The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-12

a u The editor OF the Wollan's Page prints
a to-day n numher4p OF conttlbtitlons IRON q m
Iii a prize contest under IVY q
general head Of ''Woman's influence y, !. !
;he Upme,,,as seen from different stnnd-
points, ahd written In prose- and poetry
81 frhc features In each render them d ls-
tlncuvriy Interesting, ns readers VIII per-
q roiyo for themselves, Tho contributions
are grouped together and follow here ID
Not Every Home q Palace.
Isl nArch,tuutB cn1l build n palace, CIR, IA
E$ thcy build 4 homo '--Dul liver,
4 tFron, a Mon,tcr OF tho Woman's DIX
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\ Not every palace Is a home, and, TOO,
Not every homo @ palace Is, how true
syWc prize tho ono, tho treasure OF our nrt s.
We loYo tho othor, center OF our hearts.
Il Each homo n little Kingdom Is, It's Queen
woman. Peaceful Is her rolEn, i ween
When Wisdums robe and Virtues crown
she wears, u s II
4 And ever In her hand Loves scepter
bears.
4 IT'S IN tho home that womans pow'r Is
65& strong, is
S3 or wrong f3 8s AS ,3 u IA 4:
& She points the way, and. whether good
or Ill III
IA The subjects OF her house obey her will
That home Is, then, how fortunate, how
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that home is, then. indeed, place Of
. rest, tS' Ii SSG3552 81. is =! iii
Where Eentleness and love. breathed
8 everywhere, Ss,E
II fai, ike a benediction after pray'r.
Il What hand can pen, what tongue can tell,
THE se-rors Of home where furles dwell ID
IT'S like g ship. that's driven by storm,
4 Whose turbulence great harm can but
perform.
4 Ills but in keeping with plan divine, 5
Il Tha: In the home should woman brightly
shine.
Twas ever meant, since time began, that
n a ;oy.la comfort, and a nelpmeet be;
And when shs steps aside from out her
sphere, RI 5
Recording angels mark it with tear.
Ss. There's nowhere woman's worthis fuller
known, \
4 There's nowhere swoman's pows'ris palmer
Than III, the home. Was e'er a man 50
IN IA great 2s
e IIc did not love to trace some noble trait.
Instilled In him in childhoods happy days
BY J,recepts, taught in manXElittle ways
From mothers lips, ard her example, too?5
Fl The sculptors art we praise, whcncer
HIS works, SO wrought with patient toll
and skill. !, I,
And wonder how he chisclcd It, until .t9i35
~ The rugged stone a statue grand. hccnme-
Y The model OF q hero, known to fame.
Yes many laud the modeler Of stone
55 Who toied and chlseled weary hours
alone, t u 81 y l
To reproduce in art some famous son,
Whose gallant deeds great Victories had
won. ,&gi &
& /. How few, alas |! bestow ono word OF praise
y On her whose fame. long after he has
The Sculptor SOUP thus puo,rpotuates in stone.
Great Great men the offssPEings e. GOOD mothers
iris in the holnes thai: mothers make or
mar, 4 81 ri
II by their own lives the greatness OF a son,
\ And by their little acts the deed is done.
u That woman's influence much good does
yield,
That falls upon tho home, as on the
field,
4 Does fall so silently the gentle dew,
Both identifying and refreshing, too.
With patience here and self-dcnial there
Who knows what trials woman has to
bear?
Yet keep withal a spirit glad ana bright
En- TO make. perchance, Il MONDAY out 81
night?
The world is ruled By woman in The
home.
a nation, then, the better does become.
When woman helps TO lift It's standard
high.
Nor can the siddy, social butterfly
Ter hope its gauay wings sufficient
strong X
TO higher lift this grand, old world along
n. II. ST.
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