The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08


wat mission could be more noble for
woman than an ideal home and the train
ing OF young minds made dear by the bonds
of mothefhoodo What 'attainYnents' could
be of greater benefit to the world than per-
lection in that line? Woman. you who can
leave the business cares to man and benefit
the world by elevating the home That is
your mission. none greater than which has
ever fallen to the lot of man. Do not for
sake II for false ideal.
Quoting from the article referred to:
The men of to-day 90 not ask about a
Womans physical projections. Beauty of
face and form are OF but secondary CON
does she know" and How many ideas has
she| o. God! have We become SO de-
PRAYED nrD j., as to not appreciate beauty and
be so. As long as the world stands and is
inhabited by man and woman, l dare say
Just that long will beautiful woman be
the ensaver of all eyes-a neat form and
graceful carriage. the admiration of man.
KIND and home-loving woman. mans
life and inspiration.
10 have the latter qualification 1t does
not necessarily follow that she should be
narrow-minded. Neither is it necessary that
she should become of the business world
to he well read and of IDEAS The nu;,,ic
Scholastic pride OF metropolis and hamlet
allke-are to fit man and woman to contend
Is with great surprise that one reads of
an able teacher advocating Though not in
50 many words the business world as a
medium for obtaining knowledge To the
contrary, ii is the DEVILS paradise.
For the woInan who works for her daily
bread man has great compassion and adj
miratlon. But not 50 for the woman who
has a mission to perform. She may com
mand his respect: she may attain some no.
toriety as .manish' woman but she neces-
sarily sacrifices her true qualifications 10
attain those ends. The business woman
she who has mission to perform places
herself on an equal footing with man, and
nke.2s Gods greatest, fairest creation
We look upon her as woman who has
reached our common level and she Is not
accorded that chvalry that a gentleman is
who remember that they are women.
give US woman of beauty. grace and
neatness of dress; woman who always
remembers her sex and is devoid of for
Wardness: woman who. where consistent
with MES circumstances. looks first. last
and always to her home affairs, and you
VIII nave done much TO glorify God, ele-
Vate the morals OF the world and regain
the fading chivalry of man
WOMAN MADE OUT OF MAN.
As to Mrs, Claxon's paper. it is GER
future happiness. for there is not man. or
prospective one, who is not somehow in
tereSted in woman
The first we ever heard of woman is that
she became necessity to man, and for that
reason God created her out of man That
alone should keep her humble. And he
created her as a hepmeet. That should keep
her bubblfng full of joy.
But how did man need help? Financially?
He knew Of no expenses Or value-so woman
was not made for that kind of help
WAS 1t to spare heavy responsibilities?
Man was free from all responsibilities, and
1t could not have been for that. But the
saw that all other of Gods creation ,.:.-d
companionship. He was alone-and the Gre
ator granted him his first prayer-a COM
woman. 49,
50 far, all is well. but what followed?
Nothing but this. which is following to the
do 1,ap av-f.a
woman that she could not last-she fell and
vas the means of breaking up paradise.
SAD. indeed. but IL seems the very makeup
OF q woman i enmity to mans peace.
No, wait. We have new woman to-day.
ana she Is mans best friend. because she
has fully realized the .impossibility of being
taking full possession Of her. Thus she be-
comes new woman in Jesus Christ. the
out upon the world to work for their bread,
because they had sinned In Gods beautiful
eden created for them.
One day. while talking to a woman in
one Of the large stores 1 said:
" Sister, would not stand in your. place
and endure the publicity and coarseness
proprietor could offer. But for the delight
of telling of Christs power in keeping
,,,la true s, Ssder al circumstances
not hold your position
Woman surely is not much If she Is not
intellectual and the more intellect she has
of her self the more closely she will seek
protection under the covering of her de-
pendence upon man, and any kind of! work
where training end teaching can be done
even to managing large enterprises. Is
womans IL she cen do it., but in all this.
the true womanliness in her will always
seek cuietness and seclusdon. ! For. what
ever n good woman sets her heart to do.
from nursing an infant. to managing a rail-
read she will do it with her whole soul,
all the time3 remembering the more import
ant things of her life are to be a soul-pre-
server in accordance to her great or small
MRS. LAFE. HEATH
1907 Cora avenue st. Louis"
:. HOUSEWORK is STUNNED.
The following letter is from Mrs. L. G.
Fish. formerly in charge of the cooking de-
partmeut of the public schools:
: II have been greatly interested in the con-
opened by Mrs. Claxon on the sub
iects of home and the business girl, and
was glad to see In The Republic that one
woman.
ION the face of il. it appears unjust TO
deride the business girl. She to whom we
all owe so much of our comfort who early
keep the wheels running in that intricate
place business world. Many a time she is
the one wage Garner for a helpless family:
or in airy case her unseifishness born of
work reaps blessings to the home in which
she lives.
But there is shadow to this picture
Are our homes all they. should be? Surely
a skeleton in the closet hangs over many a
to leave their pleasant offices and come
home TO help mother or perchance do all
the work of the house, fear they would
regard it as the most unpleasant drudgery
rather than do it themselves. And the
plain, facts in the case are that mary a
lime some one can't be hired for no one
wants TO undertake the work of keeping 4