Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-27
LADY EDITORS or TEXAS.
rusrR CONVENTION CALLED TO
ORDER This MORNING.
rapsrs Read aud work of the Year
Reviswcd--wonderfu Growth
of tho Asrooiation.

the First Baptist church, with about
~ delegates present
The meeting was called to order at
10 o'clock by Mrs. President Sidney
Smith.
An organ voluntary. selection from
Verdi, was exGuisitely rendered on the
instrument in the church by Mrs
Frank N. Brantley of this city. whose
talent is well known. and which was
greatly enjoyed
outside OF the delegates there was
a2large number Of lady visitors from
the city. and a number Of me uiein-
beers OF the Texas Press association.
The roll-onll, read by secretary
Orolia IL. Mohl OF Houston. developed
number of aDsenteeS, many OF wnom
sent excuses. This was followed by an
eloquent prayer by Rev. Mary c. Bill
fngs.
Mrs. NJ. II. Walton. of the Fort
Worth Gazette. then read the ad-
dress Of welcome to tho association.
aIrs. WaIton's address.
"Msdnme President and members of
the Texas Woman's Press association.
10 me rs assigned the pleasant duty
Of welcoming you to our fair city, OF
proflering the hospitality OF our homes
and OF extending to you the cordial
greeting Of the citizens of Fort Worth
believe 1 may he permitted also TO
express a desire that your stay with
us may be agreeable, and that this
convening may be of benefit TO all.
within a short distance of this
handsome building IN which we are
assembled. there Is standing "a rude
log-cabin. severely plain as IL Is. II Is,
nevertheless. an Improved anu revised
edition OF the nrst homes OF frontiers
men improved IN that glazed VIM
ful an nj Af lnDIl-
holes, ana the door that swings upon
hinges Of iron instead OF wood can be
locked. and no longer nehda TO be
barricaded. Even the chimney OF
stones unmarked by chisel is an i'm
provement on the one OF mud and
sticks that preceded 1t, and which
scarce served to convey the smoke otTr
of doors. Whether for security or for
beauty OF s!tuuuon Its site was wisely
chosen. This simple structure, stand
ing on the FIRST elevation, commands =
view OF nS fertile ana beautiful 4
valley as II 20 be found In the state
a valley where not more than a half
century ago the bunnlo and antelope
ranged undisturbed save by the raids
OF Indian hunters. as untaned hA the
animals they purHued. UnRttractive aB
IL the primitive dwelling from an ar
ohitects point " view, II Is not desti-
aute of oharms-lt IL shrine as well
as the last one Of cluster OF huuseB
similarly constructed. thnt were TITO
nucleus Of this modern city now COW
sring an area mllea IN extent.
Are not the homes OF our ancestors
wherein was f0stered all that
has tended to our present
weil-being moro properly rhrines
than are their tomba2 Dust TO dust
and earth to earth are written ON the
Iptter but underneath the hearthstone
of these simple homes Law concealed
YF oil H.. =
cintipn such as ours pOasihle, Within
these walls pioneer mothers. wives and
daughters discharged the daily recur-
ring duties o; home life brnyoiy and
faithfully. They were resolute, Darn
est, industrious women who did "yo
next thynge" without question or re-
pinlng. While sending tho swift shut
Tie through the warp or when walking
with stcady pace backward and for
ward TO the music OF the spinning
wheel there was little time FOR specua-
tion on wOmans destiny and mission.
hnconHciously they fuhlled the one and
discharged the other. These women
tolled FOR their families and with the
labor ~ their hands made the garments
that were worn. when the last task
was finished and hands unused To idle
ness were folded over stllied heart
ran II be doubted that IN that land of
rest eternal their freed spirits rnJolced
20 hear the approving sentence: "shc
hath done what she could"
scattered over this grand state are
their descendants. and this convention
OF earnest. devoted women IA proof
that the spirit OF thse noble mothers
lives In their daughters Necessity for
the doing OF much OF the work they
wrought no longer exists; steam nnd
electricity are agents In accomplishinr
accomplishing what was once woman
hondicrnft. atlll remains the ayer-exis-
tent obligation to work, and il may br
well TO pause and ask ourselves N wa
the women of today, are doing what
we can. Opportunity crowds us but II
,nrings With II responsibility. | he
heve that majority OF thourhtfu
women realize this truth, and some
uhn'~ ZOO seriously. Women may and
W err Nv TO best means for desired
rnds, but never before Ia tho hiqtorv ~
The world was there u time whom tbe,
We're more jealous IN their defense and
uuNocacy or right than now. Tbnt
eher foAi " sometimes without lsnovl-
'uEe Is not strange. nor Is Il peculiar
Noinhns work In the world nf bueI
nsss Is as yet largely experimental
VIM we ought to guard against
~ koihs over ground which haze bcn,
sroddcH unsuccessrully. Briebf xyor,.,,
ought not TO 20 blunderinRlv whom fho,,
may learn from the oxperlepcc ~ tl,n..
Ireceedina them. Women OF thu sS,h
are comparatively new In matters nor.
talning 10 the world outside no bor,a
and the field Of journalism is not an a,
oeption. l for one while / may smile
~ INC errors mon make prefer ia ,so
~ my work the last revise" than fhs
ihnch marred copy az II came from tho
hands OF the critical proofrcader Nv
:, Our sex Ia beginning 10 annrecln,o
w NC value OF organized effort, ana ia
IeAA Womnn's Press assoclatIon "a a
RECOGNITION on the Part OF won,en
wrterr IN the state Of the inlportnnce
OF organization. This aseociatio,, a, |
NOT antagonistic in splrlt.--it wan ore.
pted Tor the sole purpusc of strnn,,,h.
gninE the bond. that ought ni,vn~e r.
pinu fellow-work RS. and also sor ~. |
nid ana encouragement OF one anothrr
rs far ~ l.gow. the experiment ras
tnee'l successful. and am sure thn,
us nrst year has not been barren Of |
good results. w
In times when men dwell Within |
walls and when wRrders sto-a AZ thc |
eniftnocs TO scrutinire tcntouslv Nj
those who wished 10 rars through. Il
was customary to hOnnr a distn,etliEnsd |
Vsit9r by presenting To him the keys |
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