West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-02-16

/ had, out OF her slender purse, given literally
hundreds OF dollars for tho destitute who
came under her observation as school
! teacher. A deceased sisters children were
thrown upon hor hands and she took care OF
them. She was n kind mother 20 them, while
she mothered the whole school. Worn out
with nursing I'm the sick and dying room of
ono of the household. she herself came TO die
She closed the school book and at the same
time the volume of her Christian fidelity: and
when she went through the gates they cried:
Il heSe are they who came ont OF great trlbu-
lation, and had their robes washed and made
white in the blood Of the Lamb."
Queens are all such. and whether the world
acknowledges them OF not, Heaven acknowl-
edges them. When Scarron, the wit and
ecclesiastic, a poor as he was brilliant, was
about 90 marry Mime. do Maintenon nc was
asked by the notary what he proposed TO
settle upon mademOiselle. The reply was:
immortality The names OF the wives of
kngs die with them; the name Of the wife OF
S'arron will live always" In n higher and
bottor sense, upon all women who do their
duty Go will settle immortalityl Not the
immortality of earthly fame, which ~ NOR.
tai, but the immortality celestial. Aud they
shall reign forever and everl Oh, the opportii-
ny which every woman has of being queen
The longer 1.-Two the more / admire good
womanhoOd. And have come 20 form my
opinion of the character OF n man by his an
probation or non-appreciation OF woman.
III n man has depressed idea OF womanly
character no is bad man, and there is no
can never have any such attractions for mo rs
Shakespeare, be ause nearly nj the womanly
characters OF the great German have some
kind OF turpitude There is his Mariana
Mignon Of evil parentage, vet worse than
her ancestors, and his Theresa the brazen
and his Aurelia OF many intrigues and his
Philina the termagant, and his Mena the
furnished and his Baroness, and his Count
ess. and there Is seldom n womnnly charac.
ter in all his voluminous writings
that would be worthy OF residence i'm
n respectable coal cellar, yet pct-
ured, and dramatiZe1, and embazoned
till all the literary world is compelled TO see
No, mol Give me William Shakespeares iden
OF woman; and see IL in Desdemona and
Cordelia, and RoSalind, and Imogen, ana
He and Hermione, and Viola. and ia
bella, and Sylvia, and Perdita, all OF them
W Tn enough faults TO prove them human
bnt enough kindly characteristics to give rs
the authors idea of womanhood, his Lady
Macbeth only n dark background to bring
out the supreme loveliness OF his other female
characters.
Oh woman of America rise TO your on.
portunity. BE no slave TO pride, or worldii-
ness, or sin. Why ever crawl in the dust
when YOU can mount n thronel Be Queens
unto God forever. Hail Nashtil
Again: want YOU to consider Vasht the
veile1. Had she appeared before Ahashuerus
and his court on halliday, with her face un-
covered, she would have shocked all the deli
who in their intoxiration demanded that she
come, in their sober moments would have
Gespised her. As some flowers seem to thrive
best in the dark lane and in the shadow, and
where the sun does not seem to reach them
so God appoints TO most womanly natures
retiring and unobtrusive spirit Col
once in a while does call an Isabella
to throne, or Miriam TO strike the tim
brel Mt the front of a host, or a Marie An
toinette t. quell a French mob or n Deborah
10 stand at the front of an armed battalion
crying out: Upl upl This is the day i'm
which the Lord will deliver Ssera into thy
hands" And when women are called TO such
outdoor work. and to such heroic nostions
GOD prepares them for it: and they have iron
In their soul, and lightnings in their eve. and
whirlwinds in their l. -eath, and the borrowed
strength of the Lo.d Omnipotent in their
right arm. They walk through furnaces ms
though they were hedges of wild flowers AMI
cross seas as though they were shimmering
sapphire, and all the harpies OF
hell sink down to their dungeons at
Tho stamp OF their womanlv indigna-
lion. Bat these are exceptions Generally
Do?cas would rather make a garment for the
poor boy; Rebecca would rather FIJI the
trough for the camels: Hannah would rather
make coat for Samuel; the Hebrew maid
would rather give n prescr ption for Naa-
mans leprosy; the woman of Sarepta would
rather gather few sticks TO cook meal for
tamshed Elijah; Phoebe would rather carry
n letter for the inspired Apostle: Mother ois
ures When see n woman go ny about her
daily duty-with cheerful dignity presiding
nt the table; with kind and gentle. but
hrm, discipline. presiding in the nurs-
ont any blast of trumpets, following
IN the footsteps of him who wert
about doing good say: This is Vashti
with a veil on" But when l sec n woman
OF unblushing boldness, loud voiced. with n
tongue OF infinite Glitter clatter. with AFRO
CANT look, passing through the streets with
mas ,uline swing. gayly arrayed i'm a very
hurricane of millinery. L cry out: ''Vashti
las lost her veil" When I see n woman
struggling for political preferment. and r.
]e,tlng the duties of home as insignificant
and linking the Offices OF wife mother and
daughter OF no Importance, AMI trying to
force her way up on into conSpicuity 1 snv.
An, what pity! Nashti has lost hor veill'
w uen see woman Of comely features
and OF adroitness OF intellect and en-
dowed with ali that the schools can
90 Tor one, and OF the bigh social
POSITION. yet moTing in society with SUPER
cihonsness and hauteur, as though she would
nave people know their place and an undo.
met combination Of giggle, aud strut and
rodomontade, endowed with allopathic uuan.
Titles OF talk, but only hom opathic inhnfesi
mas OF sense, the terror o. dry goods clerks
ana rdilroad con iuctoT3, dissovereTs of sie,-
hlliant meanings Ia pain c1nvers ton,
prOIig es Of badiuaue ON iunuordo-I cav.
"Ntslti has Lost her veil
but do not misn.erprat what s1y into n
depreciation ot the work OF these glorious
an divineiy called women who viii not lie
uliersiooi till after they are deal women
iiSo Susan j. Anthony, who are giving th IT,
!. e ior tue Improvement of the con ltion Of
tatlr Sex. Ihos Of YOU that think that
women have under the laws Of this country
an equal chance with men are ignorant az
tEe laws. gentleman writes me from
maryland, saying. Take the laws of Oh y
fiaLe. man and vito start ont i'm lie full
OF nope IN every respect. by their io.nt e Torts
"hi- as rs ire u"ntv the case. through the
economic ideas Of the wife. succeed i'm &c
cumulating a fortune. hut they have no
thiidren; they reach old age together. and
then the husl and dies. What does the law
O. tis state do thcni 10 s1ys TO the wi low.
Hands on your late husbands property. do
not touch IL. the State will fin others %
W.om DO viii give that. but you. the widow.
must not touch 10, only 50 much as will keep
i,I' within your aged body, that you may
I'VE 20 see those others en- 10Y what rightfuliv
should be your own Anil the state seeks
lne relatives OF the deceased husband whether
they Dc near OF far. whether they were ever
hrard or before or not. and transfers to them.
5InEly or collectively. the estate OF the do
ceased husblud and living widow
VOW that Is a specimen Of unjust laws Fin
a' 1ne states concerning womanhooi In.
feld OF flying of 70 tho discussion "a n
"neiher or not the giving o. the right of
F'ihH - woman win correct thee laws fef
W' say u men. be gallant enough. md fair
.''n- .'' am none enough and righteous