The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-05-11

F.: opportunity to prove that to the best
of things she has still held fast, and
! is very like the "old' woman after
! all.
Have you thought that this war 1T
may be war ere this that ! write IL in
cold type cali, for very deep dcyo-
tion to country and fellow men?
was about to writ deeper devotion
than any her war has ever made De
nland. upon, and perhaps may safe
j. 10 So There i. not ih inspiring
thought that immediate action means
We stand right on the very spot that
/ must be protected and among familiar
, sights. Men uuit their homes to 90
/ atar off, maybe, IA an invading army,
/ where death. perhaps, awaits them in
NOR" forms than shot and she'll Wo-
men have said they would 80 and
some are already gone to lessen, as
, best they may, the tcriorA Of war.
Woman has given the soldier to land,
woman has badc him 20, and woman
prays God to help keep Americas
first invading army-if such this is to
be-and woman with tender hand
helps back to health and strength the
wounded All this il womans part
in war. Would she change it for u
chance to fight and show that in every
respect she ia mans equal? think
not. Ask the newest new woman
you know and l believe she will tell
you that / have not without good rca-
son believed that her part in war
would be the same as that played by
her mother, and the great great grand
mother, whose picture, in colonial
garb, il treasured family heir
loom.
But there is still another part that
women play in war. This part be-
longs to the woman who may neither
60 as nurse nor make great sacrifices
for nor country namc and glory. IL
is the part that is played by the quiet
little home woman whose duty seems
to be in the direction Of keeping home
CHEEKY place in spite Of the gloom Of
war. She may have sent no one to the
field, but she knows how to cheer
those that have. She practices a
thousand economies, and the men that
are left at homc-Dot only do the men
III .he army fee! the scars Of war are
assured in a thousand silent ways that
if times are "hard" she will not mind
so much after all whether her summer
gowns are brand new or her hats Pa
risian. To man, home where there
is contcntment in spite Of misfortune
is tho most encouraging thing in the
world. Whether stocks are up or
down there is always the thought that
all is not lost, that true happiness
may flourish on very small amount
Of riches.
In days Of strife, directly or indi-
rectly. We are bound to face the stress
at home. Often, too, it is the harder
part to stay quietly at homc. Out
where all is activity, and necessities
and emergencies press quickly against
one another, there is not the conscious
ness of the long. anxious wait that
intervenes between the end Of the
time of peace and peace renewed. 1t
is but natural thing that woman
should hesitate when it comes to the
giving up of those she loves to battle,
and it is but right that those upon
whom she lavishcs her devotion
should wait until it is quite plain that
it is duty and not the excitement of
the moment that bids them 20 forth.
Once Of this they arc sure, then the
women Of the present SAY as bravcly
az ever their mothers did, eco"
And they smile and wave adieux as
cheerily as they can. so the last the
soldier sees Of the woman he loves
shall return to his memory cncourag-
ingly when he is far away.
Someone has recently said, and tru
~, that 1.-The endurance and unselfish-
ness of women In their ho,nos are
among tho strongest sincws of war"
1t woman wants to play stronger
or more important part in the affairs
of the Nation l am certain don t
know where she will find it. DO you?
MARGARET HANNTS.
At the Theatre.