The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-20
: WOMAN or A, PEDESTAL

F-~e-fA1D
She is the mother of sll living--hers
are the sacred dead.
d She is the most reteEant thing IN
nature. She is as sunshine ON O holE-
day. Balm o. Gilead, strength In weak
neBs. = =
She 10 as q full moon in harvest, .
perpetually recurring comfort and
consolation; as cold water to thirsty
soul and as the shadow Of q great
rock in O weary Iand.
She 10 q rod and staff, o friend
that sticketh closer than brother,
the eternal feminine that draws men
by single hair.
The words of her mouth are sweet
er than honey and smoother than hut
ter In q lordly dish; she is heaven
born apparation, sent 10 be an EARTH
worn ornament q help-meet given
that men may know what God in Wo-
man can bestoW. '3F '3@3 -
She Is all things to all men--Lot's
wife, Miriam with her harp, Ruth In
the cornfeld. Rebecca at the we'll, Ha-
gar In the desert, Mary at the Sepul-
chre. She is Cleopatra. Helen, Boad-
icea, Lucretia, Borgia, Florence Night
fngale. Mother Bickerdyke, Grace Dar-
ling, Jenny Geddes, Annie Laurie, Bon
ME Jean, Victoria Queen and Empress,
The Red Virgin of the Commune, EN-
incline Pankhurst. sAtHt 4t eJy
= She is Heaven and hell incafnated.
Her love Is eternal, her hate is i'm
mortal, her instinct passes the wisdom
OF men, her reason tie~wit Of sages,
her counsel is es the counsel OF pFin-
ces. - = fili -'-hs 2.
She Is fair as the moon, clear as the
sun, terrible as an army with banners.
and like dew on the gowan, iB the fa'
o her fair feet. .f5a 9i. 5nf;.
Thrones, dominions, biprinoipalities
and powers have bowed to her sway;
sh6 has crnshed empires beneath her
feet, the proudest Of the SONS of men
have craved life at her haada. szr
She Bufers long end,sts kind; shej
suffers briefly and is cruel. She enyies
not; she is f,ieiiwitil iealously. she
vaunts not herself; lHhe displays her
charms. She is not 1pufted up;,; she
cackies. She docs not behave unseen
W; abe behaves herself unbecomingiy.
She seeks not her own, abe fights TO.
the death for that which Is hers. She
thinks no evil; she. suspects the cir
cumspect. She refoiceSs not In In
iquity; she finds unction In scandal.
she rejoices In the truth; she is the
high priestess Of evasion. She bears,
all things, she believes all things. She
holes ell things; she meyer 'faiIa.
!, She Is strenuous and 'ililatory,:
strong and weak, resolute and irreso.;
lute, determine and eSacilldtiuk, cap!
nest and unearneet, vigorous and de-.
bile, ardent and cold, bold and fear-l
ful and energetic and feeble, vehement
and emasculate,
She is love and hate, affection and
hatred, attar nnient ald niislike. uotE
sion and ics, devotion siGa estiaare-
ment, benevolehce and 9jftinfEindYISs,,.
charity and enncharitable kjId.S
ness and malice. IS ~ = ssis. Fs.s
|, She is loyalty and insurgency, f,del-I
ify and sGnseeithfaiusse, alisRianea ana
trueS6ni 10h5Iienc5' anu rebellion : core,
stancy and cohstancy, truth and faI-I
aity. hfsI ~ - Tis1 :
IN the first blush iof rrSshefhood she
Ia .he envied 0f gods and aaE anke1a:
ehe ~ D thing OF divine beau az she
cuddias to her breast her flfathorn 20
DO q Christ, or o cfininhi. Judas. Or
o 5ustus, o Cassips, ar a. Caesar 81
Booth, or o Lincoln. To ba a Noses.
or Machiayelii; ) q Goliath or e IA,
Tid;6 o BnSfls .oria bibblef, Caglioo-
tro. or . Chitchton o. Shakespeare. or
. atsulragigt; q preacher or q. pandar-;
er;; a.refofmer pr9a renegade /; q man
or tnanilzin IS &. y {. b 81
Her reign 10 forever and ever. her.
IktnEdom is without beginning OF days
or iendiof nights; she is sffoti eSsf,ai;t-
Ing 10 everlasting and the same yes,
terday, today and tomorrow. ISss rs
|s She walks by faith and not by .sight
and her hand is the right hand of fes-S
|sowshtp. Nature made men when she
was an apprentice che made woman
when she was mistress Of her. hear.
She is the last and the beat of aiI cre-.
ated things and oil angels and: ali
turtes are drawn In her image. Her:
hove 10 strcnger than death, her jeal-,
ogsly cruel IS Che grave, her hate needs
no aaeea eIneass ~ her s6frnN IS
SORROWS crown. Is 5' Isl s 81 u, - &.
B Rer her defiins who ifsnfkS So in, the
battles OF peace. she weaves Rarlaftlls.
those % HelioBs for them che Is 6hii
smiles and woman -witchnfgs for her
hsroes who so forth beSsaslt els Bli, :
|ness OF war ma return. tussor breaat.
borne si,ppk many q bloddg nSseIa ,eiIs
tes tfanDi DiienFell.s a light tlSsssStnegbF.
ehane On seat,oF land 4 l,,ge...as.S So
''facss wtssss q sioTy-gaOw ftSe, gssii + q
maj, or argel lleYes ilSiesF sozSs s,tis
ias, gdia dens % hot Aarlsdnl no paEve
his lie 20 Fans0rn for naapy = spura,le
testenlez OF hlo9a red sFay. she kfss.ss
sBasn che tniAhlt @ana ts.e slIousiiirs
tha eaytsq sqIiA Aka-sh hent .rog yictery. s,sd
- hA iis barsie fr9ln her e. i,is sla8k
q syol;Ae, her heart is torn Fiitk ssisl,.
gled ennesipf,a ag 10y eus MOT Her.
row hex cry is as the efS " liscfi burst
rom the liIta ps every Tftlah asiiof
son ses soSt and g Z rSs Ioiii
{ She hfds.5ile siil into 81 world end
~ her came Also the ResurFeEsicn anlf
tha Lille. kpr her does Life 7aftSance
Es!a j. ths j IserI.iIa Aslsi sSt6ssy sssli.