The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-06-01
MRS VIRGINIA D. YOUNG
BY Mrs. Olive II. Gunby in Barnweli
Sentinel.

BY Mrs. Olive r. Gunby in BarnweIi
Sentinel.
In q New York editors Office one
day, the sanotum Of q great news
paper that Yields influence, a woman
who was doing her little best in the
world OF letters was introduced to Mr..
VIM. Lloyd Garrison, son of that
Boston man who did things.
You came from South Carolinap',
he Inquired with a polite interest.
ION, yesl That ia Mrs. Youpg's
State" said he. "You know Mrs.
YoupgP" Mr.. Garrison along with
Mr.. Curtis, Higginson and other
worthy advocates Of suffrage for wo
man know Mrs. Young as a woman.
Suffragist hence 1t happens that In
orioles Of advanced views Mrs. Young
and South Carolina are braoketed
together, one and indissoluble.
The wOman's right movement, tits
said, does poorly In South Carolina
But Mrs. Young is UNFOLDING the
banner and getting in an entering
Wedge wheresover she can. Those
who have seen her at home, feel that
she Is creating the best possible senti-
mont In favor Of her cult by reason OF
the dainty home atmosphere she
maintains, and her genuine devotion
to her husbands comfort and interest.
a most definite characteristic OF this
woman pioneer Is that she elevates
tho commonplace duties Of life into
pleasures and contrives that every.
thing shall be sweet and clean and
purely wholesome within her gates.
Woman acquainted with our languor-
Gus climate that invites to q ham.
mt ok aud q book oftener than to &C
tive employment will appre ciate the
unremitting personal supervision re.
CURED to keep things fresh and at
%tractive In q household.
II always strain the milk myself
as soon as 1T comes In" she explains,
excusirg herself for this purpose.
al d next morning II up early enough
you will fad her working the pats OF
butter and planning for Its accommo.
datiOn In the milk safe. Every par.
t'cnlar about this milk safe is a poem
In purity. The shelves spread with
white surfaced papers, easily removed
and replaced, the tins glistening in
the mofAinR sunshine.
TnG car.oon.S:S wEo depict the VIC
man's rights advocates in the comic
pa pers rs gro,eaIue figures, CARRIED in
strange attire, swaggerirg forth with
hatchets or banner to break down es.
tabiished casvoms, ought to see Mrs.
Young working her butter, or beating
up bi. cult, feeding her chickens or
gathering egRs, cullinR roses or set
tiny forth her dainty breakfast table.
Then tney might get some fresh
ideas on female suffrage. She would
oe sure to talk while they were there,
and whatever she talks about she en-
ters into with her whole heart. She
believes In herself and that Is why
you believe In her after you n Get her.
You may not subscribe to her doc
trlnes altogether but upon hearing
her discourse you are more apt 10 zee
the reasonableness of arguments as
she puts them.
a short. haired freak tampering
with theories far beyond her and from
whose presence the orderly and
beauty loving flee from boredom per.
sonitisd, this is the accepted idea OF
tho woman suffragist-that Is, the
old conservative South. But Mis-.
Young refutes this both In appear.
apce and In name Of daily living
While she talks you listen and are
glad to listen, which is more than can
be said Of q goodly number Of the
takers Of the earth.
She will relate how successfully the
women are moving things politically
out In Idaho and Colorado and other
parts. She will tell OF tie young wo.
man legislator she knows, who
thinks up bills" for public improve.
ment the while she nurses her baby
and what this, that or the other cells
brtty she knows Is doing from pulpit,
press or platform. There Is a joke in
staid old Boston that the folks there
stay under dormant somewhat like a
whale, and have to come up" every
now and then In New York TO breathe
freely. Just sc WOmeJ, aDidirg Ia the
tranquil, long established lines Of
Thought get a Whit OF a larger, more
charged atmosphere In Mrs. Youug's
talk. "reminiscences OF conventions
here, there and yon, Of trips to
Washington on public mission Of
nress club contradictions and such.
she viii give g v'ved word-picture Of
II lose velt'H cordial bearing towards
nor when III Charleston, and tell what
otl or public men say and do az to NO.
mcn's affairs.
Mrs. Young edits and prints a
weekly newspaper in her own house
and writes essays and articles for the
various woman's rights organs. She
has written three books, all printed
In Boston and all bringing out clearly
her view s as to wCman's conventional
In society. There is a strong
vein Of religion In her books. And a
plea for the beauty OF wholesomeness
portrayed In the love OF whatso.
ever Is good, pure and true In human
life.
a woman OF small stature and pro-
portions, she is evidence that spirit
and not >matter count most In q lfAirs. |
Her first public work began with the
starting OF q Sunday school at the
local country church when Fairfax
was only q handful OF houses. Later
she embarked In the work Mis- vii
lard loved and distinguished. Gradual.
~ Mfs. Young wan led into larger
views OF womaD's sphere, and the
Of the suffrage cause gladly
welcomed her Influence and her arti.
cles. Now In her hunay secluded