The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11

hope and his inspiration 10 strive and
win All aspirations sink into oblivion
when in juxtaposition with woman's love.
The beauty of life is within her; yea,
woman fair TO see, beautiful in spirit,
with finely drawn affections, holds the
world at Will
CHARLES ALBERT BREwToN.
II was my privilege TO know a woman
who through long years of privation con-
Quoted Il small business and brought a
family of four safely through the matur-
ing years. With little knowledge OF
the schools, she walked among men
versed both In the school Of life and
business. asking naught but fair play
mot always receiving it,, without losing
any OF her Womanhood These men
would stop to greet her as A comrade on
her daily rounds and TO grasp her warm
1 ~ by the hand with a cOrdiality that
was good to see.
/ Her first thought always was for 9th
ers Her greatest satisfaction was 20 de-
prive herself Of all except the bare ne
| cessities-food and clothing Of the sim
| plest character - that those dependent
upon her wonderful, never-failing energy
might live and have a few OF the little
pleasures that seemed so lacking in her
| life.
During all those early years her task
must have seemed herculean, If not as
! hopeless. TO the onlooker as Dame Par
! tingtons attempt TO rescue her home
! from the Atlantic with her mop. Yet her
| face never lost its glow over the hazards
OF life, but was ever squared with an in
describable strength OF purpose TO the
| problem before her. Those problems she
met each day practically alone and van
quished them in the spirit of that magnif-
cent saying OF Thoreans: Let us con-
graduate each other on the glorious
| morning"
She was the first to be sent for in the
neighborhood at a time Of deadly need,
the quickest 10 act. the last 10 leave.
If the thought ever occurred TO her
that fate had seemed TO treat q woman
with unmerited harshness, she made no
complaint for herself: but I have heard
her heart-brealklng comment, when she
never suspected an understanding mind
was near. as she saw that in the lives OF
/ others which even she was powerless "a
/ help. Gradually the sincerity Of her life
/ was reflected in the nobility OF her face
/ One day on the street a young woman
stranger, touched p her upon the arm
and said, 1T once had a mother who
/ looked Ike you,' then hurried rapidly
away. ''It is strange" was her only
| comment. with a wistful look that Ian
guage utterly fails TO describe II i
| pleasant to believe that she was in truth
/ the embodiment OF the universal mother
Only a few weeks back the dispatches
/ carried a message from a woman In
Canada TO the four corners Of the world
! She had not heard from her son in a
| year. Tell him If he wishes his mother
4 10 live 10 write her" il said. Men every
/ where picture il. think of it"' and
/ strange the assassin, pride, that would
destroy such love and life as this. Re
| member that no word Of reproach viii
/ ever fall from her lips. The knowledge
/ that you still live and that she may hope
/ ID see you again is all she asks and jus
/ tifes your existence 10 her, and some dag
4 you VIII be glad 10 know that you were
/ guiltless OF her death.
r. F. pEYINE
/ 1t has been said that woman is inferior
/ 10 man in general, but superior in par
1 ticular. She possesses to a great extent
/ gentleness and tender solicitude and
/ many other qualities which serve 10 dis
/ tinguish her from the opposite sex. Mer
/ seek in her not merely a comfort but 2
/ force. an inspiration, the redoubling OF
! intellectual and moral faculties Where
women are the better things are implied