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Pleasant Fields of Holy Writ
Save for my daily range
Among the pleasant fields of Holy Writ,
I might despair.
—TENNYSON.
Commentary ©n the International Sunday-School Lesson
Second Quarter. Lesson m. Luke 7:1-17. April 15, 1906.
JESUS’ POWER OVER DISEASE
AMD DEATH.
HERE lay Capernaum, pro
jecting into the blue
depths of Tiberias, its ba
salt-built houses standing
in relief against a deep-
gneen background. Its
qmays fringed with ship
ping. What a huiH»of art
and traffic! What greed
of (power, gain and pleas
ure! Religion? There
ana's none, save that of
phylacteries and fringes—
an ecclesiastlciam fast
soring grip upon its own, and falling In
any respect of foreigners. • • • But
Jn this night loif irreUgion, in this most
unexpected place, a oercus of faith bursts
In radiant bloom. In the garrison, a
proverb of dissipation; in the command
er’s quarters, ohanavtcrnized by imperial
hauteur, Is found 1 a humane, humble, be
nevolent, believing soul, the moral
(beaiurtjy of which causes an ejaculation
of surprise and adminaitlon from Jesus'
Hips. * * • The pdous spirit of the cen
turion is feeling after God, If haiply he
may find Hiimii. He Is ready to discard
lliis own worn-ohrt religion for ia better
Caith. He overcomes that strongest of
passion, the racial prejudice. He is
ready to sit down wiith these liook-nosed.
oily-skinned Jews, and' scan their musty
s< rolls. If only there He may find the
way of life. Increasing wealth has not
made a. niggard of him. He builds these
serfs of bis emperor a synagogue, the
chiseled, marbles of which, lately un-
irovered, prove it one of the most beau
tiful and costly ever erected. Trained
in the oruel school of war. yet he cannot
soe his slave suffer without compunc
tion.
So far is he above the Roman spirit
•which esteems a slave rather than a
man. * * * He displays a remarkable
appreciation of 1 character of Jesus,
lie is not offended at his humble origin,
lie makes no disparaging allusion to
Nazareth. He believes the Master's
power may have an extra-Israelltish dis
play; can be exercised even upon a'
h'-athep’s drudge. Overwhelmed with a
consciousness of unworthiness, he pre
fers his request by proxy, no* in person, i
Seeing the Master approach, he sends j
another deputation to Him in haste.
.Aware of the Hebrew ideas of ceramo- I
nial pollution, he will not expose the j
rabbi to such danger by a’sking him to
enter a gentile home, especially as there
Is no need. Jesus, too. is an imperial
commander. At His order disease will j
depart and health will come. No won- j
dor Jesus panegyrizes such faith. He j
hastens to emba’im it in His praise. He
scene changes from the city lifted to
heaven in privilege to a hamlet never
mentioned before or afterward In Holy
Writ. At sundown Jesus climbs the
flinty path toward that rustic village in
which death is celebrating an unusual
victory A youth, manly and noble, sole
support of a widowed mother. Is being
carried to his tomb. Lamentations in
this instance are not perfunctory. Fur
niture is overturned in token of desola
tion. Rocky shelf in tomb ia ready.
Funeral director invites stray travelers
to join procession. Women are in van
“because first in transgression.” Pierc
ing cries to accompaniment of shrill file
and clanging cymbal rise. A voice eulo
gizes the dead. In wicker bier, carried
on shoulders of pallbearers, lies the body
wrapped in linen bands and the "’nkin
covers its fswe. * * * Life and tt-h
meet in that highway. “Weep not. a.re
Jesus' first words. His next reveal His
power to assuage grief. “Young man,
arise!" All gruesome features are re
moved by the natural voice of the dead
who is alive again.
THE TEACHER’S LANTERN.
The centurion’s heart was good ground.
He was above prejudice. Open to con
viction. evidence had full weight with
him. So far as he knew-, Jesus had never
declined an application. The encouraged
him, though not of the favored race to
make his appeal. Would that the same
Ingenuous mind were in all! • * *
There Is no reservoir of healing and
cleansing power somewhere in the uni
verse, vaguely connected with the wifi
of God, on which one may draw with
out personal action on God’s part in re
sponse. The power to help us is a power
held In thf. heart of God. and sent forth
to us alone as if there were none other
In the universe at that instant needing
held. (Packard). * * * In the Instance
of the centurion the word “faith’’ Is used
for th« first time in the New Testament.
He Is the first heathen admitted to 1lie
kingdom. Jesus avails Himself of the
opportunity to enunciate a fundamental
principle.
In the kingdom consummated, in its
triumphant state, it is not sacred lineage
or ceremonial righteousness which will
give admission, but faith. By this door
many from far east and far west shall
enter and sit down with the worthies
of olden time at the banquet of redemp
tion—a prophecy marvelously fulfilling in
our very day. * * * The two scenes form
an inspiring composite picture. Opulent
and populous Capernaum shades down
into rural Nain. The independent and
powerful centurion gives place to the
most distressed and forlorn creature in
Oriental life—the childless widow. What
does it mean but that the grace of Jesus
can f,ni'irclc all places from metropolis to
straggling village and all people, high
and low? * * * Bed. bier and tomb:
is not this a significant progression—
front the just dead, -as In the case of
Jairus’ daughter, to the one (the wid
ow's son) prepared for and on his way
eulogizes it. Considering its source, its j to the grave; and further yet to the
degree, its environment, it is unmatched i one (Lazarus) actually and for four days
by any descendent of him who bore the j entombed? See in this Jesus' complete
name of “Father of the Faithful.” The I mastery of death.
tH : *
Household Letters
CONTINUED FROM SIXTH EASE.
"Tim
TEACHING.
a noble calling this,
To train the mind and heart, I wis,
Of a - little child;
And lead the little feet aright,
And bring the hidden thought to light,
And make the conscience clear and
bright,
Of a little child.
(
I love to linger by their side
And win respect and love and pride
From a little child; .
For their natures know no guile, *
'Loving, trusting all the while,
Keep all things impure arid vile
From th e little child.
(
With a firm yet gentle hand
Make into the future man
The little child;
His nature strongly mould
All his better traits unfold
Purge the dross from the pure gold
Of the littje child.
Have you not In Scripture read
H ow we often may be led
By a little child?
Look we then above the earth
To the things of hidden worth.
Asking God
As a little child.
—'GEORGIA 1MMJ GRANT.
BATTLE OF COWPENS—-SHE WAS
IN IT.
Like gifted and jolly Mrs. Stratner, 1
snjoy milking cows—of the right kind—
bu; an escarade with a couple of these
interesting animals came near sending
!»c to the “Great Beyond.’’ I was fifteen
when I began to milk. Not long after
wards mamma bought two cows—Bonnie
and Tab. Bonnie was aggressive and
Tab wouldn’t be imposed upon, so one
Evening they came to open war. I had
fed and milked Bonnio and had put Tab s
food before her, when here came the
fret dy, belligerent Ronnie and hooked her
■while she was eating. Tab jumped and
turned around and then they locked horns
and a battle royal ensued, in which i
was mixed up before I could escape. I
was knocked down and stepped upon.
My milk bucket went rolling across the
lot. and as 1 lay under the hoofs of the
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potatoes, to destroy the ‘‘pesky’’ Bermu
da, which can be best killed by shade.
Last spring one-half was ready for dow
ers, so my Jo John said: “We will
plant the other half in potatoes.” My
Jo John is a devotee of the chase. While
he was away on a week's camp hunt, 1
forestalled him by having the entire
•square set in chrysanthemums, one foot
apart. The result was a thing of beauty
beyond description. Txist fall I wished so
much that Mother Mob and the House
Irate cows my screams mingled with their holders (especially the shut-ins) could see
bellowing? the gorgeous spectacle—those thousands
My brother, who was cutting wood 'luipon thousands of red, white, cream, pale
some distance off, heard the sounds of yellow, deep yellow and pink chrysail-
bat tie and ran to the rescue, bringing themums made. It was, indeed, a clirys-
his ax to beat off the cows he thought
wore killing me. But by the time he
reached me I had succeeded in freeing
myself of the cow's hoof by lifting it and
pushing it off, and i was standing up
looking on at the fight which still raged.
This adventure, however, did not stop
me from milking. I married a farmer,
and I still do the milking and don’t mind
doing it at all; but I have never been
in another “Rattle of Cow-pens.”
I greatly enjoy readmg the Household
letters, and I hope T may succeed in
getting into the circle, though T know I
am not talented as are so many of the
others. If received. I will come aagin
CARO JAY.
MY FLOWER SHOW—WHEN AND
WHAT TO PLANT—A PLUCKY
GIRL.
I have wanted for a long time to visit
the Household again, hut would not take
the time from oilier matters of interest
to me, I would like t n have a little
flower chat with Lomacita and others
wlio love flower gardens, before it is too
late to plant.
When I came to ray new home I found
the grownds in front of the house sodded
with Bermuda grass. There is nothing
prettier than a velvety, well-kept lawn,
hut this It 'is impossible to have unles:
anthemum show
I can give you but little idea of Us
wondrous beauty.
You ask where 1 got so many chrysan
themums to plant. Through tho exchange
columns of Tho Constitution the year
before. Of course, they had multiplied
and I separated them. I am not going to
separate and reset them this year. It
would be such a task to spade up and
reset—Old Abraham would want to take
French leave. Ho is not particularly ap
preciative of flowers. “So much work
for nothing but blossoms,” he says. Of
course, I did not pinch my chrysanthe
mums back and cultvate for size. I just
let them grow.
Another denizen of the flower yard,
w-liich gives beautiful returns for little
care, is the pink. My bed of pinks
bloomed continuously from May until late
in December. And siuch a diversity of
colorings, as pretty as carnations, but
lacking the carnation’s delicious, spicy
fragrance. By the way, I have a bed of
Marguerite carnations that I am expect
ing great things of. Those pinks have
withstood the winter, and now full of buds
—soon to blossom and grace the center
of my dining table for months to come—
only when I want to make a change.
Another one of their good qualities is
that they keep well. Las‘—"U miner my Jo
John was away at the springs for a few
davs. Little Marcia and I were so well
the grass is constantly cared for and , and content at home we felt it would
there are waterworks to keep it fresh with he absurd to go to any
sprinkling, so I said: “Let us have flow- One day. feeling “lonesom*
ers.” One-half of the ground was spaded ! out among my flower prts.
and plowed up and planted in sweet j My pinks were so bewitching I thought
to share my pleasure with Mother Meb.
I picked a box to send her. While tying
the bojc before addressing it, I thought
of my Jo John, away from home, in a
hotel, and—he got the flowers. Forgive
me. dear little mother, 1 won’t bo so sel
fish again.
About Geraniums: Plant in boxes in
stead of pots, and sink the boxes in a
bed, in the. full sunshine. Then see how
they will flourish and bloom. They will
require less watering sunk in a bed.
Plant sweet peas In the vegetable gar
den. I am a crack-a-jack at rooting roses.
In October .prepare yofeiT bed by spading
deeply and mixing cotton seed and clay.
Put the cuttings where you want them
to stand. Turn a glass fruit jar over
tho cuttings; water occasionally (without
lifting the jar). Lift the jar in March.
Cuttings rooted in October gave me
blooms the entire following year, from
the time the blooming season begun.
For those who love brightness and have
little time or help to make their yards
beautiful, plant phlox, petunias, salvia and
fever few. They require so little atten
tion.
Those of you who have children have
them plant trees, even if they never hope
to reap the benefits therefrom; some one
will. Pecans are good to plant; select
] good nuts in February, plant them where
i tiie tree is to stand. In a few years they
I will delight in gathering peeans for home
I consumption and for market. Of course,
the proceeds will be all 'heir own. They
| grow wild along the river hanks in west-
j ern Texas. I knew a plucky girl in that
I country whose father had suffered re
verses prove that she was no drone in
the home. She wanted to help, and she
did what she could. She took her little
sisters and went to the woods, along the
river bank, day after day. and gathered
pecans. She said that fall was one long
| picnic, and the earnings of that protracted
1 picnic amounted to $900. She took a
course in a normal school and was teach
ing at $50 per month, when she quit
teaching to take charge of a home of her
own. Now she *s as helpful a wife as
she was a daughter. But, really, I must
be going. Meb, you don’t know how full
my heart, head and hands are of
“things” T want to do. I covet Methu
selah's 969 years. T realize that it is
high time T was getting busy. Grandpa
is the one to receive the votes.
RACHEL BROOK.
A TRIP ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES.
(From Lake Erie to Lake Ontario.)
Crossing Lake Erie from Detroit, en
route to Buffalo, the boat stopped a
i few hours at Cleveland, the “Forest
I City,” so like a great paTk interspersed
j with monuments. From th e top of the
| Garfield monument, one gets a good view
j of the city. Row after row of beautiful
homes setTIng back of green lawns.
! From the “Bison City” to ffiagara Is
1 22 miles. Making the run by rail, we
soon arrived at the hotel, Wjtere could
be heard the voice of the mighty cata
ract, sounding much like the roar of an
approaching cyclone. Passing through
the park to Prospect Point, w© stood just
at the brink of the American fall, and In
awe looked upon the dralrtag fi of the
Great lakes, gathered into JBje, mighty,
unbroken torrent, rushing otM|* tfiis prec
ipice.
If Mother Meb will permit, I will (for
those who haven't seen tM . falls) give
a brief description, although they may
have read many. Niagara river is 36
miles long. It flows from Lake Erie
into Lake Ontario, and makes an in
cline of 326 feet, to Livingston, which is
7 miles below the cataract. It is 7 miles
from Lewiston to Lake Ontario, accord
ing to the United States geological sur
vey. The most of the fall above the
cataract extends back only three-quarters
of a mile (from Port Day), from where
the water makes a fall of 49 feet to
the precipice, the fall being only 2 feet
from Lake Eri 0 to Port Day. These up
per rapids come toward the precipice in
a wild plunging, whirling rush river and
around the rocks a'nd islands to the
brink to, take the mighty leap of 158
feet. The American fall is 1.060 feet
wide, the Horseshoe 3.610 feet in curve.
It is three-quarters' of a mile from the
American side across to the Canadian
side. The islands—Goat, I.una and Three
Sisters—just above the brink, are con
nected to tiie main land and to one
another by bridges. Goat and Luna is
lands lie just on the verg e and separate
the two great falls
Manx different views are to he had of
the falls from the islands, bridges, base
and brink. The different periods of day,
early morning, midday, late evening, or
by moonlight, seems each with cunning
magic to diffuse different charms over
the scene. An lnclin,, railway runs from
the brink of American fall from Pros
pect park to the edge of the river near
to the foot of the fall, where waits the
little steamer, “Maid of the Mist,” which
plies to and fro across the water be
tween tiie American and the Canadian
sides A stairway of 251 steps, running
parallel with the railway, takes one to
the same point near the boathouse for
those who prefer- to tramp it.
Here we robed ourselves in waterproof
wraps and hoods to cross the gulf. The
boat passed the American fall and Rock
of Ages, pushing on toward the cen
ter of the curving Horseshoe, going as
far as the full force of her engines
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the landing, the downpour of the Amer
ican fall looks white: that of the Horse
shoe looks green, owing to its greater
depth. The lower half of the®mils are
hidden by rock and clouds of ©pray. The
spray and mist produced by . the re
bounding foam rises to a great height,
and looks like a great ghost.;,*ifflng from
the depths. The slanting rtjjfotof sun-
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health resort. • on the spray cloud'produces
-like ” I -walked rainbows. Th e American fall i© not as
large as the Horseshoe, the letter be
ing in the direct course of the rJYer but
more permanent. It is said tf have
shown no recession in the Jaft fifty
years. Some of the scientists believe that
tn the course 'of many thousand years
the water has. cut away into the stone!
bringing- the falls to its present location
from the end of the lower rapids, near
where the city of Lewiston is built.
From the foam is made pretty orna
ments, such as beads, watch charms,
etc. Those made from the American
fall are not so white as those from
the Canadian, but are much harder
Hammer strokes will n ot break them.
Just below the falls is the first or up
per steel bridge (which replaces the old
suspension bridge, which was destroyed
by a hurricane in 1889). -which crosses
from - Prospect park to Victoria park on
the Canadian side. Passing over this
bridge, wo again robed ourselves in water
proof garments and descended over a
hundred feet by elevator to a long rock
tunnel. Following it to the terminus, we
found ourselves under the Horseshoe fall,
and almost blinded by clouds of driving
spray.
On the American side, one reaches
back of Luna island fa’ll by descending
a stairway to the Cave of Winds, a nat
ural cavern, with a dome 100 feet above
A t the time Hennepin wrote of the falls
in 1678. wild savage majesty must have
reigned in these surroundings. Perhaps,
here a'nd there a rude wigwam. Wild
deer, looking timidly down on the solemn
thundering waters as they passed below,
would bound away into the foret. Indian
legends are connected with every spot
of interest here.
In a scrapbook of my grandmother s,
made over sixty years ago, is a picture
of Niagara’. Sightseers stand on uncov
ered steps leading down the cliff. Others
on the unbanistered brink stand beneath
shade trees; growing trees overhang the
cliff; fallen trees lie across the water.
The picture gives th e stone tower that
stood on Terrapin rook. A part of tjje
rook in front of the tower fell in Febru
ary. 1852. The tower was thought to be
unsa’fo, and was torn away in 1874. Ta
ble rock, once a favorite resort for sight
seers, lias about disappeared. The most
of this'projecting rock fell in Jund) 1850.
Another picture among this <?U1 collection
gives a rope extending across the gulch
with a basket swung onto it, and a man
in the basket taking a’ trip across tiie
water.
A bridge extends from Goat island to
Terrapin rock, which lie.? near the brink
of Horseshoe falls. Standing on the edge
of Goat Island. I gathered flowers,
grasses and ferns that were groVing in
th e water, just a’ few feet above from
where it takes its great plunge over the
precipice. These I pressed for my herb
arium. The water is smooth for 2 miles
from th e fall s and first steel bridge to
the second steel bridge and railway,
which crosses the chasm. Here the
gorge narrows, and the water again be
comes turbulent, making the Whirlpool
Do yon know how easy it is to get one of these matchless Dinner Sets? I will tell you. It means a few friendly visits to your
neighbors—a call here and there during spare moments—and before you know it the Dinner Set is yours.
If all the women of this land only realized how easy it is to get one of these magnificent 130-piece Dinner sets, there would not
be factories enough to supply the demand. I gave away over 100.000 sets of chinaware last year, and I am prepared to give away
five times as many this year. You can have a set or several of them if you wish. This Dinner Set consists of 130 pieces of
as handsome china as you will ever want to use. It is the largest Dinner-Set ever^ offered Jby any firm in the world as a premium,
full size for fi ... ■ >
Made of china, guaranteed full size for family use. each piece magnificently decorated with clusters of red rosebuds with
of green leaves arranged in graceful festoons. The design is burned into the ware, giving it that soft velvety glaze
e most expensive French china. Each piece is heavily traced with gold lines, knobs, handles, and borders, and in
_ .1 gl
found usually in tb
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addition the borders are handsomely embossed. This grand set of dishes given absolutely free to every lady who will take orders for
only a few pounds of our celebrated brand Med Cross Coflee etc.. a3 I will fully explain. I mean Just what I say, Send me your
name and address and I will explain how I do it.
THIS IS WHY IT IS SO EASY!
Everybody buys coffee, and wherever you go you will find people who appreciate a good cup of coffee with that'rich
flavor which is only found in the Red Cross brand. My coffee sells itself after people have once tried it. but to make it easy for you
to take the first order, I have adopted a plan which practically means giving the coffee away. In other words, with every order that
you take for a pound of Red Cross Coffee etc., on my offer No. 543. I will give you free, for your__customer, a beautiful imported
9 piece Tea or Chocolate Set. magnificently
teed to be full size tableware, and —
a beautiful decorated night lamp, a— — . , . - ,
set of dishes or some other cheap premium, but no firm but mine can afford such an expensive premium as a 9 piece imported set.
Everybody you call on will give you an order just to get the set. and I am satisfied, for I want everybody to try my Red Cross pro
ducts. Give me your name and address, and after you have taken the orders, send them to us, and fonyour troubled will give yeu
the 130 piece Dinner Set described above.
Don’t send any money—I pay all Freight Charges!
■—-- p„r^Ufrihatin^2 th* rofttm All I want is your service in introducing our Red
Fo J. Cross products, and if you will send us postal giving
etc. on our offer No. 543.
Embossed
Table Cloth
us your name and address I will send you by return
mail a set of our beautifully illustrated offers free.
Write to-day. You will be simply delighted. In addi
tion to the Dinner Set, we give Stoves, Couches,
Rockers, Parlor Suites, Bedroom Suites, Jackets,
Capes. Skirts. Hats, and everything in wearing ap
parel. You can furnish your home From top to bot
tom and clothe yourself by distributing Red Cross
products. Yon do not spend a cent. We pay all
freight charges. We take all risk. We ship the
goods to you and send your premium with the
coffee, etc., and also send the 9 piece tea gets, dish-
pans. etc., all together, and if you are not perfectly
This Tablecloth Is not the cheep, ehoddy article satisfied with everything, you may return entire
that so many premium houses offer, but a cloth shipment at our expense. There it no reason why
of unusual wearing qualities each as an v woman you should not have one of these beautiful sets of
would be glad to have. It has that beautiful dishes or one of the other magnificent premiums; it
lustre and satin finish, the acme of style. Extra is so easy to get them. I have been in business in
wide and long. Pure white body, but em- s*. Louis since 1878, and you can depend upon what
bossed In exquisite floral designs and natterns, j say Any bank or business house In St. Louis
*^?i! )0 v^ ers pD-boiled (fe*t eolor) red or blue tell you about me. Simply write for our illus-
Z J to P STiJo“ trated offers, order blanks, etc. to-day. Yon will he
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values amongst all our premiums* eircunistan^es^Reruljis^^moiiej^
Sit right down and send Postal now!
RED CROSS SUPPLY CO.,
THIS 9 PIECE SET FREE WITH
COFFEE, Etc- See Offer No. 543
71
Red Cross Bldg., St. Louis, Mo.
This offer is far ahead of any ever
made by any firm in the world. Our
customers say they don’t see how wo
can do it. but we do. See our offer 543.
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rapids. A mil e further, the gulch makes
an abrupt turn of a right angle, and
in this is the whirlpool of fathomless
depths. Near by towers a great rock,
calli-d the Demon of the Gorge. The
chasm, which is, for the jnost part, a
perpendicular mass of roc5, more than
200 feet in depth, narrows to 100 feet.
The water is estimated to rush at a speed
of 27 miles an hour, and at a depth of
300 feet. There is a fall of 100 feet
from the cataract to Lewiston. The mass
of foam-lashed water in this narrow de
file is thought by many to be more strik
ing and impressive tlian the cataract.
The billows leaped from 10 to 20 feet.
I was told that, at times. It would leap
30 feet. Seen by searchlight at night
and under the changing colors It pro
duces, the wild, seething waters present a’
magnificent effect—a very emblem of
chaos itselg. Three miles from the /alls,
on the American side, is a chasm called
Devil's hob or Bloody gulch, 600 feet
from Niagara river. It takes its name
from the fact that a’ British caravan
was ambushed here in 1763 by Indians,
and the whole company of soldiers driven
over the cliffs to death <on the rocks be-
low.
One finds interest in going through the
power houses on the American and Cana
dian sides and seeing the powerful ma
chinery conducting th e harnessed force of
th e 'falls to supply Buffalo and Niagara
City with motive power and lights. We
descended by ele\*itor 135 feet down un
der the earth to see the great turbine
dynamo wheels.
There are a number of factories at Niag- ,
ara Falls, making paper, buttons, needles,
flour etc., run by this water power.
More could be said of this crystal sea
of falling water, but to prevent consign
ment to the wastebasket, I will close.
Just before leaving Niagara, we called on
Mrs. Taylor, who shot the Horseshoe
fall in a barrel, and received from her
the account of Iter feat, which was
given, in the Household a few weeks
F NORA RANDLE A.
DeSoto Parish. Louisiana.
of our southland during tihe civil war
displayed as much courage in sending
their husbands and sons to battle as
the soldiers showed .bravery In the fight.
Then, what great tilings would man
accomplish if he had not woman to in
spire his enterprise and to uphold his
LADIES I MAKE
efforts? The wish to win her love and “^Vn 1 |y ,n .Sd B ^. le ? .f5f; JMlMS8S°Jihs
her approbation has ever been mans — • — 1 —
best stimulus, while her affection in t'he
home, and her labor in securing lor him
comfort and rest, 4-te what enables him
to do work for the world. But for
women, I don’t believe man would have
carod to gather a hundred pounds of
cotton from the field, much less to in
vent the cotton gin. He never would
have invented anything if there had not
been some energetic woman at home to
cook, sew, nurse, milk, and keep a
home for him, where he might nourish
his brain and rest his 'body. The wo
man—poor soul—she has no time to be
inventing tbig things. She ihas to use
•her hands and brains in running the
home machinery, contriving and saving,
teaching and training, using infinite for
bearance and patience (not in dressing
her hair either, Cousin Reddy) and then,
after a day filled full of care and worry,
she must 'be neat and smiling when the
man comes home. If she is not, he
disapproves of her and he is not back
ward in letting her know it. His head
is full of business projects, and like as
not, she hasn’t had a decent word irom
him sine® he began to invent that sky
rocket, otr what ever it is, ’he is at
work on. While they are dong such
great things inventing, why don’t they
invent a servant girl machine to sweep
dust, make beds, mend, iron, cook and
do some of the thousand and one things
that have to be performed by woman s
unaidt-d hand? Yes, just manufacture
a machine servant girl, warranted to
run by electricity and give woman at
■chance to discover and invent, to
preach and lecture and do all those high
and mighty things that you boast of
men’s doing. Men should invent- some
thing to run the housekeeping business
if they want women to do the other
kind of work. The home labor is what
keeps men going, anyway. If that
sliouljd cease, they’d stop discovering
and being generals and preachers, etc.
But as to preaching, this country has
never seen a man on the rostrum, who
did more good to mankind than Fran
ces Willard. It is the women who
keep up the churches, and do so much
for charity and for missions. It is wo
men who have worked so nobly to es
tablish reformatories, and juvenile
courts, homes lor working girls, homes
for aged women and homes for the fall
en. It is women, who. have labored
persistently—in the face of bitter oppo
sition from men
children from the looms in stifling fac
tories and put them at school, our no
ble women missionaries have braved the
worst perils from hostile foreign natives
and proved themselves as usetul and as
courageous as men in carrying the light
of Christianity to the dark places of the
earth.
Cousin Reddy, X wish X knew whether
you believe all you say against us, or
are just talking in order to be talked
back to—“sassed,” as they say in the
ipiney woods. I’ll soon find out if you'll
just step down here into the old Tar
Heel state and let me have a look at
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‘ deception. I want
to all.
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you just to see the kind of individual,
who is representing masculine suprem
acy in our midst. I know you don’t
care a thrip for political lecturing, or
inventing woman. You just want some
nice girl to look up to your high might
iness and make good biscuits to nourish
your genius for lecturing, etc. For all
you have said, I know your heart is
fluttering like a bee in a tar bucket
take stunned littlt since a certain girl in her teens express-
ed a desire to know you—speaking right
out in meeting, too. Well, enough for
this time. You may hear irom me
again. Meantime, put forth all your
male ability and invent that servant
girl, run by electricity and all shall be
forgiven. SIDE LIGHT.
North Carolina.
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Hurrah for Cousin Reddy! Heard you
ever such a eulogy on man as was
pouried from his eloquent pen? ibit
seems to me I’ve heard an old adage
that said, “Self praise Is half scandal.
Well; admit that only men have been
great generals, discoverers, inventors,
reformers—no not reformers either, for
women with their tongues, their pens,
their clubs, their societies, their influence
with legislators have effected nearly all
the great and wise rerorms of today;
while their Sisters in a more private
sphere have worked for good with per
sonal influence at home, in church and
society.
As to true courage, it requires more
heroism to face and (bear every day
trials and hardships (the brunt of which
must always fall upon women) than to
fight on a 'battle field. Inspired by the
Presence of numbers and the thrilling
appeal of patriotic musks. The women
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