The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-15

Anrio-sa1on mistress 70 wear her head-
handkerchief: as soon as she was set fres
she. with all :he women Of her race in tho
South, tore the head-hanGkerchief indig-
nantly off. In the same way it cost the war
OF the Union to enable Gabrielle to teach
school. She had been set free also and the
bsniage removed from her liberties. The
negress had been empowered to demand
wages for her toll: the AngIo-Saxon girl
had been empowered 10 accept without re-
proach the wages FOR hers"
BY that social evolution Of The race
which I'm one country after another rad
wrought the overthrow OF slavery she had
, now been placed with a generation uniuus
In history; a generation of young Southern
girls. OF gentele birth and breeding 81 the
NEST delicate nature. who. heiresses in
slaves and lands at the beginning Of n,
war. were psnniless and unrecoerizei
wards of the Federal Government at ~,
close. their slaves having been male cf,i-
zens and their plantations laid waste. ON
these unprepared and innocent girls TIM
fel most heavily not only the mistakes ana
. misdeeds Of their own fathers and mothers \
but the common guilt OF the whole na.ian.
and particularly of New England as res 4
poets the original traffic In human souls.
The change in the lives of these girls wa,
as sudden and terrible II one had en-
tered a brilliant ballroom and in the volc,
or an overs>eer ordered the dancers 70 GO {
as they were to the factories
ITO the factories many OF then, wont +,
sense: 10 hard work of some sor,--,a
"age-earning and waSe-taking: sometimes
7 becoming the mainstay of aged NJ ;,arr
| parents. the dependence of Younger broth
or AND etc
e's ana sisters III the history OF Il all IN
ever written IL VIII make pitiful. heroic.
noble reading
mus ny the working out Of vas, ro-,es.
'he HNe' OF Gabrielle and David had bs.n
Jcstied violently together The. y,cre ~.
chlIdren Of TWO revolutions. separate We.
having n common end: she produced b, IN.
social revolution OF the new world ,,.,i.,
overtime" mefiacyal slavery: he nv tia
intellectual revolution Of the OLD norIa
which began to put forth scientific law an.
III doing this brought on ore of III, 80.
est ages OF religious doubt So m. to.n ,
We're early vestises of the same ir.,,.,sr-.
able race evolution. proceeding aIons. ,.or<
verging lines. She. living on the or,;eLr
submits of decayiar social ov,is- ad
farthest 10 fall. In its coIlapse Gro 81,
reached the natural earth: he .,f'i,- a. {
the bottom. had farthest to rfs, before IA 8
could look out upon the plains ~ ,rt1s,-
ing Modern thought ana mans e-oI,.,,-
destiny. Through her fan and his r,se the.
mad been brought to a COMMON Isver Ru- +.
on that level all that had befauan be- haS
driven her as ont of binding s-o-r, int,
the church. the seat and as,-lu,, .. "a
hgion; all that had befaTer him had ,r;,,sr
hiin out Of the churches as the fortiaca.
'lohs OF theology. She had he.- draw, N
mar part Of worship which lasts and "a
uNlhe' re had beer repealed by that part
mat passes and is human
~" i'''i' came to explain his views
~" rehsi"n to Gabrielle he did not find
her an unsympathetic listener He said
ming OF the dosmas OF her church:
Is h't dogma % my church
""'e ever thought Of for a moment: s
or OF any other church. she rcrI'ef in.
stantly and Clearly
III 'hose simple words she had uttered
unaware a long historic. ,r,,b ,1a- ra,l.
gion. not theology. forms tho .,iri,ral lila
o. women. In the Who'll So. 81. .bs
worlds opinions no docrn, ~ ,r,. ,reisb.
mas ever oristnased with a v-or,7n. uhek
H. as IN many other ways. she shoNS
POINTS or superiority in her intellect II isA
man VINO tries to appreheud Col through NJ
ms ioslc and Psychology; a woman un-
oerstands him better through emotions and
oee's- 1t Is the men who are concerned
ABOUT the cubits. the cedar wood the Trim
ana Ihan1mim OF the Tabernacle: woman
Walks straight into the holy Of holes.
A''er a while all went well with David .
ana "aorieiia: THE domes OF the trees
were white with blossoms now and with
moonlight How warm and sweet the airi
row sacred the words and tn. sllencesi s
Two children of vast and distan: resele-
"ohs guided together into one life-a yo,nx
pair facing toward a future Of wider. bet.
ter things for mank,nd.