Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-07-09
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\ SOCIAL STUDY CONTINUED,

Contention is not logic. The gem
tleman who defends the young men of
Lewiston and builds up characters
for them, like the small boy builds
soap bubbles, would not acknow ledge.
defeat if | should explode them by Il
brush of nv fan. at is and at isn't"
form y logical equation and they af-
ford no proof that can be considered ia
summing up conclusions The SYM
Pathy "i nay sex asserts itself and |
will gran, thal the young men are not
So had after all. | am glad to come
with this concession as Il peace offer
Ing. comparatively speaking, the
Young men Of Lewiston may tie very
good. rhey are perhaps better thar
the young men Of the eastern states.
In fact, am convinced by observa.
ton that they are. In an early nuns
Der of these studies attempted more
than accomplished. contemplated
more general application than
closer study of my expressions dem
onstrated. l was impressed with the
wide divergence of the two sexes in
many particulars that effect the gem
eral welfare of the country and the
people who make up each individual
world. There is so much of sorrow,
distress aud sin around us! The mind
which i enlarged to higher fields Of OBJ
servation comprehends most fully the
multitudes Of sins of omission ard
commission, which influence our lives.
How bright would the world be If
there were no bad deeds recorded in
the book of life?
The men are the leaders in the
worlds progress. They have fought
the great battles of all ages and history
calls them heroes. They have not
only won the great victories for right,
but they have invented every sin of
the decalOgue. Woman is the natural
EN- OOdiment OF devotion. She has re-
strained men iron, the extremes of
crime aud urged him to he goo" aud
refined in his nature. They have fol-
lowrd---tlley have loved even bad men
as one OF my opponents says. Christ
loved the wicked, too. Love is sacred.
1t II given TO woman as the wi.e of
lite. The woman who loves the drunk
en- brute of II man may he rs near All
angel as her hushan Il is II devil. 1t l.
r h. al. "A Of hat I.x- 10.
voted. The brightest example, OF the
woman is the one who is tried in the
fury oi II tyrant husband. These ty-
rants are sacrificing angel wives every
day on the altar of progression.
For the educated individual there
are two worlds, the intellectual and
the material. The only real pleasure
for the educated mind is in the intel.
iectuai world. As the men are the he
rUs.s OF wars, the women are the hero.
ines who devote their lives to refining
the coarser nature Of the men. The
tendency of the men is downward, In
q moral sense, of the woman mp
ward. All the refining influences
come from the devotion of the women
to the nobler purposes of life. Some
fate m AIDE the sweetly refined girls the
slave of british men TO save the race
from degeneracy. You may scott at
woulan's weakness, but she is ever
strong enough to plead and point to
higher ideals in the hours Of evil COM
partnership.
1t was to Illustrate the thought sug-
gested above tina: lead to the compari-
son Of the virtues Of the young men
and young women of Lewiston in
these sketches. ! have generalized
above aud there are illustrations at
home The young ladies Of Lewiston
are qualified to lead in the march for
ward to the intellectual meilinum, and
the young men are qualified t" make
them their slaves, with only the de-
vOtion to the good cause of reforma-
ton to comfort them in the days Of
their vanishing charms, and in their
declining years.
WORKING GIRL.