The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-02-24
NO. 81.

they are especially :endowed, the first
teachers Of every child, by divine ar
being woman. AS ply
sicians, having graduated after regu-
lar course Of study from the female
colleges Of our large cities, where they
get as scientific aud thorough prepara-
ton as any doctors ever had, and go
forth to work which no one but
women could SO appropriately and
delicately do. On the lecturing plat
form; for you know the brilliant sue
cess of Mrs. Livermore, and Mrs. Hal
lowell. and Miss Willard, and Mrs.
Lathrap. AS physiological lecturers to
their own sex. for which service there
is demand appalling and terrific. AS
preachers of the Gospel, and all the
protests of ecclesiastical courts can not
hinder them, for they have pathos
and power in their religious utter
ances that men can never reach. Wit
ness all those who have heard their
mother pray.
Oh! young women of America! as
many of you will have to fight your
own battles alone, do not wait until
you are flung of disaster, and your ia
ther is dead, and all the resources of
your family have been scattered; but
now, while in a good house and en-
vironed by all properties, learn how
to do some kind of work that the world
must have as long as the world stands.
Turn your attention from the embroid-
cry of fine slippers, of which there is q
surplus, and make Il useful shoe. Ex-
pend the time in which you adorn .
cigar case in learning how to make a
good, honest loaf of bread. Turn your
attention from the making of fimsy
nothings to the manufacture of i'm
portant something's.
Much of the time spent in young la
dies seminaries in studying what are
called the "higher branches" might
better be expended in teaching them
something by which they could sup.
port themselves. If you are going to
be teachers, or if you have SO much as
sured wealth that you can always
dwell in those high regions, trigonom.
etry of course, metaphysics Of course,
Latin sod Greek and German and
French and Italian of course, and
hundred other things of course; but il
you are not expecting to teach, and
your wealth is not established beyond
misfortune, after you have learned the
ordinary branches take hold of that
kind of study that will pay in dollars
and cents in case you are thrown on
your own resources. Learn to do some
thing better than any body else.
Now, men of America, be fair, and
give the women q chance. Are you
afraid that they will do some of your
work, and hence harm your pros
perties? Remember that there are
scores Of thousands of men doing wom-
ems work. Do not be afraid! God
knows the end from the beginning, and
He knows how many people this world
can feed and shelter, and when it gets
too full He will end the world, and, il
need be, start another. God will halt
the inventive faculty. which, by pro-
ducing machine that will do the work
of ten or twenty or a hundred men and
| women, will leave that nu m Der Of
there will not be invented another sew
ing machine, or reaping machine, or
corn thresher, Or any other new ma
chine, for the next 500 years! We want
no more wooden hands and iron hands
and steel hands and electric hands
substituted for men and women who
would otherwise do the work and get
the pay and earn the livelihood.
Let me also say, for the encourage
ment of all women fighting the battle
of life alone, that their conflict will
soon end. There is one word written
over the faces of many of them, and
that word is Despair" My sis
ter. you need appeal to Christ,
who comforted the sisters ol
Bethany in their domestic trouble.
and who in His last hours
forgot all the pangs Of His own hands
and feet aud heart as He looked nto
the face of maternal anguish. aud
called friends attention to it, in sub
stance saying: John, can not take
care of her any longer. Do for her as
would have done if had lived. Behold
thy motherw If, under the press urs
of unre warded and unappreciate work
your hair is whitening aud the wrin'
kles come, rejoice that you are nearing
the hour of escape from your very las
fatigue, and may your departure be q.
pleasant as that Of Isabella Graham
who closed her life with q smile an,
the word Peace"
The daughter of a regiment in AM
army is all surrounded by bayonets 0
defense, and, in the battle, whoevel
fails, she is kept safe. And you ar
the daughter OF the regiment com
manded by the Lord OF hosts. Afte
all you are not fighting the battle o
life alone. All Heaven is on your side
You will be wise to appropriate to your
self the words of sacred rhy
One who has known In storms to sail
l have on board;
. Above the roaring Of the gale
hear my Lord
l He holds me; while the billows smits
shall not fall
r II short, It's sharp; il long, It's light;
He tempers all.
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