Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1912 — The Lady’s Leisure. [ARTICLE]

The Lady’s Leisure.

“The truth about the leisure of the lady is this: It was never, in women of our race, a leisure hands; it was, pre-eminently, a leisure of the mind. Aside from her first and mdst obvious function, the lady was sheltered, petted and adored that she might have a mind at leisure from itself, and therefore at the service of others. According to Jier temperament, whether a Martha or a Mary, she performed this service in a more active or toff® passive fashion. She was the Listener; she inspired, pacified, comforted.^.She bound up the wounds life made, poured in the oil and wine. Her heart was the home of homeless -causes; she cherished ideals as well as Individuals. It Is a priceless service, and cannot be overpaid. Her loving performance of it was the glory of the type whose loss we are deploring. To be worth her salt in our national life, the lady must be either Martha or Mary.—There is no other honest life for her.” —Cornelia A. P. Comer, in Atlantic.