Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-11-09

~N IeXa8 Post saws:
~-AAs The visit Of Helen Miller Gould
! P%Eff$TST to Texas has been an incident Of
~fII1eGL more than ordinary signi6cance-
Especially noteworthy was her reception in Pales-
tine, where all classes Of people we're eager to do
her honor. We think it ought to be said that Miss
GOuld'a wealth was the smallest attraction. The
people OF Texas have known, even when Miss Gould
was too young to know, that she was wealthy.
They knew her father qnite we'll, and q remark
able man he was, and they know her brotbers
Inc GOulds and Texas, generally speaking, are
"home- folks" as some people might express It.
But at Palestine and other places the receptions
accorded Miss Gould we're such as she Is not aceus-
toned to in her home city. We are told that after
the Ladies' reception, the men Of Paestine-aII
ciasses-caled to do her honor The banker the
merchant, the mechanic, the farmer, all attended
the function, the society people call it, for the
purpose Of paying their respects.
IL was not because Miss Gould was rich: it was
not because she was personally interested in milIiOna
OF dollars worth OF property located in this state t
was not because she was deeply interested in the
iOuhg mems CHRISTIAN Association mOVemement or
the branches OF that organization on the Gould lines
1t was because the people Of Texas recognize Miss.
Gould as lofty type Of American wOmanhoOd. In
Texas when 1t comes to doing homage to a noble
woman, wealth, business, religious predictions and
all that cut very little ice, il our readers will pardon
the slang. We have rubbed up against llionairea
We are acquainted with the octopus. and we know
lhe gentle touches Of Christianity. We appreciate
them all.
But the men Of Texas know that there il no
greater influence in this world than noble Christian
woman. In the presence OF such character men al
the right sort lift their hats. It is the woman and
not what she wears or what she owns
Miss Gould understood quite we'll the delicate
homage OF those who attended her receptions the
mechanics Of Palestine, the farmers and the clerks
and merchants, understood very we'll the Character
o. the woman. In New York, where Miss Gould
nves' sne Is not accustomed TO homage from those
who are arrayed in hOmely attire aud those bear
tne Drunt Of the strife Ia the worlds struggle for
bread Such thing is unheard Of but coming to
Iexas as an hOn0red guest Of the state she was pre-
pared for Texas hospitality because She knew tha
respect IN which she was held. She received it with
that grace and mOdesty which bear inevitable testi
mony 70 bne splendid WOmanhOOd Of which she is so
conspicuous example.
We had no plea for rates. no supplication for lar
CESS no Worship for the glamOr Of dollars. She
came without Ostentation, without the tinsel which
so often gtters those who possess wealth. bOastin0
nothing and claiming nothing bnt what she must
exact from all people who appreciate character.
mOdesty, virtue, Christianity, benevolence human.
ity, kindness, gentillity and sweetness Of soul.
Time or circumstances may destroy wealth as it's
appraised in this day and time, but Miss Gould,s
wealth, before which We make Acknowledgement. is
her character. 1t will endure and command our adj
miFaton and esteem long after her material possess
ions have gone to final decay
She s type Of wOmanhood which stands evarv
test, and the people Of Grand Old Texas entertain
profound respect for her at all times and under eli