The Red Cloud chief., 1885-07-31
MaJRIisOHT.
The Blessed Estate from the Unmarried
Woman. Standpoint

] have never doui:el the -ta."mea:
IN Genesis rc@arin-.4 Great on 81 the
ir,t man and ma ! am tnc-e
,aurht that an infinite Col created
woman purely because OF HI boundics.
pity for man.
And tn. Lor! God aid. u f.. no. good ,ha;
the man should - alone. ] VII maze hIIl al
help meet for him
And Milton describes tie iSo,
For contemplation ne and vA.or toru'i.
For -oftue,- she and -Vert attractive grace:
He FOR God only. -hc for Goi IN him
God saw that II was not We'll for man
Ia DE alone. 20 H. made him I've for
company. Down all 'hc age, q lie
ha- continued to make Adams and also
E.cs. but they do not, unfortunately,
ALWAYS find each other 80 >Urcl u the
first pair did. IprOpo-. 1T once - come
TO nv point. and IL is this: Marriage IL
an institution a. old a. humanity; il
was diyine.y ordained; il j. the ON
plete. the perfect lie. Every man who
goes through life unmarried : violating
tn. first great law Of his beng. Who
does not -cOrn
=. . Such a man. so faint. 50 spiritl"-=.
So duh. 50 dead IN look. - ~oe~b-yone
The wisdom Of the world i inclined
10 find clothing for itself in maNim- 50
We have the wise old saving:
Every JACK ha- his JlI."
But there j. nowhere auoht said about
his being at liberty 10 take her or leave
her. The whole force OF the maxim i,
in the words: has her But If he
turns his back on her b. no longer has
her. and he then tiics in the face Of an
almost divine Law.
And what of .Jill2 She has been
created for her Jack. She is patiently
(almost always awaiting his coming.
Perhaps she i painting Greens for him;
or making hay for him, or turning
milk maid for him; Or shouting that she
wants to vote for him. She i crying.
like Rachael. land will not be com
forted'-till She has him.
But are the JOYS n matrimony such
that she needs must mourn If .'he com
eth not?'
How can 4 poor girl an-we- except
by parable? When YOU take a fish out
the water toes II not wriCgi" and twist
t. 90 back again? WAY? Because
tn" wate~ Is it, elcmcni. and il i hap
pv nowhere else. When YOU catch a
bird IN Il cage how it struggles 10 be
free. Why? Because it, home i in
the trce-top and the air. Have YOU
watched 4 bear or tiger keep lis weary
ing walk behind the bars, never quiet,
never satisfied? All things have their
W element, and are happy there. and
there only.
Did YOU ever know a widow who was
not more villa than Barkis t. marry
again? Did YOU ever SCI a w.dower
who did not wipe one carefully
while he looked abroad To replace his
dear departed? Actions speak louder
than words. What can on do Int put
this and that together and declare -
herself that marriage must be bliss,
when they who have once tried it are
sure To wed again.
Then | Judge of it by the superior airs
our married sisters assume To IL who
are unmarried. We are compelled to
endure TINS but we hate il with all our
souls. We see them fondlc their chill
drcn; We see them care>S their huS-
bands: we hear the tender partIngs and
the joyful welcomes; W. stand outside
and realize that Il Wild world has
opened to them in which We have no
part. We cry out III anguish. but We
do this dl>crcctiv IN our closets. No
ilirg can he made At H. SO bitter rs that
VT want husbands; no scoru so great
a. that We are angling Tor husbands;
and no contempt equal To that in which
We are called odd maids Are we to
b t'a,J limit. ntt., x.. aV. tI.. ~
periorS of our ed sister; some
times il Is because of this that men pas,
Us by. We know all the little arts and
devices our sisters practiced II sccure
their ends; We helped them in many a
deception, and with myriadS of pretty
compliments: We Yer. willing t. be
their foIl> that they IN ght show i'll bet
Ger relief. but when they are sure of
their game they turn upon IL In on
turAcly. and cast IL in our teeth that We
wore not sought by any men. We 20
through life amusing their children.
entertaining their company. nur ing
their sex. while al! the time our hearts
are hungry over our own incomplete
lives.
often listen to diatribcs upon ma,ri-
Ill'uN NUN I'VE "a HdNf IippN
homes. loving husbands and ponny
children. and they seem 10 be- mocking
me. or they are mockin~ themselves.
| know not which it i. But down in
NV heart | am saying to myself: What
have Won lone that this life Is not for
vou?' But no answer ever comes 10
me
81 feel like one who treids alone
MongSt banquet ha j deserted"
| cry out IN the night To him whom God
placed me here tn comfort: Where AT,
thou. nv bcloved?' but the nigh, wind
brings back only the cry Of the whip
poor-will.
Man and woman are incomplete with
ont the other. The woman who loves.
Is loved. and. welded. has been born
again. She has found the new world.
although II is. Is T.nnyson SAYS. the
same old world. And when she ta.es
her children in her arms. when baoy
lips call her mother she has passed
opt Of common things and walks with
her head among the gods And no
death can take this JOY away from her.
Love is eternal. Love i the connect.
IN link between Heaven and earth; the
ladder upon which We climb among the
angels. q. wives, q. mothers, hear
the voice of one crying IN the night.
How ! tile you realize ali tina; God ma.
done for YOU. |. who am A. one in 4
far country. envy YOU your oppo-tuni-
ties, your happiness. and am surprised
tina YOU seem 80 little thankful for all
You have.
But # | envy women how can | find
words 10 express my scorn o; those
poor. miserable beings. men in name,
but unworthy the high name of man.
who sh;rk their responsibilities. and
irfy thor t..-iDy They Shn-lI p.