The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09
WOMHN'S WOKLD.


ems ~, ever seems TO snake, says Do
eA1e-'~ ntv in the New Orleans Picayune,
,bar is that they have a divine fiSht
i'd their childrens careers, and gen.
shane their lives for them. The
eiai.' looming her baby to sleep on her
lNo'- makes up her mind that ne SHAH
ian,ver. or doctor, or preacher wholly
-,z Of the fact that nature has al
t.sn before her and made mer-
or mechanic, or banker ana that
49,. .ffort to reverse the decision must IN
e,s+sblv result in disaster.
If the common observations OF life
hot success and happiness means mere
:. ,s,ting into the right groove aud DO
.,s thing destiny intended us to do
,rs,. being true, it is passing strange that
-. VINO have a childs welfare at Aeari
...17on really take the trouble TO ma
.,t he can do, and wants TO do, what
1.,t Is On every hand we are con-
e-.-+sd nv the unhappy spectacle of round
-. ,,a,n1v trying to fit themselves into
- holes Every day we see poor doc
- ,,ofnq on their death-dealing careers
49,, MIGHT have made successful ana NJ
,rs business men. Every Sunday we are
I,,rad nv tiresome preachers who might
,,,,,s really done some good in the world
,'-.,dine iron instead of the pulpit. The
"a. are fun of bankrupt merchants who
.+ have made fame and fortune in a
profession - 4o, +hese d,sma, fail
re the direct result of some loving
my determination to decide son S
INV for him Because Johns grand
ts,ber was a distinguished lawyer OF
1,tn,e mother considers the law a gen
81 profession for John, who mas no more
rift at speaking than stone dummy anu
e. more love Of study than parrot that
,s,eats Wi bout understanding what II Is
toi5 is prodded through cofiege ana law
'.[1rea and at last hangs out his shinSle
- ,,.,its for clients He has no interest
o. srtbueiasm in his work; he never does
- ven and consequently never succeeds.
u,rn5tin,es after wasted years, he breaks
49, ran bondage and finds his appoint
ed Mace for himself Oftenest ne loses
L-,rt aftoeether HIS first venture mas
been such a disaster ne has not courage 70
boist fresh sail and put about for announcer
lori so ne drifts a helpless and pathetlc
ferelct upon the sea of life. 1t is the
came story. with the same ending, when
t,,,,, Who loves hooks better than dol
}ars who would rather speculate in philos-
o1hes than cotton futures, is forced into
business because his father has happen
ed TO build up a big financial enterprise.
He is not ftted for tn part, and II ne
docs moi actually fan outright, as is gen
frallv the case, he misses the best OF lie
in missing a tougeni7l occupation.
Girls TOO have their grievances along
This line. In spite of all the progress we
have made we have never gotten over the
idea that all women ought TO be as mucn
alike as peas in a pod and to tnat ehu'
no matter how much their talents may
really vary we give them the same educa-
ton I m persuaded that when the roll OF
The noble army of martyrs Is called it will
he led by little girls in pinafores, with pig
tails Of hair hanging down their backs,
who were forced TO spend hours OF torture
learning scales and exercises, when lhey
had no better voice or ear for music
thar the eat that caterwauls on the back
fence The question of the glrls apllty
cuts no figure in the matter. it Is ira
dtion that she must have accomplish
ments," and so we have her taught music,
and painting. and drawing, and she muir
ders sonatas and daubs up canvases,
and executes monstrosities on good emma,
and we cOmplacently reflect that we nave
done our fun duty by Mary or saline
Wnen the truth is we have never taken
the trouble TO find out her real talent at
all. Il may have been that the girl VINO
could never learn TO draw could fashion
divine harmonies with needle, and the
one who was as tone deaf as Trilby might
have found herself an artist in the ar
ranging and furnishing of home. If all
the money that is foolishly wasted in try
Ing to make musicians and artists out OF
girls who have no talent were put into a
fund il would give them, everyone, re-
spectacle dowry and furnish their homes
with handorgans and old masters besides.
1t is a hard thing for parents to realize
and harder still to gracefully accept-the
fact that the time must come when their
child, like all the other children of men,
has TO live his own life, and work out
his own destiny. Counsel has its limita-
tons Love can so no further We have
no right even to interfere, since every
soul must be a profound mystery even
to those nearest and dearest to it, and
We cannot know all its needs and posi-
bilius But as we love the child COM
mitted to our care 1t is a solemn duty to
study him. to try to find out his bent,
and develop that, instead of forcing him
INTO something else of our fancy and
choosing. So shall we train, and not handi-
cap MIN, for the race he must run.
Inc wedding ring is made of gold of the
plfest quality, signifying how noble and
durable is our affection" writes Frank H.
1I1'eIly of The Romance of the Finger
ring IN the Womans Home Companion
Next, in form, the ring is round, a sym
pol OF the eternity, implying that our re-
sard snail be without end. Why is this
soden circlet worn on the third finger
u the left hand? Because among the an
CeutS il was thought there was a vein
III mat finger that came directly from the
H7drt and the custom has survived the
1sss ana come down to US from remote
au'Nulty. But there are other reasons
way IL should be worn on this finger. Be
1 louse Delng a finger least used it may be
rs, SUBJECT to be worn out, and because
~ U.Slihct purpose is that it is to be the |
''i''e lasting token OF a solemn cove
H1 winch must never be forgotten. 1t
i l'1s 'een suggested. also, that the form,
Ing round ana without end imports that |
MUTUAL love shall flow from one to tile
ors as in circle, and that continually |
ana forever.
n. 9olhe umes wedding rings were of gemel !
I'l'eln' and occasionally betrolhaI rings |
r,,a W oxen in two, one-half of which was
r,,'d by each party, so that on the |