The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-13
Bah WRITES OF WOMAN AS A RULER,
Not Ruler of the Household, But of a Great
Empire
PrOnene Underat Executive Abitvstrkin
changes since Victoria Was Peep Into the
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combed. A suit of decent clothes would
pe given her, and besides the pleasant trip
she could eat as many cherries as she
wished. She would have two good meals.
with an interlude of ice cream and cake.
but she declined the invitation. She said:
aln agoin to be scrubbed for no old
uay IN the country. Anyhow, what's the
country like? You can't get beer there.
ana there ain no fun in lookin at trees"
nat Is her chance for the future? Still
the child of the poor to-day mean of the
wicked poor, for these people are not al
ways absolutely poor in money-does not
dlIrer from the child that Hogarth drew
or that child which has come down from
century to century, the product of ignor-
ance and vice.
Sixty years ago, when Queen Victoria
nrst went on the throne, the ladies. when
tney went to the theater sat upstairs in
sue uress circle, the lower part of the
mousse being given over to a different
Grass ana Well-bred women were not sup
posed 10 look at them. Sixty years ago
we ulu not nave strawberries in January
Vi oranges selling for less than a penny
apiece. The beautiful fruits from the
Shlled states were not taken over in those
uays 70 gladden. the English appetite, and
pineapple cost sometimes 2 euineas
sometimes l guinea, while we co,nt tben,
costly IL an enormously big one should he
uoIiar' and 10 cents is the average price
pdlu Tor good pine. In those old davs
there was great reverence shown 10 old
people. Things have changed little in
lnal respect, even in England We can
scarcely understand just how much defer
ence was shown to the old unless we read.
as did the other day. in an autobiogra
ply sentence like this:
MY tather and mother demanded sucb
respect from their children that we navar
dreamed i,53 OF sitting down in their presence,
ana my mother was so particular that
When we entered the room in which stood
her special armchair, whether she occT-
pied 1t or not, we bowed and stood
1t is possible that to-day mothers and
Ialhers and sons and daughters are more
cohgehlal and that greater sympathy ex
lists Between the. If it does, some Of it
IS due to Queen Victoria for she made
iler chlldren her closest friends, and when
her daughters were mothers every doubt
they had was submitted to mamma
All the world has gained by this good
queen. Therefore, l do not think that the
women OF America should, more than anv
others, appreciate the message sent bv
the old Irish woman and that each of us
on the anniversary day should say, with
all respect because of her goodness as a
queen and with all love because of her
sweetness as a woman, God bless tha
queen" ''e
ANA some of us may be glad to know
that the music of that wonderful sooo
was written by a woman, an Irish lady
whose work will last as long as the world,
put whose name, alas, is forgotten. II
must be hard to do something fine and
then have even your own little world for
get you. But what difference does II
make, after all? We think that we win
grieve at being forgotten. My friend, we
will not know.
Yesterday l met a young, pretty girl,
who said. Tomorrow is my birthday.
and am going to make a lot of good
resolutions" smiled as I left her e and
l thought, There goes one more little
craft sailing TO the Land of Good Inten
tons"
Who hasn't started for that land? And
how many people get there?
1t Is the land where you never say
cross word
It is the land where Won never foreat
good resolution.
1t is the land where you take good care
of your health
1t is the land where you believe the best
of everybody
1t is the land where you never listen to
mean gossip.
1t is the land where Won never rim into
debt
1t is the land where you go to bed early
and get up with the sun.
1t is the land where you never wear an
unreasonable gown
1t is the land where everybody does
right.
How many ships get to this land? A
very, very few. And when they reach
1t they are so battered and broken from
fighting against the rough waves in the
Sea of Doubt that they are of little use
However, it is not bad to make an effort
to get to this Land of Good Intentions
You and l and everybody else is helped
little bit by trying to do right. We
tumble, but we pick ourselves up again
and each time we are more determined
not to tumble. We hold ourselves
straighter and take firmer steps.
A woman asked not long ago what bab-
bic was This explains It, It's a some
thing that may begin on a Cunard dock
and end in the Land of Good Intentions
bdt 1t always has at the end the same
signature, that of Bah