The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-09

) And we mourn our vain delay
D Then steadily friends and We
2 Shall have sunlight all the way
Sunlight all the way,
: lillthe i9drney's DER
Aud We reach the shore
Of never, n3ing day.
SOUTHERN WOMEN.
Times Democrat
The following is synopsis OF DR. A. ID.
Mayo'sab address before the Louisiana
Educational Society last month:
The subject OF the address was "The
| Education of the Women of the South,
which the eloquent speaker introduced
by saying that the women of the South
had like the women of other parts of the
country, been attending the great pub
lie university in which SO many severe
lessons are learned, but that here in the
South peculiar difficulties had surround
ed the women they had been very much |
misunderstood by the women of the |
North-for years the institution of slaY- |
cry had hung ike a curtain in a theatre |
| between the two sections. Those of one
| part of the land had no idea what amount /
of brain power and hearts devotion was
centered in the women of this country
who undertook the management of the
domestic affairs of a large plantation /;
and then for wears the Northern women
heard of the Southern women's bravery
and patriotism aud tenderness through
the letters written home from Southern
hospitals and battletields.
AFTER THE WAR
the love links were numerous, and many
of your bright loving girls transferred
their residences with their life partners
to Northern climes. and rice uerSd And
thus the women OF both of our common
country, said DR. Mayo, have come to a
better acquaintance and appreciation of
each other. All this while, for over
thirty-live years, they have been going
to school in this { reat university, and the
women of The South have made much
prodigioGs strides in knowledge as well
as their sisters of the colder latitude.
She has become more self-reliant, more !
thoughtful about herself, her possibili-
ties and her responsibilities. A deep,
serious inquiry as TO what she owes to {
her neighbors and a solemn asking 8
what God expects her todo in these new !
of which she is the centre. |
of course, there are some who are still I
and frivolous, who are giving |
no heed to the mighty current that is t
bearing them onward, but | am speaking |
of that valuable class who are earnestly t
looking matters in the face and seeking Q
to prepare themselves for the discharge J
of their duty, and often say, how are we 4
to be fittei for our life-work? This is q
the question it IS my purpose to answer b
tonight, said the reverend educator.
First, let us look at the position we oc-
cupy.
THE YOUNG MEN
of this country have marked out before d
them the mightiest problem any nation q
has ever solved, and it viii take almost q
all their time, thought and attention to a
develop this country agrieulturally, me-
and commercially. They are
called upon to put this land ON its indus
trial legs, and not only that, but also to D
put it on its governmental legs, SO that y
each town, parish and State and Congress
shall be governed right. In doing this, :
as believe they will, and do il. well, too,
they will haveuD time TO devote to the 2
higher development of the people, the . 2
caring forthe spiritual side of our neces
stiles. All this class of matters viii G
suffer unless the
YOUNG WOMEN 1t
take charge of the home, the school and y
the church, when these interests are
specially looked after; and this they are q
perfectly willing to undertake if they |
can only be fitted for their labors. They |
must enter this broad field of work, and4 !
in the next thirty years they will find il $
important to lie trained in the ornamen $
tai industries, in the science of house :
keeping, so that they will be able to pro !
vide beautiful homes, into which their !.
own artistic life has interviewer itself, {
by new designs of paper on the walls, /
carpets on the floor, new beauties in q
carved tables, sidelaoar,ls, chairs and fur q
niture, just as the women of Cincinnati
have done in the last ten years, and if
you should go to Washington and be in
vIted to dine with President Arthur, you
would sit at an elegant table carved BY / ,
a woman that Mrs HAYES brought from
Cincinnati, and you would see in the !
White House many evidences Of her
skill.
The CHERcH IL
is now largely upheld By the women: /
they are the best managers of its charit- 7
les and Sunday schools. They need cul- I
tivation to make them more useful in !
this important branch Of culture, Then /
as ladies IN Society your Southern i
women already excel IN this sphere, but j
there is much that may vet be learned |
By your queens of the drawing room and j
their influence brOadens every year, the / I
vonnO vvosnen of the South will need | E