Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-11

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tianity Is not the religion Of Christ.
But we do know that yearly thou
sands are helped to self support BY
the wise methods Of the A. c.; in the
: years they have been waiting Tor
the commercial spirit to abate Its
greed. The woman's exchange, the
protective bureau, the woman's IN
!. dustrlal union which has q friendly
committee to look after women stran-
gers and young girls. These are verb
table break waters against the tide
81 social evils existing in our large
cities, which engulf SO many weak
and unprotected women and girls.
Such committee should be estab-
llished in every city and even In our
smaller towns to prevent wrong which
is easier and nobler than to remove
it, The work of the W. G. 7. U. is
known all over the world. Their
motto ''For God and home and every
land" rings out true wherever hung
out. Christlike women all over the
Hand are doing noble work In reform
ing their fallen slsters-no work
calls for more sacrifice, faith and
persistent heroic effort. The father
runs to meet the prodigal son. clothes
him with the best garments and Kills
the fatted calf-but for the prodigal
daughter there is no welcome though
she beg 1t on her Bonded knees. we
are told that only through those en-
gagged in rescue work does one learn
how often are these poor women more
sinned against that SHINING.
Dear friends let us not allow our
selves to be alien or indifferent to
the work of saving our unfortunate
sisters, no nobler work invites us
and we should aim at nothing less
than the regeneration Of society. The
establishing Of right public sentiment
that shall crystalize into laws that
shall give justice and protection to
tall.
It is not enough that we have the
prohibitory law, we must see that It
prohibits. 1t is not enough that we
restore the fallen woman, we must
work for the prevention by removing
the melting causes. The magnitude
of this work cannot be estimated.
II fear we do not comprehend 1t. We
are working for the sancity Of the
family, for the purity Of the home,
for the honor Of the women, for the
innocence of children, for the very
springs of National life-and it is
distinctly a woman's work. Among
the large hearted, wide-reaching
charities to which every man, woman
and child should contribute some Of
fering, however small are the open
air organizations whose object is to
afford the children of the slums OPP
portunity to breathe in Gods pure
air.
! Children whose ears have never
heard the singing Of birds, to such
as these, and their toil-hardened
mothers day like this is something
never to be forgotten. There is
nothing in the world SO important
as the child and the home. The
making Of true home says Frances
Power Cobb is really the peculiar and
inalienable right Of woman, right
which no man can take from her, for
man can no more make a home
than drone can make hive. He
can build a cottage or a castle but
he cannot turn 1t into home. Amer
lean women are the conservators of
the life and culture OF this country
and their clubs are national crown
Of glory.
The greatest triumph OF the cen
tury is not It's marvellous progress in
invention, its strides in education,
its spread Of higher mental tone
throughout the earth, the increase
in material comfort, the discovery
Of the north pole. 1t is not any nor
all of these. 1t is the position woman
has taken in the worlds work that
has helped to bring about the many
changes especially the atmosphere
Of peace and love toward our fellow
men.
At recent gathering Of represen-
tative women this question was
asked: "Who may be rightly said
to be the greatest woman in all his
tory's timer" The answer was
this: THE wife Of a man Of mod
crate means who does her own house
work, brings up family Of girls
and boys to be useful members Of
society and finds time for her own
mental and moral Improvement, IS
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