The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-13


asked by the notary what he proposed to
settle upon mademoiselle. The reply was;
immortality The names Of the wives OF
k.nzs die with them; the name Of the vile oil
$ ,arron will live always In higher an 1
better sense, upon all women who do their
duty Col will settle Immortality! Not the
Immortality OF earthly fame, which Is NOR
tai, but the immortality celestial And they
shall reign forever and ever. oh, the oppOTtli-
ity when every woman has OF being queen,
The longer l live the more l admire good
womanhOod And / have come TO form my
opinion OF the character OF man by his ap
nreciation or n0n-appreciation OF woman.
II q man has depressed idea Of womanly
character he is bad man. and there IS no
exception 70 this rule The writings of Goethe
can never haveany such attractions for me as
Shakespeare. be- ause nearly all the womanly
characters OF the great German have some
kind OF turpituie There Is his Mariana
with her clandestine scheming, and his
Mignon Of evil parentage, vet worse than
her ancestors, and his Theresa the brszen,
and his Aurelia Of many intrigues. and his
Philina the termagant, AMI his Melina the
furnished. and his Baroness, and his Count
ess. and there Is seldom a womanly charac-
ter in all his voluminous writings
that would be worthy Of residence in
a respectable coal cellar, yet pct
ured. and dramatizel, and emblazOned
till all the literary world Is compelled TO see
No. no. Give me William ShakeSpeare's idea
Of woman and | see it in Desdemona, and
Corielia. aud RoSalind, and Imogen, and
Helena. and Hermione- and Viola, and lsa-
bella, and Sylvia. and Perdita, all OF them
with enough faults to prove them human
bnt enough kindly characteristics to give us
the authors idea Of womanhood, his Lady
Macbeth only a dark background TO bring
out the supreme loveliness of his other female
characters-
Oh, woman Of America, rise TO your OPP
portunity. Be no slave to pride, or worldii-
ness or sin Why ever crawl in the dust
when you can mount a thronei Be queens
unto God forever. Hail Vaslitii
A gain; / want you TO consider Vashti the
yeile1- Had she appeared before Ahashuerrs
and his court on that day. with her face un-
covered she would have shocked all the deli
eacies OF Oriental society, and the very men
who in their intexi alton demanded that she
come. in their sober moments would have
lespissd 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,
- God appoints TO most womanlY natures
a retiring and unobtrusive spirit God
onee in a while does call an Isabella
70 a throne, or a Miriam TO strike the tim
brel at the front OF a host, or Marie An
toinette t. quell a French mob. or a Deborah
u NIallliA al the AlnAl u III aIlltl
crying out: Upi up This is the day in
which the Lord will deliver Sisera into thy
hands, And when women are called TO such
outdoor work, and to such heroic positions,
God prepares them for it; and they have iron
IN their soul. and lightnings in their eve. and
in their breath. and the borrowed
strength Of the Lord Omnipotent in their
right arm They walk through furnaces as
though they were hedges of wild flowers. AMI
anral. ea.a- fIrn4rra fhav rrrara
sapphire. and all the harpies OF
hell sink down TO their dungeons at
the stamp OF their womanly indigna-
ton. But these are exceptions Generally
Dorcas would rather make garment for the
poor boy; Rebecca would rather fill the
trough for the camels; Hannah woali rather
make coat for Samuel: tho Hebrew mad
would rather give a prescription for Naa-
mans leprosy; the woman Of Sarepta would
rather gather a Few sticks 10 cook meal for
'amished Elijah. Ph0sbe would rather carry
D letter for the inspired Apostle; Mother Lois
would rather educate Timothy in the Script
IreS When / see a woman going about her
Tally duty-with cheerful dignity presiding
1t the table: with kind and gentle, bat
irm, discipline presiding in the nurs-
sry, going out into the world with
pat any blast Of trumpets, following
IN the footsteps OF him who went
about doing goOd-I say: This is Vashti
with a veil on" But when | see woman
II unbiushing boldness, loud voiced, with
longue Of infinite Glitter clatter. with AFRO
CAN'T look, passing through the streets with
masculine swing. gayly arrayed in very
hurricane OF millinery. / cry out: .'Vashti
las lost her yeil.' When | see a woman
'truggiing for political preferment. and re-
leefing the duties Of home as Insignificant,
and thinking the offices OF WIFI, mother and
laughter u no importance, and trying 10
'0rre her way up on into conspicuity, / say:
% All, what a PITY Nashti has lost her veil,''
When ] see a woman Of comedy features,
md Ok adroitness OF intellect, and en-
10 for one and Of the bigh social
lositiDn. yet moving in society with super
ilious1ess and hauteur, as though she would
nave people know their place, and an unde-
inei combination Of giggle, and strut and
'D,lomontade. endowed with allopatt1cqnah.
sites Of talk, but nnly homeopathic iafintesi-
nals u sense the terror Of dry goods clerks
I'd railroad conductors, DISCOVERIES OF sig
lAeant meanings IN plain conversation,
ir0digies Of badinage and innuendo-I say:
'kas1ti has lost her veil
But do not misinterpret what say into a
expectation Of the work OF these glorious
nj dlfineiy called women who will not be
nlerst0o1 I'LL after they are dead. women
Ike Susan 3. Anthony, who are giving their
~ for the Improvement Of the condition Of
Ieir sex. Thoss OF you that think that
women have under the laws Of this country
n equal chance with men are ignorant Of
be laws A gentleman writes ma from
laryiand, saying. Take the laws Of this
tate A man and wife start out In life full
{ hope In every respect: by their JOINT efforts,
nd, as is frequently the case, through the
conomic IDEAS Of the wife. succeed in ac-
unuhting a fortune, but they have no
hlldfen; they reach old age together, and
iien the husband dies. What does the law
Z this State DO them It says TO the widow:
Hands "a your lato husbands property. do
~ touch Il the State will find Others 10
" ON Il viii give that; but you, the widow,
lust not touch IL, only 50 much as will keep
IL within your aged body, that you may
I've 10 see those others enjoy what rightfully
hould h. Your own And the State seeks
he relatives Of the deceased husband. whether
hey be near or far. whether they were ever
card Of before or not, and transfers TO them.
.ngly or collectively, the estate OF the de
easad husband and living widow.
gov. that is specimen OF unjust laws IN
j the states Concerning wOmanhOOl In
,ead u flying on 20 the dis cussion as TO
lhether or not the giving OF the right Of
oting b woman will correct these laws, let
De say 20 men. - gallant enough, and fair
nough, aud honest enough. and righteous
AfAr-As AiNA ArR4 AvFAAlH tNRuAu - fDfEtNb
lese wrongs against women by your own
Masculine vote. Do not wait for woman
lifrage 30 come, n IL ever does come but so
A. a. you can touch ballot boxes. and Legs
ltures and Congresses begin the reforIna
lon. But until justice Is done 20 woman
y the laws Of al the States. let the women Of
america take the platforms and the pulpits.
nj No honorable man viii charge VGshti
nth having lost her veil.
Again; ] want you this morning 10 con-
der Nashti the sicrifice. Who Is this that
see coming out Of that palace gate OF Shn-
isnf II seems % me that ! have seen her
store. She CONES homeless. houseleSs,
1endless. truiging along with n broken
sart Who IS she' Il Is Vashti the sacra-
se. Oh, what n change IL was from regal
1sitlon to q wayfarer's crust A little while
% approved and sought for. now none so
or rs 10 acknowledge her acauaintanceship
aslIti the sacrifice. An, you and / have
IN it many a time Here is a home emnal-
sesi with beauty. An that refinement, (
n books. and wealth can do Tor (
mt bone has been done; hut Alas {
rus. the husband and the father, Is tax
z hold on paths Of sin. He is gradually I
ling down After while he will founder
81 struggle like n wild beast in the hunters
,t-fuftler away from God further away
ON the right soon the bright apparel OF
n children viii turn torags; soon the house
IA sons viii become the sObbing Of a broken
art The old story over again. Brutal
sntaurs breaking up the marriage feast OF
luithr. The house fun OF outrage. and
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