The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-18

nature not long ago: at is when n
woman poses before the public that abe Ia
dcspoiled of her womanhood and me
brightest glory OF her SEX Does ANY
really sane person believe sucn trhsh no
that7 II so. why not build Crittenton
homes for such women as Rev Anna
Shaw, Edith Booker and hundreds OF
glorious women We could name? MY ~
II that posing before the public should
have such evil effects on woman AMI only
good ones on man? Whore Is the refkon
In III The truth liz every honest iudivid-
ua knows the statement Is false; ana II
one does mol know II let him taiie u po-
liceman and lantern on come dark
night and Investigate the slums nj this or
any other city. and he viii learn Where
and by whom woman Is despoilnd oil inc
brightest glory of her sex, aud yet Inn
rest assured he VIII not ma wontn VINO
preach the gospel In those places on the
same mission / have been told some men
who preach visit them
Eyon the colt that Balaam rode. she
was 30 much the more spiritual minded
that shc could see the angel which he
could not. and preached him q sermon ac-
oordingly. And not so far removed Ia rn.
ture az by time ~ an incident connected
with the civil war In this country tlir'y
years ago. A Wisconsin regiment car"
ricd with them through every Battle an
American eagle they had named 'olu
Abe" and concerning him they had much
TO say. Old Abe h struttcd, he scratched
his wings indeed many and wonderful
were the things he did. After the con
flIct ended. old Abe, he, like the balance
of the people, went home and concluded
to engage In some peaceful Industry
and finding himself best qualified for the
pursuit. tho bird of valor and battlts
went to laying eggs. Both these instances
of the achievements Of my sex ought I"
.,l AZ, n
do some worthy things II given an OPP
portunity.
Tho student OF history knows that when
Henry NJ Stanley wrota his book furnish
ing the public with an account OF his
travels he had no single word OF praise
for any other African explorer. but only
for subordinatos and helpers. In 1887, at
ter Egypt had become nomlnally an Eng
lish province, he went to Africa for the
last time, oStensiby 10 explore n certain
river TO It's source. I1mln Bey an Egyptian
governor OF tho interior province, had
been given up for lost through the revolt
OF tho Soldancsc, Henry NJ. Stanley reach
ed and passed four weeks with him. Ut
failed to induce Emn Boy 10 rcinqush
or surrender his authority TO himself, and
tho kindcst word Stanley ever had for
Emin Boy was. He Is sentimental en-
thl!siast." while the real truth, rs has
since been revealed, was Emin hey possess
cd resolution Stanley could not use to bis
own glorfcation, And this principle char
acter.zcs many men and women all about
us. Some tide OF fortune rather than any
special merit has clothed them with n
little brief authority. Their place Is too
narrow FOR more than ono to occupy, hence
they must be careful to crowd out all who
might supplant them, and so surely ms
they observe In those who have not at
tanned quite their own distinction y
powers for which they can devise no method
of transmitting glory TO themselves, Then
thcy-the subordinates- must be relogate,l
to the rear at once. lcst their own bright
light be dlmmcd. Gifts like gold. are not
worth much TO the selfish bieot whom
Possessed by another. But believe Col
wants His lahorors to bear the etamp OF
their own Individuality and for His glory
and not that OF another earvant Surely the
soldier who beats retreat at the first
show OF hostility is poor specimen OF his
kind and not even worthy the name
Would not all tbege troubled watcre'
be calmed by allowing the "oll OF glad
refe. that spirit Of love and justice, which
is over ready to accord glnors snd RICH,
whore honors md right are due 10 be
shed abroad In the hearts and lives OF
all the protested followers OF Christ, and
especially those who strive to bear aloft
the golden banner or Ills truth?