Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-06
thrown on their own resources,

after tYamblingly going through the ordeal
of an examination as to their qualiii, ,tions to
tsach. half bewildered step over the sill of
th. public school to do two things-instruct
the Young and earn their own bread. Her
work ia wearing to the last degree, The
management of forty or fifty fidgety ana in
tractabls children, the suppression Of
their vices and tho development Of
their excellencicS, the management OF
rewards and punishments, the sending
If - many bars OF soap and fine tooth
combs on benignant ministry, the breaking
of 50 many wild colts for tho harness Of life.
sends her home at night weak. neuralgic, un-
s,run-, 81 that of all the weary people in
yuur cities for five nights Of the wSak, there
mr., none more weary than the puS!ic school
teachers. Now, for Gods sake, give them u
fair chance. Throw no obstacles in the way.
II they como out ahead in the race, ,'cheer
them. II you want To sinite any, sInlte the
male teachers, they can take up tho cudgels
for themselves Blu, keep your hands OF OF
defenSeless woman. Father may be dead,
hut there are enough brothers bft to demand
rnd ss that they get Juseics.
Within a stones throw Of this building
there died years ago one OF the principals OF
our public schools She had been evenly
wears at that post She had left the touch Of
refinement on multitude Of the Young. She
had, out of her slender purse, given literally
thousands Of dollars for the destitute who
came under her observation rs school
teacher 4 deceased sisters children were
thrown upon her hands, and she took care of
them, She was Kind mother TO them, while
she mo,hered the whole school. Worn out
with nursing in the sick and dying room OF
one of the household. she herself came To die.
Sbe closed the school book and at tho same
time the volume oi her Christian fidelity; and
when she went through the gates they cried:
These are they who came out "f great trlbu-
la,iou, and had their robes washed and made
white in the blood of the Lamb"
Queens are ALL such, and " whethcr the world
acknowledges them or not. Heaven acknowl-
,i,es them. When ScarrOn. the wit and
s,,lcsiastic, ns poor rs he was brilliant. was
tbout TO marry Nine. de Maintenou, be was
,ske,i bv the notary what he proposed to
,,.,tl. upon madcmoisellc. The reply was
Immortality. The names Of the wives Of
inns die with them: the name of the wife OF
Scarron will live always" In higher and
scttsr sense, upon ali women who do their
~-~S
immortality of earthly fame, which is NOR
tai, but the immortality celestial. And they
shall reign forever and ever! Oh, the opportu-
nity which every woman has of being queen!
The LONGER | live the more l admire good
womanhood. And have come to form my
opinion Of the character Of man by his af-
probation or uon-appreciation OF woman.
il man have a depressed idea Of womanly
character he il a bad man, and there Is no
execution to the rule. The writings OF Goethe
can never have any such attractions for me as
Shakespeare. because nearly nll the wonanly
characters Of the great German have some
kind OF turpitude. There Is hts Mariana,
with her clandestine schemins, and his
Misnon. of evil ISrentage, yet worse thnn
her ancestors. and his Theresa, the brazen,
and his Aurelia Of many intriSues, and his
Philina, the terinagant, aud his Melina,
the tarnished, and his Baroness, and his
Countess. and there is seldom a womaly
character in all his voluminous writ
incs that would be worthy Of rsi-
,ience ~ n respectable coal cellar, yet
picturd. and dramatized, and emblazoned
till all the literary world is compelled to see.
No no. Give me William Shakespeares idea
Of woman; and sc it in Deslsmona, and
|Cor,ielis, and RoSl!ind. and 1moSen, and
Helena, and Herunioae, and Viola, and Isa-
bella, and Sylvia, and Periita, all Of them
with enough faults to prove them human,
but enough kindly characteristics TO give US
the authors idea Of wolnanhood, his Lady
Mactp;h only q dark background TO bring
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vei!eI haa Sae appe;ireo S,',e Au"Soei uS
and ms court on .ia' oas, VIII ne, .ae
covered. she would nave e"or.I AZ Tue ueu- ii
cacies OF oriehtAi s"tees' and 'i'o We, in.n
.,u. n" ~ ,h.;r soh.r moments would have
d..s-,;s.d hor as s,m. flowers seem to thirty Q
-. T., ,h., 1.rL lon, and in III, shadow and
-. ,n, s,,,, ao.,. no, seam N reach them.
a, ca .,r,i,,s ., most womanlv natures
a rctl..;rr AMI unob,rusiye spirit. God
o,c,, In wbil, do, call an Isabella
>, ,hrone or a Miriam 10 strike the tim.
hrsl a, the front OF a host or Mario An
,,;n.tta 70 ou.ll French mob or Deborah
to stand at the front of an armed battalion,
,rvin- out Uni up. This is the iay in
which the lord will deliver Sisera into thy
hands, And when women are called to such
outdoor work and TO suca heroic positions.
GoI prepares them Tor 1t: and they have iron
in their soul, and lithtnings Ia their eye, and
whirlwinds in thsir breath, and the borrowed
strength Of the Lord Ou,nipotent In their
right arm They walk through furnaces as
though they were hedges OF Wild flowers, and
cross seas as though they were shiLinering
sapphire. and all the harpies OF
hell sink down - their dungeon at
the stamp Of their womaLiy Iidisna-
tiou. But these are exceptions Generali y.
Dor.os would rather make garment Tor the
poo- boy; Rebscca would rather NIL the
trc cuS h for the canaeb, Hannah would ra.her
make a Goa, .or Samuel: the Hebrew mai
would rather give a prrscrirtion for Naa
mans leprosv: the woman Of Sarepta woul
rather gather few sticks to cook meal fo
famishei Elijah: Phebe would rather carr
a letter for the INSURED apostle; Mother Loi
would rather educate Timothy in the Scrir
lures When I see a woman going about he