Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-25
Woman and Her Possibilities.

| noble woman, Ot-way would by virtue
| Of her great example of truth, felt
obliged to have withheld those cynical
| lines: The fact stands out clear,-Had
Mrs. Parry Cleopatra, Helen of Troy.
| and hosts of other women, of past and
present ages. been true 10 their
possibilities, as women workers Of
righteousness and modest, sincere piety,
| they, under God. would have caused
| many an Ot-way, Napoleon, Mark
| Antony. Menelaus to be chronicled on
the ragcs Of history, as not only brave
| and brilliant,-but true and noble
| specimens Of humanity.
1t seems to me- if young women could
hut realize the glory Of motherhood,
| life would be SWeeter. far more divine
heritage. As the mother, so is the child
70 a great degree All, says some one,
what about the father? Even that
| depends upon the woman. She should
| think when man asks for her heart
ana hand,-Of what? Her unborn
| children: for she is choosing at that
| moment, a father for them.
| Life is Sweet but seriously sweet is
| life to me. MY mother" my child"
| The unutterable depths Of these ex-
| 'i'"iS''i'iiH' one ~ my mother.
| Could but portray the fond child's
tende' tone and emphasis and all that
| sentence neans,-it would preach the
tendcrest, most sacred sermon
| 'She is my mother" says in mean
| inc, she Is good She is truth; what
| she says and does is right. Let us
pray God To drive deeper and deeper
INTO our soul the truth that the hand
| that rocks the cradle rules the world"
Such a mother must in coming years
| reap as she has sown and have her
| soul refreshed, and repaid for every
| struggle to control herself to keep
sweet, when life has been so full Of
| care and WOrry-but the recOmpense is
hers, when she can look out into "A
| crowd, and see a manly man, or a
womanly woman. and say, that is my
child"
| This 10 me is the magical
secret that shall cleanse politics
and social impurities; Then We
| have the same ambition Mary
| Washington had for George, to be m0rr
| pleased 10 see him good then 10 see him
great. SO farreachng has been her
| influence that her title has been the
"Grandmother of our grand Republic
and under God, she nodded the man.
who was the Father Of our Country.
| She lived a humble life, but il is felt
| even today in powerful way.
What did Andrew Jackson comment
| On the day the cornerstone of her
| monument was laid, May the .th 1893,
| at Fredericksburg? He said: when
| the American pilgrim shall, in after
years. come up TO this high and holy
place and lay his hand upon this
| sacred column, may he recall the
virtues of her who sleeps beneath, and
| depart with his affections purified, his
| piety strengthened" God grant this
| may be our infiuence-to purify the
affections and strengthen the sentiment
| of picty in the breast of mankind, and
dare to tliscOuntcnance wrong under all
circumstances in q tender, emphatic
way. LAS we SOW, SO shall we reap
| Right is right. since God is God" So
let us go on unto victory, as the
mothers. wives. sisters. daughters and
sweethearts of the American men,
remembering these words
"In every good home rules Il queen, |
fa;rer than Cleopatra, richer than
Sheha. of more heavenly virtue than
Esther of wiser administration than
Elizabeth or Victoria. out OF these
homes go manly boys ana womanly
girls tc bless succeeding generations 10
the end of time.
Home is the school of character. IN
it, every man receives the major part
Of his moral training. The home Is thc
intcrger of the social fabric; upon II as
a substructure rests the State ami the
nation." Woman. how great tiny |
rcsponsibility,-and how glorious thy
mission,
MRS. ]. f. TUELL. !