The record-union., 1896-07-12

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Did YOU ever notice that there are
certain class of people who make it
their business, in season and out, to
criticise your mode Of living, your form
of speech, your conduct, and even go
SO far as to attempt an invasion upon
your very inmost thoughts Whatever
you do, say OF think comes outside the
pale of so worthy a persons approval
I seem to have fallen under the notice
Of some Of these good people who are
so kind as to disagree with me- /
should never have found it out for my
self, | suppose, but a. kind friend, who
is interested in my well-being, pointed
out to me the other day a paragraph in
q gossipy San Francisco journal attack
ing Polly Oliver on the views she had
dared to express on the suffrage ques-
1ion. 7 read the paragraph with deep
est interest and attention, and as l am
student of human nature as expressed
IN the divers means offered by which to
consider the interesting subject, such
as speech, letters, ia cial expression, etc,
] was not long in making up my mind
about the author of said paragraph,
and [ think there can be no doubt that
it was evolved from the brain of some
spinster whose opportunities in the
martial line were nipped in the bud; or
On the other hand, a grass widow,
whose experience has been such as to
sour her ideas in regard to the lords
of creation" and blind her vision as to
their good qualities. Polly Oliver. for
sooth, must, according to the author Of
this article, be either very happy mar
ried woman, whose faithful husband"
has given her no qualms nor acquaint-
ance with that dread enemy, the
s'green- eyed monster" or else she is an
unsophisticated miss just out of school,
whose future experiences may turn her
mistaken views of life and humanity
into far different channels than they
pursue at present. Be that as it may,
Polly Oliver believes what she says,
says what she thinks. and believes she
has good cause for so thinking, and If
the writer Of that article, grass widow
or spinster. will follow the text more
closely and understandingly, she viii
see that as much has been written by
Polly Oliver in eulogy of the brave
woman who does her duty in that
state of life unto which it hath pleased
God TO call her." putting her shoulder
ltNIalIEIlISlS
the best of her opportunities. as there
has been Of pity for the faithful hus-
band" whose wife has become infatu-
ated with the suffrage question and
left him and his home comforts to the
tender mercies of the servant girl, or,
barring that, to get along as best he
may by himself. In short, / don't re-
member that the latter-named person
Iar 1xr in tat
ters All I have said however, I will
repeat, i. e., that the woman who has
Il good, loving, faithful husband to care
for and protect her and her children
would much better stay at home on
election day and mend his stockings
and let the ballot-box alone. The
good, true, pretty girls" whose un-
faithful husbands have driven them to
divorce. and thus to seek some means
Of self support according to this very
worthy person) are all right in their
places. whatever they be, SO long as the
places are honorable ones, and they re-
member that they are women, and give
the world at large and their own circle
Of acquaintance in particular no cause
TO throw mud at their sex. No, no, my
Hntagonistic lady, If you will but cast
about In your mind a little, you win
remember events occurring in our jay
town" as you are pleased to call the
Capital of cur Golden State which is
evidently not particularly dear to
you at least, which will throw
some light on this question, and
will force you, I think, to acknowl-
edge that there are husbands faithful
and true. whose wives have had no
cause whatever for breaking their
hearts and homes, who have been cast
down into the blackest depths Of de-
spair by the thunderbolt of wrong
hurled upon them without warning, and
whose blaneless conduct in the family
circle had surely earned for them q
better fate than this. Much might be
said for and against both sides of
this question, but the ultimatum re-
mains the same. Home Is the woman's
kingdom. and she is responsible for
much that goes wrong therein, not all.
mind You, but a great deal, neverthe-
less, and. circumstances permitting, she
should use her talents toward its bet
tering, and IN making IL the most at
traetive spot ON earth for those nearest
her.
A series of organ reeitals are being
planned to be given on Sunday evenings
at St Pauls Church. This is done
monthly at ST. Lukes, Church, San
Franciso. taking place Immediately af-
ter the. service, and is a very attractive
feature to lovers Of music. St Paul's
is looking up and it is to be hoped that
good fortune viii lend her kindly hand
in the furthering of her advancement
and good. A cloud has rested over this