Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-06

ciaref with hunters horn, and capfiVe
chain. and bridal hour, and lute's thFOD'
and curfew's kneil al the dying day -
and scores and hundreds Cf women,
unknown on earth. VINO have gwen
water 70 the thirsty and bread 20 the
hungry and medicine 10 the SICK ana
smiles 20 the GiscOuraged-thal loot
steps heard along dark lane AMI N gov
ernmen. hospital and in a-mshouse cor
ridor and by prison gate? There may
be no ROYAL robe there may be 10 pala-
sial surroundings She does not need
them: for all charitable men Will unite
with the cracking lips OF fever struck
hospital and plague blotched laz1retto
in greeting her as she passes: Hall!
Haiu Queen Nashti."
Again. want YOU 10 consider Wasn't:
the yei,ed. Fed she appeared before
Ahasue-us and his court on that day
sae would have shocked all the delica-
c.es Of Oriental society. and re very
men vhO in their intoxicatiOn demand
ed tLdt she come. in their scJe' mo-
Herts would have despised her. As
some flowers seem 10 thrive best in the
dark lane and in the shadow, and
waere the sun does GOc seem % reach
them. 80 God appoints 70 most woman
" natures a retiring and unObtrus.ye
spirit God once in a while does call
an Isabella 70 a throne. or a Miriam TO
strike The timbrel al the front OF host,
or a Marie AntiOnette 20 queil a French
mob, or a Deborah % stand at the front
Of an armed battalion. crying: Up, Up,
This IS the day in which the Lord will
deliver Sisera into thine hand" And
when women are called 20 such out
door work and 10 such heroic positions,
God prepares them for il; and they have
iron in their souls and lightning in their
eye. and Whirlwilds in their breast, and
the borrowed strength Of
The LORD O4NIPOTENT
in their right arm. They walk through
furnaces as though they were hedges Of
wild flowers. and cross seas as though
they were shimmering sapphire; and all
The harE.eS OF bel down 10 their dun
ge0n at the stamp Of her womanly in
diena-iOn. But these are the excep-
t:Ons. Generally, DOrcas would rather
make garment for the poor boy; Re
becca would rather fill the trough for
The camels; Hannah you'd rather make
a coat for Samuel; the Hebrew maid
would rather give a prescription for
Nasman's leprcsy; the woman Of Sc
rapla would rather gather a few sticks
10 cook q neal for famished Elijah;
Phe5e would rather carry a letter for
the inspired apostle: mother Lois would
rather educate Timothy in the Scrip
lures. When / see a woman going
about her daily duty-With cheerful
dignity presiding al the table. with kim
and gentle but firm discipline presiding
in the nursery. going out into the word
without any blast OF trumpets, follow
ing in the footsteps OF him who went
about doing good say: This is
Vashti with a veil on" But when ! see
a woman Of unblushing bOldness, loud
voiced with tongue o. infinite Cli-ter-
clatter, with arrogant lcok passing
through the streets with the step Of a
walking beam. eayly arrayed n a very
hurricane OF millinery. l cry out:
"Vashd has lost her veil" When I see
woman Of c0naly features. and OF
adrOitness OF intellect. and endowed
with all that the schools can do for one.
and Of high social position. vet moving
in society, With supercihousless and
hauteur, as though she would have peO-
pie know their place, and
AN Underlined COMBINATION
Of gssgie strut and rhodomoutade. endowed
witn alop3tntic quantities Of tax. but only
homeopathic iCdIitisimals Of sense. the
terror OF 3ry-goOds clerks and railroad cor
duc-ors, discoveries OF significant meanings
b. plain conversation. prodigies Of badil-
age and iuuendo-I say: Look, look,
WASN'T has lost her veil"
Again: I want you 20 consider Vashtl
the sacrifice. VINO IS this I see coming
cut Of that palace gate of Snushan? II
seems % me that have seen her before.
Sac comes. homeless. houseiess. frierdlezs,
-r.--lrs along with a broken heart. WAC
Is she" Il is Vashti TIE sacrifice. o, what
a cnarge it was from regal position 10 a
wayfar=r's crust. a little while ago, ap-
proved and sought for: row. none 50 poor
as o. acknowledge her acquairtership
V1shl cha SACRIFICED All, YOU and 1 have
seen D. many a time. Here Is home en-
placed wEh Beauty. AL that refinement
and books and wealth can DO for that
home has been done; but Ahasuerus. the
husband ard the father. is taking hold On
paths Of s5G. He is gradually going down.
After q wnEe ~ VIII founder and struggle
ike a wild beast in the hunters net
further away from God, further away
from the right. Soon the bright apparel
q the children viii turn 10 rags: soon the
household song win become the sobbing
OF a broken heart. The old story over
again. Brutal C5ntaurs breaking up the
marriage feast of Lapithae. The house fun
OF outrage and cruelty and abomira.ion
while trudgiug forth from the palace gate
a-- Vasau and her children. There are
homes that are In danger Of such break
i1g-up O. Ahasuerus, tnat you should
stand in a homa by a dfssipated life de-
str1yirg the peace and comfort Of that
home. God foro.d that your children
SHOULD ever have 70 wiring their hands.
ana have peop.s point their finger at them
as they pass down the street. and say
'-Tae-e goes a drunkard's child." God
FORBID that the little feet should ever have
10 trulgs th- pain Of
POVERTY AND WRETCHEDNESS
God forbid that any eyi, spirit born Of the
wir--cup or the brandy glass should come
forth ard uproot that garden, and with
a lasting, b.isJering. all-consuming curse,
shut forever the pliace gate against Vash-
q and che children.
During the war I vert to HaserstoEu
20 lock at the army. and 1 stood In the
rigat on a hilltop aud booked down upon
them. I saw the camp-dres all through
the valleys ard all over the hills. Il was
a weird spectacle. those camp-fres and
stood and watched them; and the soldiers
woo were gathered around them were. no
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