The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-03
Cray Work AMI Sane Wort.

*. we're asked lately 20 Join ir : raf
e 80, 4 crazy quilt made up % I'm
4Uusand scraps of SIX and sa;in -.
o-:ser with much ingenuity of dcszn
ard likeness o. stitching. To the
maker and her :TeHds il appeared 4
monumental labo. of Taste. iudus,r.
and artistic talent To IL l. stood iar
: ia..d rrctei energy and pcFscyee8ec
40 common among z i: i cot
81, IN minutes 20 adj scrau - an
Jthe, 81 allowance far too smail-;hr
.uit represented an outlay -. fifteen
hun Irei hour. oHc hundred and TWEEN
tg-EEc working DAYS o. twelve .oiii
hours each. or one Aouv = day for Ayr
t4an :ouT years.
Nha: might no: this indus:rou,
Young woman have accomplished N
taat ma II she really cared for dec
g~rat.yc ara. fifteen husiCei hour, a.:
clos" study and practic. would have
jes ci1paI an admirable anil remgUe-a;-
.vc skill n embroidery or painting
Iaey would have suffice II fO- the acEUi-
st1n 90 "a modern language. 1 sound
knowledge o: history. yoeiT.. !.;e-a-
tu-r. art, music. They might nave been
EXCHANGED for the important science 81
housekeeping and kitchen chemistry.
Devoted 20 educational work. their
helpful! influence coal! not bc reckoned.
The cra.e foe decorative art Las
WI suEht certain definite mi,chie.s with
much good One harm i that busy
idlaar-- has been made 10 seem imprOv-
ing. t-J,,-s.itcn dOgs with acad eyes
% rag. and parrot, IN high relief OF
lamp mats, are now DIS. nelly recpy-
n!Lad aud stunned - survivors -; i
chrome c.y.iiza,ioa'-wa-terS OF time
ant SAVERS of taste. But the makers
Of ncn-ing on-st.tch taJle-clnth borders
liolhc!n towel ends decorative
Vasle-basket,. pen-wiperS, i,a'-.rou
covers. lamp shai e>, AMI ''crIy patch
wOTA' seem To have eaten Of the Insane
roO, that axes the reason prisoner.
Their countless stitches and ugly IN
"cuuity appear 10 them the tit expires
,ioa o: aesthetic instincts. and they give
thanks that they live in the cultivated
are which ornaments Is whiSS-broIm
holders. Raphael and Leonardo would
eve have thought o. that.
II i, the chef misfortune AMI limita-
ton # women that their aims are petty.
When these are ccu,c:cntious.y petty.
n IN the misguided struggle for dcco~a-
ton. il j. naturally difficult 10 substi-
tutc larger ones. Tie cumulative
teach n Of all time having been that
women should be satisfied with patch
WORK. mental, moral and manual. il !
perhaps unreasonable "a expect them to
rcgudiatc Il. But most women have
ambitions. il not aspirations. And
most womcn need II be- reminded that
the time they daily iudu>triOuSly waste
would 10 for them what it does for men
conquer rev worlds.
Last winter n great historian died.
His last book, The ConJues; OF En-
gland. was pub ished after his death.
For years he had been struggling for
lie enough 10 finish the great work be
had planned To Do. He seized every
opportunity OF monetary strength. of
from pain, 10 write. Hs
preceding volume. The Making OF En-
had been written in the shade:
OF death. His VIE says. in her tender
preface. that it was the opinion of his
that life was prolonged from
Iay to dav, throughout that time.
'onlv by the astonishing force of his
own will. by the consistency o. n resolve
that had wholly set aside all personal
II was only whom the pen fell
his exhausted han'i that he said:
IL am weary; | can do 10 more
''Nith Such sustained zeal. such eager
consciousness, WAS his work dom,
mucn OF it was wholly rewritten
five times. The booSs Themselves are
IF profound interest, admirable in mat
ter and in manner But no tale In them
i heroic than the patient. per
toll that achieved them. in
spite of suffering, weakness and natural
They who : t. that civilization waits
for the advancement OF women entreas
;oprcfcr the intellectual life. But
does 10, imply constant compan-
ionShip with books. ii was 4 wise and
good saying that 1.-THE essence OF intel
lcctuai living lies not so much inext,nt
% knowledge or in perfection OF ex-
preston - ia the constant preference
III higher thoughts over lower" The
patient student and historian john
Green may stand for one class.
patient c0Etriyer and pieccr OF the
cray Guilt for the other. Il is not
high qualities that women lack: il i. :
nigh dIycct.ouS.-Xlrpcr', Eu-Fr.