The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-29

Ihere Is nothing new under the SUM-"
Men die now as then, but not because thew
love women. Women suffer because thew
are women, and the word woman equals
the word 1901. And the days are no longer
and no more full OF sunshine than they
were thousands of years ago. And we talk
about our knowledge and our great inven-
tons, and We are as ignorant as the lowest
of the slaves who stood around and waited
on the wise old Egyptians.
We have great country-we hear it
called that often enough to knov-and
yet it is country badly> governed, and
from which not one half of the good posi-
BILE is gained. We call ourselves great
| people, and yesterday found all our inter
ests in a murder trial; Tomorrow will
concentrate 1t on the sneak-thief, and the
next day on professional liar. And of
the making of books there is no end. And
| how many OF them are worth reading?
How many of US are saints? How many
OF us are sinners? And the bell tolls and
seems to say: "Not many! not manyl
not many!'
Let us do the best we car Start out
with the intention OF making some one
! soul happy each day in the wear Put
| away all the mean little sins. Those are
| the sins we women incline to. Envy, mall
| ice, hatred and all uneharita bleness
Cultivate smiles, not tears. Cultivate
| satisfaction. not discomfort. Cultivate be-
| lief In humanity. Never mind if ycu are
deceived. once, twice or three times. Keep
on believing in people and being happy.
| Ihere is deal OF happiness to be got, but
it needs looking after.
| Take up your hand glass and look again,
while L whisper something to you. A
happy woman, my friend is beautiful
woman. Malice makes wrinkles around
| the lips and draws the corners of the eyes
down so that they seem small. Hatred
| gives hard look to the face, while I'M
| charitableness causes wrinkles But if
you are merry, your eyes will brighten and
appear larger, your lips will laugh and be
fuller, and no wrinkles will be visible.
| Therefore, If for no other reason but to
keep your good looks, woman ought to
| be good.
| Then, too, woman ought to be good
because man should have something to
| look up to. | like men, but / never heard
of man teaching another man to be low
ing and generous. 1t is the women who
make them noble, strong and what they
should be- manly. Therefore, want every
woman who, with me, is listening to the
bells, to be just as good as she can, and
then she will be happy. | know she will;
am sure OF It, No woman ever did what
was right without enjoying the sensation.
1t doesn't make any difference whether
| she was applaude6 by other people or not,
she knew she had done right and there
came content. That is a beautiful state to
| be in.
Poor old Ninety-five! How soon you
will be forgotten! The woes and the wor-
| ries, the joys and the pleasures, will be
| blotted out and every thought will be
given to the future. It's yours.
This beautiful New Year book is bound
| in white vellum, and has 366 snow-white
pages. What are you going to write on
each one? A prayer at the top. Then at
| the foot of each page there ought to be a
| thanksgiving, for no matter how bad each
| day may have been it might have been
| worse. There is deal of satisfaction in
thinking that. Eighteen ninety-six is
| here.
| The book is in your hand, in mine and
in my neighbours. am going to write in
| mine a prayer taken from the service of
the Jewish New Years. 1t is this: 'Iu
the Book of Life may 1 be remembered
and inscribed for happy life and peace"
1t is a good prayer Write it in your book.
And then will say to you and your neigh
| Dor and the people next door, God bless
you and give you Happy New YEA" and
! in the New Year that you may have your
hearts desire is the wish Of Bah.
Il