The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-11

fresides, or in friends parlor, TO
Aspasia discussing political economy and
sta tecraft or Hypatia lecturing upon re-
ligOns Of Greece; even the most intelectu
al Of them; for Shakespeare,s wife could
not read; DIR. Johnson's wife was wholly
iliterate, and Millions Mary Powell was
the incarnation Of pretty Stiffness.
l am old-fashioned enough to believe Il
great deal Of the Bible that is put out
Of sight by modern usage-and among
my beliefs is the fact that women were
made for men. and so being designed the
trend of their training should be towards
that development of their lovely charac-
teristics which the consensus of mascu-
line opinion desires and approves.
To most men there is no prettier sight
in the world than fresh young woman
with Il baby in her arms There is some
thing in it that appeals to the deepest
hottest springs Of feeling.
And q man isn't half man who does
not accord to that woman q tenderness
and respect that the most
brilliant lecturer, or highly cul-
tivated of women could not
elicit under different conditions. | sup
pose it is the unconscious reverence that
we instinctively accord to all of those
who walk obediently in the paths marked
out by the law of God
At present it seems to be out Of fashion
for young people to marry early on
small incomes and live in plain, simple
way as their parents did. Hence, when
the father of family of girls ceases to
be able to work, the daughters not mar
ryng, must seek work for their own
support; and the competition for EN-,
ployment being great. the qualifications
of women for work must bear some pro.
portion to those of their competitors.
Hence. if you are sure that certain wo
men will have to do mems work for a
living, educate them for it; and look upon
them as a sort of neuter gender.
/ must not be understood as opposing
education for women. | heartily approve
of girl being given all the advantages
that are possible. and in certain ways
/ would have her range of studies en-,
larged and made more PRACTICAL but it
would be in the line of woman's light
mate sphere and natural duties. | would
have them trained to the highest realiza-
ton Of the duties and dignity Of woman
hood.
They should disdain to undo them
selves and ape men,
They should be taught that God did
not make any mistake when He created
women; and that as women they are
infinitely more admirable than when they
try to evade being women becoming
travestries of men. There is no law in
the New Testament that alters by one
fraction the status of women as defined
in the book of Genesis.
And they are wise who live according
to the ordinance of-God and religion.
Generation after generation of the
foolish ones try to oppose or evade the
Natural Order. All sorts of COMMISSIONS
follow, and after awhile the strong Hand
of the Great Ruler of the Universe
forces the rebelious atoms back into their
apportioned place in the worlds great
machinery ana humanity has gained only
confusion and disorder for its pains.
Woman's ea gerness to do her own affairs
as free agent cost us all the Jordan Of
Eden. and
Brought death into the world.
And all our woes"
And as long as death and sin are in
the world, the sentence condemning wo-
men 10 suDordlnauon Is unrepealed; and
the wisdom of women would be best
shown by the acceptance of the position
entailed upon the sex by itself; and
recognition of the fact, for fact it. is
that her strength lies in her weakness,
in her lovely soft feminine gentleness:
and that the more rights she claims the
more considera ton she loses the less
tenderness she excites. If it becomes
nd III hnf.r- hn
for the world and its dominion then the
memorable logic of fact is that the
weakes goes to the wall!
REBECCA CAMERON.
Hillsboro, \. G..