The Red Cloud chief., 1894-06-15

her opprcssors.
A Source Of strength.
But tis,re II somcthingf pr cur wom-
On TO do. Let u young people prepare
to excel in spheres Of work, and they
will bc able after awhile to get larger
wages. If it bo shown that u woman
can in q store sell moro goods in n year
than u man., she will soon DO able not
only to ask but to demand moro wages,
and to demand them successfully. I'm
skilled and incompetent labor must tako
what is given. Skilled and competent
labor will eventually mako its own
standard. Admitting that the law OF
supply and demand regulates these
things, / contend that tho demand for
skilled labor is very great and the sup.
ply very small.
Start with tho idea that work Is hon.
orable and that you con do some one
thing better than any II else. Resolve
that, God helping, you will take care
Of yourself. II you are after awhile
called into another relation, you will all
tho better be qualified for 1t by your
spirit of self reliance, or II you arc call.
cd to stay rs you arc you can DO happy
and self supporting.
Poets are fond Of talking about man
as an oak and woman tho vino that
climbs II, but I have seen many q tree
| fall that not only went down itself, but
| took all the vines with II. I can toll
| You Of something stronger than an oak
for M ivy to climb on, and that IL tho
throne Of tho great Jehovah. Single
or aNianccd, that woman is strong who
leans Oh God and does hor best. The
needle may break, tho factory band may
slip, the wages may fail, but over every
good woman's head there aro spread tho
two great, gentle, %stupendous wings Of
tho Almighty.
Many Of you will go single handed
through life, and you will have to
choose between two characters. Young
woman, I am sure you will turn your
back upon tho useless, giggling, paint
cd nonentity which society ignominious.
ly acknowledges to DO % woman and ask
God to mako you o humble. active,
earnest Christian.
Useless Life.
What will become Of this goddess dis.
ciple Of fashion? What an insult to her
sexl Her mi AFRO an outrage upon
dccency. She is moro thoughtful of the
attitude she strikes upon tho carpet than
how she will look in tho Judgment,
more worried about her freckles than
her sins, more interested in her bonnet
strings than in her redemption. Her up
parel is tho poorest part Of a Christian
woman, however magnificcntly dressed,
and no one has so much right to dress
we'll as q Christian. Not 30 with the
goddess disciple Of fashion. Take hel
robes, and you take everything. Doatl
will como down Oh her some day, ant
rub tho bistro of her eyelids, and thu
rouge of her cheeks, and with TIVE
? rough, bony hands scatter spangles ant
{ glass beads and rings and ribbons III
d lace AID brooches and buckles and sashe
( and frisettes and golden clasps.
The dying actress whose life had BEEF
' vicious said: 1.-THE scene closes. ORA,
the curtain" Generally tho TRACED
9 comes first and the farce afterward, bu
O In her life 1t was first the farce Of q ust
less life and then tho tragedy Of
Q wretched eternity.
Ill A Mother In Israel.
Compare tho life and death Of such
one with that Of some Christian aur
}, that was once q blessing to your house
hold. / do not know that sho was eve
offered q hand in marriage. She live
o single, that untrammeled she migl
}. BIO everybody's blessing. Whenever I'll
sick were to be visited or the poor to
provided with bread, she went with
8 blessing. Sho could pray or sing ''Roc
Q Of Ages" for any sick pauper who aske
her. As she got older there were da,
n when sho was a little sharp, but for Il
q most part auntie was q sunbeam-ju
tho ono for Christmas eve. She kne
y better than any one else how to 4
i. things. Her every prayer, as God hea,
~ 1t, was full Of everybody who had tro1
% bic. The brightest things In all Il
house dropped from her fingers. 81
had peculiar notions, but the grande
notion she ever had was to make "
1t happy. She dressed well-auntie q
% ways dressed well-but her highe
10 adornment was that Of q meek al
o quiet spirit, which in the sight Of G'
l. is Of great price. When she died, "
70 all gathered lovingly about her, and
ID you carried her out to rest tho Sund
10 school class almost covered tho cof
10 with japonicas, and the poor peoI
! stood at the end Of the alley, with thu
" aprons to their eyes, sobbing bitterl
re and tho man Of the world said, wi
40 Solomon, Her price was above rubies
ID and Jesus, 10 unto tho maiden in Juda
commanded, II say unto thee, arisel'