Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-05-01
THE PREsIDENT,s slsrER.
Miss cleveland ON the ROstrum..
some Thoughts Suggested BY Her
Lecture.

Miss Cleveland ON the Rostrum.
some Thoughts 0ugg eslcd by He
Lecture.
In june, 1888, Miss Elizabeth Cleve
land, present mistress Of the White
houso, delivered an address before tn,
Elmira, N. T., Female College, whicl
the prosby terian Evsngelist pronoun
ced great, "a deserved compliment
TO an excellent woman. 1t was entitled
A!truistic Faith" and for her illus
tratton she took Chedidja, first wife Of
Mohammed, who Was rich, and much
older than he WAS when she married
MIN. When esked in later years why
no DID not put hor away and take Z
younger wife, he replied that he loved
her best because she believed In him
when oil men despised him. Chedidja's q
faith made MohAmmed.
There 10 faith In God, faith in self,
and IN humanity The first produces
the others. Faith In humanity believes
that life Is worth living and worth
saving. You will have much hunger
AND thirst, Will crave affection when
the bloom OF youth 10 supplanted by the
ashen hue OF age; will cry aloud for
help In indrmitles, must needs come,
because those on whom women rely.
though themselves powerless to relieve
them Of their intolerable aches, pains.
prostrati0ns, sleepless nights Of agony.
and days Of distress, because OF the
narrowuess Of their code and the sel6sh.
mess Of their purpose, restrain them
from resorting to those agencies which
may lift women 10 . plane Of greater
usefulness, and to nobler life.
Many Q woman lacks the faith Of
Chedidja. II they had faith In their
own reserve of physical power, conf.
cence in the personal experience Of
others would follow and instead of Q
race Of suffering rtals,-slaves to the
prejudices of those whoee only interest
In them is bounded by their professional
fees,-we should see nobility of station
reinforce by nobility OF mind, and ro-
business Of life.
Tho power to rid themselves OF the
aches, pains and despair which afflict
them, is In women, and ought to come
out. You all have countless amount
of testimony Some one will say to
you "Go on, and you will conquer"
"How?" Do a. your sisters have
done! Have faith In tneir indisputa.
BILE experiences. We want more life
and fuller, and need all the help we
can get. Man would fall were 1t not
for the Chedidjas. There is much in
good digestion TO keep woman sweet
and lovable. There Is more in thorough
action of the great blood purifying or.
gans liver and kidneys, for II they
are deranged women can never have
the physical comfort 80 craved and
prayed for. To secure this, the help
they need the help that thousands
have already used and to which they
say they owe all they possess,-is War.
ner's safe cure. Mrs. Maria 9. Tread
we'll, Stamford, Conn, (President of
the State Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union) q we'll known leader, says
1t In the only thing which seemed to
reach my case These unprejudiced
thousands have blessed the world be
cause they have become Chedidja las, who
have felt 1t their duty to declare their
own faith and to inspire their sisters
with confidence in the extraordinary
up building energy OF this wonderful
Miss Cleveland has evidently an origi.
nal and fertile mind, and we are in.
debted to her interesting lecture, few
tSSrc2'hts fSapo rbi6Gh re e.l hays ,S,Sgied -
gestions have grown. '1e.