The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-01
Bab'8 Br80zy BUdQ0t.
Of Feminine Gossip--Every Woman Her Own Dressmaker
The Full Measure of Woman.

i she was knocked' off this pedestal and Il
| little good sense beaten INTO her head.
When | want to do any worshiping, /
am going TO worship man. He il bigger,
stronger. naturally better looking. has
a greater respect for truth and decid-
cdly more charity for ones Weaknesses
If / cannot get a man to worship, / be-
lieye ] will give my affection to n dog,
but certainly not to a woman. oh, you
think | am irritated about something
Oh, no, | am not, for | know there are
good women. Thank God. there are
millions of them, but they are not the
women who go in for ecsttttic friend
ships. They are the ones whose frlend-
ship has grown up with You. Inc
friendship that springs up like weed
i'll the night deserves to be Jerked up
and thrown away the next morning.
but Il very young girl ought to be told
of the women she should dread Some
body should say to her: Beware of the
woman, my dear girl, who tells YOU all
about herself when you first meet her.
Beware of the woman who announces
to YOU that she never said disagree
able word about another woman. Grac-
ious goodness. The air will he green
when she does begin. The woman who
never says II disagreeable word is like
the dog who never barkS. he bites, and
bites to kill. Beware of the woman
who is very rich in her caresses to you.
By all the laws of nature woman
ought to kiss Il man. and she is wasting
the time of two women when she fools
about this sort of thing"
Here the sewing stopped, for lunch
con was announced, and rs the busy
workers went into the dining room one
of them said, Our talk sounded lit
tie bit like ii sermon. didn't it,"
And |, who was one of the three
guess which one). added, We'll, we all
have our time for preaching, and the
sermons are often meant to be kindly
little ones" Perhaps you think when
preach it is like Il fool jumping up and
shaking his cap SO that the bells ring
and the iangle draws the crowd. But
sometimes the fools sermon is n good
one. And the sermon which is deduced
from the talk of three women about
other women has ended with the old
text. for in this case the text comes
after the sermon. Honor thy father
and thy mother. though what the
preacher wants to emphasize is, Honor
thy mother" She suffered for you, she
iONtS AOUs anu Sut kIIOWS AOu. licI W.
man child. as nobody else in the world
does There are Il good many things
that deserve to receive honor that don't
get it.
If you give honor and politeness to
your children. they will give you honor
and respect in return.
Ii you are polite to the traveller on sea
Or land, you will get respect and consid-
Grafton in return.
Ii you are polite and consderate to
those you employ you will get honor
and respect in return.
Ii you honor and respect the laws of
Il corporation or state, YOU have a right
to proper treatment. Perhaps you will
get it.
If you honor and respect every man.
woman. child and dog that you meet in
your daily walks. if you give them the
| courtesy due them, you can be very
certain that respect will be shown you.
The dog you kick is going to bite. The
| woman to whom you are rude is going
to snub You. The child you don't con-
slider worth polteness is going to be
impertinent Where you give honor and
respect. my friend. you will get them in
return and many time leaven of real
liking.
The text is good the sermon is meant
| to be- 50 because of the intentions be
| charitable to the preacher. who does not
dare to put prefix or aflix to her name.
| but calls herself only Bah