Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-08
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/ permanence which alone are worthy the
name. say it is a good thing for these
United States that its chief citizen is
4 Teddy Roosevelt to every man, woman
and child within it's limits. Isn't there
good logic in his reasoning?
Woman against woman" has been the
theme of books, of plays and even SER
mons, until ii has come to be gener-
ally accepted belief that a woman VIII
find her enemies, her detractors and her
stumbling blocks among her own sex. 1t
may all be true. Certain 1t is that in
| church societies and literary CLUBS,
| where the motives should be purest from
hatred and highest above envy and
suspicion, characters have been torn TO
| shreds with less thought and compunc-
| ton than would be bestowed had the
reputation been piece of lace. Yet not
all women are of that kind, any more
| than all flowers are thistles. So, NOW ana
| then when Il story OF helpfulness ana
| friendlness is known. 1t Is well to re-
peat it. II it does not disprove altogeth-
Zen the little traits in woman nature,
| 1t makes pleasant reading. Now ana
then even the gossip and the Villifier
must be glad to hear story which
LEAVES no bad taste in the mouth. In
case of those who might be considered
rivals there seems to be more excuse for
the impeding of another's way. At least
the fear, grounded deep in the innate
desire for self preservation and self
advancement, that another may, If un-
molested, achieve the place coveted for
ones self. may have much to do with
that which for lack of n better name we
call professional Jealousy" The action
of the woman of whom 4 am to tell you
is all the more commendable because the
woman she helped was potential rlVai.
The hardships and privations she mad
undergone rendered her not bitter ana
pindictive. but anxious to help another
that the hardships and privattons might
be less calling and bitter. Meeting IN
casual way the woman Just peglnhlng
to look towards her own profession ana
longing for its rewards and successes,
she spoke words OF cheer and peilel
that by Keeping everlastingly at IT. the
end desired could be attained. The
truest help she gave to her: not meat
md drink, but the means whereby she
could earn them for, herself. AT the risk.
mot of her livelihood perhaps, but of her
reputation for originality and brilliancy,
she gave of her superior knowledge and
judgment to the woman whom she had
chosen to befriend. Those two women
have proved that women are
rot always spiteful and I'M
kind nor are they always ungrateful
and unappreciating. For when the Won
an who had been helped. told this story
to the rambler. there was something
very like tear in her eye. never
can forget It," she said. II tried once
to tell her but she looked at me win
such surprise in her: great brown eyes
while she said. "Why l didn't do any
thing hut what / should have done and
what / would have liked some one to
have done for me- That have never
tried since then to express in words my
gratitude to her. I think the success
which may have will do that for me.
You may know the women, Tor IN thsir
art they are doing work which Is really
worth while. But the best part OF the
story of their lives does not lie in the
fact that they are doing work, which
the world calls good, but In the rae.
that one helped and the other has not
forgotten to be grateful. 1t is not al
ways woman against woman.
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a Chicago paper printed on its ed
itorial page Monday, the tribute which
Mckinley paid to Garfield. the night
upon which the word came that the
second OF the martyred presidents was
dead. The opening sentences which he
smoke that night in the public square at
Canton seem prophetic at this time.
They were Friends and Fellow Citl-
zens:-Did / consult my own feelings,
4 would not speak to you at THIS hour
and upon this occasion. With the grief
which is in every heart and home thru
out the land today, 1t would seem 70 me
that silence, not speech, would me the
most fitting and appropriate. TheS
are OF special import in the light OF the
silent tribute to be made to the speaker
Just one score OF years from that da.e.
Eulogies and tributes to Mckinley the
statesman and Mckinley, the man, We're
pronounced without number Puiplt'
platform and street rang with his pra1s-
es. yet the most eloquent word did MOI
do him the honor that the silence OF
the moments when his body was laid
away did. Language is q wonderful
thing. The ability to use 1T lifts man
above the animal kingdom, endowing
him with an intelligible expression. Yet
it is sadly inadequate at times to con-
yey the thoughts which stir the mlna
and heart. In the five moments, when
the business and pleasure of the country
were entirely laid aside, when wheels
ceased their revolving and lips their
talking and laughing, and homage was
done to the busy man. who had hnlshed
his work, that no other homage couid
equal. The best of it was that 1t was
as he himself would have wished 1t.
Recognizing the great power and honor
Of silence, he would know that the mo-
ments SO offered were more than tears
and protestations. There was once q
poet whose requiem was:
.Twillght and evening star,
And one clear call for me,
May there be no moaning OF the par
When put out to sea-
Those who loved that poet and from
their sorrow when they heard ne would
never sing for them again, by knowing
that on a beautiful moonlight night, ne
turned his face towards the easement
thru which came the glory OF the out
side world and peacefully let ms earthis
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