The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-13

 riers. Give up the burdensome afecta- tions of gallantry and let the race be to the swift and the battle to the strong. But, alas in America, Emancipation has been largely overdone. Mrs. Carrie Nation gads about the country smashing saloons, while MT. Carrie Nation stays at home languishing for want of his wifes elevating society and striking z personality. Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease lob- bies in the Legislature, instructing the lawmakers as how best to save "bleed- ing Kansas" but MT. Mary Ellen Lease must stay at home with the babies won- dering why the madam does not lobby with the poultices and catnip te& which womans hands alone can manufactures It is the lasting glory of your orgnni- zation that it has saved us the spectacle of the masculine woman. From the outre. the bizarre, the androgynous. a kind Providence has deliv cred us. There Is | nothing here to suggest aught but the | winsomeness and grace of perfect femi- | ninity. which Goethe calls ''dasewig | weibliche." and indeed. 1t has rarely been | my privilege to meet such womanly wo- | men as these of the Federated Clubs of | Alabama.
 There is still a great deal of masculine prejudice in our fair Southland against club life for women. In the Bible, you you know, We are told that Eve lost favorite son through a club, and the first woman learned that it was Cain who | raised the club. The modern woman l knows that it Is the club that raises Cain. | Nevertheless in the presence of what has | already been accomplished by your Fed | eration, every masculine lip is silent and | every masculine voics is dumb. For twelve thousand children. amidst the l noisy looms of the cotton mills. are lifting up their puny hands to you in | gratitude that you have ehampioned their cause. that you have given them their inheritance, that you have saved them from a stunted menhood and wo- manhood
 Some weeks ago the duties of my office called me to Columbus. Ga, where l had occasion to visit the great mills which are the chief attraction of that busting little city. I noted particularly the faces of the children as they worked among the tireless spindes. But rarely did a smile fit across those little lips, all drawn and pale, and when 1t did, the smile was sad and empty or else it re- minded one of a demoniac leer. such as Dante ascribed to his lost souls. An, the happy laughter of children! Strike with the hand of fire, O wierd musician, thy harp, hung with Apollos golden hair. Fill the vast cathedral aisles with sym phonies sweet and dim, delft boucher Of the organ keys. Blow. bugler, blow, ur- til thy silver notes do touch the skies and charm the lovers wandering OCT the vine-clad hills, but know that your sweet est harmonies are discords all compared with childhood's happy laugh"
 In this great cause to which you are consecrated, giving back to twelve thou- sand children their lost childhood. and restoring to Alabamas unfortunate little ones the joy and innocence of life's morn- ing, hest assured that you have the heatfelt sympathy, the loyal cooperation and support of the Council of Jewish Wo- men. Here in the sacred precincts of the Temple, the old historic church univer- sal, which has given to the world the ex- ample of a Sarah, Leah, a Rachel; the inspiration of a Miriam, a Deborah, Ruth, extends her hands to you in blessing and wishes you "God-speed.'
 Perhaps in this hour and in this place you will recall the story of Esther, the Jewish maid who came into the Persian monarch's presence, visioning forth all grace and loveliness, and tender light, shadowing about her a beautiful ideal, possessing the imagination. captivating the affections, slaving the mill. and bringing the King to her feet saying. "what wilt thou, Queen Esther, and what is thy desire7 Even though it be half my kinguom it shall still be granted ! thee" And every royal son of this great Southland puts to you the same ques- tion What wilt thou, Queen, and what is thy desire? Wilt thou that the man who is at thy feet shall be merely find slave to minister to your whims to buy thee the desire of thy heart, to conquer for thee power and pleasure? That, O woman of mans choice. shall be granted thee and man shall be as thou willest, of the earth, earthly. Wilt thou that he aspire after all that is pure and noble and good, that he seek not earthly riches, but the gold that rusteth not, not world ly honor, but the crown that fadeth not That O Queen, shall be given thee and man shall be as thou willest. By thy life shall the reach of his being be deter mined by thy aspirations his ambitions be guided, by thy soul-form the ideals be fashioned that shall lead him upward or downward. Queen, what dost thou will?
 This royalty of yours is no mockery. This crown is no phantasm. And my dearest wish for you, Women of the Fed eration, is that in your case Loves La bor" shall be never lost, that a 'Midsum- mer Nights Dream" may follow this Winters Tale" God speed the Federated Womens Clubs of Alabama. The soil is prepared. The seed is planted. Soon the tender shoot shall become the sturdy tree, able to withstand the storms of Time. Let us work together, Jewess and Gentile-
 And none but the Master shall praise
 us,
 And none but the Master shall blame, And no one shall work for money,
 | And no one shall work for fame.
 But each for the joy of the working And each in her separate star } Shall draw the things as she sees them. For the God of the things as they are" VIOLIN SOLO.
 Miss Carolyn Cohn gave an exquisite : violin solo, Hungarian Rhapsodie." and as an encore The Torch Dance" Mrs , Meyer Greil followed with a recitation which for dramatic skill and artistic finish could not be surpassed. The title of the recitation was The Confession" and the effect of the rendition was heightened by the fact that she remain ed seated.
 Mrs. Leon Well sang in beautiful voice "The Daffodil." In response to an 1n- sistent encore she sang we Two" The program was concluded by fine piano solo rendered by Miss Dora Stern- field. This was "Palonaize," by Iiszt, which was greatly enjoyed.
 pr. Messing then invited the guests to make free use of the apartments of the Temple and inspect them. They were in- vited to the parlors where an informal reception was held
 These rooms. elegant in finish, were ar