The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-10-18


sprlags from knowledge aud the mag
nanimlty that springs from strength.
We bear the world. and we make IL.
The souls Of little children are mar
velously delicate aud tender things and
keep forever TIE shadow that first falls
on them. and that Is the mothers, or.
at best, woman's. There was never
a great man who had not a great moth
or. II is hardly an exaggeratlon. The
first six years OF our life make MS. All
that is added later Is veneer And yet
some say IL woman can cook a din
ner or dress herself well she has cul-
turc enough.
"The mightiest and noblest OF human
work Is given 10 ~. and we do IL III.
Send NAVY 10 work into an artists
studio AMI see what YOU viii find
there! Aud yet. thank God, we have
this work" She added quickly. "lt Is
the one window through which we see
into tie great world of earnest labor.
The meau Il girl who dances and
drcssts l ruuys something Ll..sr
Who's hrg children hook up into her
far and ask hcr questions. II is the
Caly education We lave and which
tie. tai.e from rs.
s4c 4 slightly They say that
w cmnan ot Womm's hciug COM
p fs ia9k upon marriage as a pro
Il S.on bat tllai She Is free % enter
apuH t of Ete ~ As she nlea as,
ard cat IL aildat ID q pond
ltee tn Il I'D Tine tuh tin ii dies there.
"a Ks under np obligation ~ wct is
feet And 4 drowning MAN uay catch
aw " E1t ia-t as he likes. Ii
Is a elorious lihctg Let auy man think
For hvc minutes OF What oll maiden
hood neaG 90 a woman, aud then lct
llm te Silent MS "a easy 70 bear
throughout lfc uauo that I'M itself
signifies detcat-to dwell as nine out
ef ten unmarried women must under
the finger ~ another womaut is il
easy ID look forward 20 an old age with
ont honor. without the reward Of use-
fui labor. without lcyef I wonder how
many men there are who would give
MP everything that Is dear IN life for
the sake Of maintaining a high ideal
pcti,y."
she laughed q little laugh that was
clear without being pleasant And
then, WHEN they have no other argu-
mcut against us, they say: Go on. but
when you have mace woman what
YOU wish aud hor children inherit her
culture you VIII lyfcat yourself Man
viii gradually hpcome extinct from ex-
cess of intellect The passions which
rcpleuish the race will die Foolsw
she said. curling her pretty lip. a
. HoJtcutat sits M the roadside and
feeds on rotten bone he has found
there and taxes ont his bottle OF Cape
/ elioi-c and swiils no IL and grunts with
satisfaction and the cultured child or
the nineteenth century sits in his arm
chair and sips choice wines with the
+ lip Of Il couuolssour and tastes deli
cate dishes with a delicate palate and
with q satisfaction of which the Hot
tentot knows nothing Heavy Jaw and
slopiug forehead. all have gone with
I Increasing Intellect. but the animal APP
petites are there still. refined. discrimi-
native. but UNNECESSARILY intensified.
Fools, Before men forgave or wor-
SHIPPED. while they We're still weak ON
their hind legs. did they not eat and
drink and fight for wives? When all
the latter additions to humanity have
vanished. viii not the foundation on
which they are built remain?"
She was silent then for awhile and
said somewhat dreamily, more as
ill., .. tc l.c y tl@l % l!,.-lt
N,,.N 81. e.. ~ ,.,-,
IL turs VA Lr.,...c r.ti..g.. -
viii Lave brought Justice ana c,idaidy
on the earth and sent love from It.
( When men and women are equals they
will love no more. Your highly cul.
tured women will not be loyabl1, viii
not love.
do they see nothing. understand
nothingy II is Tant Sannie who buries
husbands one after another ana folds
her hands resigncdly The Lord gave,
and the Lord hath taken away and
blessed be the u. ..lc Of the Lord and
she looks for anotho" IL is the hard
Headed. deep thinker who. when the
wife who has thought and worked with
him goes. can mud no rest and fingers
near her Tin l,e iHas sleep beside her.
Ca great soul draws and Is drawn
with a more fierce intensity than any
Smal oac. Ey every inch we grow In
iaicllvctual height our love strikes
do Us roots deeper and spreads out
It's arms wider II is for loves sake
yet more than for any other that we
look for that now time She had
leaned her head against the stones
and watched with her SD. SOFT eyes
the rctrcatlng bird Then when thar
time comes She said slowly. when
love is no more bought or sold. when
4 II Is not "A means OF making bread.
when each woman's life Is tlled with
earnest, independent labor thnn love
+ will come 10 her q strange sudden
sweetness breaking in upon her earnest
work not sought for. but found Then.
/ hut not now