The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-20
through its heroes the world lives and hrves
But through its sweet common mothers and wives

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/ cIpe Of modernity she opposes q sweet
and unruflcd serenity and repose that
draws the heart OF the man, wearled
with the clash Of his outside strife, as
| to a presence where he may find the;
sfulnllment OF his best hopes and his
higest ideals. Such a woman is not sex-S
acting. She is not worried over thous n
and tmpractlca ideas which she can never
elaborate. Hers Is the charity that turns
| to what is Immediately around her, the
| ,charlty that occupies her In the care
and the training Of her children. In max
| ing their clothes neatly and tastefuny, In
laying within their minds tho founda-a
tions of truth, honor, and uprightness
that will blossom in after. years into the
full and fair blossom Of well rounded
manhood and womanhood. s#
The sweet, commonplace wife and
mother looks we'll to the ways Of her
house. No detail is too Insignificant to
escape her attention on to be left to the
care Of others. Her. parlors are always
bright and CHEEKY with the atmosphere
of home. She possesses the faculty OF
harmonizing her surroundings and of
bringing them into accord with her own
happy and optimistic theories. Her m eals 4
may be simple, but they are we'll prepared
and well served, and her smile from her
end OF the table Is an Immediate lnspi-
ration to good appetite and hearty pleas
ure In the social meal hour X ~
1.-THE sweet commonplace woman" pos
sesses the great virtue Of not pretending 4
to be anything else but her puro and
simple self. Being SO, she does not de-
mand too much from others, The pleas
ant round OF duty absorbs her.. She Is
by nature trustful and contldlng. Conse-5
auently she does not torture herself and
and mainsprngs of action. She gives
freely and into her hands is poured good
measure. pressed down and running over, =
the working out OF recompense In the
Masters own divine law and will. {.
This commonplace woman Is not a
heralder of new ideas nor an umpire for
the decision of weighty questions. She
never implies wrong by her right nor
ventures beyond the depths Of her own
knowledge and perceptions, else She
would break the charm OF her gentle a
dignity and her withdrawal from dscor-
dant influences that enfold her In much
the same way that the petals entoId the
heart OF the rose.
This sweet commonplace woman5
might have been in The mind at the Eng Il
llsht woman poet. Mrs Browning, when
she wrote: III
'-And all voices that address her,
soften, sleeken every word, xxx sH
a AS II speaking to- bird.
And all hearts do pray. God love hcr!'
Ay and certes In good sootf.
we may all be sure He doth.
One great charm OF "the s;;saet com
monp!ace woman Is her ever ready re-
sponsiyeness. 1t makes her good listen 81
err, whether her husband comes to COM
fde his worries. or her hoy confess
fault, or her little daughter brings a
difficult lesson. or weeps her sorrow out
at mothers knee. over a childish dlsapr
pointn,ent that has broken q little heart.
One and all are helped and com forted ny 4
into it ths heart Of a tanssss. s. d sweet IN
wavering faith IN tho power tnat sets e
all things night. by the generosity Of q
love that spares not itself, and Is ever
reaching out for lifting and ushtaning
thu burdens Of otherS,