The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-05-21


That is why statistics show tha
f, military mon stand such gooC
chances for marriage. It is com.
mon thing to hear such remark as
: "Where did that ugly old captain
: get such handsome wife?" or
} "How could the lovely Miss A.
: marry that little bald-headed lieu.
, tenant?" Certainly there are som,
! advantages IN belonging to tn,
military.
Passing on fr m matters OF taste tc
} matters of fact, let us look at woman
!, in her new spheres and various
occupations. According to recent
statistics there are, in the United
States, one million persons engaged
In the sixteen principal forms OF
professional service (not trades)
One-third of this million are woman
A quarter of this million are woman
teachers; teachers In literature, in
music and in art; and they are three
fourths Of the whole number of
teachers. Thus the toll, the patience,
the drudgery Of training our youth
are borne principally by woman.
What a glorious conception for them
1.-The consciousness Of being the
chief actors in shaping the minds OF
the nations hope! Linked to this is
woman's home-infuence, where
from the cradle the loving mother is
moulding the mind and character Of
her children, What a grand thought
for her-to realize that she is the
humanizing power of the generationl I
Let the carping critic stand aside.
He 1t is who would condemn the
things he fails to compr ehend, and
would judge the whole by an excep-
tion.
And then the remaining ones. the
woman inventors, designers, author
esses, dentists, lawyers, doctors,
and professors. These make up
hundred thousand more. Where
will the end be? The end will never
be; for woman will continue to
develop all her faculties until she
attain whatever her merits entitle
her to; while the test of her rro-
flciency will be equally rigorous
with that for man.
The grandeur of woman's labor is
in her self-imposed and voluntary
work. Here she creates, originates
and formulates. Her own peculiar
talents have opened up new fields,
introduced new methods, elaborated
new schemes, invented new devices,
developed shrewd management; and
have achieved results both startling
and overwhelming. She carries on
what man has not found time to do.
With it all, the labor is its own re-
ward; for its motive is broad charity
and its safeguard is purity.
Organized charity, organized labor
ARE the means for the ends. Ex.
tending her system abroad, she has
spanned the uncivilized world with
her Christian missions: and has
followed the horrors of the war and
famine by the standard of the Red
Cross. 1t is at home, however, that
her individuality has fullest scope.
She raises funds for every praise
worthy object that is not provided
for by government or corporation.
In bazaars. fairs, concerts, plays,and
socials, she humanizes man, stimu-
lates his pride and enlists his CO.
operation. Her societies relieve |
distress, build and endow hospitals,
support asylums, remove debts. help |
municipal enterprises, and lin His
Name" befricnd the lowly every
where. Millions of Christian En-
deavorers, Associated Charity Bands,
and Kings Daughters unite on the
common ground Of humanity and
labor for their fellow beings.
i have said nothing Of women clubs.
1t may be readily supposed that
these simply meet the increased de-
mands for social intercourse. 1 have
not had the honor Of being invited
to any Of them. 1t Is likely that
they supplant "morning calls"
Their existence Is justified by one
feature alone. Some of them have
to exert their influence
to protect our youths from the dead
ly cigarette habit. Who knows but
1t may even now be In the air to in
stitute crusade against chewing
gum.
In all these fields, wOman's talents
are variously devoted, to church, to
progeny, to neighbor, to science, to
art ard to self culture; but she has
one more self-imposed duty one that
lifts her out of religious sects; one
that Is independent of sectional line
and of cultured circles; one that
makes herOines and moulds heroes.
She has arrived at the consciousness
that she Is citizen of the Republic;
that she, too, has an Inheritance and
that she too can leave an heritage to
the nation.
BY natural laws, the preservation
of the State becomes duty specially
imposed upon the progeny Of those
who founded 1t. They are reminded
of this by abundant signs by the pic