Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-01-12
An AIlegOry.


Two, of IA kind, speaking generally, yet
note the difference. One is broad
chested, strong neckel, shaggy.imbed,
heavy and slow The other is slender,
graceful, with urched neck. beautiful
limbs, and full Of hre and intelllgN nee.
One Is neutral 10 color, neither chestnut
nor brown, the other is snow white rs
yonler drifting cloud. The one stands
thick skinned and patient while the
flies bite and torment, the other one
with stamp Of foot, tossing OF the fine
head and swelling Of the proud nostrila
shows An imp stience that passes endur-
ance.
These two are hitched to y heavy
load The plow horse with even, steady
gait goes forward with calm sci: possess
sion born of abllityaud strength that has
been well tested.
Pegasus, fred by ambition, pulls with
all the soul and strength that lies in his
beautiful body. He goes too fast for
his companion and does twice the work
necessary. The result is, when they
arrive at the top of the hill, the one ls
as calm and cool az when they set out
while the other qulvers IN every nerve
Bnt one hardly sees this contrast in
the actual life of horses. The stupdest
man that owns beast knows for what
his animals is best fitted, whether for
the heavy load or for the race track.
The plow horse is the more common.
The thoroug hbred racer Is marvel to
all the world, and 1t would be sacrIlege
to rasten him to a dray. Who over
heard of Maud S. wearing a puck or
hauling dirt?
In the ordinary life Of woman 10
such discrimination Is ever heard OF or
dreamed of by the widest dreamer 1t
is difficult to detect the draft woman
from the Thoroughbred. Nobody takes
pains to classify the possibilities of the
young girl. She is, according to the
lessons of history, and OF mankind for
ages, prede>tined to seclu-ion, and fore
ordained to do whatever belongs to her
"sphere," with no question rs to the
fitness OF the work. Her natural work
is TO rear family and belong to some
man. So the girl Of genus with young
head towering to tie stars is made to
knit socks and hem sheets for three
mortal hours at Il stretch, or worse still,
to torture the piano half day at il
time IN order to prepare for society
she is made TO wash and IRON, sweep.
dust and cook IN order to get ready for
her legitimate BUSINESS in life. The
girl built tor this sort ci thing, takes to
it kindly and is an honor to her class ;
but the exquisite young Minerva, fresh
from the brain of Jupiter, frets and
chafes and suffers. Should the 10, Of
the pack horse fall to her, she may 60
he, duty bravely,::but with what waste
of superb material.
If somebody could have directed her
as every ambitious boy is directed, the
world instead of losing her among tubs
and brooms and kettles, would be inf.
ntely blessed by her work. Such a
girl, marrying because she Is taught
that her heart il poor useless thing
until 1t beats in unison with manly
one, and not because love comes to her
unsonght, takes up the burdens OF the
plow horse before she is twenty. Per
haps ere size is thirty, broken down
with her load of cares, she may stand
at her kitchen window washing dishes,
with eyes reaching far into the cloud
land of fancy that might have been re
ality. and longing without hope tor some
Of the things that nature intended for
! her when it so grandly endowed her.