The morning call., 1891-10-23
MRS. EYsrER's ADDRESS.

"Have You Thought About IT." or n
True Story OF Jack and jill,
During the recent convention of the w.
G. T. u, held in Oakland, Mrs. Nellie b.
Eyster delivered an address having the
quaint title Of Have You Thought About
It?" 1t was simply an application OF
Mother Goose's melody Of Jack and JilP'
to the affairs Of everyday life, and the rela-
tion Of man and woman 10 these affairs In
her Introductory remarks she said: Poetry,
in its highest expression and essence, is
truth. To be genuine poetry 1t must be
tine. The utteTance of truth, then, in the
spirit of love- is the mission Of the poet.
This, in fact, makes poetry" Placing
Shakespeare and Mother Goose in the same
category, she des gnated the former as 1.-THE
mirror of truth" and the latter as the
high priestesS Of prophecy" and then she
quotes the language Of her inspiration and
proceeds to elaborate Il.
Jack and Jill went up the hill.
To fetch pa Of water
Jack TELL down and broke his crown,
And Jil came tunlbllng after.
Jack and Jill represent the joint heads of
the human race, the connection being sign
of equality rs well as OF individuality.
Quoting from the first chapter OF Genesis,
she SAYS: 80 God created man in his own
image, in the image OF God created he him.
being no confusion in the blending of pro-
nouns, so, presumably. Jack and Jill were,
as originally designed, each IN thelr spiritual
natures, alike masculine and feminine, eln-
bOdyiug as twain, that beautiful comDlna-
tirn-a manly woman aud q womanly man.
Hand in hand, shoulder TO shoulder in all
physical and intellectual respects equal,
they went up the hill" There are vain
Jacks, with a nervous solicitude about them
selves, who fear they are not noticed enough;
there are other Jacks who believe IN the
scheme that makes man IN the abstract
masculine, the head and center OF ali things,
the Jills included
The vain Jack is he who registers ''Mr.
Jack and lady" and who believes the
whole deeulogue, the English law, the De-
claraton OF Independence and the Christ
gospel of human equality. was made for
man of tie masculine gender, and that the
feminine part of him, the Jill, is but an
appendage To lis greatness chattel at his
disposal, a barnacle with bralus an instru-
meuJ Tor his use, q plaything for his idle
hours but in no sense OF law, human or
divine his equal in wisdom, judgment,
responsibility or legal rights. Jill may
have been silly, weak. irresponsible and
iguorAnt, satisfied to be
\ creature all tor good
For human natures daily TODD.
The object Of the ascent, ITO get a pail
OF water" it is assumed. was made hand in
hand. Man-Jack and Jill man-was sent
into tho world 10 be growing and exhaust
less force. Did he-they-hl ihtirp from
the ocean Of infinite truth? Tie prObabili-
ties are that the pair missed their chance.
Jack fell down and broke his crown" and,
together. as God intended, Jill came tum-
bling after The moral IS plain. Men and
women must work together in the work of
reform. Reform in the ethics of living;
reform in politics; reform in a broader
scope # religious thought; reform In
more practical application and demonStrS-
ton Of Gods plan of salvation; reform in
chid-labor; reform in social purity, and re-
form in each individual soul whose present
form is MT patterned after the Christ
model This reform does not belong ex-
clusiyely to either sex. Men and women
rise and fall tog-ther. The right, of ore
are the rights Of the other. Jacks, by
lOng-established custom and might, with
hold these political rights from women,
which, if properly used by them, would eX-
alt tie school, blot out the saloon, sanctify
the Sabbath and make labor blessing in
stead of a curse.
In concluding size said that the magnetic
current of sympathy which drew Jill down
after Jack did not break her crown. Her
mission was to survive, whether because OF
the fttest the future must determine.
Then return. dear jill,
JhaI pail TO fill
VIII. clear. li;e-saying water.
Present the rim
or its flowing brim
To thirsting or daughter.
And should JACK
steal thy track,
with courEge true and tender,
Hold him atop
Lest he may drop
Hold him but don't surrender.