The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17

is that woman who sees that she has
not brought into the world a plaything
for the amusement of her leisure hours
nor a doll to dress and exhibitor
a troublesome animal which needs end
less physical care and training. but
that she holds in her grasp the germ
of infinite capacity of achievement
which she is to encourage and inspire.
Only she who with kindling warmth
of love and thankfulness raises the
tiny hand TO her lips and fancieS what
it will some day do for her and for its
fellow men; she who already dreams
of the time when the world shall be
grateful for the life she has bestowed
upon it, knows that God has made a
wonderful balance between pain and
joy; that the scales that weigh the
true riches of life, reveal eXtraordi-
nary values in what had seemed to
tend towards its impoverishment.
And all the way along from the hour
of an infants first cry for protection.
to that in which death parts the mother
from the child. there is not one moment
in which a woman worthy of her office
does not find a joyous interchange of
sacrifice and compensation identifying
her life.
Through every phase of home life this
law keeps a strong. triumphant hold of
the hearts and understandings of all
those who combine to strengthen its
bonds and make il a school of elevation
to heart and soul.
The toil-worn father. who, as he
draws near home feels even before he
catches sight of the dear inmates. that
his reward lies within it's walls and
is sheltered by its roof, casts off the
burden of his WEAKNESS as he unlocks
the door. The encircling arms. which
cling with half-choking force about his
man who Ia ors for loves sake is a
thousandfold richer than he to whom
his dearest ones owe no debt of graft
tude for sacrifice.
He who braves the dangers and ter
rible fatigue which carries him to the
mountain top is wont to say II am re-
paid" The man who by his mastery
of self and by his faithful assiduity
becomes the house band" which holds
together a family of loving hearts. finds
in the young faces gathered around his
board something which yields a joyous
glow of self-gratulation. keener than
that which can be gained by any other
form of effort. He feels in himself
and receives from those dependent
upon him what overbalances all that
comes to the neighbor whose wealth
is so enviable to him in his moments
of either anxiety or weakness.
and limitless influence in the large ma
jority of human experiences. There are
aspects of the degraded lives of GER
tain poor human creatures which rise
before us as we think of them and
initiate against our arguments. They
say to us with a derisive irony: What
compensates US for these, our lives?"
OF the mysterious reason for such
phases of existence. / have nothing to
say / am dumb before an inscrutable
enigma. To-day. as / saw a begrimed
italian. fresh from some dismal ex-
cavation, take his listless dark-eved
baby from its mothers arms and walk
with II toward the rivers side 1
thought that even in their crowded
wretchedness, compensation found
some room; but take II by and large.
such form o. existence as swarmed at
the door Of his tenement Is. I freely
acknowledge, beyond the reach Of my
argument or Of the happy experiences
which are my premise. And yet. the
tired mans walk toward fresher air