The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-28
TIN GLonY OF MnMNNmoop.


Thcro arc plnnaclos OF fame in llfo where tho
few who gain thcm appear as rl4ritcd bclnra.
There tho gun OF distinction constantly shines.
It Is ihcso high points thnt bccllon mon and
women on. ever ON. Here 10 is that ambition
realizes it7 hope and receives iis reward. It IL
not unfortunate that only fcw con attain
thcsc high points for n thcrc were many such
places would become common and thcr dis
uncuon lost
There II. however. nm office reserved for
womanbind which she has but 20 enter upon
naturally and in conformity with tho high pur-
pose Of Deity in order to become tho most
glorifled and exalted Of bongs, That Is tho
orlce Of wfchood which in the nature ot things
rrcsupposcs motherhood.
Napoleon nt Austorlitz. nor washington nj
valley Forge, nor Cromwell nor Hannibal nor
any other OF the worlds great soldiers, appear
moro heroic than n wife battling for the llfo
and honor OF her husband. lilo may be, and
not infrequently ls lost to all sense OF the honor
she bestows upon him. lie may he, and often Is,
beyond tho defense Of Justice. hut In tho
yicarlous atoncment she offcrs Shc inevitably
rnflects for the moment tho divine origin which
makes all mon kin.
Mrs Len Small wife Of the governor Of III.
crlng clouds OF calumny and intrigue. ehouts
firmly to tho listening world hor faith In her
liege lord; and In so doing almost lays tho wind
of vicious scandal and greon-cycd suspicion. ns
no who walked tho Sea OF Gallilco 1000 years
ago stillcd the tempest by his Peace. be stlll.'
IT is passing strange that womanhood should
wake tho raucous echoes OF the political world
by her vulgar demand for recognition; that she
nhdiratp he m Clttprlnr thrOue
set up and deliberately descend into tho valley
az evil things; that she should rellnqush the
baton Of n field marshal for the knapsack OF n
private In tho field; or that she should barter
her imperial power for command In order that
she may become mere petitioner.
As tho undsputed sovereign of mans highest
estate, homo, woman---ln her dual office OF
wife and mother, exerts n vastly greater influ-
ence for good than can ever come from her or
TO her as n political factor. There Ia n vision.
common to men of all nationalitles. crceds and
color. 1t is q woman regning In his homo,
whether that homo of his dreams be hut or
hovel, with n babe--flosh of his flesh bone OF
his bone--at her breast That vision has
awakened ambition, impellod mon to herolsm
established empires and rocked dcspots on their
thrones: It has steelod mon to conquer the vlcis-
sltudes OF outrageous fortune, face the foe with
a song on their lips and plunge into the dan
gers OF uncharted regions. That vision has con-
atructed governments in tho first place main
tained them Mt the cost of blood and sacrifice
In the second; It marks tho difference between
man and brute, and affords man tho only posi-
tive glimpse OF immortality human eyes can
ever know.
For regardless of whether or not man Is i'm
mortal in the sense that ho shall live again:
he Is unquestonably immortal in that he IL
transmitted on and on, even throughout otorn-
fly, through posterity. And to woman Ia granted
the sublime privilege OF acting tho divine role
in this transmutation. thus hers is vcrtnbie
Cody office and her greatest glory and mis-
sion Is TO execute that office faithfully,