The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-01

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Reveries IIltIIls Tide
"They talk about a woman's sphere,
AS though it had limit;
There's not place in earth or heaven
There's not a task to mankind given
There's not a blessing or "A woe
There's not whisper, Yes or No,
There's not life or death, or birth,
That has a feathers weight,
Without a woman in it."
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Nothing permanent was eve
gained in business, friendship o.
love by insincerily of word or act
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Not infrequently we see mothers
who mentally and physically an
tagonize their daughters, but theil
is a spiritual law, as well as the
law of good taste, which should
compel daughter to be respect
tul and nnlite 10 her mother ev"'
1t is believed TO be a full, complete
and effective remedy, while at the same
time wholly free from valid constitu-
tional objection: and it's trainers, advo-
Gates and supporters, voicing the senti-
ments OF the white people OF the State.
feel that the crisis is one calling for a
vigorous measure that will meet and
cure this evil.
1t preserves without change the ex-
listing provision of our Constitution
which requires registration as an abso-
lutte condition precedent to the exercise
of the right to vote, and confers the
right TO registration only upon adult
males who have been residents of Mary
land for at least one year.
The changes which it proposes in our
existing Constitution are shown in the
following new proyisions:
Every such male citizen of the UnlLed
States having the above prescribed
qualifications Of age and residence shall
be entitled to be registered so as to be- .
come qualified voter if he be-
"First-A person able to read any
Section of the Constitution of this State
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Some of us, especially the strict
ly orthodox christians are likely
to meet with great surprises in the
world to come. Each soul like
each railroad engine must follow
its own headlight There are
many tracks, but the Great Sta
ton awaits us all if we follow the
headlight of our conscience and
live close to the Golden Rule.
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Marriage is only beautiful, moral
or holy while love rivets TWO
hearts and peace and harmony
brOOds over the hearthstone.
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The best trained teachers can
never relieve the parent of the
grave responsibility and God given
privileges of being the spiritual
guide of the child.
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We wonder how many parents
realize that their child is a book
of blank paper in which shall be
recorded the record of their own
lives. Be careful therefore what
you have written there for the
world will read it. All your
secret thoughts the child will try
to write,
So long as men travel there will
always be sale and demand for
guide books. We want to know
the best road to the country we
have not yet seen and all the par
ticulars pertaining to it. The
Bible is safe guide book that
tells of an unseen country and
how best to reach it There would
be more business integrity aud
truer success if our young men
would carry in their pockets and
study the book of Proverbs. ale
becometh poor that dealeth with
slack hand, but the hand of the
dilligent maketh rich" ''A false
balance Is abominatiOn to the
Lord, but just weight is his de
light"
The proper education of our
girls is one of the important ques-
tiOnS of the presence century 1t
is something more than a social
problem and is deserving of our
best thoughts. 1t is civil and
political, moral and religious
problem. The presence of women
constitutes one of the chief charms
and benefits of society. 1t is she
who far more than man gives char
acter to society. Into her care
have been entrusted the nations
future statesmen, those who soon
are to be clothed with authority
and to make laws for the greatest
nation on the globe, as her educa-
tion becomes a civil and political
problem. Her gentle presence as
she bends over the cradle at the
silent influence of her daily life