The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-30


others. And II some would take less,
others might, through their means, be
4 BILE TO take more. w Whenever the young
woman's recreation has become her busi-
ness, II has become selfish. She Ia living
an unbalanced life. Well constituted peo-
pie have their fun to help their work;
they do not work to have their fun. Be-
cause you may be situated 40 as to permit
an idle life, don't be idle. II Ii dangerous to
reach that stage at which you are called
q society woman, because that points out
the business OF your life as selfish. Any
mood that finds it's delight In society and
cannot find delight In domesticity and
charity and service, Ia wrong. Let us not
think of our work as the sad side OF life.
The happiest moment OF q physician is
that In which he relieves pain, and makes
life worth living for somebody. Canst
thou not minister to mind diseasedf
The daughters OF Philip had their
names from the good things they did.
When asked to characterize woman,
what comes uppermost in your mind
that she Is tennis player, horse wo-
man, a bicyclist; or that she Is nurse, q
right hand TO her mother, a Christian.
Ladies are named by their most charac-
teristic feature. think OF some women
TO whom as a boy j looked.up, M sisters
of-mercy without q nuns habit, as teach
ers, as helpers, inspirers. think OF
some others as drifters or foaters on the
they could not be. like to look down
into a congregation, and see at least
among its feminine portion, good :
sprinkling OF Christia ms, recognizable at
sight by their mien, as earnest members
of the human species, who take them
selves and the world seriously; who
are not looking to be carried along
on the wave of respect for the sex, but
RESPECT FOR THEMSELVES PERSONALLY
because their aims and service make them
respected. For let us all take good heed,
neither In the ancient day, nor at present
can the world be depended on to respect
I. woman merely because she Is woman.
Certain courtesies are shown to women,
because they are supposed to be weaker
physically than man. But no woman can
ride on gloriously In the modern tide OF
feminine advancement, unless there 10
something glorious in herself. Sex has
no character. Character has no sex. Sex
indeed may not be permanent; we have
some Biblical hints that it shall not be.
1t is individuals who must shine, and
they cannot shine for the sex.
1t Is a pleasing thing that We live I'm
the midst of q crusade for the physical
as well as the intellectual Improvement
of women. Ii has been demonstrated,
think, by my friend. President Thwing,
in his work on the college woman, that
wise woman may easily be strong and
beautiful as well. Indeed, he contends
the physical goes best with mental cul-
ture. 1t Is no longer the fashion to have
narrow shoulders, feeble walk, and TO
be ignorant of Greek and biology. 1t
is an exceedingly delightful thing that
the present lines OF progress neglect
neither side of life and that even TO be
a Christian Is the well recognized essential
to the finished character OF Q wise and
strong young woman. Ii Is we'll enough
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that cannot be put on successfully after
the woman Is otherwise made. In order
to finish off young womanhood in
beauty you must have the foundation.
Without ID il will collapse and become
shell when the finishing touches are put
on, as did the Ireland building in New
York, which cannot somehow be fin
ished off. Not all the young women OF
the day can go to college, though ii is
easier tahn ever before to give them an
excellent schooling, fitting them for col
lege or for life. Not all of them can
handle tiiler or tennis racket, though
some have become strong through the
use of certain utensils of domestic SER
vice. But IL Is graciously provided for
the woman of our age that she may have
free access to the inspirational sources of
q full rounded character, and become
"a PERFECT WOMAN, NoBLY PLANNED.
Those qualities in women which Inn
prove with age must be seized on before
age comes. A beautiful young spirit defies
the passage of time. Who is the woman
satisfied with few blooming years? 1t is
too short life for an immortal spirit;
the only things that can beautify an old
face are love ana faith; by these the hag-
gard lines OF illness are covered with q
halo.
In the life of Walter Scott we read OF
border chieftain who was taken captive
by an English lord and was about to be
hung, when the lords wife interposed
with the suggestion that the captive be
set free on condition that he marry their
plain daughter. The doomed man hesi-
tated long, but when he felt the halter
drawn he consented to the alternative
and the marriage contract was drawn up
on a drumhead. We are beyond those
gentle days of chivalry; and the young
woman without beauty or threatening
rope to recommend her must needs look
about TO make herself attractive iii some
other way. For attractive she must be.
IL is every woman's duty TO be attractive.
1t is great blessing to many women
that being born PLAIN they have been
stimulated to acquire spirits rich in
themselves and beneicent to the world.
We are not informed as to the appear
ance of Philips daughters, for we know
well enough how they look. You have
seen the notable picture of Sappho and
Alcaeus. The rapt face OF the poetess
called into sublime action by the inspira-
tion of the theme Is a revelation of what
the soul can do for its envelope. There
have been galleries OF fair danes and
court circles famous for gathering the
finest types of womanhood. l must con-
fess that much OF this is insipid. But
could have seen the face Of Mary when
she said "My soul doth magnify the Lord
and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my
Savior,"I should not be eager to ADMIT
any modern system of education as SUI
perior to that which produced the purity,
the docility and the splendid faith and
ecststic utterance of the mother OF my
Lord.
Oil young woman, to look right
THERE Is ONLY ONE coNDITIoN-To BE
RIGHT
Young womanhood is subject that has
been illustrated to me by one whom 1
cannot longer see, and yet having seen,
1 must always love. But death could not
blight her, and my sister will never be
more than 10. Her picture, not hand
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