The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10

NV and dron your vote. Right after
rou comes libertine, or a sot-tne
,ffscouring of the street-and ne drops
his vote. and his vote counteracts
yours. But il in the quiet OF home
life daughter by her Christian de-
meanor, a wife by her industry,
mother by her faithfulness. casts
vote in the right direction, then moth
ing can resist it, ard the influence OF
that vote will throb through the eter-
mites.
NV chief anxiety then, is, not that
woman have other rights accorded her'
but that she, by the grace OF BOD, rise
up to the appreciation OF the GLORIOUS
rights she already possesses. Flrst' |
she has the right to make home happy.
That realm no one has ever disputed
with her. Men may come home at
noon or at night, and then tarry .
comparatively little while; but sne'
all day long, governs it, beausif1es IT,
sanctifies it. 1t is within her power 10
make it the most attractive place on
earth. 1t is the only calm harpor IN
this world. You know as well as 90
that this outside world and the business
world are long scene OF Jostle anu
contention. The man who has DOL
lar struggles to keep it. Prices up.
Prices down. Gains. Misrepresenta-
lions. Underselling. Buyers depre-
ciatirg; statesmen exaggerating. lem
ants seeking less rents; Landlords ae-
manding more. Struggles about ONCE.
Men who are in trying to keep In; men
out trying to get in. Slips Tumo'es'
Iefalcations. Panics. Catastrophes'
oh. woman! thank God you have a
home, and that you may be queen IN
it. Better be there than wear Veto
ria's coronet. Better be there than
carry the purse of princess Your
abode NAV be humble. but you can, Dy
your faith in God and your cheerful
ness of demeanor, gild it with splen
doris such as an upholsterers name
never yet kindled. There are abode'
in every city-humble, two stories
| four plain, unpapered rooms; -nndeslr
able neighborhood; and yet here is
, man who would die on the Threshold
rather than surrender. I
Why? 1t is home. Whenever y
thinks of it he sees angels OF GOD nov
. eripg around it. The ladders OF Heas
en- are let down to that house. Owe
the child's rough crib there are tn
chantings of angels as those Ina
: broke over Bethlehem. 1t is home
!, These children may come up ate
awhile, and they may win high pos
= ton, and they may have an affiuer
! residence; but they will not until the
= dying day forget that humble ROOF, VI
= der which their father rested, and the
mother sang, and their sisters praye'
y oh, If you would gather up all tend'
!. memories. all the lights and shades
q the heart, all banquetine ssnd 7
: unions, all filial. fraternal, pattern
= and coniugal affections, and yon M
!. only Just four letters with which
I. spell out that height and depth, al
!. length, and breadth, and magnituo
= and eternity of meaning, you wou'
with streaming eyes, 1and trcmblil
,, voice, and agitated hand, write it o
: in those four living capitals, HON
~ What right does women want tn
~ is rrander than to besqueen in such
of realm?
a. When you want 70 get your graz
,e est idea of a queen, you do not TIL
= Of Catherine of Prtfssin. or Of Anne
M England, or Marie Theresa of G
or many; but when you want to get ye
a grandest idea of queen. you think
.st the plain woman who sat oppos
We YOUR father at the table, or walk
I'd with him arm-in- arm down life's pa
way: sometimes to the thanksgivi
- BANQUET. sometimes to the grave,
at always together soothing your pc
H. griefs, correcting your childish W
Ter wardness, joining in your inf
tile sports, listening to your ev
ast ing prayers. toiling for you "
ad needle, or at the spinni
he wheel, and on cold nights wrapp
vcr YOU up snug and warm. And then
md last on that day when she lay in
ave back room dying, and you saw
ne take those thin hands with which
ped had toiled for you so long, and
ALI them together in dying prayer
the commended you to the God whom
let had taught you to trust-Oh, she
1m- the queen. lac CAufAOo ~ c~>% -
ma down to fetch her; and as she went
the all Heaven rose up. You can not tn
,eir of her now without rush of ten
a. ness that stirs the deep foundat
we of your soul, and you feel as m
en- child again as when you cried on
: to lap; and If you could bring her
ems again to speak just once more
: at name, as tenderiy rs she used to 81
us ii. you would be willing to til
& 10 Yourself on the ground and kiss
menl sod that covers her, crying: Mot
cast mother!' All, she was the queen
ths4 WIS the queen. Now, can you
hall me how many thousand mile
that woman like that would have
. n travel down before she got to
, q ballot-box. Compared with this J
e of of training kings and queens for
atu- and eternity, how Insignificant 8
,wer all the work of voting for a;del
an and common councilmcn, and she
on 4 and constables, and mayors. and l
es Of dents! Tosmake ore such grand
,ther an as have described, how many
foot sands would you want Of those p
ON who 90 in the round of fashion
Glow dissipation, going as far toward
rres- graceful apparel as they dare go,
alive not to be arrested by the police
and behavior sorrow te, the good
rand- caricature Of the vicious, and an
their to that God who made them "