Show I I I GOOD ROADS ROADS ENTHUSIAST r Alice fAlice in The Philistine The Thc entire thinking world will Ill one ono clay pay homage homat to Mrs l Mary l Baker G. G Eddy Eddy because she has helped humanity to c eliminate many forms of fear She has las stood against Christendom all doctors doc doe tors tore and antl most preachers for the truth she b believed and has literally interpreted ted Tho kingdom of heaven is within with with- in ju you She ho has lias made mado us look Jook to our solves es for health She has bas given ghen an n impulse im iii- iii pulse to sane thinking that that- has benefited benc- benc Sted tho human race But I believe that the crowning nin glory lory of this woman is is that sho has demonstrated towards the thc equality of the sexes as no other human bein being has She has bas been most effective e because e sho has not worked directly for it But neither b by word ford nor nol d ced has she sho for one cue instant suggested that woman worn wom an is inferior to man She herself herolf is the thc head of the Christian Science Church Her word is is law aw to every overy one ono of her hel followers without be being n called an anen en cyclic She has abolished the malo male preacher In every pulpit there thero arc are two desks and one is occupied by a woman and the other by a man nina Had Mr Ir Eddy taken up the tho work for equal suffrage as did ditl Mrs Mis Stanton Miss Anthon Anthony and that excellent band ot workers she could not have ha done dono for it what she has by quietly assuming and silently l living D equal ri rights for for- women and men and by making such sueh provision pro for it as she h has hs s in her religion ion Mrs rs Edd has had bad tho the ability to live hc her life lifo on an equality with man because she has had equality in her hel brain and heart Christian Science stands to us today and must ever er stand as a 3 monument meat ment of power to womanhood In one other particular Mrs Irs Eddy has done a thing which bich no other of m iny my sex I am ashamed to say has ever er done- done she has hal taken an au earnest act active and intelligent ent interest in making good roads Do you OU realize what good roads mean They mean comfort jO joy peace prosperity and case ease to all To tho the farmer carting his produce to market the they mean a sa in saving of his hig horse his wa wagon on and his bis temper The rhe pedestrian I an au is blessed tho the rider the driver rl er the n the children on their way WR I to choo fh They They- benefit every eer ono one and this woman has given thousands of dollars dol dol- lars ar for good roads So man many of us women arc are interested in fanc fancy fancywork work missionary work worle helping help heIr in ing the tho poor to bo ho poorer and the sick to tako take sati satisfaction in in their thair condition that it is a significant sign of the tho times to noto this noble woman using her in in- and money in in a bi big and generous way for a positive human betterment Mrs Eddy is redeeming woman from the taunt of being tho the weaker vessel es ves essel sel eel and thereby is us making the world worM and posterity h her r debtor To be bo free and to know haL there thero can bo be no actual freedom without responsibility is truth truth- lad indeed |