The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-10
Feminine
Snapshots
1t Is Incumbent on WO-
men to Preserve Pioneer
Local History.

disappeared from the older parts OF
this country. Traces of even the white
| pioneers who drove them out and took
their lands are also rapidly disappear
| ing. 1t is doubtful if one in ten of the
women whose ancestors struck the
| first white mans AK into the original
! forests knows any of their history or
| even their names. Yet hundreds OF
these same women spend their leisure
time embroidering kitchen aprons or
crocheting fool truck out of cotton and
wool and going gossiping among their
neighbors. 1t is downright wicked.
The women and children of every
neighborhood in America ought to pre-
serve it's local pioneer history. In ev-
cry neighborhood the women, to begin,
should form a historical society. It's
members should visit the oldest in
habitants and take down from them
for record every word they can recall
of the white mans beginnings in
given locality. Then the women should
meet and read to one another the in
formation gained, and careful record
should be kept. Every historic spot,
as. for instance, places where an Indian
or Revolutionary fight occurred or
where the first white mans cabin or
log church was built, should be prop
erly marked and taken care Of. The
graves of the pioneers Of this country
are as neglected as their history. We
who enjoy the fruits of their enter
prise and industry are heartlessly I'M
grateful. So form your local historical
society and include in it both women
and men members. Hunt out every
trace of pioneer and Indian history
and preserve it. Clear away the rub
bish of forgetfulness from interesting
historic spots in your neighbOrhoOd and
make a museum of Indian and pioneer
relics. Finally. enlist in this cause
those best of all aids-the school chill
dren. Once get them started history
hunting and they will surprise you by
the knowledge they pick up. Teachers
may render invaluable service in this
direction.
Nowadays, wherever the National
American Woman Suffrage association
holds it's annual meeting, there promi
nent local people vie with one another
in showing it honor. At the recent
meeting in Baltimore Governor War
field Of Maryland himself welcomed the
delegates. So did the mayor and the
collector Of the port of Baltimore.
4 - kIo n
voted to college women President Rem
sen of Johns Hopkins university pre-
sided.
Speaking of women bank officials,
twenty five years ago Mrs. Jane Fair
child Of Berea, O., was vice president
Of a national bank in that town.
Heaven keep us from self righteous
ness!
The way to overcome fear is just to
go on and do the things you are afraid
to do, no matter what they are. Say
to your subcOnscious mind, you are
not a bit afraid of anything or any
body on this EARTH" If you see
mouse, set trap for it and kill it.
Don't screech and throw up your hands
like plumb idiot. Men have been tell
ing woman for so many centuries she
is afraid Of a mouse that she half be-
lieves it herself. In like manner over
come superstitions. If you believe 1t
is bad luck to go under ladder, just
march under it and stand there. If
you think it is bad luck to go into q
house at one door and come out at
another, do that very thing. Remem-
Der what General Grant said-that
what we are not afraid of never hurts
u.s. Train yourself not to be afraid
of anything, and nothing can do you
any harm.
Note this from Chancellor Mccormick
Of the Western University Of Pennsyl-
vania: 1T is my prediction that in fifty
years from now the women Of this
country will outclass the men both In
business and In public affairs" They
certainly will If the young men Of to-
day do not get move on.
49,
An anti-cigarette mass meeting Is to
be held in New York city the first week
in April. Women are endeavOring to
aim a mortal blow at the cigarette
fiend. and men are aiding them. Cler-
gymen from Philadelphia, high officials
of the New York juvenile court and
distinguished persons from many
places will cooperate to make the
meeting successful. What cigarettes
do to young boys physically, mentally
and morally" will be an important top
ic for consideration. The fight against
the boy cigarette habit Is to be made
national.
A Mrs Nelson in q western state sup
ported herself and her ten children ON
q small farm that belonged to her bus.
band. The husband was insane and in
the penitentiary. At length the off,
GERS of the law appeared and drove
Mrs. Nelson and the ten children of
her own farm and turned then home
less into the public highway, the off,
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