, 1885-05-02

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Ralph wald Emerson says: "a
true woman educafes all that Is deli
cate, poetic and self-sacrlhelng,
breeds courtesy and learning, con-
versatlon and wit, In her rough
maie;" and also, 81 have thought a
suflcient measure Of civilization Is
the influence OF good women"
We all agree with Emerson that
woman has had an ennobling lniiu-
ence upon the world. Certainly
woman does educate the courteous,
the poetic, and the self-sacrifcinR.
There can be no doubt whatever that
ns an educator In the conversational
line, she Is far superior 10 the other
sex. Man In infancy ia strongly
under the influence Of women. The
child looks up to the father with awe
and never nee, hut It is the mothers
'line upon line, and precept upon
preeepi," which forms the founda-
tion Of his future character
When he attains an age when he
ean he considered as not ''tOo young
20 leave his mamma yet" he Is
placed IN school, under the rule and
Influence Of another woman, namely,
the school mistress At this stage
the woman has the stronger iaflu-
once over the child. The influence
Of The father is seen In the boys
imitation OF the mans external
characteristics. IL Is 10 the woman
that the ehild's Inner life Is shown; 1t
Is the woman N'bo, rs 'the child Is
fatherof the man, "makesor mars the
future character. Most Of our noble
men owe their grand characters to
their mothers trimming. President
Garaeld's tender tribute tn his moth
.arDpon the diy Of his Inauguration
Is monument Of the wonderful in
auence Of a good mother.
IL the hands Of a good school
mistress the boy does well. It must
iheadmitiod that there is period in
a boys life where he apparently re-
CARDS the softer sex with horrur and
contempt They can't play bail,
they can't play marbles, they're
afmid Of cows and mite, and nice
little spiders, and June hugs, and
such things. ''These are the times
that try boys souls" 1t may truly
be said that for a few years wheE
the boy Is 'sbeiween hay and grlss,"
90 TO speak, almost his only female
friend Is his mother He tOrments
his sisters, and will walk blOck out
Of his way to avoid meeting girl tn
whom he may have to bow. He is
painfully conscious Of the fact that
he hns about foot and half more
Of limb than he knows how to man,
age, and altogether ne has a pretty
hard time OF II. But his mother
stands by him and he soon begins to
hnd out that girls are not so bad after
ali he spends his time very prOdta-
bly, IN their company, and eonse-
quently, much more time upon his
shoes, hair, and necklie. N"w we
have him fairly under the influence
OF the young woman, and II his
friends are young ladies he Is in II
fair way to become a gentleman In
spite OF himself
There can be no doubt that girls
have great influence over their mas
culine friends. II they appreciated
more how far '1ittle things'' go 10
make up this life, they would use
the influence they possess, and "let
their light shine" upon some Of the
great questions Of the day.
ia young man, real nice young
man, knew that the young lady
whom lie liked the hest would have
nothing 10 do with him Il he drank
anything that would intoxicnte, do
you think he would do It? II he
knew that every nice y,ung lady
would shun him II he drank ''nnly n
Rlass Of beer now and then" do you
not think he would stand true on the
Temperance question?
We must admit that women can
be exaspenting beyond endurance.
Sometimes their infiue. ce then is
alarming. Many a man has been
driven from home by the filtle faults
of a wife. The provoeation often Is
not our elnring misdeeds, hut great
many small ones. II Is the little
provoking things that are hard to
bear. Solomon knew nll about 1t
when ho said "a continual dropping
In very rainy day, and a coDten-
ilous woman are alike.n "It is bet-
ter to dwell in the wilderness, than
with a contentious and angry wo-
man." 1T Is better to dwell IN a
corner Of the house-top, than with
brawling woman In a wide house"
But Solomon Is acqualnted with the
other Kind ~ woman too, for he also
says "Her children arise up and call
her blessed. her husband also, and
he praiaeih her"
Truly noble women will use al
their in1uencp aRiinst everything
chat dcerades5 The Temperance wo-
men of our day are using MI their In
nnence io hanish that whfh de-
fmdoa and ruins % many millions