Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-03-11
WoMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
Hyperion Club.
MABEL II. PoMERoY, EDITOR,

the pre5luentlal cbalr a now con-
gress will assemble at the capital
city, and those, who, while ago
were soaring up, will know how 1t
feels to step down and ont. We have
not quite such q position in politics
at the white house this time as four
years ago, namely, democratic pres
ident hedged In by a republican con.
gress, and which at the time gave rise
to comments suggesting exciting de-
velopments; and the social part of
this periodical upheaval is worth
considering. It would be interesting
to know the number of house leases
given up, the number Of servants who
are obliged to seek new place., how
many wagon loads Of furniture sold
at auction, or expressed or freighted
away during this month, and above
all how many friendships broken off,
how much happiness or the many
love affairs blighted, how many the
dissapointments, the jealousness, the
bitter snathemas hurled at political
and social heads, and all this; be-
cause of the, it seems inevitable,
final shuttle Of the political affairs.
Life is indeed complex these days
and not 10 the least of its complexity
is the Influence worked in the home
aud shop. We might suggest, that
on a small scale this change and up
heaval, represents the agitation of
the nation without making any great
governmental change, and furnishes
an excellent object lesson to those
who are demanding increased stabil-
ity in political affairs
might brings out the stars" how
many times has that one phrase been
spoken, and always when the sun
has gone down and coming shadows
cast a gloom over all and finally
settle into q darkness do we look for
the ever and always coming out of
the stars. The little lights that only
darkness can reveal, and in their
myriad numbers of tiny brIlllants
they soften the gloom into waver-
ing, trembling yet decided tone Of
brightness, and we look and long for
the stars and miss them if they do
not shine, and, often do clouds Of
thick blackness obscure them, will
hide them from our sight, but the
stars are there just the same, they
are shining just as bright, only we
are unable to see them. And how
very applicable to our every day life
are the shining stars, the darkness,
the gloom, the clouds and obscured
vision. How often the clouds and dark
ness Of sorrow and trouble gather to
blot out all light in our life for a
time, but the beautiful Lights, of a
strong character, are there just the
same, and how much brighter do
they shine for the temporary obscur-
ity, and for being clouded for time
in suffering. There is no human
being but, to what, at some time has
this might come to bring out the
stars" and when the clouds have
passed and the stars shine with q
clearer radiance, the character Of
some man or woman stands out
clearly and distinctly, ennobled and
refined
Every woman ought to ba for at
least one year of her life, a bread
winner. Aside from the money gain.
ed, the results Of that year in exper-
fence are, like wisdom, more to BIZ
desired than gold. Business life
teaches what no amount Of school
training can insure. 1t teaches the
value Of time, of money, of exactness
in details II shows a woman her
weaknesses and helps her to sppreci-
ate some of the heretofore unappre-
ciated good points in men. After
twelve months OF the daily worries
and troubles that must occur IN even
the best regulated business, woman
can understand why it is that her
husband, father or brother, comes
from the Office some days, tired,
silent, aud even trife irritable, and
she will appreciate money better,
when she knows what it costs her
male relatives in work, worry and
forethought
OF course she may get some rather
hard knocks in the course of that
year. She will be told her faults in