Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-08-22
WOHiNIZING SOCIETY

among tnr eNcfieat articles called
out on this side OF the water by the
action Of the English Rcmonstrants.
was an editorial in the New York
Home journal, which paper after re-
affirming it, own stcadiast LOYALTY Ia
the cause, SAID
Woman suffrage j. not the mere
privilege u voting. II means a social
revolution. reconstruction Of society
IN higher principle. Il mcqa- If
YOU will permit the word-;he woman
izlng Of society !; is not woman who
Ny her entrance into political life viii
take the mould Of socictv a. il nov j.,
but society that will he moulded anew
by woman. She will not lose thereby
her distinctive attribute and charm,
hut will infnsc into lie social -tatc tile
warmer sympathies, the disinterc,tc,l-
ness. the moral enthusiasm and the
profounoler sense of justice that are
characteristic Of her womanhood
''ln fine, the movement for woman
suffrage Is but part of the general
driit OF modern society toward a higher
principle q organization than that mp
Oh which il now rests, and it, great
importance lies il the fact that il is 40
essential step in this revolution
r, vo!uiion which only with the aid Of
wonans larger ~smpaihics and fiuer
sense Of Justice may he peacefully ac-
complIshed.
The Church Universal that was
no fiction in inediayal times when
society was constructed consistently
throughout on basis OF force. The
Church Universal 1T will cease 10 be
fiction Of modern times when society
Is reconstructed consistently on the basis
Of Justice and that fraternity viii h
justice involves 1t is to woman that
We look for this reconstruction. II is
from her heart that the vitalizing force
must proceed Ii i, BY her active par
tlcipatlon alone that the great work
can Ice achieved
The movement in favor of equal
rights for women owes much TO The
Home journal for many timely word.
spoken III their behalf Not the least
Is It's constant recognition Of The fact
that the advent of women in politics
will lift society up, and not drag women
down Ley ST0NE.
Gop BLISS The BABIES God bless
the babies What world this would
be without them What sourng and
curdling up there would be Of the milk
Of human kindness for want OF an out
let, if there were no little cherubs 10
caress aud be foolish over. Often and
often when entering, with some mis-
givings, the great hall Of a new place,
my heart has leaped up AT sight Of
tiny wooden bootee, very rainbow Of
hope, lying on the waxed floor, while
the sight of wrecked tin train, with
an engine without funnel or wheels.
has teen as welcome as a card Of invi-
tation to ball is to young lady.
God bless the baby it is better
tonic taan all the bitters ever adver-
tised.
The baby has mission and fulfills
it; it mas an object in life and accom-
plishes it. If ever it becomes neces-
sary to thin out the population hope
the process will not begin at the small
end of the human race, for ! affirm
and maintain that there is not one baby
too many in the whole world.
GULLs AND THEIR YoUNG.-Every
bird watches over and cares to her
own nest, though the numbers are so
great and the tumult so excessive that
it is difficult to conceive how each gull
can distinguish her own spotted eggs.
placed in the midst Of so many others,
exactly similar in size, shape aud color
and when at length the young are
Matched and are swimming about on
the loch or crowded together on some
grassy point, the birds, as they come
home from distance with food, Hy
rapidly amid thousands of young ones
exactly similar to their own, without
even looking at them. until they find
their own offspring, which, recognizing
their parents among all the other birds,
receive the morsel without any of the
hungry little creatures around attempt
ing to dispute the prize, each waiting
patiently for its own parent, 10 perfect
confidence that its turn will come in
due season.-Science.