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

OF sympathy, the source OF real human
unity, and their highest happiness Is
reached when they have the full con-
seriousness OF their vocation and are free
to follow it. II is the admirable feature OF
Their social mission that il invites them TO
cultivate qualities which are natural TO
them. to call into exercise emotions
which all allow TO be the most pieasur-
able
There are some chords that wonan's
voice can touch and none others can.
The tenderest hymn in the English Ian
guage. and pure in tone as tender IN
| feeling, was written by a woman Near
er. My God, to Thee" The devotion of
love has never been expressed IN our
tongue as by Mrs. Browning in the Por-
tuguese sonnets.
The influence for good left by Florence
(, Nightingale. so recently deceased VIII
forever stand as a living monument 10
one OF Gods noblest women, whose whole
life work was loving, sympathetic care
d, for suffering humanity. r. r. soNEN.
from the all that are took some
thing good
To make a perfect woman.
Winters Tale.
+ a well-bred woman. although less than
an angel, is the legitimate depository of
the nobiest traditions and most honored
customs of the best society relating to
all its intricate personal methods. Per-
haps it would be considered not eStrava-
gantly fanciful 10 say that. Ike planet.
she has an atmosphere of her own
! which must be taken into our reckoning
when we would measure her or know
her true relations with those 10 whom
let,r .k
wolves. Her gracious optimism might
rank as a social virtue In her dress she
never leans to excess in form, color, or
| ornament, nor is she coarse or plain
where richness and variety are suitable.
Although full OF sympathy, affection, and
melting charity yet with a conservative
| eye she sees broadly all things in har-
| monious proportions, however obscure OF
| conflicting may be their immediate rela-
tons To her understanding order Is
| heavens first law" With this key she
unloclCs the secrets OF Gods providence
and reconciles many apparent inequali-
ties that meet the eye in this visible
world. She is never pulled up with SUI
pereilious pride or self-conceit; neither
can the assertion OF superiority in another
/ humiliate her. Standing upon her own
! pedestal. with envy and jealousy be-
meath her feet invidiOus rivalry sinks
away abashed By her exquisite dignity
| OF bearing. her sweetness Of temper her
| calm suavity, her sunny cheerfulness.
her cordial affability. her radiant and
| artless grace.
LAWRENCE \. WIDMAYER.
1t is the sgoman who teaches her boy
IN love and 10 pray; teaches him TO hope
and 10 believe. and il ne ever gets TO the
end Of the narrow way, where the little
wicket stands, and hears the bolts drawn
back and sees the golden light from the
happy land shiring through, whom shall
he thank and bless but her who first
taught him the password and gave him
the key? Perhaps she will be the first to
bid him welcome on the other side-his
| mother.
Woman was put in this world to cast
light on mans dark days.
The greatest power in woman is good
disposition. II is the leaves, buds. and
blossoms. the fragrance and sweetness
with which woman clothes her life.
In no other way can a woman make
| herself so useful in this world as by en-
deavoring 20 preserve her own health and
the health OF those she loves.
Woman. What would man have? The
right face opposite him every morning at
breakfast: the right voice asking. rs
the steak cooked to your liking. honey2"
the right smile shining to gladden. and
soften him for the whole day.
A man gives his all willingly enough
for the Venus anadyomene, and IL GER
tainly is too bad that some fine morning
he may wake up immeasurably Disguised
10 ind he has but a plaster OF Paris cast
a lovely woman is d factor in the
worlds progress without being asseriye
"She looketh well 10 the ways Of her
household" Without artifice she wins
the love Of those who know her best. and
she adjusts herself with grace to the
sphere in which God sees Mt TO place
her.
The fercest struggles, the nOblest in
stances OF fOrtitude. the boldest acts OF
courage on record, have been surpassed
by woman, often when none has been
present to witness and over which each
path draws an impeneuable veil.
think God is often nearer pcHr Hager
in the wilderness than hooking Sarah,
smiling at the tent door. surrounded by
all the profusiOn of the patriarch 5
wealth. Think Of that desolate one as
she sat down on the barren sand, a bit
of from her child that she might not see