The colored American., 1901-10-12

the day, and her ability to manage
caucuseS prior to the quarterly or an
nual election of club officers. her zeal
Gus devotion to the work OF her cluD, !
which sometimes exceeds her deVo- |
tion to home and church duties; TINS |
handsome and interesting woman who |
can keep you buttOnhOled for hours eX-
paliating upon the many merits OF her |
own particular club and the CORE |
spending demeritS of all others, we
might be won by her eloquent speech
to choose her as the model type did
not the club skeleton disclose the
secret of numerous petty jealOuSleS-
narrowed views, and determined
sort of selfishness that too often makes
club life a bed of thOrns to loving
peaceful soul.
And now we come to the religious
woman, prOnOuncedly so, and OF course
YOU expect NE to hold her up as the
model type of woman, but L cannot
for Righteousness is not always synOn-
OmOus with religion, and the woman
who makes the strongest profession
and looks the most deVOut in appear
ance is not always the most lOYaDle
woman Of your acquaintance. 1t
sometimes happens that a woman
who is a prominent church worker an
active participant in prayer meetings
and in all forms Of Christian work Is
| so distinctly disagreeable, so hard to
| be understood and to get along with,
| that people who are not professors OF
| religion hesitate about becoming so on
| the account of this woman who has
| snoiled all of her beautiful work, all
Of her acts of sacrifice by failing to
| have the Christian charity-Or love
| which St. Paul says is greater than
| either faith or hope. Really L think
the religious type Of woman is the
most trying Of all. You expect so
| much learning on the fair Christ for
strength. diffusing about her an atmos-
| phere sWeeter than the breath OF a
| cluster of ViOIetS blessing all lives
that come into contact with hers as
the dew drops refresh the grass and
flowers. this is the model type OF Wo-
man. And this kind of woman, the
good woman, is the woman whose
personality and whose influence is SO
apt to be overlooked and underesu-
mated in these days Of sharp cOmpetl
| tiOn between beauty and brains or be
tween WOman'S lower and higher sell
For woman as we'll as man pos
spsses the dual nature-the two part:
of her being the animal and the divine
| that are each ever struggling for th'
ascendency, and it depends upon he
: cultivation Of the divine nature as Il
whether she will have an influence TO
[ good.
t Like begets like" a woman who's
} | thoughts. aims and actions are pur
Will have q saving influence upon tn
men and women she meets. Such VIC
| men are the salt Of society. Every
= body feels safe with them, all breath
] | easier in their presence. God set Hi
: seal of commendatiOn upon good VIC
0 men when He gave to the world Jesus
s His only son through the Womanhoo
K of q girl who was known everywhere
r simple as a good, pure girl
e What the young girl standing upO
n the threshold of life needs TO cOnSlde
S above all else, is the choice Of TYP
or model. Dazzled by the false TINS
e and show of sin, clad in alluring ga
$ ments. sweetness and fragrance out
n q life that is professedly an imitatlo
10 of that Of the blessed Christ and VINE
d you hear harsh words or SANDER or Sc
1t actions that are unchristlike. yOl
d faith is apt to weaken both IN II
le person and in the thing personated.
q. In all of the lines that / have L
Is dicated. social, scientific, philanthrop
-e and religious, the women Of today a
Of playing leading parts. The new
" papers TEEN with the sensational d
" ings Of the idle-born, who while aw;
ir life's precious hours pleasure seekin
o. The brainy women write books or
or other things of consequence and for