Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-27
THOUGHTS FOR WOMEN.
nRs. NJ. n. WALTON.

hihinB iIom Iateiui ana torDluuen
ways
TO find a woman's hand upon my brow;
Soft as q pad OF rose leaves, and as
pure
As appraised palms Of angels seen in
dreams.
And soothed by It. to stand as 1t
beaeems
a man who strives TO conquer and en-
A woman's handl there is no better
thing
OF All things human; it is half dl-
vine;
1t hath been more to this lame life of
mine,
When faith was weakness, and despair
/ was king
| Man more than all men, thou vast
glad TO bless
| woman's sacrifice and tenderness.
Gilbert Parker.
woman's sacrihcesi How readily
they are made and with what cheer
fulness when they involve nothing
more than giving up for the sake OF
another. SIN. there are sacrifices
from which too many women shrink.
They shudder at the prospect Of earn
ing their living by certain yocations,
and when they must engage in them
or starve, idle, foolish tears bedim
their eyes. In the South there are
many Of the blooded poor" They
are women Of good families that were
stranded by the war. and tradition
and heredity conspire to make manual
labor distasteful. When, therefore. stern
necessity drives these women. dauFh-
ters or women tendcrly shielded. out
Into the world to meet Its chilling
winds alone they are hampered in their
efforts by false pride.
Once a lady, always u lady" Is a
truism, and all honest labor Is honor
able, but the mistaken pride Of those
seeking employment is not mitigated
greatly by aphorisms. Some OF the
scenes to which housekeepers are Wit
ness would be pathetic II they were
not ludicrous. Girls come to hire for
general Homework who viii not go to
the door, nor come at the touch OF a
bell. They seek cooks place with
out knowing anything about the art OF
cooking and by way OF apology say
they were accustomed TO living well
and their parents had plenty Of SER
wants. Whatever the work for which
they apply. former grandeur seems to
be considered sufficient excuse for any
want Of qualification
Tired of wrestling with false pride
and incompetency, the average South
ern houaekeper, II she prefers white
i''HNl WI 4le Alfllll Nllt lNlY VINO 'llNe9
with her to the sturdy, capable ana
willing European who expects to work
for wages and no sentiment.
The little street Arab who defined n
lady to be "nuthin' but woman watts
gIowed up as fine as silk an dom need
no trmm'ns to make folks think she's
real had the true conception Of
lady.
Phillips Brooks, whose words of wise
counsel Will stand even in eternity's
light, urges an earnest searching of
self, In order to find out what we are
made to do. and then to set about the
doing OF Il. or course. this Implies
earnest, lofty purpose. for 1t ~ only by
acknowledgment that the world can be |
vidual.
Too often is It that woman whose
labors are in the kitchen feels that her
talents are being FILTERED away and /
that, work as she may. she is not add |
ing to the sum Of human happiness
This is wrong conception OF the
value OF this kind of work to herself |
ana the benefit to others she Is Gay by
Jay comforting in the faithful dis
- sANAANHAN hulltNs me woman !
VINO iENents palRteable and whole
some dish is as much beneractor as
rs the man who makes two blades IN
SrRsa grow whore before there WINS but
one ana 70 be good cook, the woman
IL may be uuwittingly--has acquired
., a.. .ettt, N amount Of clence and chem
lstry' III she IL neat aud tidy house
maid not only does she eNalt the ofIice
ny htr grace but while she ministers
" tue comfort OF the family she is nj
inc same time teaching them
ts5ohs OF order ana system
uhu cuiuNaung In them a
taste for the beautiful. II she teaches
the little child to be pucc minded ana
lseiul, she Is working for her country
ny rearing a good citizen. Whatever
lthe calling. every woman may md In
u opportunity 10 elevate and innprove
mohkind for the work OF uplifting "a
n not eenined to lecture platforms and
washington journals are disposed to
'rltieise Mrs. Cleveland for devotion IN
her maternal duties Society peopls
ma merchants complain that a want of
made It dun IN business and in sociaI
'lrclea. Mrs. Cleveland may have tho
'auslaction of knowing that the so,na
complaint has been urged aoninst
queen Victoria. While It Is unquestionN
loly true that position aud place brinp
WIN them responsibilities and oblicn.
ions, may II not be as true that the
,lace OF wife and mother is not without
Us peculiar obligations and that Tho
Vol lady OF the land IL doing good J
erviee by Illustrating this. and ieav-
ns TO the society women and the nm !
occupied the lesser obligations OF max
,roperous? ''''N-
ng the capital gay and the merchants Il
Nym Crinltle In an article IN which {
e discusses the arguments OF canal 0
uuragists' pays this glowing tribute
, motherhood: "''N'N n
II attribute that UNIQUE and praeiops y
uallty or ripe wumRullnsss Drin,nriiv a
mothorhood, Woman y wiser IN ii
Amy things than man, li,se de a.
as loved more. She Is lie rnost 49,. az
llicent exhibit OF the vlcarlous sas- 81
m OF nature TINT we can an,wb.r.
nd. she has poured ~ stlt inio All oil
~ literally. ana while she hns 80, &c
spending her election she has re-, re
lilding up character hsroisn, IN NJ
lies her more nearly t. the in,,nt,a' W
whom 1t has been said: lie g IT
Always there will be one human ,,,,, %
niue apart from the race IA ,,,b ~ ~ re-
q 20 in ~ hAAbli