Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-06
THOUGHTS FOR WOMEN


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That jellyash ever can possibly know
lsinee we've goi no slight, or hearing, or
smelly
Beyond what our single sense cen tell.
Now. all that learn from the sense OF
touch
Is the fact OF my feelings. viewed as
such.
But to think they have any external
cause
Is an inference clean against logical
laws.
Again. to suppose. as I've hitherto done,
There are other jelyhsh under the sun.
Is pure assumption that can't be
backed
By iot OF proof or single fact.
IA short, like Hume. very much
doubt.
n there's anything elise at ali without.
80 come at last 70 the plain conclusion,
When the subject 10 fairly set free from
confusion
That the universe simply centers In Me.
And Y we're not, then nothing would
be-"
That minute. shark, who was stroll
just guipcd him down in the twink of
an eye.
And he died, with few convulsive
twists,
But somehow, the universe stln exists,
From the Lower slopes, by Grant
Allen.
Yes, the universe stln exists, and
faith continues to have its triumphs.
Spring Is the ever-recurrlng lesson. by
faith and not by sight Looking back
ward December was cold and chill,
March gave no evidence on which to
fasten belief that the leaves would
burst forth and nowerlets peep from
the dead turf which then covered their
graves. Faith planted the good seed
Ia fallpw ground, the sun. dew and rain
did their appointed work and the seed
ielt their powor. Faith lived and the
miracle " growth began. So with the
garden Of the soul. The seed OF divine
promise lies In It's dark depth, Some
dRy-somc spring day--n ray of truth
penctratcs the hard shell and the flow
ers Of unducstloning belief In its Inn
mortality, IN It's divine origin, its ulti-
mate happiness. spring forth 90 gladden.
aud to light The pilgrimage toward that
city the gates Of which are closed
neither by day or night.
That the housekccpor's cry for help f.
not unfounded IL demonstrated by the
census. In the much exploited advance
N the race domestic servlcb has fallen
into dlsrcputc, and women seem more
dispoacd to occupy places once filed
By mon than to keep the house, as
was originally designed. In 1870 there
were l,s39 l6s women engaged In paid
occupations. or these nearly onc-half
were domcatlcs. In 1850 the number Of
working women was increased to 2,G4I,-
lst ana only one-third were found In
tho domestic system What the proper
ton iN rs the late census Ia not Vet do
terinincd, but there is no reason to sup
pose the decrease X lensened In the
last ten years. Now, everyone knows
that an employe In the household has
more leisure. better wages and more
comforts than the average clerk min
hand or senmstress The girl In ser
Vice has her holidays. her afternoons
out ana the larger part Of evenings to
herself; as rule she fares us does
the family. is well housed and fed. and
yet, one has only to glance over the
want column OF the daily presa To see
that " Is house servants who are I'm
most demand a competent cook, laun.
dress or house girl has her choice of
homes and In no other calling can
any except adeptn hope at the end OF
the month to have from SIS to $50 FOR
clothing and spending money Here ia
question for the advocates Of wonan's
rights To adjust, why should Offices and
shops be hesicged by incompetency and
salaries reduced for men when here IA
u lucrative and abandoned field pc
culiarly adapted for woman We talk
much OF higher education for women
but Is Il not u needed branch that wom-
en- be taught that an honest labor ia
honorable and that II is better Tor the
race that young women have the pro-
lection homes afford than To 40 out
into the arena and battle for a bare
pubalstence2 THIS In one lesson. but
another IL that % woman who respects
herself n to be respected whether she
cooks "A good dinner. faithfully nurses
the little ones or writes an approved
essay paints u picture or In a succrgs-
ful unoncior, Man, more generous to
HE sex, lauds that man who rises from
low estate but woman, who claims a
nphler nature, IN apt to regard woman
who hnN once lHborcd In the family, ar
with her hands, ns made OF uoarser
clay, and therefore society should
Lrown upon hcr efforts TO lit herself
In the social scale
This Is not right, II IS not ChrlstIan
Good women ought 20 remember that
charity ~ IN the home. and, more. than
TINS, the kitchen ia ma good a mission
held as tho world AFFORDS,
The rights OF women are being warm
w u'u"teu' suultumca To heat that Is
not wise and often Illogical. FOR one
believe that when women really want
the ballot the men win not oppose her.
While II ia conceded that Intelligent
male voters are not In the majority,
II Is perhaps fact that the uncducnted
element Is under the direction OF men
who have studied public questions and
are familiar with existing laws. It Is
true that those favoring woman SUI.
frage allcge that the leaders are mon
lacking principle, and for this reason
thef would have women purify the hal.
lot ~ they are honest In thIs then
the trst step for women 10 do IL IN
equip themselves for the nght. FOR H..
nor0ncc however wen intentioned il
loser when listed against intenircnt
ahrewdness. While seriously ousstio,,
the proprioty or fitness of women foy
the practice OF the legal profession. l
lnlnk that II Is an uudlsputed right OF
Wumen TO acquire legal education nm
edueation which will meet her needs In
business M well as assist her I'm tba
higher culture VI her mental enanvr-
mentsi For practical uses eyerv Nh.
man ought TO know whatever relntss
70 what " known rs probate law nn6
the mental discipline required IN AZ.
taln a moderate degree OF proncienr,,
" the various branches OF law viii a.
p her for study In other lines ana ~ ~,
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