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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-02
The Home Woman.

The home woman is the queen among
women. She does not deem her sphere
narrow, for she is full Of achievement.
Full of noble aspirations. cheerfully full
filing her mission, the duties at hand.
there is no time for discomfort or false
ambition TO mar her womanly sweetness.
No observing mind ever asserts that
nestle also. Supreme in her own sphere.
she is most useful and happy. She would
not weaken her own influence by an at
tempt to usurp the power OF man know
ing II works for her interest
Not envying his powers, she admires
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Woman Influence.


Magnetic Is the charm
When human hearts impart
A radiance within the breast,
It's riches swell the heart.
Shedding sweet influence all around,
Our lives may restful be.
It's part 10 do. and give 10 ali
Some service good and free.
Example tells tho secret.
Its influence is so great,
Our intuitions follow Us
And work becomes defeat.
Strong its power 10 overcome.
No subtle fear can harm
Our lives. to be its precepts
Courageous, clear. and calm.
True service be our influence
Which guards itself each day.
That we may give some help 10 all.
And serve for good Away.
EMMA HUGHES.
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In;erwOven with DeE.tnY.

fiuence has been interviewer with the des-
tiny of nations How necessary. then. is
it that We mothers who are responsible
for the moldlng OF character. rear our
daughters in a manner 20 make noble
wives and mothers.
The poet truly says: The hand that
rocks the cradle is the hand that rules
the world
Talmage says: "A woman is a creature
direct from God. a sacred and delicate
gift. with AFFECTIONS so vast that nothing
but the measuring line OF the Infinite God
will tell her bounds"
ABIGAIL. THOMPSON ROWE
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There is not a thing in Heaven or
earth that has a feathers weight OF
worth without a woman in it,"
Aside from this. is it not true that too
little IS said of the influence of woman?
Are not many noble deeds attributed 10
other sources when in reality they come
directly from the softening influence OF
good mother2 One has only to look about
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Sparkling and Pure.

The influence of woman will ever be
like the diamond of the desert" spark
ling and pure. whether surrounded by the
sands of desOlation. forgotten and I'M
known. or pouring its refreshing streams
through every avenue Of the social and
moral fabric.
Though she may not teach from the
portico and thunder from the forum, in
her secret retirements she forms and
send out the sages that govern and reno
vate the world.
Though she may not grid herself for
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-02
For Good or Evil.

Every woman, however humble her sta
ton In life may be. exercises some infu-
ence for good or evil on those around her
We know that good women and great
have been since the beginning of the
world, and to them We owe the best OF
what we are and the best OF what we
have
We know. also. that every good woman
possesses in some measure the power to
make things purer and better for every
one with whom she comes in contact. The
influence OF good women, therefore. is
inestimable. Mis-. A r /FITZGFRALD.
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INCENTIVE OF DEEDS.

A u'Omnn's at the bottom, true,
OF much of wrong a man can doB
The motive, oft, OF sin and crime,
of wasted talents, squandered
time.
womnn's at the bottom, too,
OF most the good a man can dos
Incentive. she of noble deeds,
Embodiment Of ali his needs.
She strengthens him where he
Is weak,
She bids him name aud honor
seeki
Ambition spurs and points the
way
To sun-kIssed heights OF fnme
for aye.
Or be his lot lONly one,
With talents few and little done,
She fills his narrow life with
cheer,
And stliis through Iatiures holds
him dear.
Then shOnId not she, whose life
inspires
The heart Of man with great de-
sires
And noble aims, receive her due
OF loyal praise and homage trues
NJ. L. HANLON.
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womanIy Influence.

When We have grown up and our dear
childhood days have forever gone. the
days when We romped through shady
lanes. across ripening fields OF summer,
through fruitful orchards. and down 70
the cool stream OF pacidly flowing water.
on q real hot summers day for a good
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HONORABLE MENTION.
Some Rare Spirits.

do not know where she was born. nor
when; nor can I picture single incident
in the beautiful life previous 10 the day
in midsprlng when I first came within
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-02

that strength. and strengthens where he
is weak. deyoutly thankful she is q
woman. Mrs c. Z. MCLAUGHLIN.
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With many thanks for your fine CO.
operation which has made such an In
spring page as this possible. with best
wishes 10 all of you for a happy and
peaceful Sunday. I am.
Gratefully yours.
THE OPTIAIIsT
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A PRIZE WINNER.

IL is related of Franklin that
from the window of his Office in
Philadelphia he noticed a mechanic,
among number of others, at
work ON a house which wns being
erected close by, who appeared 90
be in a merry humOr. and who had
"A kind and cheerful smIle for every
one he met. Let the day be ever 80
cold. gloomy, or sunless, the happy
smiles danced like Sunbeams on his
cheerful cOuntennnce. Meeting him
one day, Franklin requested TO
know the secret of his constant
happy flow of spirits. Its no
secret, dOctors'' said he, 'I've got
one OF the best of wives. When 1
go 10 work she always gives me n
kind word of encOuFa cement and
blessing with her parting kiss, and
when L go home she il sure go meet
me with smile and kiss OF wei
come, and tea is sure TO be ready,
and, as-w chat in the evening,
find that she has been doing so
many little things through the day
to please me that | cannot find it
in my heart to speak an unkind
word or give an unkind look TO
anybody"
And Franklin adds; What an
Influence, then, hath woman over
the heart of man. TO soften il and
make IL the fountain OF good and
pure emotions. Speak gently, then;
happy smile and a kind word of
greeting after the tolls of the day
are over cost nothing, and go far
toward making home peaceful and
happy"
1 think the following verse has
the whole story inca nutsheni
"They talk about a NvOman's sphere
as though il had a limit;
There's not "A place in earth or
heaven,
There's not a task 10 mankind
given,
There's not a blessing or a woe.
There's not a whispered yes or no,
There's not a life, or death, or
birth,
That has "A feathers weight of
worth
Without a woman in IT,"
Mrs. w. Il. HALLEC<.
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High-sonIed Mother.

Women have always eXerted a powerful
influence for good or evil upon the des-
TIMES OF nations, as well as upon the
lives OF individuals.
One Of the most sublime acts Of heroism
was performed by a woman.
When Paetus, governor OF a Roman
province, was condemned 10 die by his
own hand, he falteTed. His wife, ARIA.
seized the dagger and thrust il into her
own breast, exclaiming. 1T does not
hurt, oh Paetus" Napoleon said. The
future destiny OF the child is the work
OF the mother" The truth OF the state
ment is proven by the autOb.ographies OF
truly great men. There has always been
q high-souled mother, whose influence has
permeated them. MARY I. RATES
A pious mothers influence, destitute, for
aught we know. OF great talents or learn
ing, one who would bear. perhaps, the
description OF "Cowper's Cottager." one
who. in the language of hts verse,
Just knows, and knows no more. her
Bible true:
A truth the brilliant skeptic knew.
ana that chaIter heed' with sparkling
eyes.
Her title TO mansions in the skies"
A mothers influence lives long after
she has passed away from earth to
heaven.
Memory recalled her image when she
whispered in cur ear the Scriptures and
hymns. when she taught to kneel and
clasp our little hands and say:
Our Father who art in Heaven,
Lead US not into temptation"
Miss STRAUGHAN.
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A PRIZE MINER

"A AhtLEs WIN NEh-
Love took up the harp of life. and
smOte on all the chords with
might;
Smote the chord of self, that tremb-
ling, passed In music out Of
stght.-fennysOn.
To eXhale harmony, 10 make life
some grand sweet song" to work
that deeds, words, and thoughts
compose the exquisite symphony
known as wOmHn's influence fer
good, Is 10 let love dominate the
instrument, and 3self mass In
music ont of sight"
To charm the wanderer. not as
the siren. but as one who sings
OF "iiome, sweet hOme,7 II to send
forth Into the night the call IN
The hearthstone-the song TINT
REACHES the heart"
She who Vibrates such glorious
music, has caught from the angels
the keynote OF the harmony chant-
ed around the Great White ThPone.
and when she, too, has Joined the
choir triumphant, nothing syveeter
or truer could he said az her, than
"Wken she had passed. IT seemed
like the ceasiBg of exquisite
music. "-LOngfellO
Mrs. III. II. HoLLIFIELD.
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Members of the Washington Herald OPP
to-day; one full OF high thoughts and
beautiful inspiration. Indeed. the subject
is one that might we'll call forth the best
that was in US. for what In all tho world
is so powerful as the influence of woman
kind am with Macaulay when he says:
The most beautiful object In the world. 1t
VIII be allowed Is beautiful woman. But who
that can analyze his feelings Is not sensible that
she owes her fascination lesS to gTaee q out
line and delcaey q color than 10 thousand
associations which often unperceiyed by our
selves connect these qualities With the source
Of our existence. with the nourishment OF our
infancy. with the passions Of oar youth, with
the hopes Of our age-with elegance. with VI
yaeity. with tenderness. with the strongest Of
natural instincts, with the dearest Of social
ties.
AS George William Curtis said. 1.-THE
test of civilization is tho estimate of
woman" where men are noblest it Is
because they have held woman In rever-
ence, have allowed her divine influence. 10
sweeten their lives. her tender grace to
guide their conduct
There is no jewel In the world so val
liable as a ehaste and virtuous woman, "
wrote Cervantes in Don Quixote," and
that is true
In the heart Of every true man there is
enshrined the jewel Of a woman's love, a
woman's influence, The stories of life
may have been bitter. the battle hard.
but poor. indeed. is he who cannot look
back across the vista OF the years and
conjure up the happy memory OF that
sweet-faced mother whose tender bosom
was a haven from all Ill; whose knees
were the shrine at which We knelt 10 see
our sorrows pass away.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-02

Just imagine a woman losing a noble,
loving husband. and then her boy. and
the husband being sick a long time-the
mortgaged home went. too.
All she had left was a sweet little girl
TO educate. feed, and love. After this
grief no wonder the mother felt III. but
she did not lose faith in God. As soon
as she was able she started In teaching
music.
IN a few years the daughter showed
talent in music. and the mother managed
to send the daughter abroad for two years
to complete her music Can a mother
imagine allowing her only child young
stranger in a foreign country? But no
woman ever trusted God more completely
than this poor widow. She Is a true Opu-
mist and, mothers, don't stand IN the
way of your childTen's success just 10
crafty your own feelings
Mn THOMAS K O'RRIEN
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Rank of Women.

If we wish to know the political and
moral condition of State. we must ask
what rank women hold in il.
Their influence embraces the whole of
life. A wife, A mother! Two magical
words. comprising the sweetest source of
mans felicity.
Theirs is, the reign of beauty. of love,
of reason-always a reign! A man takes
counsel with his wife, he obeys his
mothev; he obeys her after she has ceased
to live; and the ideas which he has re-
ceived from her become principles strong
er even than his passions.
LAURA V ALLEN
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Not Unlike the SIM.

Ones influence Is not unlike the sun.
Or moon. or star. or satellite;
II shines forth brilliantly on other lives
Like as the sphere that's filled ,wits
light.
All good deeds done send forth an In
fuence
That shines throughout succeeding
years;
Dispelllng darkness. lighting up the ways
That lead TO happiness-not tears.
The greatest power to-day for doing good.
Or e'er has been by natures gift.
Is found in woman's art of raising-man
Out Of the stream of worldly drift.
With sword and gun man fights his bat
ties bold.
And conquers or falls in defeat;
While woman triumphs by mere force of
right
Her vanqulshed woes fall in retreat.
THE hand that rocks the cradle rules the
world"
But not with cannon. sword. and might;
Woman, whose life's as brilliant as the
sun.
Rules in her sphere with love and light.
VICTOR P. HAMMER
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Woman's influence is stupendous. It Is
the pivot on which the wheel Of the uni
verse revolves. II began TO hold sway
over weaker man in the Garden of Eden,
and will continue TO the end of time
President Taft has said that he is not
President of the United States. but that
Mrs. Taft Is really the one who is at the
head OF affairs. And I believe he spoke
the truth, for every husband Is either
consciously or unconsciously nodded 10
the ideas Of right and wrong Of his bet
ter half" And whether he becomes Pres
ident of the United States or robs a bank
is due to a greater or less extent TO the
influence OF his wife.
Not every man is magnanimous enoug .
to give his wife the credit OF his sue
cesses, but the present ruler of our land
is magnanimous enough for any good
thing.
Back Of the wife's influence and first of
all is the mother. and then the teacher
and sister. all these influences counting
for good or evil, just as they are exerted
A great effort should be made by all
good women, not only 70 influence men TO
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4 Delicate Gift.

Woman. Direct from God. a sacred
and delicate gift, with affections so great
that no measuring line short of that of
the infinite God can tell their bound.
Fashioned TO refine and soothe and lift
and irradiate home and society and the
world. OF such value and influence that
no one can appreciate 1t unless his mother
lived long enough to let him understand
II, or who, in some great crisis OF life.
when all else failed him, had a wife 10
re-enforce him with a faith in God that
nothing could disturb. Speak out. ye
cradles, and tell of the feet that rocked
you. and the anxious faces that lowered
Ger youi Speak out ye nurseries of all
Christiandom. and ye homes. whether
desolate or still in full bloom. with the
faces of wife. mother. and daughter. and
help define what woman is.
Mrs. F. l. BARRINGER.
The ideal which the wife and mother
makes for herself. the manner in which
she understands duty and life, contain
the fate OF the community. Her faith be-
comes the star OF the conjugal ship. and
her love the animating principle that
fashions the future of all belonging TO
her Woman is the salvation OF destruc-
ton OF the family. She carries its desti-
MES in the folds of her mantle.-Amiel
NJ. H. SHAW.
Womans influence is great because of
her own strong faith in all that is noblest
and best From the height she has her
self attained she is able to stretch forth
a helping hand to those who art climbing
the steep ascent ALICE MCFARLAND.
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Holds Key OF souI.

A woman's influence is mighty. for. as
William Wallace quotes. The hand that
rocks the cradle rules the world" The
mother in her Office holds the key 10 the
soul: and she itSts who stamps the coin
OF character and makes the being. who
would be savage but for her gentle care.
a Christian man.
II is the woman who promotes charities,
plans educational improvements. She is
to-day the most influential factor in the
different uplifting interest Of the South.
in the home, the church, in the lighter
industries. and in literature and art and
journalism. 2 NJ CIOPzRACH
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For the symposium for next Sunday
the subject as announced on Wednesday.
will be THE Power of Influence" as /
wrote in the announcement last Wednes-
day.
The question in this discussion
VIII be to many of the members
personal one. l trust IL viii lead
many of as 10 ask; What IN the
power of the influence 1 wields 1T
does not at all matter in what walk
of life we are placed, there II nos
one OF us that does not influence
those about us. by word or thought
or deed we have some effect upon
the lives of others. IL mny not be
appreciablei We may never know
iti many never realize how much or
how deeply what we do or say In
nuences others, but that we do so
is as certain as that we Hre alive.
I'm part Of all that have met.
said TennysOn. If that was true
about him. IL 10 not true of all of
Hsf We are parts of ali that we
have met and others who meet as
take part OF US.
No life
Can be pure in its purpose and strong in its
strife.
And an LIE not be stronger and purer
thereby.
If we realize that truth then.
we can realize the importance of
the subject l have given out for
our next discussion. IL ought 10
call forth high thoughts, and aid
as all TO strong resolutions and
optimistic thoughts.
The two prize winners this week are
Mrs. H, B. Holliheld. S04 Hammond court.
and Mrs F. W. Halleck. 635 Maryland
avenue northeast. Their contributions will
be found below. and I hope you will all
agree with me that they are deserving of
the prizes. though with so much material
TO choose from it was indeed difficult
task TO pick out any two and call them
the best
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bloody conflict nor sound the trumpet OF
war. she enwraps herself in panopy of
heavsp and sends the thrill Of benevolence
through a thousand youthful hearts.
Though she may not enter the list in
legal collision. nor sharpen her intellect
amid the passions and conflicts of men,
she teaches the law of kindness. and
bushes up the discords of conflicts of life.
Though she may not be clothed as an
ambassador OF heaven. nor the minister
at the altar of God. as a 81 ret angel or
mercy she teaches His viii. Woman is
the alpha and omega Of this life In the
words of Segur. she sustains and nourS
ishes u.s. her hands direct our earliest
steps; her gentle voice teaches us TO lisp
our first impression she wipes away the
first tears we shetland soothes the bed
of death. TALLULAH deS. SMITH.
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Woman.

LOUIS vARNUM woULFE.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-02-08

There is in the constellation Fcga
sus a little variable star that may rea-
sonably be said to wink Two or three
times in the course of a single N.ght
this curious star can be seen to rale
and then to brighten like a signal light
For about 81 hours il becomes faintel
and fainter: then comes change, and
at the end of , 81 hours more 1t is as
bright as at the beginning. Upfortu.
nately, it can be seen only with tele
scope. Yet it ranks as a sun.-Har
per's Weekly.
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MAXIM BEGAN
WITH STRUGGLE

Very significant facts which point to
a boyhood OF pathetic struggle are those
which Hiram Maxim gives about ms
early career. He was 9 years Of age
before he could read or write and he
was ID before he had pair OF shoes
on his feet. When 1t is remembered
that these early days were passed III
Maine. where the winter climate is
rigorous. one has a modern instance OF
the survival of the fttest. Scarcely
fifteen years after the requirement OF
the first pair Of shoes the young man
was offering samples of smokeless pow
der to his government.
The first money he earned was by
teaching a school the bad boys Of which
had whipped their previous teachers.
When Maxim applied for the post the
trustees passed ms claim to knowledge
in the three K s, but asked him:
''Can you wrestle!
When the answer was In the athrma-
tive they engaged him, and their choice
turned out happily. There were not
any boys big enough or bad enough to
throw out of job youth who needed
the wages SO badly as Maxim did. tie
started in to teach himself along with
the other scholars, for he says:
Il had ideas in my head, and in order
to give birth to them | felt deeply the
necessity of education and discipline. -
From Maine to Massachusetts and
from the school desk to the printer S
form At Pittsfeld, in 1883, he was
printing and publishing subscription
books. At this time, though, he felt
like a round peg in a square hole; he
had bent toward the mechanical ser
vices, and he read, experimental and at
tended lectures, 50 that in two or three
years he had patented several inven-
lions along the line of ordnance and eX-
plosives He was the first maker Of
smok eless powder in this country and
the first to submit samples to our gov
eminent for trial.
Eight years ago he sold to the United
States the formula of maXimite. which
was the first high explosive to be fired
through heavy armor plate. Stabilize,
smok eless powder. and motonite. a
new self conclusive material. followed
The boy VINO wouldn t be thrown out of
a Job grew into the man who adds to
his other capacities the genius OF YER
satilitv. He has been able to retain
pre-eminence among changing condi-
tions-BOston HeralG.
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GERMANS PLANTING
FORESTS in CHINA

In considering the progress of the al
most world wide movement for protec
ton of forests. an interesting review
has Just been made of the work in
China-a country which is so often
cited as an example of the evil effects
Of deforestation.
In portion Of the Celestial Kingdom
earnest efforts are now being made to
re-establish a forest cover by planting
Consul Wilbur T. 'Gracey of Tsingtau
China, reports that the Germans in that
region are making successful attempts
at reforestation. The success of the
work was practically assured at the
start. for to Germany is given the credit
for having the highest developed sys-
TEN of forestry. and it was natural to
expect that the long experience in for
est work in the FatherIand would les
son preliminary experimentation and
hasten progress IN China.
When Tsingtau was occupied by the
Germans about eleven years ago the
hills were found bare and barren. with
only sporadic growth of scrub pine
and weeds. Plans for reforestation
were at once made. and about 800
acres have already been planted. About
half Of this is planted in acacias, the
balance in pine, larcb. walnut. oak. ash.
n mi ND ali - Il hos