Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-23
w. G. T. u. COLUMN. !
THE GOOD IN MEN.

N Miss LOrena Ellis, IN recent num-
/ pr of Womankind, says:
s'It has been my pleasure to hear
e and gifted of women that the no.
est and purest of friendships were
lose existing between men and wo-
en-. The service good and wise
ld honest man can render a woman
good, uplifting comradeship can
BIT be measured by mere words. Any
oman who proposes to face the
brld, i. e., be in the thick of the con-
. ct for bread or fame, needs to be
= Id some things, kindly, but severe
" and truthfully. The man knows
pitfalls because he is man. He
oks at his feet; women's vision is
ually straight out, often upward.
lie is apt to stumble where he avoids.
4 If 1 ever feel like praying, it is
hen 1 recall what some men have
Bne for women, / feel like praying
at more men would arise like these.
In the trial of Lizzie Borden, fresh
the minds of all, she was upheld
d carried through by the belief Gin
r innocence) of Governor Robinson.
Rfore he would take the case, he
Rnt to her alone and talked to her.
ose two hours made him her friend
d defender. He was as rain in the
sert to her. She chung to his words
d believed in his ability. Mutually
hing each other, the darkness fed
Fay and nothing could be proven
ainst woman well nigh to lunacy
cause strong, good man stood up
+ friend legally and really.
wish / could tell you of all the
hutiful things know of good men.
now great physicians whose word
gold, who, tired and weary as they
u, turn aside from home doors to go
the bedside of some unfortunate,
EN- one scorned of the world, and
bthe and minister and provide for
sick, soul and body. l know of
reward here for such services. I
not pretend that these men are
nts. They have tempers, they
oke, they say things that, to put
mildly, are strong, but these are
laws upon a stream, mere rough
Bses of the shell.
4 there were not secrets in our
Ps we would stand appalled,, and if
Ere were not secrets, some would
" md TRANSPORTED. know of wo
IN as strong and brave as a lion.
has only endured life, in which
has been martyr for years, be-
se man told her she must,-that
IA must do right. Who was the man?
j brother, for he had more COM
sion than brother. Nor friend,
fall that affection. Not lover for
ir feeling was more sacred than
It of father for child. What was it?
knows. He only urged her to-
Ids the perfecting of pure woman
SIS, demanding of her what he
wv he could never endure. She
yed, smiling sometimes even as
trod the wine press alone. She
er forgot his behests, though she
ost forgot his existence. He new
E forgot her existence, though he
d to forget her trials. They met
om. If she needed friend, he
bped forward and rescued her, only
return her later to work and
h. What sort of a friendship was
know of other men, who, watch
the careers of struggling women,
both the paths as much as possible,
all unknowing and unguessing,
be women go on their way.
ewspaper women find their great
aids in men, whose fame made,
en- at the idea of the past trials,
would tighten them for others.
know good, bright woman. She
bot afraid - and she is young and
still-to say, i'I love men. You
bot know how good they are to
how much they've helped me. 1
E not very good husband, but
has made it up by putting kind
hghts and much appreciation into
minds of other men for me and
endeavors."
would like to put this little testi-
y up against the many stories of
Endness and brutality
Edy Henry Somerset has organized
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