The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-05

about In that grizzly gray muslin. !
had contempt for cheap things, pspc-
cia!ly for you didn't |, my dear ?"
"4ou certainly did, she said with Il
kind Of sad, reminiscent smilo In her
tone OF voice, "but this muslin is good
enough now. But you had bctter go ID
town. There arc four little grandchild-
rem here to dinner, and Aunt Ann wants
the rice right away
And wants it right away | hum.
med to the tune of "Auld Lang Sync.'
Somehow | can't get the refrain out OF
my mind-"And wants it right away y
Sometimes think that men don I
understand nor appreciate womau's ma
turc. She was created with love for
the beautiful, for ornament, for il)wers
and gems aud jewels and gold and sill
vcrworc and damask and fine linen.
She can't help her nature, and this
very nature proves that she Is nearer
| heaven than we are. What do ] care
| for diamonds Not cent. | wouldn't
give dollar for IL bushel Of them. An
| CID d-faShiOnCd tin waiter with llJwerS
painted on it is as good as Il silver one
to me. twouldn't wash the window
glass more than once ~ year, and II
washpan suits me as iwell as Il china
basin. But rccogniZ, the fact that |
am Il man with an unrciincd nature.
that arc made Of precious stones are no
attraction to me-: neither arc the gold
paved streets that ST. John saw in his
vision. But still have hope Of getting
there ana becoming more refined, for |
do love lOwcrs and pretty birds and
orange trees and luscious fruits and
beautiful scenery and mountains and
the e. eat waters Of the mighty sea. My
vile and my daughters can spend half
u day in looking at the beautiful things
in the show windows in Atlanta. but
never stop to gaze or to admire, except.
perhaps, to look at the photographers
display or the lifc-like models Of lovely
women that seem smiling at my three
score and ten. Reading and OhScrva-
tiOn teach me that all good men have
reverence for wOmankind and arc COA-
scious Of her better nature. her better
morals and emotions. Shakespeare
and Scott write Of women as minister
ing angels. Wadsworth says Of her
creation
"a perfect woman nobly planned,
To warn, to comfort and cummanu.'
NJ great poet save such rake as
Byron would have written:
AS well belle .cn woman, or an cpi,aph,
Or amy other think that false
Even solomon IN all MS glory with
his wives and concubincs, said:
Young man, rcj )icc with the wife
OF thy youth, and be thou ALWAYS raw.
ish"d with her love-
Edward W. Box says in The Ladies'
Home journal. mo economy is so false
and misguided as that which seeks to
withhold one pleasure from the life Of
Il good woman, a true wife or Il loving
mother. The best home Il man can give
her becomes tirrsOmc If she is asked to-
live in it and stay in it 36J DAYS in a
year. The Lord knows that w0ma,.' ,
| lie Is hard enough. She travels Il path
OF endurance and suffering to which
The average man Is an entire stranger.
ihch let us mako that path as pleasant,
as easy and as bright as possible Every
dollar that man spends on his home
Tor the happiness and comfort OF his
wife will come back to him four-fold.' y
That is truC--all true. Better mend
the broken pane or that sash cord On
lhat gate latch and sometimes take al
y hour II from business and take hor tt
ride. The CIa f. I!ows and Mason,
-, and knights Of l'ythias are good inst
- tutl"nS, hut should not come in bctwccr
! man and his wifH. The mother want
he with the children, for tell YOU
my br.;thron, there is no care nor anxi
~ INV hN' Siiis' anu my ltT IL llGIll
child, and nobody but Il mo her vii! dc
IL willingly. n mother who has reared
eight or ten children from infancy t,
maturity, and four years Of the time
unrlnS pltllt IS war, when she had to
l"c from the 'oul invader with her lit
tie ones End hide them, half clad
and always hungry, can say with
| i!u', - have fought II good fight:
nave Finished my cOursu.' YES. Paul
said that, bat he was an old bachelor.
and knew nothing Of what Il mother
suffers. The most pathetic line in all
! poetry Is that OF F.IZ Greene uallcck,
where he apostrophizcs death
" "mc /" the mother when she feels
For The first limc her tirsl-born's breath"
Tho death Of young mother in
child birth is the saddcsl Of all natures
calamiticS.
Maternal lovc-matcrnal interest
! What Is i; that SO inspires IL woman to
bear her tatc to suffer and be strong?
/ BILL ARP.