The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-28

H'aReS t..c mere necessary eating anu
drinking grace and pleasure: through
her the ribald word s held in check, the
unfair judgment reproved, the voice OF
scandal hushed. The poor em!grant girl
who. motherless and thrown on her own
resources, seeks her bread In the SER
Vice OF the household. feels the restraint
OF steady. instructed teacher of It's
eco@cm'cs. and ands friend In the light
OF whose example and the strength o.
whose counsel she Is KEEP, from folly.
The woman who makes her morning q
time OF mere satternly gathering up Of
the disordercd fragments % yesterday
can never hope TO told &.ls' reins which
guide tbs domestic forces iGto "a realm
OF upper day" The rai- sersH::s OF Il
cheerful face and the sweet freshness OF
0. wS:l chosen breakfast dress are Ike
the rising Of an indoor sun TO those who
gather about the family table for their
| morning meal. The schoo,bos' orders his
holsteronS tone to RESPOND 20 ncr
th0nNhttul QUESTIONING: he feels con-
seions OF his peryoral untidircss or the
careless gathering ~ books ard papers;
, the realizes that the latent harbarlsm
Is his ss"onE young lie. and feels that
!nfuercc which. urtil he develops The
unique allegiance Of n lover, tnai;eS him
bow 10 the lady OF his love. his mother.
The doors CO not s!2m. the hands are
cared fO". TIE body Is clean "a the stan
dard 0. gentl,man's cleanliness, and
lie Is tanned by the presence If the llGE
| whom he li0GIEs as much as BY the par
| eE't he obeys. There Is SsIrceiTa more
sure way OF liftiag tas' standard Of FAM
! lily life up to ih. rule OF true refinement
than by guarding the morning meeting
! from disorder and d.sCoyd, and inviting
both beauty ~ service and gentle good
| order to preside over the breakfast
table
In old Journeys. knights could not
meet for hoHor's sake alone, unless they
bore the favor OF fair lady: 1t was not
possible. according TO knightly faith,
that man should do his best in any
feat OF arms without n name and face
to conjure by which We're for him the
nobcst and faircst In the world. In
LIES harder tuss!es. in the grim and
sor,lid fight for bread and recognition
In the worlds fierce battle for Supre
mncy. the old chIvaIric idea holds true
to-day. though we see no token worn
outwarLly over mems hearts or pinned
upon their sleeves.
But thou that hast no lady canst not
fight"
mears more to-day than 1t did in Ar
thurs time. He that lacks the insp!ra-
ton for cndeavor given by the tender
sharer OF his life: he who hears only OF
more money. more luxury. more adorn
ment from the wife for whom he tolls
or being single. knows no loftier cause
for effort than his own agsrandi2e-'
mcnt. is terribly handicapped. He who
il sent forth from an atmosphere calm
ed by the gentle sway OF the serene
DONNA" who lives to exercise her
healing charm. enters Office or work
shop of any sort where toll awaits him.
| blessed with n strength to do his best:
he who knows that the eyes that gave Il
silent benediction MS he closed the door
would welcome him with tenfold Joy If
he came back an honorable hero. Is
never tempted 10 lose her respec. by
too keen n reaching after wealth. He
knows that were his home II hut and
his sustenancc n crust. the lady Of his
| home would make the nr7 beautiful
and the other enough 10 suffice.
To deserve truly the name this ruler
must see to 1t that the poor know her TO
be their friend that the dishonest and
| HhJhTh w IlOl Iop VI upIIhuu IltT. I'm [
everything is beautiful after its kind.
III her dress be OF cOttonprint. It must
be fair In color. spOtlcss and increased
and ut to be adorned with rose. II she
should choose to wear one. No need for
velvets and satIns TO udorn. or a
many-roomed dwelling to enthrone, tho
lday who makes everything elegant by
her own Informing touch. I have in my
remembrance one who outrivalcd ev-
cry other whom ever knew, but whose
frugal simplicity would alarm most OF
our worNnEmen's wives to-day. and
whose high breeding" hid cndcavor so
| efcctuaify that It was never seen
| win mixture OF chngrln and sur
| prise, on turning to Sesame and Lilies
toverify n quotation. l find that all that
| nave written Is but weak para
phrase OF RuskIn's faultless essay.
| have not even read 1t for twenty years
and 1t recalls the eager. far-away first
| reading. and the thirsty drinkIng-n OF
his inspiring counsel. It had rooted
and grounded" Itself so deeply that
had forgotten Its tenacious growth:
transplantcd into soil that welcomed it,
1t seemed to be Indigenous.
l leave It. the borrowed and the orig
inal. as 1t stands. The girls and wo-
men VI lo-ORy 90 not read RuSkinS, MS
we. his contemporaries. did; we sec
stray essays Illustrated by various pho
tographs. which talk much OF his ar
tistlc theories and show how clcverly he
drew feather or n snow-cappcd noun
tain. But the slan who set women
thinking what to do with their lives:
who bado them remember with awe
what they could do with the magic OF
falr face: he who called men to recug-'
nizc the brotherhood of man, and To
reverence toll: who demanded with the
strenuous force OF n prophet and seer
/! that no one should eat the bread Of
idleness. Ia not known among us to-
day, except when some faint echo
reaches us of the hundred tones he
sent pcnling through the world OF his
young day.
IL matters comparatively little
whether he thought Turner greater
than hls fellows. or set forth certain
rules OF criticism, or even OF cndravor
Tor purnr art whcrcwIth to enrich the
world, Whnt he did beat wns to gncH;
TO the youth Of both sexes as never
other man Of his race and generation
spnkc, MS to their gfta and their re-