Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-02-11
tCCOMAC e. A. VA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1883
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put upon their brow tho coronot. They arc
tho sisters and the daughters of our towns
and cities, selected ont of IL vast number Of
applicants, because OF their especial intel
lectualcnnd moral onGowmcuts. There arc
in nono'of your homes women moro worthy
These poysons some Of them, como out from
nGlucnt: homes, choosing Touching rs q usoful
profession; others, finding TINT father is older
than hcnscd to be, and that his eycsiSht and
s.rciigttiarc nos rs good us once, so to teach
irg 10 li,rhtcn his load But tell you the
EiStoryaof tho majority of tho female teach
ers in tho public schools when | say: Father
is deatl.m After the estate was settled, tho
family, that were comfortable before, are
thrown On their own resources
1t is hard for mcn to earn a living in this
day, outfits harder for woIncn-their health
not so rugged their arms not SO stronS'
their opportunities fewer. These persons,
after tremblingly going through the ordeal
of IN examination as to their qualifications 10
teach, half bcwildcrod step over tho Sill Oh
tho public school to do two thinGs-instiucG
tho young md earn their own bread. Ier
worl, is Swearins to the last degree. The
manngcrjant OF forty or fifty illscty and N.
tracta blc.schil. ren, the suppression 3sot
thor vices and tho development OF
their cScellencies, tho management OF
rcwartls#nnd punish:nents, tho sending
of so many bars Of soap and limo tooth
combs on Eenignnnt ministry, tho breaking
OF SO many wild colts for the harness of life,
sends her homo at night weak; neuralgic, uil-
strung, so that Of all the weary rcoplcln
your citiscs for flYe nights CT the week, there
o,p nopemore weary thrn the public school
teachers. Now, for sake, give them
fair chance. Throw ..staclcs i'll the way.
If they como out ahead in the race, cheer
them. II you want to smite my, smite the
male teachers; they can take up the cudscls
for themselves. But keep your halids OF OF
dcfcnsccss woman Father may be dead,
but there nle enough brothers left to demand
end sec TINT they get Justice.
Within stones throw of this building
there died years ago ono OF the principals Oh
orr public schools. Shc had Gccn twenty-five
wears utthat post She had left the touch OF
refinement Oh IL multitude Of tho young. She
Ind. outof hcr slender purse, given literally
thousands OF dollars for the destitute wEo
came under hcr observation as n school
teacher a deceased sisters children were
thrown upon her hands, and she took care OF
them She was q kind mother to them, while
she ,nothered the whole school. Worn out
with nursing in the sick aid dying room OF
ono of tho household, she herself came to die.
Shc closed the school book and at tic same
time thoyoumc of her Christian fidelity; und
when she went through the gates they cried:
'.Thcsc are they WHO came out of great tribu-
laton, and had their robes washed und made
IL 1,1f+ 1,n Tn,
Queens nre all such, and whether the world
acknowledges them or not, Heaven acl;nowl-
edges them. When Scarron, tic wit aud
ccclcsastic, as poor us he was brilliant, WIS
about to marry Nine. tlc Maintenon, he was
asked by the notary what he proposed To
settle upon mademoscllc. The reply was:
'.Immortalty TIE names of the wives OF
kings die with them; the name Of the wife OF
Scairon,i will live always" In higher and
better sense, upon all women who do their
duty God will settle Immortality not tho
Immortality of earthly famo, which is NOR
tai. but:tho Immortality celestial. And they
shall reign forever and ever! Oh, tho opportu-
nity which every woman has OF being qlieenl
Tho longer 1.-Two the moro admire sooo
womanhood. And have come to form my
oDinioltof the character of q man by his ap-
nrociatxnn or nop-apprcciation of woman.
If man have depressed idea OF n womanly
character he is n bad man, and there is no
execution to the rule The writings OF Goethe
can never have any such attractions for INC as
Shakespeare, because nearly ell tho womaniy
characters OF tho great German have some
Kind OF turpitu,lc There is his Mlariaun,
with her clandestinc scEcminG, and his
Mignon, OF evil parcntaSc, yet worse than
hcr ancestors, and his Theresa, the brazcn,
and his Aurelia Of many intrlGues, and his
Philnn, tho tcrmagant, aud his Alelina,
tho furnished, and his Baroness, and his
Countess, and there is seldom |oinaly
character in ell his voluminous Wit
incs that would be worthy OF resi-
dcncc in respectable coal cellar, yet
pictured and dramatized, and cmblazoncd
till all tho literary world is compelled to sec.
no, no! Givo me William Shakespeare idea
of woman: and sec it in Desdemona, and
Cordclia. ard Rosaiind, and Imoscn, and
Helena, and lIcrmiono, and Viola, and lsa-
bella, and Sylvia, and pcrtlita, all OF item
with cnouG.l faults to provo them human,
but enough kindly characteristics to give us
the authors itica Of woHlanhood, his Lady
Macbeth only dark background to bring
out the supreme loneliness Of his other female
characte.:i.
Oh, woman of Amcrlcal rise to your OPP
portunity. Be no slave to pride, Or worldli-
ness. or sin. Why ever crawl in tho dust
whan You can mount a thronci DO queens
unto Col forever. Hail Fashtil
Again: want you to consider Vashti the
veilcd. Had she appeared before Ahasuerus
nrd his court on that day, with her face un-
covered, she would have shocked all the dell
cacics of Oriental society, and the very men
who III their into1ication demanded that she
como, in their sober moments would nave
dcspiscd her AS some flowers seem to thrive
best il the dark lano and in the shadow, and
where the sun does not seem to reach them,
so God appoints to most wolnanly natures
o. retiring ind unobtrusive spirit. God
once in u while does call an Isabella
10 throne, or q Miriam to strike tho tim
biel at tho front Of host, or Mario An
toincttc TO quell French mob, or Deborah
10 stand Of the front Of all armed battalion,
crying out, Up! up! This is the day III
which the Lord will deliver Ssera into thy
hands.n And when women arc called to such
outdoor work, and to such heroic positions,
God prepares them for it; and they havo iron
in their soul and ishtnings ia their eye, and
wl;;riwinds .rthcir breath, and the borrowed
strength of the Lord Olnniposcnt il their
ri.ht nr,n. They walk through furnaces as
though they were hedges of wild flowers, md
cross seas as though they were shnamcring
sapphire, and oil the harpics OF
hell sink down To their dungeon at
the stamp of their womahly ilidigna-
Lion. Eat these are exceptions. Generally,
Dor,es would rather make Il garment for the
poor hoy; RcLecca would rather fill the
trough for the camois; Hannah would nthcr
rnal:c n coat for Samuel; tho Hebrew maid
would rather give g prescription lor Naar
mans leprosv; the woman of Sarepta would
rather gather few sticks to cook a meal for
famished Elijah; Phebc would rather carry