The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-15

Grace Reformed Church, Sioux City, Ia.
The world is full of noble and praise
worthy women. Every faithful hus-
band believes hat he has one Of them
for a wife. Every dutiful son and
daughter claims one OF them for a
mother, n every manly brother has
the best and sweetest of sisters. Ali
lovely women have their points of ex-
cellence IN the minds of their loved
or brother sees in her whom he most
adores. uEselfish loneliness. 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 n hallowed fidel-
ity. From a low conception of wom-
an and her relation to the family n
the community at times eminate indeli-
cate and belittling offerings rejecting
largely upon womanhood, touching her
God given and inalienable rights n
privileges as the equal Of man insep-
arabic from the family and it's perpet-
uity.
The source OF all such emanations.
hurtful alike to women and their
homes. is evil, and deserves the Sc
tempt of every good citizen. Some one.
in the shape of a human being, recent
" attempted to convey to the public
K1ind that woman was the prolific
lource of mans ruin, that 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 Il fig
ment of an idle and debased brain. The
light of the nineteenth century and of
western civilization readily o to
public view tho lurking INC defiling
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 impure and sink into the seetll-
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 i'll a 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 I've 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
n 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 and trustworthy women.
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
maj existence is not entirely effaced,
as strong arms embracing poor suffer-
ing, feminine frailty, like the loving
arms of maternit-,. holds in sweet em-
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
stitutlons 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
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 100000 from her own
private purse. She is personally in
tcrested 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 sugges
themselves to her mind. Her idea and
plan OF work are most practical and
DCtIcliCidl lOI lllG Glass 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 impregnates the
very atmosphere of such Il home, with
doors of peaceful rest of al
whose condition OF life opens to then
it's doors and greets them with a cheer.
full welcome.
We a name many such noble char.
acters as Mrs. Elliot f. Shepard, but
what is better, is to say that theil
structible monument of noble ane
praisewortlly w~onlanhood.
In the institutions of their loving
embrace, dropping hearts are touched
into new and pure life; hcpelessness
gives place to hope; the lily of fem
mime purity withered and Cropping
buds again into full fragrant bloom;
blanehed cheeks are kissed again into
the lovely tints of the rose; the teal
drained eyes regain the b%rilliancy 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
of mention. AS we look out upon tho
vast multitude of happy homes we find
in them "a host of the bravest. mos
NAS an NOllo > lllolOIN TO
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 and womanly effort. In millions
of happy homes these goodly women
are to be found. They fallow the heart
soil of brave sons and daughters, and
SOW therein he seed Of manly and
womanly virtues, engender higher and
better aspirations. Dear their full and
equal share of parental responsibility,
tnculcate true patriotism, and crown
the humble home life With queenly yir-
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 so%licitude for
the well-being of their loved ones
knows no limitation save that OF ply
steal death. Truly such are ranked
aroOYp# tho hact nf c,,,o