The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19

#i Below are given the last series OF ART
( cles sent in by Exchange members on y,
..Indnence Of wv oman in the Home
These articles have been publlshtlee.d IN
the Februar ~ prize competitt lon;
Woman Center OF United Circle.
iBy a Member 1.-THE Dxchange.)
TO be q success at all, a woman must
be a composite. contcnted being. In the
4 home this Is especially true, for IS the
III woman is, the home Is. She Is the key
\ note Of the whole.
6s5SE She takes the Initiative in things So
81 cial: she Is the incentive II for usiness
& life; the guido, the unconscious ana
Il oftentimes sunrealizng standard In spirit
n ral matters. F,,g IL 81 81 "A,
q 81 her rule is waverlng, her methods
v slipshod and unsystelnatic. she reaps q
u reward Of Sights, as she fancies, Nlayoe,
hi a secondary spirit rises in the home ana
S&t kes the place which is her birthrlght.S
"a daughter OF ten rescues a home which
B5 the mother ncglects, through pressure OF
social duties or Lack OF time, money or
something else which has been the cause
/ or her failure to extract from the com
nlonplace things Of daily life and every
day surroundings that which they alone
Il can give-peace and content. I
We see every day women who are al.
WAYS looking for something remarkable
and saving themselves for it, some pleas
ure that, for Its very superiority. makes
" all others small, and so neglect home.
Opportunity comes: knocks and knocks,
il then slips away and with It tho girls
and boys. grown weary of monotony and
dscontent. leave the home nest Often
IL times, when one OF the brdlings is
Is brought home manned and torn, the con-
trolling ambition Is forgotten. and a great
wall goes up: "NVhat have / done that
III should thus be Inflicted"
ss on the OTHER hand, there are other
4 homes. each presided over by q woman
who enjoys life. her own life (not one
she expects to have, free from the de-
srscd everyday thlngs). and finds no
Y drudgery in all the commonplace days
and duties; is happy with each and
misses none through listening for tho
summons OF the unusual.
s She has gathered her little flock about
q N her and in the atmosphere which has
E become permeated with her content, has
rs reared them to wholesome manhood and
% wonanhood. to carry her influence on
q ward through their own lives j7
The queen OF the house ningles with
her ruling that form Of serving from
4 which spring the good impulses Of hus-
81 band children and friends, She is the
~ sister. the companion, the guide, and,
most OF ali, be she ever so chldless or
an orphan from birth, she must be both
\ mother and child.
Every one-men, women. children and
d IN babics--all love to be ''n'othered;" to have
" sure retreat to which TO go when sad.
III; glad. Eoc.a. had. sick. well disappointed,
tried or perrexcd; some one to whom
nothing is too small and tiresonle to
E listen TO; who does not say, "I told you
X son or How can help IT." Yet IN
this 'nothering one" VIC see n Willingness
& to 10 as a child to the Youngest the most
unimportant OF her household, and say;
. '.What do you think OF this or that?
From surlt do not those beautiful graccs
of consideration and sympathy spring
And from these, what2 An united circle
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