Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-01-30
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Five ct SIX years ago n person
Who bad had uo experience in
speaking ia public ou the stage
stood Up before = siiss.a-l Sized
eastern audience of two thoas
aud people aud modes,ly but
iirm,y declared HAT the best
chance in life belongs 10 the
Women os the south.
TIE ladies from Boston
: Thought of their culture clubs
aud WINGED; the women tEoa the
OyeTcTOwdcd eeuters where men
arc too scarce FOR all women ID
have husbaaGs, looked interest
( &c; the breezy girl from Chicago
shook her head doub.lully. I
think I shOu,d like to 20 back
/ TO that saline audience aud Say
L over aEaia, and SIS 1t SLOWLY.
that the wOmau's best chance
IA life Is pa the southland ia
Mississippi
ALMOST auF liberal minded 81
server Is willing 10 admit that
the youuS w0men Of the south
are in many important respects
superior % the young men
they have shown more courage.
mole ambition 2ud have seized
opportunities FIR advancement
Ia new aud unusual fields direct
/ ~ over the heads of their less
I progressive masculine compcti
tors IL the race Ia point OF
health a4d the ,priu.jag vigOr
that cones Of ua.mpaired nerves
the giTl-E hO does ROT smoke
cigarettes by the pack aud GFiAS
beer or tao or three a day
has by tar the best chance. And
the best thing that can be sajl
OF the young gcutiem. u. who
possibly cnyieS her ElOdding
patience and her robust health.
Is that ~ ail fiNeS he is ready
to protect her. be her guard Of
homer, give up his seat II IL
street ear to Ter. love her. al
mire and marry her
Ia the matter OF fac woman
hood. wiIolesomely developed
euterpsi. luz. energetic. pTOgves-
sive sad persistent, the state Of
Mississippi deserves to take
first place. Its great University
at Oxford has been for wears
open 10 women. With the most
ilatteriHg results The Indus
trial College at Columbus is the
greatest training school for girls
ON the continent, aud in "a few
Yeas will have turned out its
thousands ct skilled workwo
men. skilled at many good trades
aud professions. Many OftheSe
Young women are working their
way through college paying for
what they get by helping in the
Homework, in the l1undry. in
the irOng room or ia the pantry.
Aud learning Ia finest ways that
the honor To the worker lies not
IN the nature of the task, but in
the spirit il which 1t is done.
In some parts &C the state
young ladies' formed loan soeie-
ties aud raised among them
selves the money TO send some
worthy g.Fl through college
This money she was pledged
either To pay baci. when she b.
came self supporting or else adj
vance TO help some other giEl
To al education. This l0au SO
eie;y system an.edaies the
Kings Daughters Tens III the
south. aud Is a fac; il the h.stO
y Of womankind viii shine with
peculiar aud IupeTishabie Iadl-
auce. The spectacle oi lovely
aal gentle women. yoaa- or
cid clustering about one oftheir
owu. aud armins her, lean Of
Arc Ike, for the tight. is rare.
aud veil becomes the women Of
the sOuth-
So highly are these meLtal
aud neral qualities of their wO-
men appreciated by the men of
the state that here. almost more
'saa anywhere else. : tue pretty
legend Il plaee aux danes truly
enforced If teacher Is need
FL. piece Cf work 20 Be- done.
. school vacancy 20 be filed. 4
eierkshlP 70 be supplied. Il i
aiSays a home xoG1an wh0 i
selected North, south. east aud
wess. at ever the state. the
dominant Influence Of the SO
a1eu = ca the eide af right AID
progress aud bFoadest culture.
n certain lines Of reforrs the
Mississippi women have made
excellent use CT their chance.
iaelF Temperance Uujoa Is a
aniol that works IS vel -
prays l. - rot 81 lazy IS TO
trust everything To the Lord.
lt = tae most active body cf
temperance EOm~a IN the south
!.
Give an en.erPris-ag woman
an acre Of ground in SissisSippi
aud she will make 4 comf0riabls
living Ii i essentially tie state
for seuteei Iab0reTs Who prefer
to work Ia the sweet security
Of their OWE homes All over
the state are prosperous women
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