Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-24

landlords demanding more. Gold I'D
getty. Struggles about Office. Men who
are in trying to keep In; men out try
ing to get in. Slips. tumbles. Defalca-
lions. Panics. Catastrophes. D wom-
an, thank God you have a home and
that you may be queen in It'll Better be
there than wear queens coronet.
Better be there than carry the purse of
a princess. Your abode may be humble,
but you can by your faith in God and
your cheerfulness Of demeanor gid 1t
with splendors such as an upholsterer's
hand never yet kindled
There are abodes in the city-humble,
two stories, four plain unpapered
| rooms. undesirable northumberland
| yet there is a man here today who
would die on the threshold rather than
surrender 1t. Why? 1t is home. When
ever he thinks of 1t, he sees angels of
God lowering around 1t. The ladders
Of heaven are let down to this house.
Over the child's rough crib there are
the chantings Of angels, as those that
sounded over Bethlehem. 1t is home. |
These children may come up after |
awhile, and they may win high POSI- |
ton, and they may have an affluent
residence, but they will not until their
dying day forget that humble roof I'M
der which their father rested and their |
mother sang and their sisters played. /
Oh, II you would gather up all tender |
memories, all the lights and shades Of |
the heart. all banquetings and reun-
ions. all filial, fraternal. paternal and |
cOnjugal affections, and you had only |
just four letters to spell out that height |
and depth and length and breadth and
magnitude and eternity of meaning,
you would. with streaming eyes and
trembling voice and agitated hand,
write II out In those four living capt.
tails, HOME!
Queen of the Realm.
What right does woman want that is
grander than to be queen In such a
realm? Why. the eagles of heaven can
not fly across that dominion. Horses,
painting and with lathered TANKS, are
not swift enough to run to the outpost
Of that realm. They say that the sun
never sets upon the British empire, but
have to tell you that on this realm Of
woman's influence eternity never
marks any bound. Isabella fed from
the Spanish throne, pursued by the la
tons anathema, but she who Is queen
In home will never lose her throne,
and death itself will only be the an
nexation Of heavenly principallties.
When you want to get your grandest
idea Of queen, you do not think Of
Catherine of Russia or Of Anne of Eng
land or Maria Theresa of Austria, but !
when you want 10 get your grandest
idea of queen you think Of the plain {
woman who sat opposite your father at
the table or walked with him arm In I
arm down life's pathway. sometimes to
the Thanksgiving banquet. sometimes
to the grave. but always together, {
soothing your petty griefs. correcting
your childish waywardness. joining in q
your infantile sports. listening to your q
evening prayers. toiling for you with r
needle or at the spinning wheel and on I
cold nights wrapping you up snug and 3
warm. And then at last on that day 4
when she lay In the back room dying Y
and you saw her take those thin hands
and put them together in dying pray
ar that commended you to God whom I
she had taught you TO trust-oh, she a
vas the queen The cbariots Of God "
zane down 10 fetch her. and as she e.
went In all heaven rose up You can Ct
lot think of her now without a rush of Il
enderness that stirs the deep founda- "
ions Of your soul. and you feel as Il
much child again as when you cried W
N her lap, and II you could bring her "
Jack again to speak just once more Pr
our name as tenderly as she used to III
peak It you would be willing to throw M
'ourself on the ground and kiss the sod m
hat covers her, crying. Mother. moth 81
rP' All. she was the queen. she was ii
he queen! NJ
Allurements of Fashion. W
Now, can you tell me how many thou
and miles a woman like that would
ave to travel down before she got to
he ballot box? Compared with this h
york Of training kings and queens for 1T
iod and eternity, how Insignificant hi
GEMS all this work Of voting for alder ID
len and common councilmen and sher- CO
is and constables and mayors and "
residents! To make one such grand Ke
roman as l have described how many Ii
housand would you want of those tn
eople who go In the round Of goddess re
ess and fashion and dissipation, dis pi
,rting their bodies and going as far to- as
ard disgraceful apparel as they dare
so as not to be arrested of the police,
elr behavior a sorrow to the good "
I'd caricature Of the vicious and an 10
suit to that God who made them wo-
en- and not gorgons, and tramping on oi
'wn through a frivolous and dissi- III
ted life to temporal and eternal de- an
ruction? o woman. with the light iai
ng Of your soul strike dead at your Sue
ct all these allurements to dissipa-
N and to fashion! Your immortal III
III cannot be fed upon such garbage. pu
ID calls you up to empire and domin-
d. Will you have 1t? Oh. give to God PR
ur heart, give to God your best ener- $40
es, give to God all your culture. give eo'
God all your refinement, give your pu'
II to him for this world and the next! IL
Soon all these bright eyes will be an'
enched and these voices will be
shed. For the last time you will look
on this fair earth. Fathers hand, !
,ther's hand, sisters hand, childs pai
nd, will be no more In yours. 1t will a a.,
night, and there will come up a cold ~
nd from the Jordan, and you must e,S'
Lrt. Will II no a lone woman on a cni