The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-02

practically uniyersaI that womaa was weaker sex"--dependent upon man. ss the tender vine elings to tneses the stIaas thaS her sisters. rose up and said
 "As a woman standing all alone I humbiy hope to shine.
 I'm tired of all this twaddle
 | Of the oak and ivy vine.
 I've seen too many instances l Where Natures laws declining | The vine did all the supporting
 And the oak did all the rwining. It was a long time, however, be1cre
 man would be convinced. Not untai until 1890 did the undertake any extensive movement toward opening the avenues | of culture to her whom he was lond oi calling "the weaker sex The nrst estabiished % in isas but it failed owing
 to mans doubts as to its utiiity ana purpose.
 since that time the fact has been grow l ing clearer that education does rot hur' | woman. It was discovered that learn | ing strengthens her like tonic ano | found that she could compete with men | in the domain of lighter labor, in many | of the professions and not few or the
 in 1850 Antoinette Brown graduated from Oberlin and was ordained as 2 preacher for>the Congregational Churcn In New Jersey. The overpowering pc II =
 istry for women was contrary 70 Goo s word. Today there are some eighteen denominations that permit women uo | preach. and several hundred are occu- pying regular pulpits.
 In 1865 Elizabeth Garrett received the first medical diploma gragfed to wo,, ssaaes m aiosa there srs forty medcai colleges admitting women and ,o.ooo l graduate female physicians practicing g throughout the country.
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 | The law was the last profession to admit women on equal terms with men. In 1869 Belle Mansfield was admitted 10 lawyers leap in where angels fear to | tread there will soon be no court of | common pleas in America that Will not and not a jury that will escape the bat | tery of her persuasive eyes.
 How these women lawyers, women
 doctors. women bankers. women ex-
 and ana aiR aciiRnSing Vine theory of their ia.
 thers of less than fifty years ago. Nothing Is more significant in the
 stupendous evolutionary process through which we are passing, than this elevation and emancipation of wo- man. In the first half of the century
 there were only seven occupations open | to her If she were so unfortunate as to | be thrown upon her own resources. The
 last report of the Commission of Labor | which she may gain livelihood. For | so many centuries the victim, the play thing. the slave of man she has at iass
 become his competitor and his rival l But one thing is certain. Woman will not retire from the contest. She
 must be taken into account in the solu. 1 tions of the future. Such revolutions never retrace their footsteps. What of the Future. | And what of the future? Victor Hugo. says that the twentieth century ' S.rfl hn xun 1o r1Sa | lows mans sorry example in the past | she will be justified in climbing to | the box of the coach, siezing the reins | 100 years, making man open the gates and water the horses, while she does
 the driving, letting man earn the | build the house which she will man. | age. For this kind of thing woman may develop splendid aptitude. But I believe a finer tissue nas @ been ny woyst yer | masculine fabric of the dark ages. Sht | is not going to do so cruel and selnsf
 thing as to say "It is my turn now; ing to inspire mans life. with an at mosphere of love. Her heart will b. l truer than ever, because 1t is in league
 with a clearer head. She VIII kno" that
 "woman's cause is mans, they rise ol
 Together, dwarfed or god-like. bond O.
 free"
 She will prove that .,..i her nes nS
 merely in the throwing off of all re
 straint, but that she has been emanci
 pated by the uplifting power of {
 of uncertain value. Following duty o | whatever is consistent with duty. thi
 Is the way of safety. this is the highe
 What then is the mission of the wo evangel of goodness to the world. Sh'
 Is star shining in the sl, moral firma ma at the fountain of life and every praye
 she breathes is answered in the heart
 ana lives of those she loves.
 at her bidding: Purity she admire
 and it grows in her presence. Musi
 she loves and her home Is full of 1t
 man dwells there Is refinement, intel
 lect. moral power life in It's highes
 portrait of Dante which is painted ol
 the walls of the Bargello at Florence
 For many years 1t was supposed tha
 hee picture edd utterly bt ny Pee 9nx
 seen it. Presently came an artist wh
 was determined to find 1t again; H
 room was used as .storehonse fo lumber and straw. The walls wer
 covered with dirty whitewash. He ha' the heaps of rubbish carried away. Pa tiently and carefully he removed tn | whitewash from the walls. Present. lines and colors long hidden began t appear and at last the grave. noble lofty face of the great poet looked ou again upon the world.
 That was wonderful, you say. Tha not half so beautiful as the worl | which the truly cultured woman cal 1 accomplish upon the face of the worl | ito restore peace, the forgotten like
 ness of God, and to bring the alvin | image unto light.
 | Mission of Woman.
 To have upon her own heart the i'm | press of the Divine Nature, to knov that there Is no human being in whom that treasure is hidden, and from who's l stained and dusty soul she cannot b. her ministering grace bring out tn l reflection of Gods face--that indeed 1 | the mission of the Woman of Culture.
 Members of the class of 1905: No | finished. but begun" Your motto 1 | well chosen. Only your first task 1 1 ended. New ones await you. Nev | emergencies challenge you on the path | way of life that shall tax to the utmos
 your courage and fidelity.
 What the future hold in store fo you we cannot tell. Sunshine or gloon 1 victory or defeat, success or failure, g.
 in his wisdom higher than ours ha | to do your part and leave the rest un | to him who doeth all things for you | best. From the May of the year tn | May of vour liVeg-yOu have just en