The morning call., 1891-02-27


thickets, representing the sterner masculine
| side; the other with long, smooth, gently
undulating lines of descent. with sunshine
and shade alternating, and clothed with
| bright flowers or green follage-presenting
| the softer feminine side.
1t may be sand that Eve being the first to
| sin by eating of that forbidden and bitter
| sweet apple deserves the severest punish
| ment, but the myriadS of her daughters who
| have succeeded her and suffered for her sin
| must ever wish that she had refrained for
| while, at least, thereby given her lord the
chance which lie would certainly have I'M
proved
! SOONER OR LATER.
1t was the fruit of the tree of knowledge
and mans craving for wisdom, for kn0wl-
/ edge and his desire to investigate certainly
| equal the same traits in woman. | always
! feel like experimenting that familiar quota
| tlon, " Eralty, thy name iS.wemar," with
the addendum, Curiosity, thy name is man."
| True, Adam needed scapegoat anu like
most Of his sous he found one in ''the woman
| whom thou gavest to be with me-
Well, indeed, is it for the weaker yes
| SER that her powers of endurance so far
surpasS tho of man; it is singular, too,
| that ID nearly all things the weakest vessels
| are almost Invariably chosen for holding the
! more potent or the more valuable articles.
torlnStance, in any pharmacy We viii
| md the most priceless liquids contained in
! the. frailest, smallest vialS-(for example,
witness koch's lymph i'll its minute flask
| or the porcelain vase - thin, trans parent,
| and seeming in its fairy-like traciugs the
! very embodiment of jack Fr0Sts delicate
! handiwork, holding some rare or beautiful
| flower which, from Its rarity or its lowell
ness, is almost beyond price.
Often ii is thus with woman, the frail
form, the delicate physical structure only
serving to cmbody soul which, with its
strength Of endurance, its power of self
abnegatiOn and self-Sacrifice, is well fitted
to be reckoned with those of the ancient
martyrs.
Woman's life, indeed, in many instances
IS but period OF patient, prolonged martyr
dom-a martyrdom little dreamed Of little
suspected by those who are nearest and
dearest to her and who, it may be, are the
thuughtleSS-let us h0pe-cauSeS OF her ST.
lent, accomplishing suffering 1t is true
that
More offend from want of thought
Than from want OF feeling.
tits not only in mental anguish that she
eXceis man, for What son of Adam could en-
dure the bodily torments-the thurns in
the feSh" to which she from the very fact
OF being woman has to submit? The wolf,
be lie REPRESENTED by physical or mental
suffering, may be gnawng Mt her vitalS. but
she stocaly wreatHs her face in smiles,
and drawing her mantle over his gaunt
head tastens 1t with corsage bouquet of
heartseaSe.
Woman is often twitted with being
coward, afraid of a mouse" but, truly,
she is brave coward, for ii there be !.
non IN the way" and some one or some
thing weaker than herself to defend, she
seldom betrayS her cowardice.
1t Is singular that while God has given to
almost II not quite every one OF his creatures
some means of self-defcn5e peculiar to Its
species, he has left woman utterly defense
less. We are teld that
TEARS ARE \ WoMAN'S WEAPON"
But sometimes she is too proud to use this
weapon, or perchance her lachrymal glands
are detective, refusing to act when called
upon, or 1t may be her foe is ore to whom
this means of defense does not appeal.
Again, we are told that imam is woman's
defender" and so lie is-when present
against every foe save himself. 1t is also
sometimes said that her innocence is her
pest armor and protection, and while true
Innocence IS many times an impregnable
barrier II is yet often used as the surest
means OF her betrayal and downfall.
Man ; bravery Is unloubted, and he has
also bodily strength with which to defend
himself. Boys are taught from their earliest
years to cultivate their physical strength,
and are gwen all manner of appliances with
which to DO this; bat until recently the
girl who rractieed gymnastics was very apt
to be styled "unladyliGe." If size were given
no harsher name.
Fortunately for the rising generation of
maldrns, this state of things is growing
obsolete, ana girls nowadays are given
more equal chance in every respect with
their brothers.
Greater physical strength would not only
give woman increased power of selt-protec-
ton, put added beauty as well, and SO an
additional charm for her mate. Probably
when created she was not intended to be
or TO become the physically weak creature
she now Is, for God, III his wisdom would
hardly have chosen Adams weakest rib
from which to form her-hs heipmate
Adam, indeed, had had no time for physical
ailments during his short sOjourn on this
mundane sphere, and he evidently had not !
had much leisure time.
The task OF nomenclature alone mus.
have been no slnecure to Il novice like him
self, and he was, moreover. remarkably pro-
ticlent as a linguist tor a beginner. His s.
lection OF tie word oman Tor tile one who
was bone Of his bone, and flesh Of his tlesh,'
was certainly most significant and appro-
pirate. She has been the cause-wittlngly
OF unwitlingly, voluntarily or involun-
arily-of most of the woe which has fallen
to mans lot, while she has aIeviated that
lot by invariably bearing the heaviest
weight of his woe. To herself her name
has been equally significant, because
through man, by man and from man has
come nearly all Of the woe-the ils-from
which she has ever suffered. and truly it
was fitting that she should bear the name
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