The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-08-29

in cultivating that most beautiful
gift, the singing voice. There are
those who sing, and sometimes quite
artistically, too whose voices are
7 flexible and who have studied hard
to excel, but the soul is lacking, the
expression, which To me is the most
beautiful thing in n song.
Then TO pupils / would say, always
study the sentiment of a song well
before singing il, especially in pub
7 lie. have been asked when and at
what age should one begin to study
voice culture2 Now, I differ very
materially from some Of the best
I teachers, in fact most OF them. IL a
child has a voice and talent, it will
sing in spite of all aevice not TO do
so; il will be impossible TO keep il
from singing, so the best thing in
my opinion TO do, is to teach il to
use the voice properly, and then
there is not SO much danger of its
being ruined. OF course il requires
the direction of a good teacher-One
who is judicious, so the young voice
will not be strained, and its sweet
ness and beauty marred. But, at
the same time to regularly exercise
all the tones in the voice, and inter
est the pupils so much in singing
correctly, that they will not sing any
other way.
In boys, when the voice is chang
ing, great care should be taken, as
that is the most dangerous period
for the male voice, but soon bridged
over when under the instruction Of a
good teacher.
Mrs. MARY FRAScEs CAMPBELL.
THE BOND WOMAN AND THE FREE
WOMAN.
There are two classes Of women
spoken of in the Bible-the bond
woman and the free woman
Eve threw herself into bondage, in
her weakness. She not only yielded
TO temptation herself, but also
tempted man.
Then again one OF the Apostles re-
fcrs To an allegorical presentation OF
the subject in the case Of Sarah, the
wife Of Abraham, and Hagar, her
hand-maiden. lie clearly states this
TO be an allegorical illustration Of
woman's condition. "For IL is writ
ten" saws the apostle, "cast out the
bond woman and her son, for he
shall not be heir with the son Of the
free woman"
Heir To what? What is this inher-
itance? Can the son Of a slave have
heritage equal To the son OF a free
. woman? Shall not the free woman
, free in her divine motherhood,
b free TO think, 10 act, TO speak, and
} To climb TO literary heights, II she
chooses, shall she not give her son a
! higher, broader intellect, n nObler
and grander manhood2 VIII he not
be heir TO all that divine truth re-
) veals in the grand possibilities Of his
= race il he desires? Surely such n
: heritage is worth striving for.
b Cast out the bond woman''-the
slave To selfishness; the slave 10
folly and fashion; the slave whose
= chains are ignorance and darkest
] superstition. Cast out the bond
, woman and her son-the woman who
> regards motherhood a curse, and
her son who j. heir TO darkest pas
sions, for he must suffer from her
/ want Of enlightenment and we shall
! have less need for iails and peniten-
tiaries, reformatOries and insane
! asylums.
= Who j. the new woman? Lot she
E stands before you today. Some
= kindly hand in one of our great
E southern dailies has written-''The
new woman j. only the old woman
3 doing her own thinking" She has
+ been made the target of many un-
kind as well a. unjust remarks from
= pulpit and press Though she has
been smeered at, rfdiculed, consid-
cred out Of her sphere, she Is no
] longer the doll-baby, the pet, the
4 play-thing; but the intelligent wife
!. and companion; the sensible mother
Of lovely children. She stands forth
7 in all the beauty Of her glorious
4 womamhood, a ht companion for
= man; neither above him, nor yet be-
=. low him, but at his side, his equal In
strength OF lnte4lecA anu GhAFAGteff
= his hclp-mafc. his friend.
= But the night Of their prejudice Is
n far spent. Let woman awake TO the
!, noble purpose Of her life; cast on
the bonds of ignorance, clOthe her
y self In the shining armors Of divine
n truth. and march forth TO battle
4 against darkness: 10 break the
. chains % prejudice that restrain her.
= Only in Christian lands do We und
her admitted TO schools and univer-
n stiles.
10 God bless the new womani the
nineteenth century woman, the free
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