St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-19

than q year past Mr.. Blank has not
written one line for the Ledger.
''-s Not written one hne?' grasped
my amazed editor.
- No; for the last year and longer Mrs
Blank has been doing her husbands
work. and she is still quite capable of
continuing to do so.
"And she did, and does to-day.
SIhere, you can see, is case where
veteran was fooled by woman's eff
cheney. Perhaps, if Mrs. Blank had
come and asked permission to write the
articles her ability would have been
nl1StruSted, and she would not have
done as good work as the feeling of con-
fidence enabled her to turn out.
Zone thing women should remember
in their work. Think" continued Mr..
Childs, land that is-to stand by one
arother. They, unfortunately, are only
too apt to run down the members Of
their own sex, and in so doing commit
more harm than they are aware of.
Men are ready enough to decry and
criticize thenl-that is, certain kinds of
fnen-and seize with avidity on that
abuse of themselves which SO often
etnaHateS from women as foundation
for their criticisms.
r'When one comes to think of it, look
at the enormous advantage men possess
over women; in dress, in health. in
manner of life and manner OF living,
the odds are with the men.
But with the odds so against woman
there is one thing in which she is SUI
preme, and that is i'm her influence over
men. If you read the history of all
great men. they have always either had
good mothers or no mothers. And so is
1t true of their wives. AS a rule, a
great man has a good wife who plays
prominent part in securing his great
ness, or else he remains unmarried
But the former is more often the case,
and there are only enough exceptions to
make it more clearly the rule. In a
word, then, the women who are work
ing should stand up for each other and
do the best they can. And men are
more and more learning to appreciate
the value of work that women can do
and are doing"
All such testimonies as these tend to
but one conclusion. It is not enough
that the young women of to-day shall be
what their mothers are. or were. They
must be more. The spirit of the times
calls on women for higher order of
things. and tine requirements of the
woman of the future will be greater.
must not be misconstrued into saying
that the future woman will be one of
bs
mind in itself no more makes true
woman than does wealth, beauty of
person, or social station. But a clear
intellect, a weIl-trained mind, adorns
woman, just as an ivy will
adorn a splendid oak; a true
woman has power, something
peculiarly her own, in her moral
influence, which, when duly developed,
makes her queen over wide realm of
spirit. But this she can possess only as
her powers are cultivated. Cultivated
women WELD the scepter of authority
over the world at large. Wherever a
cultivated woman dwells be sure that
there you will find refinement, moral
power; and life in its highest form. For
woman to be cultivated she must be-
gin early; the days of girlhood are
transitory gnd fast-fleeting. and girls
are " omen before we know it in these
rapid times. Every girl has a certain
station to occupy in this life, some one
place to fill, and often she makes her
own station by her capacity to create
and fill it. The beginning influences
the end.