Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-16
women LAUDED
BY 1H0S. HALL
Secretary of State Pays Tribute to
the Pioneer Women in His
Address.

ihC WHICH, lcdSuc VI UllueIW OOu
last night gave a banquet in honor
of the Mclean county legislative del
egation, at Underwood. On the pro.
gram We're: J . e: Williams, r. IL
Frazer, A. r. Yeager, Fl. r. Freitag,
G. w. McGray, F. C. Vogel, Simon
Jahr and Hon. Thomas Hall, secre.
tary Of state.
The committee on arrangements
consisted of Mesdames j. r. Hogue,
krist kjelstrup and A. III. Yeager. A
number OF musical selections were
given and it was a very enjoyable al.
fair.
Mr.. Halls subject was, The
; Pioneer Woman" and a part of
his tribute to the women who helped
build this state vas as follows:
MANY tales are told of the hard.
ships endured By the women, but not
much is written. From our own ex.
p%eriences we know that the mother
took a more active part in the devel-
opment aid the upbringing of her
family than the father did and some
of the stories of early experiences
carry a glimmer of humor for us now,
but at that time were serious enough,
but picture the conditions of those
times very wildly.
when the father, either by death
or disability was unable to labor.
these women took up the burden of
the provider where the husband laid
it down; with little money, not much
property, scant crops and very often
no credit at the village store. but all
the time fired by an unfailing zeal and
desire to maintain the family home,
filled with the hope and faith of their
own ability to make good" Don't
tell pioneer mel of the wonderful en-
ploits of the soldier or the proves
and feats of men in the same breath
when you tell them the story of the
pioneer women. When we consider
the silent history Of wonderful BRAY.
cry and stick-to-it-iveness written in
to the faces and lives of these pio-
neer women in the families and il
the homes they have maintained. no
work of man can compare with it.
Women Rarely Mentioned. s
Our histories, state as we'll as ma
tional, do not give nearly as much
mention of the real work of the p;o-
neer woman as they should, in fact.
the women are rarely mentioned. We
boast of our hospitality, our educa-
ton, religious advancement and our
attai1ments and the intelligence and
hospitality of Il people, but in our
histories we speak mostly OF the
work done by men. Is it not the in
tuence of the wome1 that brings
about u culture, gives us rank as to
education, u prominence among
the states and our boosted spirit of
hospitality? Is it not the Influence
OF the women that makes it all?
When the traveller enters the home
of a family, it is the reception given
him by the woman of the house tld'
makes him feel whether he is wei.
come or not; it is her general de.
meanor that reflects the. hospitality
and good will of the family and if
she is silent and aEtbit morose one
does not feel like prolonging his stay.
Il have in mind many good women
who came to the state and endured
every imaginable hardship, raised
large families, and raised them well,
too, and have taken part in every
thing aimed to be for the best good
of the people; who were not educat,
ed in a book-learning way, but were
endowed with a goodly amount OF
common sense, the motherly instinct.
and hearts FOUL Of charity for all.
1t is to the credit Of these women
that North Dakota has such" a fine
citizenship. tl4y Eea.su
Welded Great Influence.
"T]le pioneer woman welded "a
great influence in the commuIily;
she was the doctor and nurse. the
preacher and the teacher. as well as
being more than one-half the pro
WIDER for the family. . L came to the
state in 'S3 with my parents, and j
remember distinctly how the wome2
worked, and toiled, d aid with what.
bravery they entered into the work
of subduing the wilderness and what
energy they showed in building up
the educational, religious and social
life of the communities in, which
they lived, and the hardships they en-
dured. In those days farmers lived
miles apart. People who lived u
miles away were considered neigh
bors. Not many had. horses; oven
and lumber wagons were used as
conveyalces, and the good house
wife, when she started out to visit
iher n%eighbors, usually put In old
rocking chair into the wagon, and
carried her knitting and sewing
along, SO as to make use Of the time
during the tedious journey"