Telegram-herald., 1888-02-06

Alay 10 ~ pa.at "a sarruak,11nKs ene roes
h.st asei taem. foF a. cAxrzl.Eis ssa ~la
eais- sish Jhs crae kii1g HEs 81 fsssr struek
haz<lEal aaa plague slotened AzaTst5o In
gr=stinz her a. sac pzss~s. Hal hz1l!
C4esa fsssti
Amonx f1a g1~ess ~sess hoasr ars the
female day scnool teAchers u this lz1d
Dus apsa their bfoN tue coTsDet. fhey ars
taa SISTERS aEd tEe dsaxhtsrs of cor towns
ana citlss, sslectsd oaE of sasf Galaoer q
4gpilczass. 5scauss q tasir esSecisl iasel-
lsctaAl Aad moral endownisubS fsers aTs
ia u0ae a yo1r hos1ss ~osnsa msrs worthy
These pssscns, sons q them. come oat rrom
ssfi4sat nonlas choos4.x asaensag asa nsetui
profession Others, nEshug taf.f tath1r % oleisr
tnan 90 used 10 De ana thzt hls sy-ssgat and
strength ara not ~ good as o<s-s go u teach
tng - hghLen Ms ioad But / tel yea the
history u ths ras lority u the female teach
sss Ia shs pGblie s,aools when | say; "father
y dsad After thr estate was settled, tho
family that we're comfortable before, arc
tbro~n on Ehslr Own resources.
It j. hard Tor men % earn a living ia this
day. bat Il y harder Tor woFnen-their health
not 50 rugged, thsir srrns not 80 strong,
their opportunities fewer. These persons,
after trsmbhngly going through the ordeol
u an examination as 10 their qualifications 20
teach. hAR boslldsred step over the sill or
the pubic school to do two things-instrucs
The vounx and earn their own bread. Her
work II wearing % ths lass degree. The
management Of forty or ffty fdgety and In
tractA5ls childrsn, the suppression or
thar vices and the development or
their excellencies, the management or
rewards and punishmeu,s, the sending
of - many bars OF soap and fine tooth
Combs on bsnignant ministry, The breaking
og 30 many Wild colts for the harness OF life,
sends hsr home Al night weak, nsuralgic, IN
strung, ~ that Of all the weary people IN
your cities for five nights OF the week, there
are none more weary than the public school
taacherS Now, for Gods sake, give them
fair chanca Throw no obstacles IN the way.
II they come out ahead IN tho race cheer
them II you want 10 sinite any, ssnite the
male teachers, they can take mp the cudgels
for themselves But keep your hands on or
dsfenseless woman. Father may be dead,
bat there are enough brothers left To demand
md see that they get justice.
Within stoae's throw Of this building
there did years ago one Of the principals Of
our public schools. She had been twenty five
u
refinement on a multitude of tho young. She
bad, out Of her slender purse, given literally
Thousands Of dollars for tho destitute who
came under her observation as school
teacher. A deceased sisters children were
thrown upon her hands, and she took care Of
them. She was kind mother to them, while
she mothercd the whole school Worn out
with nursing in the sick and dying room OF
H. q Hio
She closed the school book and at the same
tiuls the volume Of her Christian 6delity; and
when she went through the gates they cried:
THESE are they who came out OF great tribu-
lation. and had thsir robes washed and made
white in the blood OF the Lamb.
Queens ara all such, and whether the world
Acknowledges them or not. Heaven scknowl-
edges them When Scarron, tie WIT and
ecclesiastic, as poor as he was brilliant, was
about to marry Nine. de Maintenon, be was
ASKED by the notary what be proposed to
settle upon maGeInoisello The reply was:
Immortality The names Of the wives OF
kings die with them; the name OF the wife Of
Scarron viii live always In higher and
better sense, upon all women who do their
duty God viii settle Immortality Not the
immortality OF earthly fame, which Is NOR
tai, but the Immortality celestial And they
shall reign forever and everl Oh, the opportu-
nifty which every woman has Of being queen!
Ths longer l live the moro l admire good
wornanhood And have come 70 form my
optrion Of the character OF Q man by his ap-
probation or non-appreciasien OF woman
III nan have q depressed sdoa OF vomanly
character be Is . bad man, and there Is no
exception 70 the rule. The writings Of Goethe
can never have any such attractions for me as
Shakespeare, because nearly all the wouaniy
characters Of ths great German have some
kind OF turpisuda There Is his Mariana,
with her clandestine scherning and his
Mixuou. Of evil pareutage, yet worse than
her ancestors, and bis Thsresa, tho brazcn,
AID bis Aurelia 0f many insriglles, and his
PhilinA, she terIns<Sant, aud his helina,
the tarniShed. and hLs Baroness, and his
Countess. and there Is seldom wosnaly
character in all his volEmInoUs writ
inxs that w0ud - worthy OF resi-
asncs in a rlspectEbse coal csliar, yet
pictured. and dramatiEed, and srnblszoned
tiu AZ the literary world Il compelled 20 scc
No. noi Give ne William ShakosPesres idea
Of woman: and sea It in Desdernona, and
Corislia, and Rosalind, and Iuosen. and
Helena. ard Hermione. and Viola, and Isa-
heus. and Sylvia, and Perdita. All of them
WITH enough faults 20 prove them human,
but enough kindly characteristics 70 give us
.ha authors idaa Of womanhood. his Lady
Macbeth only a dark background 70 bring
ont the supreme l0veliness Of bis ether female
characters.
Oh. woman u America rise n your or
portunity. BE no slave % pride, OK woridli-
us~s. or SIN. Why ever crawl in the dust
xhan you can mount a thronel Be queens
unto God forever Hail Vsshtii
Axain wsrt you 70 consider Vsshfi th-
veiled Had she appeared before Abasuerus
ard his court on that day. With her FACE IN
covered she would hsve shocked al the deli
czcies of Oriental @o.-iety. and the very men
rh1 IN their frtnx cation demanded shat she
come. IN their soher moments would nave
as.suised her As some flowers seem - thrive
bssr ii sne lark lane and IA the shadow, and
Were the san dos not sesrs 70 rezch thorn
=, G.,d appoints - most womNniy natures
a rstiriag snd unobtruxve spirt ts0d
,nca In Wbise does call an Isabella
q a throne. or Miriam - strike tbe tim
bral a. the front Il hnSt. or a Marie An
toinctte % queil a French MOB. OF a Dehorah
e. stand az The frsut u al zrasd bsttahon,
CRYING cut. "Upi 70 This Is The day n
vaich the Lord rli deliver SiScrs igto thy
hands7 And when women are called - Tscb
outdoor ~crk. and ~ such heroic position.
ted rrerar=s them for it. sad thsT hase lron
in their scul. sna aa.htn1a-s u tteIT ere. snd
rhirivis5s un theif hresfo. ard the borrowed
strength of the Lord 0tanipotent IN thsir
riaht arm Trey walk tArengh Furnaces IS
shcuzh rheY rerp heigss ~ sid Covers. and
.ross seas - thcuzh trey ~ere sh.sanaeTing
sauuhire. asa al fhe harriss ~
~ ruk s,wn - thsr 5n.zeou a.