Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-06-20

- years. ana tNts 4u.INI.e. Il Lnfuk Il am 1
safe ga EEylrE. has been "a fixed ratio 20
our prcSrcss penp-e pa cuitisstion and
refinement. venture % account this an
uniortgne,e state of things. since LADY,
without sore smpoveri-hlnent end one for
which the vocabulary at every day inter
course has no synonyms.
Lady bee b, oil served. - title. not /
scneric word. necessarily covering au the /
members OF one sex. and as tif.e 10 be /
longs oniy TO those who have a right 20 /
/ cam it Nov. Who are theS who, ma |
/ point oi fact. have a right 20 cam ~ I'm |
monarchial countries there Is no diincnsty !
ln nnolng an answer 20 TINS question In |
frgIauC. Tor example. the hcrIlus OF |
I nee. Co which such matters are intrus;cd.
can AMI alA give you definition m hack
and white. c.car-cut ..id unmistakab.e a
I lady, hy Engisn Jaw, may De- the wife of
7 n maa above the rank al knight and below
I that o; duke The tt,e also ceiougs 90 the
I daughters az mob cmcn NOT below tnc rams
/ ga '"ri aud J. gwen oy courtesy 10 the
/ wives OF knights
/ Let that pass Tor England. bat what OF
I ID rs snip nn America. where no such sharp
! divisional lines are drawn hy the pencil OK
T authority Here. thank God. We have
/ much Northicr definition ot the word and
/ more satisfactory ntcrprc citation OF the
/ thing. laaFsnln. under democracy.
/ means and can mean only one thns,
1 womtnhoQd at ITS best. Not al woman
hood j. womanhooi at its best any more
! than Az manhood - ma. God at IT'S best
! would that Do were. Aud what are tlc
cnalactcrlstiCs ot wouanhpou az MS best.
What are The tokens by winch Be is au-
thentlcatent We cannot greatly differ ln
opinion upon Inns point. surely cd these
characteristics dignity d, one. gent.cness is
another torttutc ia third and SYM
pathy completes the cluster. IL were un-
reasonable. "a course, 20 expect the luii-
| rcss OF each one Ct thesc four TRAITS lu
/ any slug-e personality. no matter how rlcn-
I 81 endowed by inheritance OK Carefully
IA = nI
question tllt some tincture ot each one
! must Do found present ia a woman before.
under democratic conditions. ncr claim 90
/ hdY-hlp can he accounted wand
! Dgulty-therc are n Thousand iuita-
I lions ot Do. counterieitS beyond number
but how wholly admirable is the genuine
article. what IAN excellent thing n wom-
an. Not ny aping dignity oo wc become
/ dlgnlncd AioOlncss Is not dignity. hau-
teur IS NOT dignity. stiffness is not dignity.
; d pompous manner and hr0cadct sty.e
or>pecch these are not uigni-y. lrue dag
nit} is not Oh see. Do is oi flame \ certain
ocncatc and hcty nim0us which circ.cs the
sanctuary ot personality 90 safeguard 10
from intrusion and cncroachwcnt. Their
dignity. eNc.aims an od Hebrew pro-
pAet. giving u- the who.c thing IN nut
, shell. .ther dignity shall proceed OF them
2 4 selves. Dignity is rccouciabic with oil
b / forms OF occupation. even che most mem
ta'. Y consorts with many qualities. a.
though with vanity Do ls reuctant 90 walk,
. / ans wish lmmodcsty it VIII have nothing
I'D do. lmmodcsty ls Che san a-@,lst Tra-
e. portion. ITS very name so slgniiyinE. sac
e. t- thc phi.osophic emperor remarks bon his
- melil1t.on-. There D. proper di -uity
q / and proportion TO bee observed in the per-
% / formance ot every act of hfc." Hence 20
b. do anything out oi measure and in excess
T is lntl-uilcl.
Then as CD gcntlcrcss. orr second attri-
butte oi uomauhood at Dos BEST. what shall
= we -aN 90 gcutenC>st Cam uc say ant-
tmng better or trrer cham chat 10 l- the
chilu, the direct offspring OBJ. dignity The
. truiF dilnined cam scarcely Boz rhnurht of
q "a, Che ringcutc for here a-ain tha. 0ues.
4 ton ol proportion come. in. and r0urh
a ways ANA Nni-loronr tlIt stand So econ.
y demnct Few things indeed can we so Oh
aNlfl 20 spare ulf nt tEe cttlN intercourse
I of hic as vouan'~ l.nt,cae-- And this is
Z oniy tnc more true thc noisior the world
4 becomes huh life rlnctuatci Tor us ht
b tle shreSs ot steam whistles. the RATTLE
" OF the chariots oi lron and thc STROKES @.
al manner 90 Eonv-. how rc-tiul how
nea ih-lI, now rtiuNl-oratluE ere the no.
cents 90 gcntlcuCs-l All. ms IDEAS vouul
p. ilends. whatever else you forget CD De
{ RENE muer 60 DE- gentle. An anxious ieti
ln tnc hearts OF many thoughtful people .
p + lear which personally / do uot share. hu
= % winch Do i~ just as wcll go take note. s.
/. '.At olt OF al .nis contemporary strlr...
oi Woman - "a complete independence
this duplication On ner pare 90 MS much cd
~ man IS work a- is imltlh'c. there may com,
H. eventually an impairment Of Che world
"a . .
+ mere ne tlue OBJ th.- sweet 1rlcc is novel
~ 40 The food. There i- no peril oi amy over
f. Row We need 90 treasure every dr1l
p there is.
"a rs to iortiwic. ] chose tho word VIII
49, care, wishing to marl, oN igow courage ID
4 general tlat special ic.u of tins Virlr
l- winch bias foorl trcqUclt and splendid 4
.e nrtiation in the annals oi womanhood
S. Courage 90 the sort which qualities one -t
u.s. drink delight ol battle. ID head -tormn
iar~es ANA CD volunteer on lor.on hope
-,. is n1t expected OF women. and. for thl
Ia / matter. is uor 50 common among men ca
III . men would IKE To- have it tholcht hut c
~ That other and more praise worthy fcar'c-.
~ ness, winch, without the exc talncnl of coa
oil iict, Is abe patiently to suffer. persisteu,
La ~ 10 endure. ln Tins thri~t..ke virtue DC 4
of pos>ih.e-il has ten thousand times bee
l,, shown 90 Dc possible thar women shlll
Ia excel With the aroma of this virtu
Is wholly absent no woman character eve
le so much as approximate perfection.
Sc hut u ia not enough 60 be able uncou
lac P-tlhingN 20 suffer have we learned {
III suffer WITH That is What sympathy mean
oF suffering with remember that svmp.
~ my won the last OF the four blossoms "
er set out 90 twine INTO our wreath. a doc
,,- not matter how we'll bred a woman ma
Be De IA other respects, 10 does not matte
-.e how varied her accom- Dlshucats intellec
ual or artistic. II tender heartedness th
II power To enter quicSy and deeply into Oh
IL feeling OF others. n this be wholly abseu
~ 60 j. idle % talk about charm. 10 simDl
80 - not there. Il Is this insistence upo
81 sympathy. as "a necessary ingredient
- true wOmanh0Od that renders the Chr,
.,6 tan type 50 infinitely superior 20 the ol
= classic type whether or maid OF matroi
he That 4 woman can look on c0mpOscdly
~ | bull hgnI Is the opprohrium 81 SPANS
is CIVILIZATION, but there was umc whe