Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-15
to more fortunate sisters, making no
complaint and not realizing now Grave
they are In this daily battle.


they are In this daily battle.
There Is also the courage OF endur'
Ing an unhappy home. Where muir
murs or complaints would sound BAD
ly women often bear bravely HE OF
petty nagging and even actual unhap-
piness which would set a man crazy
or make him leave home; out
woman cannot leave home and 60 out
into the world unless she has another
assured home to go to. Inc cen
sorius would remark IL she lett, that
her proper place was in Ter home,
that she must be mad or bad or both;
80 she has to stay and bear the our
den Till possibly death relieves the
tension which enforced silence has
made almost uncomfortable and yet Is
patiently endured.
Then there is the endless chain OF
loveless marriages. There are tho
cases where perhaps another woman
has snatched the cup from the lip
But a brave smile deceives the world,
though often covering an aching
wound
II woman plays fast and loose
with a man and eventually declares
herself engaged to another-ccrtainly
most reprehensible behavior In any
one-she is considered rightly cruel
flirt. a heartless wretch. Men do TINS
thing every day. but few such epithets
are hurled at them. Here today ana
gone tomorrow is the motto OF many.
One OF the reasons they escape
blame is that woman hides all she
feels and, bravely smiling, goes
around doing her daily work and
never letting the pain appear. even II
her heart is breaking. 1t is not
mere saying that the heart breaks. A
man put in the same position goes
away by himself. becomes as sulk: as
a bear-grumpy-and declines further
intercourse with his kind till he has
more or less recovered.
Such is the difference in the status
of man and woman.
"A thousand steps must a woman take.
While a man a single jump need make
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 of chill
dren is appalling. and in man or
| woman of little control Of character
one recognizes the development OF the
! weak character Of the mother VINO
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 glaring to
outsiders while the person is abso-
lutely unconscious OF their posses
sion, accounting for the many ner-
fyous. selfish and uncontrolled women
| to be met.
Where necessity drives, the char
! upuut, tASASsAS -HN'>A
sity is a 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-
bowed by private munificence, and
! the Libraries now sprinkled over a
large area by Mr.. Carnegie. one gift
| which does not make so much stir in
| the world and one which fills a great
need is Mr.. Corcoran's Louise home.
Mr.. Corcoran was a great benefactor.
After the war many women, accus-
toned to all luxuries. were left in sad
straits: so he built this fine mansion
/ to give them the shelter that they had
been accustomed to. and which with
ont MIN would have been almost i'm.
possible to attain:
| Great fortunes are now frequent
" made and generous impulses are
ever rising so that perhaps some day
1t may occur to a philanthropist that
q house somewhat on the lines Of Mr
| Corcoran's thought would be god
serd in Washington. II should be an
| a,a-+ment house in which there was
no limit Of age. and where there were
| few hard and fast rules. such as di
yiding families. There mother and
daughter Eeed not be divided. nor two
sisters: they could have an apart
ment TO themselves. perhaps paying
| sum toward q general mess. in which
case the rooms. the warming and the
gas would Be given free. Then the
! salary or annuity wOuid cover ex