The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-10-17

step. Call up il you will the Woman's
clubs whatever their name or obje Ct. bid
the splendid pageant Of the Federated
Union Of Woman's clubs to appear and
all the other various organizations that
have been formed by women since the
world began. and see them pass in re-
view before your vision. Without stop
ping to observe the personelIe of any.
let them slip through the memory as a
string Of shining pearls through tho
fingers. and you will find the came
motif like a silken thread running
through them all. The saving of the
higher self, the ultimate betterment of
the race. care not how small the com
pany. how poorly equipped with appli.
ances. how isolated, or under what dis.
advantage Of social opportunity and
enlightenment they may labor, an or
ganized band of women means an effort
ut truer living, Intellectually and soci.
ally. "A woman is vital protest against
war, bloodsbed. drunkenness. or any of
the vices that tend to destroy man and
disintigrate society. or as DR.. Peabody
expresses it: These movements is the
moral life OF woman trying to express
itself through the mechanism OF the
world. Certainly. some one says. women
have done that always, its natural IN
stinct. Alwaysf That is what makes
it significant. Instinct! Instinct! Yes
that is the genius Of ages Of accumus
lated experience stored in great reser.
voirs by the women OF the
past. flor in the economy Of nature wom-
en- were taught to waste nothing) out Of
which you and draw freely and even
prodigally without thought as to the
source Of supply. A long step back
ward reveals the source deep in the
fastness Of woman's nature, hid from
the beginning in the secret places Of
her being. conserved through ages OF
ignorant darkness. stirred with action
when the deep waters Of maternity
we're stirred, quickening into ambition
by the operation of the first law OF ma
ture. developing strength. patience. pas.
'isity. courage. under the heroic train
ng of primitive existence.
Herbert Spencer divides the life his
ory Of civilization into two periods;
nilitxncy and industrialism; first came
he period Of militancy. of ssvagery and
OF wavering between man
md man. between man and nature.
After that succeeded the period of in
lustrislism when people settled down to
he great occupations that dignity the
most advanced nations. A later writer,
Prof. Mason. very cleverly asks whether
hese two words did not mark q sexual
whether instead of an age we
hould not rather say. q sex Of militancy
md Q sex Of industrialism. 1t would
eem q more correct expression as in
designations have shown that fire max
ng was a Lewiston OF domestic life,
md it was division based upon sex. Il
nay add it is a subject upon which the
exes are still divided.) However. in the
arly days the woman built the fire and
tayed by it to keep it alive while the
nan went to the field, to the forest for
anne, and the worlds miiitancy and
began then and there.
Ever since man has been cunning in de
Using means Of killing beast and his
ellow man.
He has been the inventor Of every
,urderous engine. The woman at the
reside became the burden bearer. the
asket weaver, potter, agriculturist,
OF apimala-in a word the