The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1906-07-12
81 a Year in Advance.

passed away. The prejudices, which
dishonored the sex, have yielded to the
influence of truth. BY slow but sure
advances, education has extended II.
self through all ranks of female So
cicty. There is no longer any dread
lest the culture OF science should foster
that masculine boldness or restless in
dependence, which alarms by its sallies,
or wounds by its Inconsistencies. We
have seen that there, as everywhere else
knowledge is favorable to human vir-
tue and human happiness; that the re.
iinement of literature adds lustre TO the
devotion OF piety: that true learning
like true taste, is modest and unosten-
atiOus: that grace of manners receives
II higher polish from the discipline Of
the schools; that cultivated genius sheds
II cheering light over domestic duties,
and its very sparkles like those OF the
diamond, attest at once its power and
purity. There is not u rank of female
society. however high, which dues not
now pay homage to literature, or that
would not blush even at the suspicion
OF that ignorance, which half century
ago, was neither uncommon nor dis
creditablc. There is not Il parent
whose pride may not glow at the
thought that his daughters happiness
is in a great measure within her own
command, whether she keeps the cool,
soquestered vale OF life, or visits the
busy walks OF fashion.
GooD wives and mothers arc needed
more than artists, however great may
be the ministry OF art.
SPEAKING Of man and wife, there is
no duty that man should consider more
sacred than the protection of his wife
aud family. The man who will bring
upon them disgrace or even give rise
TO comment that will cause .hem heart
aches, is unworthy the name of man.
Some people say that there are two
sides to every story. With the storyof
the man who has so far forgotten his
pledged love for his wife, his duty to
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his children and his own self respect,
there is only one side, and that should
be written in the blood Of contempt and
condemnation. Man is sinful ever, but
as for us we would rather stand before
the judgment bar on the final day with
the crime of murder, the crime of theft
or the crime OF violating every com.
mandment in the decalogue OF Chris.
tian faith charged against us than to
meet the charge of forgetting the duty
TO ones wife. No one with drop of
red blood in his veins, who will stop and
think OF the love shown by his wife, of
the sacrliies made by the woman Of his
choice, OF her steadfast faith in him
and loyalty to his interests, can do
aught but hang his head in shame
when he realizes that he has forgotten
the VOWS of the wedding day, that he
has subjected her to pity that is some.
times worse than scorn; that he has
perhaps turned away from her plead.
Ing voice and fearful eyes to bask in
the smiles OF one whose loyalty and
love is like the mist OF morning, to dis
appear beneath the bursting rays of
the sun of adversely. No man can do
these things. Only brutes in the form
and shape OF humanity can be guilty Of
such crimes.
IT is always the unclean person who
charges others with uucleanness. Pure
minds have no room for impure
thoughts. Shun him who tells YOU of
evil in many persons.
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