Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-01-04
"REMINISCENCES,
A Short Story by Q Clever MiBsisa-
ippi Woman. Nowa Resident
Of Msmphis. Tenn.

CLliu rcdu hiiu Io-Icdu oeLn ~
the MACON BEACON and as the
musical rhythm said itself ovel
and over in her memory, she
thought wistfully, 'Will they evel
let me print anything in the BEA,
CON For, mark YOU. the New
York dailies, if they existed at al
for her, were insignificant by com
parison with her own home paper
Today, when the childish dream II
realized, and the columns of tn,
home paper are open to her, lhs
old ambition seems none the less
noble, though it's inspiration il
changed. To the child the macon
BEACON seemed to blazon the roac
to lofty heights Of fame to the wo
man,it offers the avenue to q goa
which the added experience oflift
has shown her tosbe far more salts
factory, lafresh hold ON the hearts
of our friends; gladly would she
follow its lead ~
And now. as of old, comes ths
query, "What can one say that
would be worthy a place in thess
columns, what shall be the subject?'
But in a,"Woman's Edition. whal
should one talk about but woman
unless, indeed, it might be man
God bless him and most women
prefer to talk to him. Not the
"new woman, with q capital w,
oh no.. she is already "done to
death" in the funny paragraphs Of
the day, where only she lives or
moves or has her being. thank
heaven For the women of today
are no more new women than. the
men are new men. Why don't we
hear something of the, new man,
sometimes anyway-the dear crea-
ture with his monocle and cane.
his boutonniere and sweet little
lisp ? Perhaps some other new old
woman remember struggling. with
this sentence in a Latin exercise
Temporal mrutantatr, ct NOS muta-
mar IN Ills" That's all there is
to it. g - t'rr- So. ~ .yiz- E
In this age of electricity, why
should women continue to mould
tallow candles I? At least give her
the benefit of coal oil. As well.
expect man to cut his wheat with,
a hand scythe, and tread out the
grain according to the method aps'
proved in the old testament, and
who has not wearied of the changes
that have been rung on the debata-
BILE land known as.Woman's
Sphere?"
Apropos of this, is a little story
told somewhere of the early settle
ment of this country. A long
voyage over, the venturesome souls
who had come to "blaze" the path
to freedom were landed upon an
coast. Temporary huts
were erected and men went sturdily
to work telling trees and building
the log cabins Of blessed memory.
In one of the rude huts, tidied as
nice as might be, the wife who had
selected hardship and privation
with the man she loved rather than
ease and comfort in the old home
without him, was despairingly con-
,cious of an empty larder, there
was absolutely nothing to eat in
he house. Overcome by the ter
'ors of her own forebodings, dread
NC the starvation that seemed so
iurely their fate, she snatched her
un-bonnet from its peg, and hast
med out to where her big husband
vas busily thinking the cracks in
heir tiny cabin. Anything was
letter than idleness and solitude,
nd she would not tell him yet Of
heir dire need. Perhaps some In
Ian night-offer grain or game ere
Iunger grew pressing. So busilyi
he fetched and carried, supplies.
renting her husbands strength
nth her energy and quickness.
low he had been to work since
arly dawn; the crisp, cool air wss
no best ofappetizers, and suddenly
1e brawny pioneer awoke TO. the
onsciousness that he was hungry, I
imply rsvenous in fact. a Then
hat occurred to this masculine
'iler, think you? Turning to the
tile wife he said with patronixingI
ignity This is no work Tor o wo. I
AN, my dear; return to the hutI
I'd prepare the dinner |" VI
Mark you--he had graciousfy
herpt TO work with him
nth he wanted her to work for
i'm, then he suddenly remembered
Or sphere And further you win
ote that it is an empty larder
hich drove the reluctant woman
nth from her poor semblance Of a 4
ome. History, we are told, re- IA
eats itself, and this small bit Of it. |
repeated in the domestic annals
many every day. ~ "a
Woman's work, then we assume, h,
to do faithfully what her, hands h
i'd to do, and her sphere is where
is work calls her. So, when !,
me intoierant creature, either 4,
an or woman, is heard to assert I
at "woman's place is in the
,me; that God intended her to,
w and cook and keep house" will !
me sweet-voiced sister remind
g intolerant one that there musti
cloth to sew, food to cook and a u
use to keep s,
But one other thing must be q