolved to secure a broad aud liberia
education, and in this to invest he
small patrimony, supplementing it a
needed with earnings from teaching.
She fitted herself for admission tx
the best female school in her State, a
that time undoubtedly one Of the very
best in this country, and pursued hel
course there, delaying it from time tx
time to teach, as her finances required
At length she graduated with the noble
consciousness that by her own unaided
exertions she had won her diploma
that she neglected no precious oppor.
tunity and sighted no important duty
This consciousness rarely comes to any
save those who have to make their own
way, and just know what liberia ed
ucation costs.
Having finished her academic course
free from debt, and not quite ezhaus-
ted as to her moneyed resources, she
determined to study medicine and sur
gerry, and as in the choice Of her first
alma mater, she would not be content
with any second best institution, so in
the choice Of her second, she insisted
on going to a school not e1celled by
any in the country. After consultation
with her friends, and due examination
and deliberation, she decided upon q
medical college admitting men and wo-
men as students on eqnal terms. A..
mong other advantages secured by this
choice would be this: that her male
fellow students would be compelled by
the laws of the institution to recognize
her in professional practice equally
with their brother physicians.
AS in her academic course, 80 in her
medical, she had to stop and teach to
pay her way, but in due time she grad
uated, not very mnch in debt, and es.
tablished herself in large town in her
native state. Should this meet the eye
of any lady physician, she will not need
to be told that the hardest battle of all
was to be fought. Old, hereditary pre-
judices we're to be met and conquered ;
the coldness of neglect was to be en-
dured; that Medusa head - the being
utterly ignored by the majority of her
confreres in the profession - must be
50 managed that she should not be
quite turned to stone; that she should
not lose faith in herself, but hold her
own, and conquer place beside them,
Fearlessly, patiently, quietly, persis.
tently she kept on her way, steadily
winning patients, increasing in know
ledge, in experience, in skill - she
needed no increase in courage and
pluck ,--- till she won success, pecunia.
ry and professional, and is now pros
porous end independent.
The history of this individual woman
is SO typical that perhaps hundreds Of
women physicians reading it might
each one think herself intended. Sc
quietly have women taken their place
in the social body as physicians that
many of our readers will think the his.
tory we have given quite out of the
common will think this woman heroic
And is she notP
Courage, intelligence, success are Of
no sex. They depend not on stature
weight or complexion. Rank, health
heredity have little to do with them
We find them embodied in many an In
significant looking person, whom We
pass carelessly by, not seeing the Pro.
methean fire which burns within. Men
and women who dare, win. They may
not win what they sought, but the no.
blest fruits Of daring, of courage, of en-.
durancs, of fidelity and death, cannot
be meaeured in dollars and cents. can.
not be made visible to the naked eye
cannot be perceived by those whose
spiritual senses are closed. The true
reward of virtue of whatever kind is in
its exercise. "Vutue is its own reward.
And so those who see heights afar and
essay to climb them, though they may
never scale the summitS, will find in
the effort so to do abundant reward,
and will gather all along the way
plentiful remuneration of various
kinds. "Man shall not live by bread
alone. but by every word that proceed
eth out of the mouth of God"
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