Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-05-14
In WOMAN'S BEHALF.
SOME HERolNES.

n CtasS OF women VINO BATTLE Against
Odds That Would Down n Man Every
Time.
A woman commits no greater mistake
in this world than to believe that the
wealthy women of our land lead useless
lives. Some lead busy existence COM
pared to which that Of her humble sis
ter is luxury of rest and leisure
Their work is done where you do not
see il, my dear general woman, but ii
is done, well and nobly done. Their
lives are not given over to social pleas
ures as you might be led to suppose
from reading about them in the papers,
Their stations in life demand of them
certain social duties, and when they
fulfill these demands they are given .
prominence in the public prints, |
and you read about them, But behind |
the social figures are the women-as |
God-fearing, as gentle, as sympathetic |
and as womanly as those members of |
their sex who give over their entire life |
TO the welfare of their fellow beings, |
From their homes go out blessings to
thousands, of which the world never !
hears. The noblest deeds done in this !
world are the quiet charities and many
of the wealthy women are quiet, minis
tering angels, whose right hands never
| know what their left ones do. There
are wealthy women in New York who,
more often than the world knows of,
go out in their carriages, not for pleas
ure drives, but on errands of mercy,
and who strew seeds of charity in many
barren place. Do not accuse me of
speaking of generalties when say this,
Again and again have been placed in
positions where | have watched their
quiet workings, and seen the open
heartedness and genuine pleasure with
which they dispense of that store of
worldly riches which has come to them
in such generous measure,
There are few words, however, to be
said on the other hand, 1t is common
mistake among many who live for the
good of others, and have the wheret
withall to make this life happier and
brighter for many a sorrowing one,
that the great privations of this world
are only suffered by those in sheer want
and poverty, The very poor have their
needs, and a multiplicity of them, and
blessings be upon those who seek to al
leviate them But there is certain
class of women in this world for whom
an all-suf1icient amount of sympathy is
felt, refer to that vast army of wom-
en- with whom life is a daily battle.
Somewhere in our small villages, Oft
times in the hooks and corners of our
great cities, these women endure untold
heart-breaks and headworries. Their
brains reel under the great problem,
which comes back day by day, of how
TO make 81 do the work of 81. You my
favored woman of comfort and easy
purse, can form no idea of what that
daily battle means There are thou
sands of women to-day throughout this
country who, although the world will
never hear of them; are living heroines,
who will go uncrowned until the laurel
wreath of Gods own reward is placed
upon their brows. They are women
who, with an income of five or six hun
dred dollars per year, and often less,
are going through daily privations as
keen as the blade of a knife so that
their homes may be bright to their hus-
bands, and food and clothing for the
children be on hand when needed,
These women, my friend, need a word
of sympathy, a kindly pressure of the
hand God-bless-you from a sincere
| heart; yea, they need something more.
/ 1t is not money which these women ask
or would receive. They are willing, yea,
ready to labor for what is given them.
{ Let woman work as she may, but
If she sees her efforts rewarded with
+ nothing but adversely. if instead of go
r ing forward she sees herself and her
! family retreating month by month,
{ tell you it is enough to crush the best
= and strongest will. These women OF
whom | write are not to be met in the
- world Dear souls they have no time
! to go out except to the stores to buy
: their needs They are the women who
! make their homes their battlefelds
4 They are behind the strong and sturdy
h. men who work in the factory, the store
and in the Office on meager salaries
, Not only must they keep up their OWL
9 spirits, but often their strong natures
;, are drained to the dregs to give encour
:, agement to their husbands. We mel
=, can speak of women as the weaker se2
. as much as we choose; but | tell you
my male reader, there are struggles go
ing on in this world borne bravely ant
y heroically by women, which we mel
y would have laid down long ago if the,
y were given us to carry.-Ladies' lIom