Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-06-15

worthy ome Every faithful hus-
band believes hat he has one of them
for a wife. Every dutiful son n
daughter claims one of them for a
mother, and every manly brother has
the best and sweetest of sisters. All
lovely women have their points OF eX-
cellence in the minds OF their loved
ones. Every man be he, husband, son
or brother sees In her whom he most
adores. unselfish loveliness. In this
they are manly, heroic and TO be COM
mended Pure manhood always retains
such high appreciation unless the
heart, tongue n lips become foul
from associations that are aVowed enc
mics of pure homes and hallowed fidel-
ity. From a low conception of wom-
an and her relation TO the family II
the community at times animate indeli-
cate and belittling offerings rejecting
largely upon womanhood, touching her
God given and inalienable rights and
privileges as the equal of man insep-
arabic from the family n 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.
III the shape of a human being, recent
iy attempted 10 convey To the public
kind that woman vas the prolific
<ource OF mans ruin, hat there were
nroportionately more evil minded and
degraded women than men. Facts and
figures give the lie to this statement
as a whole. The statement is a fig.
ment OF an idle and debased brain. The
light of the nineteenth century and Of
western civilization readily to
public view the lurking and defiling
poison OF such uncalled for language,
I rnHANfinO 11nnn TIA Rhn fa n arG ~ x.FlxpaC
mothers and daughters. That there are
some who, by the foulest OF means, are
made impure and sink into the seeth-
ing cauldron OF debauchery is not de-
MED. One faithful look into the his
tory of such fallen women reveals a
secret which places them before the
pure minded in a sympathetic light. 1t
is here noble and praiseworthy woman
hood asserts itself In coming to the
rescue OF these poo 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
the result Df efficient effort on the part
Of noble and praiseworthy m
Among the many and appropriate
names given such 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
mar existence is not entirely effaced,
as strong arms embracing poor suffer-
ing, feminine frailty, like the loving
arms of maternitv. holds in sweet en-
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 f. Shepard, wife Of
the proprietor of the Mail and Express
at an outlay of $500, 900 from her w
private purse. She Is personally in
terested in the undertaking and visits
the home every day In the week to
look owe the field n TAX such survey
of the needs of the home as suggest
themselves to her mind. Her idea and
Ati VI "Dlh tlloOL pIdCliCdl anu
beneficial for the class OF women whom
ii 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 impregnates the
very atmosphere of such q home, with
fragrant doors of peaceful rest of. all
whose condition of life opens to them
its doors n greets them with a cheer
full welcome.
We can name many such noble char
acters a. Mrs. Eliot +. Shepard, but
what Is better, is to say that their
faith and works constitute an inde-
structible monument of noble and
praiseworthy womanhood.
In the institutions OF their loving
embrace, dropping hearts are touched
into new n pure life; hopelessness
gives place to hope; the lily OF 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 tear
drained eyes regain the brilliancy OF
virginhood, and the weary wasting
bodies reclaim symmetrical form and
beauty
The women who are thus so nobly
using their time, means and talents are
but a small proportion of those worthy
or mention. AS we look out upon the
vast multitude Of happy homes we find
In them a host of the b~ravest, most
heroic women the worlds history re-
cords. She Who adorns the home of
the merchant, the tiller of the soil, the
laborer, the toiler, Is equally noble and
p~raiseworthy in her position as a wife,
mother and daughter. None but God
by His omniscience knows her acts Of
humble n womanly effort. In millions
Of happy homes these goodly women
are TO be found. They lilo the heart
soil of brave sons and daughters, and
SOW therein the seed OF manly and
womaEly virtues, engender higher and
better aspirations, bear their full and
equal share OF parental responsibility,
inculcate true patriotism, and crown
the humble home life with queenly vir-
tue. On account of those things, the
American home has given birth to the
highest type OF civilization and western
progress.
Their sacrifice of self for their God
given responsibilities in the home are
Of the highest type of devotion. They
cling to that which Is noble and praise
worthy with a martyrs love for that
which they love. Their solicitude for
| the we'll being of their loved mes
knows no Limitation ave that Of ply
steal death. Truly such are ranked
| among the best OF ONE
Many OF the bravest men who have
| risen to political and Christian distinc-
ton, and public preferment, rejoice in
their manger-like birthplace and
queeniy mother. They write her name
and virtues In prose, and sing them In
| the stanzas of the muse.