Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-21

your history.
v. Again: Bee ID my subject an illustra-
ton of the beauty Of female industry.
Behold Ruth toiling in the harvest field
under the hot sun, or at noon takiug plain
bread with the reapers, or eating the
parched corn which 8oaz handed to her. The
customs of society, Of course, have changed,
and without the hardships and exposure to
which Ruth was subjected every intelligent
woman will find something to do.
know there is sickly sentimentality on
this subject In some families there are per-
sons or no practical service to the household
or community, and though there are so
many woes all around about them in the
world they spend their time languishing
over a new pattern, or bursting into tears at
midnight over the story of some lover who
shot himselfl They would not deign to look
at Ruth carrying back the barley on her
way home TO her mother-in-law, Naomi All
this fastidiousness may seem to do very well
while they are under the shelter of their
fathers house, but when the sharp winter Of
misfortune comes what Of these butterfliesi
Persons under indulgeut parentage may get
upon themselves habits OF Incidence, but
when they come out into practical life their
soul will recoil with disgust and chagrin.
They will feel in their hearts what the poet
SO severely satirized when he said:
ro,,,s A.. 40 .,, ,n,, ~ ,,,.
They're elegantly nain,d frnm mornino ,,,n
night
Tbrorgh that rata of indo,sr.a ho,v ,r
p,e, .,J ,,o,,o1 bavs ,r,-chad ,,sa,ass -,
aa,.+h ,o !. ,.,s,rovod s,.rr;,r1 So. -
70 Sir Hor.cs yara.-i.Of wb.t All -
brother dieT "Of having no,bing 10 do y
vas tho ans,vsr "Abr Ia S,,;r,.i. ..,h.,,
enope,b IN kiII any oarsraI of,sn Oh Coz, !,
be possibIe in this world wbars ,bers Is 90
much spfreripg N ha .Ilav;a,.d 90 much
darkpess to Ie erligbtened and 90 msnx
burdens IN he carried tbar there is snv rs,.sor
Nine de StasI did n world of WORK in bar
time: and ON. day. while she was sested
amid instruments Of music all Of which shs
had mastered, and amid manuscript books
which she had written. some one said To her.
..How do Won find time 10 attend 10 all these
thinysr oh she replied these are mot
the things | am proud Of Nv chief boast is
in the fact that / have seventeen trades nv
any one of which could make a livelihood
n necessary And II in sec,lsr sDbares tbara
is so much TO he dome. in spiritnaI WORT how
vast the fieldr We want more Abieails. more
Hannahs. more R.heccas. more Msrvs mora
Deborabs conss.rarad-bodv mind sopI-t,,
the Lord who bought the II,
VI Once more. | learn from NV sphiact
the value of cleaning.
Rutb gninS into that harvest faId might
have said There is a straw and there % a
straw, but what is a strawr / cant get anv
harley for myself or INV mother in-law ont
of these separste strawsr Not 40 said beep-
tiful Ruth Sha pathered two straws and
She nut them tooetber and more straws nm
ri sine e-o, onongh To msta a sba.f ami
another and another and another and then
she brought them all toretber and She
tbrasbed them ont ami she had an enbsb ~
harlsv NIGH bnsheI On that wa mich, ali
ba olesnsrsI
Elibu Burritt learned many tbircs rb;,a
toiline in blacksmith,s shop. Abercrombis
the world renowned PHILOSOPHER. was a mill.
osopber in Scotland and he GOT his nhiloso-
pby. or the chief mart of it while as = pbv-