Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-14

for u wife. Every dutiful son and
daughter claims II of them for a
mother, " every manly brother has
the best and sweetest of sisters. All
lovely women have their points OF eN-
cellence in the minds of their loved
ones. Every man be he. husband. son
or brother sees in her whom he most
adores. unselfsh loneliness. In this
they are manly. heroic and to be com
mended. Pure manhood always retains
such high appreciation unless the
heart. tongu and lips become foul
from associations that are vowed enc
mics of pure homes and hallowed fidel-
ity. From a low conception of wom-
an II her relation to the family and
the community at times eminate indeli-
cate and belittling utteringn rejecting
largely upon ~womanhood. touching her
God given and inalienable rights and
privileges as the equal of man insep-
arabic from the family and its perpet-
uity.
The source of all such emanations.
hurtful alike to women and their
homes. is evil, and deserves the Sc
verest condemnation. and the utter con-
tempt of every good citizen. Some one
in the shape of a human being. recent
ly attempted to convey to the public
mind that woman was the prolific
source OF mans ruin. that there were
rroportionately more evil minded and
degraded women than men. Facts and
figures give the lie to this statement
as Il whole. The statement is II fig
ment of an idle and debased brain. The
light OF the nineteenth century and of
western civilization readily to
! bic View the lurking and detiling
poison OF such uncalled for language.
rejecting upon the characters of wives.
mothers and daughters. That there are
some who, by the foulest of means, are
made 1mn1ra and sink into tho cpnth-
Ing cauldron of d~ebauchery is not de-
MED. One faithful look into the his
tory of such fallen women reveals n
secret which places them before the
pure minded in Il sympathetic light. 1t
is here noble and praiseworthy woman
hood asserts itself in coming to the
rescue of these poor lost women. sisters
in the great family OF humanity. Noble
minded women have come to the rescue
in establishing. largely from their own
private purses, homes of refuge. where
purity can be aided to assert itself.
and the stains of debauchery be effaced
and feminine beauty and the symmetry
of loneliness be restored. All such
citadels of refuge and reformatory are
tho result of efficient effort on the part
Of noble n praiseworthy women.
Among the many n appropriate
names given sue institutions of re-
form none of them is so appropriate as
that of "Sheltering Arms The name
indicates that. eleemosynary institu-
lions of this character are to weak
fallen mortalS, whose nobility of hui
man existence is not entirely effaced.
as strong arms embracing poor suffer-
ing. feminine frailty. like the loving
brace. helpless infancy. In all like in
stitutions. noble and praiseworthy
women eXemplify the most pronounced
PRINCIPLES of Christian character and
true feminine philanthropy.
We regard with special favor the in
stitutions dedicated to the cause of
prevention of crime; institutions that
are helpful to the weak and the needy.
Notable among this class is the recent
establishing of the Margaret Louisa
Home, as a temporary home for self
supporting women, located at 16 East
Sixteenth street. New York, and erect
ed by Mrs. Eliot +. Shepard. wife of
the proprietor of the Mail and Express
at AN outlay of $500, 900 from her own
private purse. She is personally in
terested in the undertaking and visits
the home every day in the week to
look over the field and take such survey
of the needs of the home as suggest
themselves to her mind. Her idea and
plan of work are most practical and
beneficial for the class of women whom
it is intended to benefit.
There is a hallowed essence of sweet
ness, of nobility, of Christian character
constantly rising out of the pure heart
of such a woman that im%pregnatcs tho
very atmosphere of such a home, with
fragrant doors of peaceful rest of all
whose condition of life opens to them
it's doors and grects them with a cheer
ful welcome.
We can lame many such noble char
acters as Mrs. Eliot T.. Shepard, bu
what is better. is to say hat then
faith and works constitute an indie
structible monument of noble ano
praiseworthy womanhood.
In the institutions of their loving
embrace, dropping hearts are touchco
into new and pure life; hopolcssness
gives place to hope; the lily If fem
mime purity withered and dropping
buds again into full fragrant bloom;
blanched cheeks are kissed again into
the lovely tints of the rose, the teal
drained eyes regain the brilliancy ol
~virginhood. and the weary wastin.
bodies reclaim symmetrical form ant
beauty.
The women who are thus so nobl,
using their time, means and talents ar,
but Il small proportion of those worthy
of mention. AS we look out upon tn.
vast multitude Of happy homes we fine
in them a host of the bravcst. mos
heroic women the worlds history re.
cords. She who adorns the home o.
the merchant, the tiller of the soil, thu
laborer. the toiler, is equally noble ant
p~raiseworthy in her position as a wife
mother and daughter. None but Coo
by His omniscience knows her acts O
humble and womanly effort. In million.
of happy homes these goodly wome1
are to be found They fallow the hear
soil of brave sons and daughters, ant
SOW therein the seed of manly ant
womanly virtues. cngcnder higher ant
better aspirations, bear their full ant
equal share of parental responsibilities
inculcate true patriotism, and crown
the humble home life with queenly vir
tue. ON account of those things. tn,
American home has given birth to tn,
highest type of civilization and western
progress.
Their sacrifice of self for their God.
given responsibilities in the home ar,