Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12
And + fno1rh have passed. onward,
~ BRIEF

~ BRIFF
The builder and the weaver are fu
vorite examples Of life workers, aud the
work in each case is markedly one ppcu.
laHty Il ls that it Is usually done for
others. The builder has his model 10
mind and the purpose for which the
building Is intended, bnt as the poet
quotes, he often builds h,ifor thnu he
knows aud mother is housed and made
comfortable by the labor Of lis uuwit
ting hands Tho house hc mover inhuuitF
In home, aud if his work ia honestly
performed II wuuda thn test OF time.
80 IN life work and character building
Of the foundation is well laid, " all
ne timbors are well fastened together
if the material rs wen chosen ana r3rh
stone laid iu honest ccmcut thorc b.
built up structure that the storms of
time cannot rnd nor the tests of eicrni.
Is reject Il b. not built for self hut
think OF It., wives, mothers and women
Of influence, 1t dnnda O. monument 90
faithful nhor and q blessing 60 those
who shah follow.
Then too iu the weaving of thr lilr.
web the conscientious weaver keeps the
pattern m sight, he FIRST selects good
pattern and then follows &C. II hc allows
dreams 90 suppInut interest iu WORK.
his weave is faulty aud win be rejected
Uulikc him HE weaver cannot cut
ont the tangled web but unjust ego on the
moro purplcXpd because of hiH iuIlief.
Again the weaver does not see the
bcsuy ubrio us his fingers ply tho
shuttle, bis duty Is 20 put in the dark
and the light threads and 90 Keep his
eyes fixed upou the model lt is only
when The web is taken from the loom that
the work is Judged aud approved The
weaver has worked for another and
others appear Gov glorious raimcut because
Of his faithlumoss
So In llfe's web we weave IN the
doubts aud the fears the sheen and
the shadow, but the worl, well done
aud that pattern which Is for oil lives
Kept In view there h. woven a garment
Of exceeding bcnuty 60 gladden. the hearts
OF M who look upon H. A garment that
moths do not destroy because IL ~ fra
Grant with the precious perfume Of faith,
hone and love. ~ the end Of llfc sweet
viii 81 De 20 feel the task better done,
and the building better than We know
While Il "a not unusual TO find women
who are chocy aud componionoble, a
woman humonst s rarely met with
This Is especially truc IN the ease of wo'
men wHtcra TLcy seem 20 think that
81 Ia der0wtory 90 their position Go in-
dnlcc even now and then Ia the fun
which wise men are said to relish The
world OF letters Is full of men humorists,
and from the time of Fielding until now,
English literature las never lacked the
man who laughs, on the one WHO pro.
vobed laughter Ia others. II some of the
female poets Of passion, and noyelists of
the realistic school had less of the emo
tional aud moro OF pleasantly thoir work
would be more hcalthful and tonic. The
reason for this want may DO that men
gather robustness by daily wrestlo Will
stubborn facts while women dwell large
~ in the realm Of feeling, and when Ties
attenpt TO be forceful they pile up ihD
agony aud write OF Kisses embracing
and the mad whin Of passion, Until
their rauders long for litele If tha
homely wit, which, like bread and but
ter never pals on the palate. IL hu
been said that humor was cure fo
eeuslbilty. aud it can be said that muci
OF the modern fiction by female author
Il would be better for the same cure, al
though the ailment is not "sensibility'
rs the term was understood In the Of,
days. Women are quick enough 60 So,
the ridiculous, but from mistaken ideal
Of the propricties, they check any ma
tive tendency to play the humorist Il
their works and the world has lonl
waited for some women Of that school
1t Is prophesied that the day Is cominl
whom not only In leap year, but 10 al
pther years, women are to have the priv
lleee Of proposing Some men are yer!
much shocked at the thought, while e
ilmid bachelors there Is encouragement
hat their day Of probation draws nca
- end. The right to propose, like Ia