The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-11
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tS1sUy Sery can llnedr ner. Whe1 a
woman Is prepared to move in hien-
est commercial spheres, she will hav
gerat influence on exchange, and no
boards of trade can hinder her. want
woman to understand that heart and
brain can overly any barrier that
politicians may set up, and that moth
ing can keep her back or keep her
down but the question of incapacity.
MY chief anxiety is, not that woman
have other rights accorded her; but
that she, by the grace of God, rise up
to the appreciation of the glorious
rights she already possesses. First, she
has the right to make home happy.
That realm no one has ever disputed
with her. Men may come home at
noon or at night, and then larry com
paratiyely little while; but she all day
long governs it, beauties it, sancti-
fies it. 1t is within her power to make
1t the most attractive place on earth.
IT 1s the only calm harbor in the
world. You know as we'll as do, that
this outside world and the business
world are long scene Of jostle and
contention. The man who has dollar
struggles to keep it; the man who has
1t not struggles to get it. Prices up.
Prices down. Losses. Gains. Misrepre-
sensations. Underselling Buyers de-
preciating; statesmen exaggerating.
Tenants seeking less rent; landlords
demanding more. Struggles about Of
flee. Men who are in trying to keep
In; men out trying to get in. Slips
Tumbles. Declarations. Panics Ca
stastrophes. Oh, woman! thank God
you have home and that you may be
queen in it. Better be there than wear
q Victoria's coronet. Better be there
than carry the purse of princess.
Your abode may be humble, but you
can, by your faith in God, and your
cheerfllness of demeanor, gild it with
splendOrs such as an upholsterer's
hand never yet kindled There are
abodes in every city-humble, two
stories; four plain, unpapered rooms;
undesirable neighborhood; and yet
there is man who would die on the
threshold rather than surrender.
Why? It is home. Whenever he thinks
OF 1t he sees angels of God lowering
about 1t. The ladders of heaven are
let down to that house. Over the
child's rough crib there are the chant
ings Of angels that broke over Beth
lehem. It is home. These children
may come up after awhile, and they
may win high position. and they may
have an af1uent residence; but they:
will not until their dying day forget
that humble root under which their
father rested, and their mother sang,
and their sisters played. Oh, If you
would gather DIP all. tender memories,
all the lights and shades of the heart,
all hanquetings and reunions, all filial,
fraternal, paternal and conjugal affec-
'tions. and you had only just four letters
with which to spell out that height.
and depth, and length, and breadth,
and magnitude, and eternity Of mean
ing, you would. with streaming eyes,
and trembling voice, and agitated
hand, write it out in those four living
capitals, HOME.
When you want to get your grandest
idea Of a queen, you do not think OF
Catherine OF Russia, or OF Anne OF
England. or Of Marie Theresa of Ger
many; but when you want to get your
grandest Idea Ola queen, you think Of
The plain woman who sat opposite your
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