St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-28

Aarian n. Stockton, widow of the late
NsRaiar story writer, Frank r. Stockton
aS closely associated with the work OF
.sE gifted husband. Any reader of the
Aldder Grange" stories, for example
I'll realize that she was a valuable as
Tart 70 him. She was joint author with
asal n writing "The Home" one of his
&Arsser books. Mrs. Stockton is member
g prominent South Carolina family.)
20 much has been written about
NoEnen Of the fair-skinned races, OF
their part in the making of the his.
tory OF the world, of what they have
oone and ought not to have done, of
nat they are doing and ought not to
~ and to what they should do, that
& may be Of interest to catch here and
there In this worlds history what
their dark-skinned sisters have done
ln bringing about the conditions of
me life we are now living and the So
ciaI, religious and geographical dis
tinctions which prevail az present.
II IS not my intention in this article
to explicit the famous dark-skinned
women Of recorded history-we will
glance az them in their proper places.
They were types, it is true, but they
could not have been end have acted
their great parts had not the WON
en whom they represented been
endowed, inssome measure, with their
gifts. Such women do not spring full
Hcdged from sordid environment. But
they were exceptional and individual
IA their careers; and, after all, it is
from the ordinary women of race
or nation that progress comes.
The portraits the ethnologists give
us Of the primitive woman are not
captivating, but the poets represent
her as being almost divine, floating in
ethereal beauty fresh from the hand
cf her Creator. Whether the scientist
has arrived at the truth through long
ana laborious stages of investigation.
81 whether the poet has OWNED the
truth through inspiration, do not
pretend to decide. But they are both
agreed upon one thing-that her com
plexion was of sun kissed" hue ac-
cordfng to the latter and of dark
pigment. according to the other.
From the investigak lions of science
and the reports Of expA prers, and from
other sources we have good deal Of
information, il not In relation to this
very primitive woman I'd her not dis
tant descendants in a state of say
~. And even in the very lowest
these primeyal races we find that
aen played an important part.
were slaves, it is true. because
new nothing better. If they had
- least glimmering sense of
rights they were quite capable
asserting themselves even at that
aod q time. and here IT may be
# to correct MISREPRESENTATION.
Men did not nlS iie slaves and beasts
burden OF thel women merely be-
Use the man wal wicked or lazy. or
they had attection (of sort)
their wives. But they realized
th great force that man was a SUI
rior being, the lord of the earth and
Il contained, including woman, and
at she was an afterthought of the
8as created for his benefit, and
ore made Of very inferior ma
taL Consequently 1t was consid-
as degrading in a man to do wom-
work as it is now for him to wear
ieoats. IL 1t CHANGED that 1t came
IA a mans mind to relieve his weary
re of some part Of the load she was
ryirg on her back, he would reject
thought instantly, not so much be-
nee he did not want the burden, as
cause by so doing he would make
nself the laughing stock of the
ee
Ana what did these mighty lords of
eation do toward the Improvement
the world they claimed? Absolutely
thingl Fishing. hunting, trapping,
1tfng, the necessities Of the pres.
the implements to accomplish
ege purposes. and there the record
it'd. Meantime. as the years went
III and generation succeeded genera
soa. the women were using their
Fl Ills end improving social life with
sorts cf inventions to assist them
IS their manifold labors and to add
ss comforts to rude existence.
wiHig. Consider how patient they
have worked to get a thread
D rawhide and the cleverness of
wing needle from a bone. Tan
and dressing leather. To turn
rty, hairy. tough skin into a
and soft material suitable for
ling. Fashioning with deft fin |
this clothing to their special |
agriculture of the simplest |
hut mostly the experiments of
Ell. Spinning. The records Of the
an race go not back to a time
the spindle was unknown, worked
from q Woman's brain which
sed the idea that the long fibers
lax she was cultivating ought
soYsie way to be made more adapta-
Hui thread than the unwieldy skin
Us slow and painful process.
81, Che stick twirled in the fingers
wig Not q long journey to the
# il after arriving at the spindle and
50 much easier than skins to
i:lto clothing. Besides, the birch
askef weaving had been done
N bsfore with the fingers and it was
flaeessary to steady the threads
e8den rollers.
d thfs brought about woman's
"a early art. So many plants
eautiful-colored juices. hence
eing, and later, the painting Of
and skins Some Of these savage
ngs may be seen at the present
c0Iors still vivid and with
"a szpsfpuS Isl