Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-09-17

much every way in o happy consc,ons
ness that would make his own IT,
brighter, and his own dying pijn"u
sweeter, and his own heaven happier
the consciousness that he had saved
man.
There sometimes come exigen,ros
in the life of woman. One morr.,,'
a few years ago l saw in the newsnao
per that there was young woman N
New York, whose poe etbook contain.
ing thirty-seven dollars and thru.
three cents had been stolen and She "a
been left without q penny at the h.'
ginning of winter, in a stranr,
city. and no work. And althou,b
she was a stranger, l did not allow ,he
o'clock mail to leave the lamp-pos, ~,
our corner without carrying the thlrtr.
seven dollars and thirty-three ,e.,ts.
and the case was proved genuine Now
l have T. ad all Shakespeare TRACE lies
and all Wet Hugo's tragedies and ali
Alexander Smiths tragedies. but r.yrr
read a tragedy more thrilling than tLa,
case, and similar cases by the hundreds
and thousands in all our large c,,:,S.
Young women without monev and
without home and without work in tho
great ma elstroms of metropolitan life
When such n case comes under ,uur
observation how do you treat it? 't,et
ont of MY way; we have no room N onr
establishment for any more hands.
don't believe in women anyway; they
are lazy, idle, worthless set. JOAN,
please show this person out of the
door" Or do you compliment her Per.
sonal appearance, and say things To- ner
which if any man said to your sistc. or
daughter you would Kill him on he
spot? That is one way, and it is tr!pd
every day in the large cities, and many
of those who advertise for female hands
in factories, and for governesscs in
families, have proved themselves unit
to be in any place outside OF he'll. But
there is another way, and l saw it one
day in the Methodist Book Concera in
New York, where n young woman ap.
piled for work and the gentleman in
tone and manner said IN substance:
"My daughter, we employ women
here, but | do not know of any vacant
place in our department You had
better inquire at such and such
successful in getting something
sent YOU" The embarrassc and HUI
=
| Christian confidence. She started out
with hopeful look that / think nust
have won for her place in which to
earn her bread; l rather think that
considerable and Christian gentleman
saved woman. New York and Brook
| ]yn ground up last year about thirty
thousand young women and would ike
grind up about as many this year cut
of all that long procession Of women
who march on with no hope for this
world or the next, batterc and
bruised and scofTed at. and flung off
the precipicc not one but might have
been saved for home and Goa and
heaven. But good men ana good
women are not in that kind OF bust
ness. Alas, for that poor thing. roth
ing but the thread of that sewIng-
girls needle neld her, ard the thread
broke.
have heard men tell In public dis.
course what a man is: but what IS a
woman? Until some one shall give a
better definition, will tell you what
woman is. Direct from God, u lcred
and delicate gift, with at,e .tions 50
great that no measuring line short of
that Of the infinite God can tell their
bound. Fashioned to refine and
soothe and lift and irradia.c h NE
and society and the world.
OF such value that no one can apnre-
ciate it, unless his mother lived long
enough rd let him undo. Il, d it or
who in some great crisis OF life when
all else failed him, had wife TO rein
force him with faith in Goa that
nothing could disturb. Speak out ye
crnllnS fo)l nf bn fn,t that
rocked you and the anxious faces that
lowered over you! Speak OUT, ye
nurseries of all Christendom, and ye
homes, whether desc ate or still in full
bloom with the faces of wife, mother,
and daughter, and help me to define
what woman is There may be III thh
audience, gathered from ali parts OF
the world, there may be man VIII Sc
conduct toward womanhood has been
pertidious. Repent. Stand UP, thou
masterpiece of sin and death, that
may charge you! AS far as possible
make reparation. DO not boast that
you have her in your power. and hat
she cannot help herself. When that
fine collar and cravat, and that elegant
suit of clothes comes off, and your nm
covered soul stands before God, yoI
will be better off II you save that
woman.
There is another exploit you can do,
and that is to save a child. A child
does not seem to amount to much. II
is nearly year old before it can walk
at all. For the first year and Il half 1t
cannot speak a word. For the first ten
years it would star e ii it had to earn
its own food. For the first fifteen
years It's opinion on any subject /, alb
solutely ,alueless. And then there
are so many of them. My, what lots
OF children! And some PEOPLE have
contempt for children. ihey
are good for nothing but TO Wear on
the carpets and break things and keeE
you awake nights crying. Well, YOU
estimate of IA child is quite different
from that mothers estimate who los
her child this summer. They took it II
the salt air of the scashorc and to TN
tonic air Of the mountains, but no he'll
came, and the brief paragraph of III
life is ended. Suppose that life coult
pe restored bv purchase, how muci
would that bereaved mother give
She would take all the jewell
from her fingers and ncci