The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-13
TALK To THE GIRLS
"sTRAIGHT SHOTS AT YOUNG WO-
MEN," DIR. JORDANIs THEME.
MEN FL0cKED TO LISTEN.
WE'RE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT
THE PREACHER WOULD SAY.

Baptist Church at Evening Service.
Woman, Capable of Inf mite EIevR-
ton, Is Capable of UnspeakabIe In
famy-Some of the Common Femi-
nine FaiIings-Lack of Industry,
Lack of Economy, Lack of Re-
IiEiOn and Neglect of Religious
| Activities Some of the Faults at
which DIR. Jordan Took a Shot.
The auditorium of the First Baptist
Church was crowded last night. The
subject of the sermon to be delivered
by DIR. Jordan was Some Straight
Shots at Young Women and not alone
the young women, but young men ALSO
fiocked to hear what would be said.
Some of the masculine failing had
been exposed by DR.. Jordan in the SER
mon of Sunday night a week ago, and
it is possible the young men were Curl
| Gus to know the weaknesses of the 9TH
er sex. The text was taken from
Proverbs, 1:12: "She will do him good
and not evil all the days of her life"
| DR.. Jordan said:
Some months since a prominent
statesman and jurist and 1 were to
speak at a banquet. He lamented that
his subject, the President of the United
States, was a hundred years old, hence
worn and threadbare. l rejoiced that
my subject, Woman" though six
| thousand years old, was still the Invest
| and newest subject of the age.
while it is such live and enjoying
! subject it is one hard to discuss,
| calmly and wisely. There is a temp
| tation to be too soft or two severe.
Not long since in a company of gen.
tlemen was young man who had been
married for only a month. He said,
All, lovely woman! my wife is an an
| GEL An old gentleman standing by
who had had four wives, said, What
kind of an angel? There are angels,
| and angels.
Much depends on the woman. Some
| women rise to sublimest nights, while
others descend to lowest depths. Wo-
man can wreck a nation or empire, or
| she can make a nation great. Remem-
Der Jezebel, Cleopatra, Victoria or
| Qneen Anne.
Best and Worse in Life.
1.-THE philosopher Xanthier ordered
her butler, Aesop, to prepare a dinner
of the very best that the market af-
| forded. He bought tongue and had it
cooked in various ways and served
with many sauces. After many courses
had been served the philosopher flew
| into a passion and demanded an ex-
| PLANTATION. Aesop replied: is there
anything better than tongue? 1t is the
bond of civil society, the organ of truth
and reason and the instrument of our
| praise and alteration
| tn a dinner
for the next day of. the very worst
things of the market, he again provided
tongue and had it served as before.
After another outburst of rage and
a demand for an explanation, he said
Tongue is surely the worst thing in
the world. 1t is the instrument of
strife and contention, the source of
division and wars; and the organ of
life, errors, calumny and blasphemies.'
Like tongue, woman is either the
best or the worst. With her gifts and
graces high lifted up she is close akin
to the divine but when depraved to
the last degree she makes demon
blush.
No Woman Is Perfection.
Some women are much more nearly
perfect than others. but none are per-
feet. Some lover, ardent in his wooings,
may have declared to you that you are
perfect. Such statements gave rise to
the proverb, Love is Blind If you be-
lieve such statements it is only case
of the blind leading the blind.
Rest assured that however good
you may be, you have faults that you
NAV discover and had better correct.
A prominent writer once addressed let
tiers to young men, asking what they
considered the worst among the most
| common faults of young women.
Among others mentioned were these:
Too much time and thought to dress.
Following fashion to an extreme that
is unbecoming and often extraVagant.
The lack of moral earnestness, or frlv-
olity. arising from the want of
purpose in life "A lack of self-discl-
rline and culture Their talk. which
is often nothing but idle gossip; "A
| want of reverence for sacred THINGS:
"A want of respect for the aged, often
| their own parents "A carelessness,
sometimes a reckesSness of their own
good name;' "A disregard of their own
health.
"FauIts, like thorns and thistles,
! grow usually in richest soil. l knew a
man who owned a farm, and when he
found a thorn tree he uprooted 1t and
| planted in it's place a peach tree, to
blossom in spring and bear fruit in
the summer. If. when we discover d
| fault, we would uproot it and plant a
grace or a virtue there, we would then
adorn and enrich our lives. But q
fault discovered and not uprooted be-
Genes a double fault. Much of woman S
| fault lies in her tongue, but it is her
sword, and she will not let it rust
The tongue capable of the angels
whisper, often bears the vipers sting.
Be Busy Always, Young Woman.
Industry should be a rule for ev-
cry young woman. Ruskin speaks of
| idleness as one of the greatest faults
that a woman can have. Six days
shalt thou labor and do all thy work
was not spoken to men alone. God
| created woman as mans helpmeet
and not as his circumference. The
! ideal woman in the scriptures is spok-
en- of as rising early in the morning.
This would be a severe test to the
American girl.
Much of woman's industry should
be given to her home but not all.
There are many ways for a woman to
use well her time, talents and ener-
| gies. Music, art, literature and char
| ity open to her wide doors for great
usefulness if she does not have to give
herself to other things.
Some of the simpler and more COM
mon things are well worthy of her ge-
| MUS and skill. Sarah was a fine
baker of bread. All the wise-hearted
women of Israel did spin with their
hands. They also embroidered and
made garments for themselves and