Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-11

and would offend IN IA Sf&ENH |
The good woman
does not offend purposely or wantonly |
She submits to the Inconvenience and |
discomfort of tradition until she can see |
some reasonable prospect of lettering the /
race by defylng the conventions.
The comparatively good woman lives /
a harmless life. evoids wounding any one, |
and submits 10 all manner Of injustice |
at the hands of society because she dis |
likes 20 make a fuss or attract attention /
or disturb existing orders.
The positively good woman lives an |
actively good life. under the same condil |
tions. putting herself 70 great trouble 10 1
help others and trying to overcome the |
results Of Injustice without essaying to |
remove the cause
The superlatively good woman does all |
this and more She attends to the near
est duty first-relieves distress and be-
stcws sympathy, but she is brave enough
to attempt an attack on established
ktEaditions when they stand in the way
of the progress of the human race, even
though the attacks bring suffering and
pain upon herself. Mary Livermore, Julia
Ward Howe, Victoria woodruff. Lucretis
Mott. Susan b. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and all superlatively good
women. Refined. sensitive and beautiful
souls. they suffered from the brutality
and ignorance OF the world when they
gave their lives to the destruction of
moss-Srown traditions which had become
breeders Of pestilence. and undertook the
construction OF the great, broad edifce
where women dwells today
\ The merely good woman does no evil
She keeps the Commandments, and is
happy in being harmless.
The better woman does mo evil and
strives also to do good where it comes in
her way
The best woman does no evil. does
much good and goes out of her way TO
inspire and encourage those who have
been doing wrong to new aspirations and
endeavors
The good woman never speaks III of the
absent. sshe is sslsht sri,en- others con-
denim. Eagc.f a. 9;s ~
The better wefnap speaks well OF the
absent when tits possible TO do so.
The best woinan defends the absent,
even al the risk of attending those per-
sons who are prone to condemn.
The good woman is satisfied with being
good
The best womans is continually at
work upon her character to make IL bet
ter
The reilly good woman is \ good daugh-
ter, sister, vic. mother and friend She
may be simple humble, uneducated and
poor yet IL she fulfills her duty in all
these relations she is the hest of women,
for they Invariably calls forth the high
est qualities Of the human nature, and
often demand self-deniai, self-sacrifice
3 and self-cpntral
There are ehaste scandalmongers who
were neighborhood observation-disclosures
characters with their adder togues.
Z There are models OF virtue who are
II reckless spendthrifts, wasting hard
Nearned money in needless ways.
! The good women knows how to curb
her temper. how to be charitable in
speech. how TO economize her expendi-
lures.
II requires courage. self control and
unseltlshness for a woman to practice
common sense economy when surrounded
by extravaganza and folly. In the heart
of fashionable society some such good
women may be found.
1t requires the same virtues and faith
I and trust in Gods wisdom added for a
woman to be cheerful. kind and patient
while her heart is starved all her life
for the refinements and pleasures of ex-
istence: yet many such women are to be
found in homes of poverty-good women,
who rejoice In the success and happiness
of others while fated to live a life Of hard
work and loneliness from the cradle 70
the grave. In shops. factories and kitch-
ems. there are good women doing distaste.
full work patiently. and cheefuly using
their earnings for others dependent upon
them.
There are good women who stand by
bad husbands. because they believe II
their duty and because they hope for
ultimate reformation.
There are good women who leave bad
husbands because they realize that self
respect. or the salvation of their children
demands II.
Any woman who lives up TO her highes
understanding Of duty Is a good woman
no matter how others may differ in theii
ideas OF what constitutes duty.
The girl who gives up her. ambition
for an education in order TO remain a
home and care for aging parents is
good girl, but another may prove a bet
ter girl who pushes ahead and secure,
her education in order that she can Civ,
her parents a more desirable HON,
eventually.
The highest unselfishness must some
times suffer from the misconstructiol
of the world. which regards it as sci
fishness.
We are all little better or iittl,
worse than we were last year this time
little stronger or a little weaker; a 1t
\ tie wiser or a little duller.
There is no such thing as remaining
stationary. The world turns on Its axis
the sun, stars, planets. all revolve. Eevel
The rocks arc composed of millions 0
ever hoving atoms. So the mind of tn
mortal Is always doing its work AM
making or pnmaking the character
Il is for you to decide as you analyz
your own lif. whether you are a goo
Y woman or not, whether you are as goo
as you know how TO be, and Vhethe
\ sou are better this year than you wer
last.