The Washington herald., 1908-07-12
FROM WOMANS
POINT OF VIEW.

When you hear men and women COM
planning Of the buffets Of fate and la
menting bad fortune you may be sure
that they are persons Of small nature. In
capable Of understanding that there are
conditions which must be accepted and
that 70 rebel is against reason and the
laws OF health. Fighting is Of great
value In the world, good honest fignting
OF heart and soul, but when the battle is
over the consequences should be accepted
with the same spirit that animated the
contest and new strength should be
stored for the next struggle in which it is
needed.
Life is a struggle from beginning to
end, and It contains happiness and a trihe
more for the favored few. There is an
equal division OF lean and fat for the
majority. but an average intelligence and
small amount Of education tells US
what 20 expect In the usual course OF
events. We cannot escape death. but we
can fight II with the means at our com
mand- When Il conquers. we bow our
heads and accept the consequences in
silence and with all the courage we can
summon. II is the hardest defeat to ac-
cept, but It is not fair 10 self or those
about Us 70 make a show Of useless re-
benion-
/ a single financial blow has often been
sufficient 10 snuf out a life and bring a
/ burden of care and sorrow 10 delicate
/ shoulders. and financial loss Is so trivial
compared with other calamities. With
/ courage and health. or without health.
fortunes have been retrieved. and the loss
Of a hand or foot. or sight or hearing,
has been no bar to happiness and con-
! tentment The inevitable has been ac-
cepted with proper spirit and happiness:
/ baked In one direction. has been turned
/ in another.
! / often meet n woman whose life FOR
/ The last twenty years has been a continu-
Gus attitude Of rebellion against the Gre
ator. She buried her little daughter. an
/ only child. upon whom she had centered
/ her whole affection. and through all .hese
years she has nursed hard feelinge in
stead OF the patience and humility that
would have made life really bearable
She has had other misfortunes, but paid
no heed 10 them because she was so thor
oughly absorbed in her grief I am no,
sure that the feeling is rightly named
FOR selfshness plays so strong a part in
her later life. Her husband worn out by
her mental attitude. has drifted from heI
and decent ways Of living and has be,
come confirmed drunkard. She is per.
fectly Indifferent 10 il apparently.
Ny friends. we owe something 10 the
living. II we believe in God we can safe.
ly leave our beloved dead to His care
The living have needs which are clamor.
ing for attention. Grief is natural. but
continued grlevlng is unhealthy and un
fair, and at the bottom @. il is the root OF
selnshness. We are grieving over ouI
own loss. for the dead are az rest, what
ever our BELIEF in the hereafter. Wher
they leave life without fear and withou
regret, we are very, very selfish in wish
ing them back TO a world which, with a!
It's promises Of happiness. has much o.
veXation and trouble for even SIS favor
ties So we nnd the great natures in life
the sweet natures. accepting their shar,
OF sorrow with courage and the adnnira
ton OF the world, while the winners ar,
passed coldly by BETTY RRADEEN