The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-16

little baldheaded ileutenant?" Ger
tainly there are some advantages In be-
longing TO the military.
fass,nS on from matters Of taste to
matters of fact. let US look at woman In
her new spheres and various occupa-
tons. According to recent statistics
there are In the United States one mil
lion persons engaged ip the S sixteen
principal forms Of professional service
(not trade). One-third of this million
are women. a quarter Of this IN llion
are women teachers. teachers in litera-
ture. In music and in art and they are
thrce-fourths OF the whole number Of
teachers. Thus the toll, the patience
the drudgery Of training our youth are
borne principally by women. What a
glorious conception for them-the con-
seriousness Of beirg the chief actors in
shaping the minds Of the nations hope.
Linked to this is woInan's home in
Euence. where from the cradle the loving
mother Is moulding the mind and char
acser Of her children. What grand
thought for her, to realize that she g
the humanizing power Of the generation.
Let the carpinG critic sand aside. He
II is who would condemn the thing:
he fails TO comprehend, ana would
judge the who'e by All exception.
And then the remaining ones: the
dentists, lawyers, doctors and professors.
These make up hundred thousand
more. Where will he end be? The
end will never be; for women VIII con-
tlnue to develop all her faculties until
she attains WIN, tever her me.its enti,lc
her TO; while me test Of her proficiency
will be equally rigorous with ht.a for
man.
The grandeur Of woman's Labor is in
her self imposed ana volume airy work.
Here she creates. originates and fOrmu-
lates. Her own peculiar tn cnt9 have
al dc i,sr
methods. elaborated new schemes, in
vented new devices developed Gh:cwd
management. and have achieved results
bo:h startling and overwhelming. She
carries on what man has not found time
TODD. With It all. the labor Is IS own
reward; for Is motive Is b.oad charity
and It's safeguard Is purity.
Organized charity. organized labor
are the means for the ends. Extending
her system abroad, she has spanned the
uncivi!i"ed void with her Chr,:tian
missions; and has followed the horrors
or war; famine by the s;aNda!d Of the
Red Gross. II IS a: home. however.
thas her individuality has fulles. scope
She raises funds for every p Iisewor; by
object that 10 no, provided for by gov
crnment or corporation. In bazlars.
fairs. concerts. plays and Goci u.s. she
humanizes man, stimulates his PRIDE and
enlits his co-ope! alton. Her societies re-
leve distress, build and cndow hospitals
support asyluns. remove debts. help
municipal enterprises. and in His name
bef!iend the loWly everywhere. MI
lions OF Christian Endeavcrevs, Assoca-
ted Charity Bands. and Kings Dlu2 IL
ters unite on the common & :ound Of hui
| mainly and labor for their fellow be-
! ings.
have said nothing OF Womenii Clubs
1t may be readily supposed that these
simply meet the increased demands for
In l,r,
| honor Of being invited TO any Of hem.
| It i; likely that they suppant "mcr-
! Ing calls Their existence IS justified
by one feature alone. Some Of them
have de;e, mined to eXcr; ,he,r influence
I TO protect our youths from The deadly
! cigarette hahl.. Who knows bu, It may
/ even now be in the air TO institute a
/ crusade against chewing gum?
| In all these fields womans talents are
VariOusly devoted-to church. to proge-
! ny, to neighbour 10 science, to art and
i to SELF culture; but she has one mo: @ self
! imposed duty; out thit lifts her out OF
social plane: and out Of religious see: 5 :;
one that Is independent OF sectional lines
and of cultured circle: one tina: makes
hc:oines and moulds heroes. She has
! arrived at the corEc.ouSncss tina: she IS
n citizen OF the Republic; that she too
has an inheritance, and that she TOO
can leave an heritage to the ma ion.
BY natural laws the prese: va:ion OF
| the State becomes q duty specially I'M
! posed upon the progeny OF those who
founded 1t. They are reminded of THIS
by abundant signs: by the picture OF
every colonial patrio; that hangs upon
our walls; by every heirloom iha, has
survived the century. These stir the
! heart and stimulate an honest pride
not ostentatiouS. but self conscious and
sustaining. II has ever been so The
Saviour of mankind, the lowlest Of men.
| had an ancestry, ana the Sacred Book
does not fail to record it. Ii - to the
rising generations then. that we must
look for that adhesion and devotion TO
| the principles es ablished by their ances-
tors. Principles never change, however
much their application may vary
We are told that the Hebrews were
directed by God to erect n monumen, on
the banks OF the Jo:dan as an ever
! lasting memorial: but succeeding gene
rlt.ons suffered The rock 10 be bla stca
by strange gods. and prec plated their
own dispersion. The Egyptian mon
a-chles fell under the deb9sing cul. OF
animal worship. The AsSyrian confede-
ration fell through its own loosanesa.
Ba bylonia Wa; dsbauchei into disso,u-
ton. The Phoenlcians failed for lack Of
political instinct. The Persian empire
died when It's mar.ial spirit had fled
None OF them had learned that any
system Of government IS bad that makes
one man subject TO the will and ca price
Of another. This principle was made
manifest in the ministry Of Cnrisr. and
only fully vlndicated by the American
IcVolu Ion.
Within our own his tory. the evidences
Of decline In patriotism h3d every