Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-01-30

HESW7NGr;G PENDULUM.
,: ''God and Home and Native Land

five years ago there were
~ one state of Massachusetts, sixty
|sand more women than men be-
md the ages of eighteen and forty
Almost the only respectable"
nation open to them was teach
The excess of women in that
Bpver men has not decreased, and
Hher Eastern states it has increas-
VIC scarcely any profession or in
- or occupation open to men is
Nclosed women. The architect of
Woman's building at Chicago is
IN. We have women lawyers,
ors, preachers, editors, authors,
state agents, presidents of banks,
snrface railroads, school commits
-, and in one state woman at
" general. Women are in all
etores, business offices, post-of-
Y and it would be hard to tell
ne they are not, outside of the
navy, and merchant marine.
Tor Emily Roebling when would
Brooklyn Bridge have been finish
writes thus, taking
Mi gloomy view of the situation:
Ink that the present tendency
~ women to devote themselves
|rbfessions and eschew marriage
|the home, and among the mar
- avoid having children, is going
<bduce a change in society that
De in many ways injurious. 1
NJ see that a race superior to the
Fbrefathers and foremothers is
|ng up composed of these chill
who have every opportunity
BE can secure, except in rather
Instances. The present devotion
|ptball and athletics in our col
is educating race of athletes at
Expense of sound bodies and
ii and intellectual ambition and
Ee. I do hope the extreme is
led in this direction, and that the
Elum will swing in the direction
tier things.
young man from our neighbor-
N at an Eastern college spends
\ of his time in smoking and ath-
and costs his parents every
N immense sum. He thinks and
|Pf nothing, apparently, but foot
Ind his studies have to go. The
he young woman will soon be far
Of the college young man, and
viii be compelled to remain
or marry young men Of less cul-
than their own"
we have great hopes of the re-
y. If, as Tennyson says, "the
|er makes most" it won't be as
IS it might be to have the excess
lure on the mothers side. For
harmed men have found unlearn-
M sometimes illiterate wives very
Drtable and useful companions
\ the rugged highway of life; and
N the other thing should be tried,
harmed women shall marry men
M culture than themselves, we do
|hink any great wretchedness
follow. The tendency of high
|ation-of roses, for examples
Id all the stamens and pistils to
and SO prevent the production
N. But sturdy shoots may al
be obtained close to the soil, and
d roses "die out" fresh varieties
Ways coming in, as beautiful, as
amt, and more abundant than
THAT perish Christian Advocate.
fe was confined to her bed for over two
with a very severe attack of rheuma-
we could get nothing that would afford
relief, and as q last resort gave Cham
Is Pain Balm trial. To our great sur
be began TO improve after the first ap
IN, and by using it regularly she was
pc to get up and attend to her house
f. II. Johnson, of @. J. Knutson & Co.,
ton, Mimi so cent bottles for sale by
erce.
und B. Fairfield, United States
at Lyons, but formerly Con-
fonal pastor in Michigan, well
to our readers, writes to our
al President the following
of encouragement: "As you
lit, 1 am ready to make a public
ion Of my faith on the woman's
e question anywhere and every
1 had long been opposed to it,
Pm sat down to prepare an ar
the opposite side, somehow I
pot find much to write, and
heard the superb arguments of
hna Shaw, cried in the words
I'D Methodist hymn, Il yield, I
can hold out no more Miss
way of putting the matter
TO me peculiarly strong and