The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-24

live a subject. but / find myself a lit
tie embarrassed. A good joke and a
hearty laugh are the chief flavor of an
after-dinner speech. This, however, is
an English banquet so jokes do not
go. l have been the guest on such oc-
casions of Scotch. Irish and English,
and / find that all hold some things
in commemorative and woman. You
let the preachers speak on Woman"
and The Pious and immortal Memory
of st. Andrew" while you take care
of the rest. 1t is best that the preacher
abstain-you respect him more. few
times on marriage and banquet occa-
sions 1 have simply tasted. never
drank, but always to regret IL. shall
not even taste any more. Not that l
mean disrespect to any. but because j
desire the respect of all. If, by mis-
takes we are lead to virtues. our mis-
takes are not in vain.
Men have high ideals for women
and preachers" said DR.. Jordan, land
i am glad they do. Church officers
dispense hospitality that preachers best
not partake. Men justify in themselves
what they condemn in women. Mo-
rality has only one standard. A thing
is right or wrong. clean or unclean.
Woman is both the best and worst
thing in the world. All depends on
the kind of woman. Xanthen ordered
Aesop to prepare banquet of the best
the market afforded. Only tongue was
served. Then he ordered a banquet
of the worst thing in the market. Only
tongue was served When upbraided
he convinced the philosopher that
tongue was both the best and the worst
thing. Woman may be both the best
and the worst because she has a
tongue. A woman without a tongue
is like a bee without a sting-'makes
neither honey nor wax. Woman's
tongue is her sword, and it never rusts
-two-edged-and while she cuts with
one edge she whets the other.
ut has been scientifically demon
started said DR.. Jordan, that the
influence of one woman is equal to that
of fifteen men. You don't believe 1t,
gentlemen? Wait till you get home at
o'clock in the morning.
Mature loves poety," DR.. Jordan
said. THE stars are the poety of the
armament and women are the poetry
of earth. The Milky Way is one great
poem writ in stars. Women are not
only like stars-but they are stars.
There are shining stars shooting
stars, blazing stars, and blue-blazing
stars. There are rising and falling
stars. Women differ, so do stars, for
one star QlleE6tn lIOIl dHOluSI SNdA
in glory
1.-The value and esteem of woman"
said DIR. Jordan, depends on her rela-
tionship. Mans relation to woman
should be one of guardianship, or the
husbandman to the vineyard, as the
shepherd to the sheep, as the pastor
to the flock, as Christ to his church.
When thus guardian to woman man
is himself doubly guarded. While dis
tinctions to exist as to dependence and
subordination mutually, each in his or
her sphere, they should still be con-
sidered social unity, cooperate man
hood. You have done honor to a great
and lovely woman by naming your So
ciety the Victoria Society. She was not
only the crowned queen of the Brit
ish government. but the crowned Queen
of British womanhood, while Mary
Washington was the uncrowned queen
of American womanhood.
I'm the Confederate Hall at Rich
mond,'' said DR.. Jordan, Il saw a pic
ture that presented as 1 passed it the
face of Davis, Lee and Johnston. In
my heart l bear picture which is
a galory of lovely, women. In the same
frame 1 see, in order as to time, the
face of mother. grandmother, foster
mother and wife. Shakespeare calls
her 'frailty,' and Kiplng calls her
"A rag, a bone and hank of hair
but to me woman is strong and d.
vinely fair"