Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-11-19
THOkOFARE.

] have read that when Napoleon was
revising the laws Of his new Empire all
France was made to smile by one Nj. Syi-
vain Marshal, who proposed law TO sup
press education among women In his
Plan for a law prohibiting the Alphabet
to Women, NJ Marshal maintains that
Madame Guion would have been merely
pretty ard an ignoramus such as nature
made her;-that Ruth and Naomi could not
read, and Boaz, probably, would never have
married into the family, had they possessed
that ccomplishment;-tha the Spartan
women did not know the alphabet, nor the
Amazone, nor Penelope, nor Andromache,
nor Lucretia, nor Joan Of Arc, nor Pc
trarch's Laura, nor the daughters Of Charlie
mayne, nor the three hundred and sixty
five wives of Mohammed but that lap
PHI and Madame de Maintenon could read
altogether too well, while the case of ST.
Brigitta, who brought forth twelve chill
dren, and twelve books was altogether ex-
ceptional, and afforded no safe precedent
The world has moved and ideas have
changed since Mons Marshal's time, but
am not sure that the witty Frenclman was
not right Women never know when or
where to stop, and, given a little knowl=
edge, who can ioresee resu Is A1f6atl zs5ssss
10 PtdOi1f Vie NVA n Vi IfCl Biftlit Utol06 bAt4t
of the mans and challenging the world to
decide between them, but, as rule, if she
gains, she loses. Happiness, and peace of
mind, and contentment do not 60 hand in
hand with striving. Down on Bavron
Lache in Louisiana, there is a colony, who
call themselves the Acadians. The negroes
call them the 'Cajans.v It is said that no
women in the colony is allowed to know
how, either, to read or write that they
are all beautiful and excellent cooks What
more can the heart Of man desire But, il
a woman should, by some unforeseen acct
dent, learn to read, is there no way Of
guarding her against knowing how to
write Nothing can be more unfortunate
for woman than this, especially If she
writes her own name. You see, as I said
before, women never know where to stop
knew woman once, who got five hum
dred dollars month for writing her name
on a slip of paper, but, like the rest of her
kind, she was not satisfied, and so she tried
some new paper, and then Fate stepped in
and forbade her to write her name at all
again. 1t is the way of the world-one OF
its ways, and we all have it:
Swinging and circliDg, face to the sun,
Brief little planet, how it doth run
Bee-time and moth-time, and the amount;
White heat and honey who keeps the
count.
The Epworth League held the usual
monthly business meeting, on last Thurs
day evening, in the basement of the church.
lie President, MIR. Edmund Shirk, opened
the meeting with the usual devotional exer-
cises Reports from the various committees
were received 1t was voted that the
League should have a new singing book, for
its own USE solely; and Prot. r. c. Hill
lard, Miss Ella Banks, and Miss Laura De-
Hart were appointed a committee to select
and procure them.
Church on last Sunday night. The service
will be conducted argely by the Pastor, the
Rev. George S. johnson; but on Friday
night of this week, the sermon will be
preached by the Rev Paisley Carmen, from
Philadelphia It is hoped that their re-
yival may bring a great harvest into the
church.
The w. C. T. q. has arranged to request
Mrs. Emma Bourne, of Newark, New Jer-
sey, who is the State President of the So
ciety, to lecture before the Thorofa Union,
and their friends, on Tuesday night, De-
cember s. Miss Bessie Goodwin, from
Greenwich, New Jersey who is State Organ
izer for the Y's, is expected a little alter
The Superintendent of the Sunday
school, Mr. 4 K. Wilkins, appointed on
Sunday last, the following committee to
arrange program for the Christmas festigi-
ties: Rev. George S. johnson, chairman:
Prof. r. c. Hiliiaid, Miss Alice Gibbs,
Miss Laura DeHart, and Miss Ella Banks.