St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-05-04

necessaries of life-that means cour
age; for it is we'll known that shop
ping and clothes to the feminine mine
are among life's temptations.
No one enjoys economy, for II
means se.f-denial and constant
thought. 1t is aging and unbecoming;
but quite unostentatiously womer
practice it and bravely deprive them
selves of half the fun which is glVeE
to more fortunate sisters, making nc
complaint and not realizing how brave
they are in this daily battle.
AS women have to bring up the
rising generation more depends on
them personally than on men. 1t
therefore behoOves women to try to
mold their own characters, above all
to control their tempers, to avoid all
feelings of favoritism, as children are
SO quick at finding out those things
and as result become morbid and
jealous. The initiative talent ;hil.
dren is appalling, and in a man CT
woman of little control OF character
one recognizes the development of the
weak character of the mother who
failed in the training of the individ,
ual. Naturally as people grow older
they can improve themselves, but
grown people are rarely told of their
faults and many faults are glazing to
outsiders while the person is abso-
lutely unconscious of their posses
sion, accounting for the many ner-
vous, selfiEh and uncontrolled women
to be met.
Where necessity drives, the char
acter, no doubt, strengthens. Adyer-
sity is hard taskmaster and in most
cases what persons do not endure
themselves they cannot realize for
others.
OF the many splendid and excellent
charities and endowments given to
America, with noble generosity by
men who in many cases have made
their millions themselves, as, for ex-
ample, the Stanford university, the
Johns Hopkins hospital, the endless
hospitals in New York given and en-.
dowed by private muniicence, and
the libraries now sprinkled over a
large area by Mr.. Carnegie, one gifG
which does not make SO much stir ia
the world and one which fills a great
need is Mr.. Corcoran's Louise home.
Mr.. Corcoran was great benefactor.
After the war many women, accus-
toned to all Injuries, were left in sad
straits: so he built this fine mansion
to give them the shelter that they had
been accustomed to,
Great fortunes are now frequent.
Iy made and generous impulses are
ever rising so that perhaps some day
it may occur to a philanthropist that
a house somewhat on the lines of Mr..
Corcoran's thought would be god
send in Washington. 1t should be an
apartment house in which there was
no limit of age, and where there were
few hard and fast rules, such as di.
viding families. There mother and
daughter need not be divided, nor two
sisters; they could have an apart.
ment to themselves, perhaps paying a
sum toward a general mess, in which
case the rooms, the warming and the
gas would be given freea Then the
salary or annuity would cover ex.
penses without care. If ever this
can be accomplished Washington is
the place for it, for it is there that
SO many come whose professions
bring them to the capital to live on
salaries which die with the worker.
There the army and navy, diplo
mats, men in all government employ
go to live and they gather from all
parts OF the union, frequently ending
their careers in Washington, leaving
their wives and daughters-women
unaecustomed to work-in many cases
with very meager annuities If these
could get comfortably housed, rent
free, in a BETTING manner they would
get along comfortably enough with
out the daily struggle of life's battle
This charity would certainly hell
a class of brave women and give
them a feeling of home and a posi-
bility of security which, with the
hand-to-mouth existence they mus
lead.