Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-03

womrns sacrifices are OF daily and hourly
occurrence She lives hut To minister to
others and to forget hnraef II her courage
n NJ more passive nature II IN because
her sphere 0f action Us very properly Inn.
ted She IN not called to stem the tide of
battle or to face death In warriors array
but IL II nothing 10 look calmly upon the
king " tprrorR In the chamber NJ prptllencr
to wait for his fatal blow with placid lorti-
tudc when agaaiod by sudden peru, to
gazo unmuyod upon the wrlirrlng wave, or
to perish with unqualllng courage amid
flames and fortunes? Yet all this has been
done by women, Awaken but woman'H
feelings, arouse the hidden utrcnEth Of
her affections and earth hOldu not a peru
which she would not brave
"You are eloquent, Cousin Grace. but
You scarcely make out your avn oaeo acs
cordlng to your own evidence woman must
have personal motive for action, nor
strength OF affection must be called forth
by aOmn individual arcrlnn, or, 90 use a
lcns gentle word, by some solah Impulse"
According TO your way Of vloWlng char
ncter Frank, tho nohlcgl Impulses OF our
nature arise from BolhslncH,'
81 ah0uld like 10 hear You draw parallel
between Tho arNca. Cousin Grace YOU uodn
10 heAo impartial! you conCcde no much Rood.
meas 10 mans fnilen nature, while you eNalt
NO highly the weaker SEX that ! am little
curious TO know no" YOU would distinguish
thom -
"You would probably only dlapulc my
podtions aud make jedt OF my distlne-
lions"
II viii promlGc to DO neither
"Wcll. them laten TO the oplnlonA OF one
who IL c0utout with the dRpenaa,l0nd on
Providence and who believes that tho nm
ger OF God himself has marked out the
limo which separates thu lmpulteg the hab.
lis tho character Of tho two HeXes, Man
han ylgur, woman refinement; man has the
reasoning faculty best developed, woman the
parcoptiyn. man haH tho power Of nhgtrac'
ton, woman rarely possesses vi man W
creature OF calculation. woman on lnpulsei
man ~ capable Of deep research he proccedA
slowly and cautiously measuring every dis
lhnen and counting every ntnn NJ his prQg'
ross woman bounds alOng Win rapid root
observing tho most prominent objects w
hor path and from them forms conclusions
often erroneous but always ngenlouHi the
intellectual faculty N man ~ usually con.
contracted. In woman u IN dlnuacd. men Of
rcnlnn commonly devote Themselves 10
some one faporite pursuit, wOmon OF Eeniua
are remarkable for their versatility Man
has the more correct judgment woman the
more correct feelings, lie mas knowledge
N right which he often fprgets; she con-
Aclousnens Of II which never forsakes her.
even IN the midst N crime Man possesses
tho stronger passions woman the stronger
affections, Man has boldneaa' woman fore
titudus Nan van pellulNl hNIlNN hpehet
woman can sndurc tho eNtrcme " auifrring,
Man has the more pNyHlcAl daring woman
the more moral courage Man controls
othrru by the force Of his characters woman
Influences by the EOuilunena OF hurs, IN
word my dear Frank, tho relative poaluon
Of the heXeu IN 0Nrd beyond all change
their respective dutlea are weil defined,
Man has been given the woAponA OF moral
and mental warfare that he may 10 out
into the world and do battle with and FOR
his iollowH. while on woman 10 bestowed
that skin IN moral and mental culture which
enables her 90 improve tho field ot duty at
home"
Very clearly defined, Cousin Grace 50,
then. you DO u / aEfoo IN oplnion With those
whn arc for charging tho boundaries Of
NnmhnH domain ana would faln make her
a gladiator ~ the arena. Instead Of spec,
taior IN the amphithnnter OF aclipn7'
'rhat women have hnmg wronEn 10 be
r,drensca u An undouhtet facg. hu, am
no friend TO this new warfare Tor the rights
M women, let tho HeS only do their duty
"A home 70 parents, brothers, husbands on
frlends and They viii have ilsile cause q
repinp thai The iorum the pulpit or the
neii II closed against them, Put I have not
forgotten your innueudeoa respecting thN