Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-08-24


but that she, by the grace of God, rise
up TO the appreciation of the glorious
rights she already possesses. shall only
have time to speak Of one grand and all
absorbing right that every woman has,
and that is TO make home happy. That
realm no one has ever disputed with her
Men may come home at noon or at night
and they tarry comparatively little
while. but she all day long governs it,
beauties il, sanctihes it. 1t is within
her power 10 make it the most attractive
place on earth. Ii is the only calm har-
Dor in this world. You know as well
as l do that this outside world and the
business world is a long scene of joste
and contention. The man who has dol
lar struggles tG keep it; the man who
has II not struggles to get il. Prices up.
Prices down. Losses. Gains Misrep-
reservations. Gougings Underselling
Buyers depreciating; statesmen exaggerat-
ing. Tenants seeking less rent; land
lords demanding more Gold fdgety.
Struggles about office. Men who are in
trying 10 keep in; men out trying to get
/ in. Slips. Tumhles, Dcfalcatons. Pan
les. CatastropheS. o woman, thank
God YOU have Il home. and that you may
be queen in it, BETTER be there than wear
queen coronet Better be there than
| carry the purse of princess. Your
abode may he humble but you can 10y
| your faith in God aud your cheerfuness
| of demeanor gid it with splendors such
as an upholsterer's hand never yet kin
| died
There are abodes in the humble,
~ III.
undesirable neighborhood, and yet there
| is man here to-day who would die on
! the threshold rather than surrender it.
| Why: 1t is home. Whenever he thinks
| of IT he sees angels of God lowering
| around il. The ladders of heaven are let
| down to this house. Over the childs
! rough crib there are the chautingS of
| angels, as those that sounded over Beth
! lehem. Ii is home. These children may
| come up after awhile, and they may win
| high position and they may have an aftlu-
| ent residence, but they will not until their
| dying day forget that humble roof under
| which their father rested and their
| mother sang and their sisters played. Oh.
! II you would gather up all tender memo
! ries, all the lights and shades of the
| heart, all banquetngs and reunions, all
! hlal, fratcrnal, paternal and conjugal af-
! fections, and you had only just four let
! tiers to spell out that height and depth
and length and breadth ana magnitude
and eternity of meaning you would, with
| streaming eyes and trembling voice and
| agitated hand, write ii out in those four
| living capitals, HOME.
What right does woman want that is
| grander than to be queen in such realm 2
Why. the eagles of heaven cannot 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 English 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 nations anathe.
ma, but she who is queen in home will
never lose her throne, and death itself
will only be the annexation of heavenly
principalities.
The Most Quecn1y Woman.
When you want to get your grandest
idea of a queen you do not think of
Catherine of Russia or of Anne of En-
gland, or Maria Theresa of Austria. but
when you want to get your grandest
idea of 4 queen you think of the plain
woman who sat opposite your father ut
the table, or walked with him arm in
arm down life's pathway, sometimes 10
the Thanksgiving banquet, sometimes to
the grave, but always together ooth-
ing your petty gricfs, correcting your
| childish waywardness. joining in yoar
| iufantile sports listening TO yonr even
| ing prayers, toiling for you with needle,
! or at the spinning wheel, and on cold
nights wrapping you up snug and warm
! And then OF last. on that Gay when She
! lay in the back room dying. and you saw
her take those thin hands with which
she toiled for you so long and put them
together in a dying prayer that com
mended you to God, whom she had taught
you to trust--oh, she was the queen.
| The chariots Of God came down 10 fetch
! her, and as she went in all heaven rose
up. You cannot think of her now with
out a rush Of tenderness that stirs the
deep foundations of your soul, and you
feel as much a child again as when you
cried on her lap. and if you could bring
her back again to speak just once more
your name as tenderly as she used 10
| speak IL you WOuld De Wiling 10 throw
| yourself on the ground and kiss the sod
that covers her, crying, Mother,
mother All, she was the quecn--she
was the queen,
Now, can you tell me how many thou
sand miles a woman like that would have
| to travel down before she got to the bal
! lot box? Compared with this work Of
training kings and queens for God and
eternity. how insignificant seems al this
work Of voting for.aldermcn and common
councilmen and sheriffs and constables
and mayors and presidents TO make one
| such grand woman as | have described
! how many thousand would You want OF
| those people who 20 in the round of god
lessness and fashion and dissipation, dis
| t0rting their body and going as far to-
ward disgraceful apparel as they dare 60
| so rs not to be arrested of the police,
| their behavior a sorrow 10 the good and a
| caricature Of the vicious and an insult
| g., that Oh u. tp mad, +h.,. ,..,,r.. a