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Show 44 STANDARD. ANTI-POLYGAM- Y ' Woman as a Benefactress . FRANCES M. HILL. Art. II. honor that Mrs. Hill's schobl for and unloved,' is the consciousness that girls is in their cheif city; how dis- they hiWe lost their reputation ; tinguished foreigners give praise to and for the sake of; theirt innocent her noble deeds and acknowledge children many of .these poor wbmeri this institution as the chief agent of suffer on in untold agony until death improvement in Athens; and how comes to the rescue: Our sister's in Utah are terribly the entire nation looks to her and her husband as their benefactors. It in earnest; What- they ask of us is. only simple justice to say that the is sympathy and cooperation. They ask that a wholesome pubgieat work of the American Mission in Greece is acknowledged to have lic opinion should, be brought, to worked incalculable and unqualified bear upon this institution which defies the authority of the United good to the land of Pericles and and that this good work can States. They ask that the laws of never be separated from the name our land be enforced. They are of Frances M. Hill. anxious, not only to suppress polygA most important lesson can be amy ill Utah, but to prevent the spread learned from the life of Mrs. Hill, of it in other Teritories, into which and parents especially can see what it has already been' transplanted; are the results of proper training. Shall we Sh iit our hearts against their Mrs. Hill was trained in the idea cry? Here surely is ah opportunity that talents are given us to be used for all the members of our for high and holy purposes, and the Society, to do' something. false idea often promulgated that Let us inform ourselves, upon this girls are to be merely ornaments of subject; let us try to1 interest others, that to some of us society, was not sufficient to ener- and it may-bvate her character with that senti- may come some practical suggestion mentality which is only refined self- whereby we may offer our womanly ishness. She was taught that ge- sympathy to these sad, discouraged nius, to be really noble, must be use- souls, (very many of whom, because fully employed, and that a life to be of the bitter trials they have undersuccessful must not be alone conse- gone in the name of religion, have crated to self, but to humanity and drifted into infidelity and atheism) and also convev to them the blessed Gd. ' ! Thus was the, first impulse given to female education in Greece, and bv an American woman. About the year 1850 Mrs. Hill wrote in regard to the results of their labors: The number of pupils who have been educated in our schools and gone out in the world, cannot, I think, be less than 3,500. And although there are no female schools, which can, strictly speaking, be called branches of the Mission School at Athens, yet there is scarcely one throughout the kingdom of which either the directresses 'or some of the teachers have not been educated wholly or in part by us. For years we had a normal school for the education of female teachers sent to us bv the government from different parts of the kingdom. Several of these after receiving their diplomas were sent to different parts of the country to open school as government teachers. One of these labored most effectually in the Island of Hydra for seven years, a place where no school for females had ecer existed , and the school is stiil flourishing. The effect of female education has been most gratifying. We have seen many of our early pupils enter domestic life, seen them as wives and mothers discharging their duties with care and assiduity, most exemplary and praiseworthy. We know of many instances where the mother who had been educated under our own eye has waited with anxiety for the period when she could place her children under our instruction. We have seen the effect of a good and virtuous education overcoming the custom of ages and the power of Mammon. .Many parents who had no other dowry to bestow upon their daughters but this, that they had been educated in our schools have married their daughters to men of education and good sense, able to support them well; and we have seen their mothers coming to us with tears of gratitude, acknowledging the lasting benefits conferred by education, when they Lund that an instructed mind was prized by men of sense, more than money or lands. This is a brief summary of the progress of female education in Greece, and it is "a gratifying fact that the female sex has made greater use of their advantages and greater improvement in proportion than, the male sex. It should be a matter of congratulation to the women of this country that the immense benefits which have accrued to the Greek nation, have resulted from the labors of one American woman,, who first laid tl(e foundations of What has become a mighty structure. There has probably never been a mission school in the world that has accomplished so much good within the same number of years. Words can scarcely describe the blessing it has "been to the Greek people, and the great popularity it enjoys; how the rulers of that land pay. homage to the moral power of the missionaries, and consider it an 1 . -- , -- As-pasi- a, . , Out-of-the-W- ay See notice of Agents Wanted. Condition of Women in Utah. Some one has sent us acopyof the Anti Polygamy Standard, which we have read with the deepestinlerest. It is published monthly at Salt lake City by the Standard Publishing Co. in the interest of the Womans National Society. Here in. the stronghold of Mormon-ism- , out from under the very heel of the oppressor, a few women have banded themselves together and consecrated their lives to the deliverance of their sisters from the most degrading type of bondage that ever enthralled the sex. They appeal to all fehappy Christian wives and mothers for aid and sympathy m their brave effort to free themselves from this iniquitous system which under the name of religion, so degrades and debases woman. They know, both from observation and bitter exoerience, the baneful workings of thiseviPwhich dese- crates the home, is "degrading to men and women, a curse to children and destructive to the sacred relations of the family, and they are making a brave effort to throw off the chains and drive polygamy out of existence. Dear sisters, if we can do nothing more for these suffering women, we can surely' give our heartfelt sympathy, and let them feel that1 their, appeal is not in vain. Led on by religious fanaticism, hundreds and thousands of these women have Anti-Polyga- my been, drawn, inter this dreadful state Relieving that by so doing Jthey were obeying the command of God, and thereby securing their., own Ttio date they eternal wellfare. have discoverd the fraud and deceit - that has been practiced upon them. s Once in the faith, such is the and restraint ' upon them, watch-fulnes- that it is almost impossible for them to breakaway from their hateful Added to the mortificabondage. tion of finding themselves displaced consolation of the Gospel of our lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Christian Inteligencer, For and About Women. Queen Victoria has declared warfare on bangs. A hand-writin- letter in Queen Elizabeths own beautifully clean and g, clear, has been sold at Leipsic for Sousctccpcrs gorncr. t i i i P , ; According to the promise made in the September Standard,1 we furnish1 some bills of fare' for the meals of a. them may, perhaps, week; Some-obe deemed too elaborate,1 but the Jdea is to afford variety, and of course certain dishes may be altered or dropped entirely. If the receipt for any particular dish is required, we will publish it with pleasure. Melons, fried Sunday. Breakfast or broiled chicken, stew'ed potatoes, omelet, muffins, coffee or tea. Dinner. Clear soup, roast of beef, sweet, potatoes, tomatoes, cucumber salad, macaroni with cheese, apple pie, fruit dessert, black coffee. Lunch or Supper. Cold tongue or beef sliced,., pickles, Graham bread, baked apples, cake, tea or chocolate. Breakfast . Monday. Fruit, oat meal, hash made from the soup meat used for Sundays dinner soup, boiled eggs, Graham gems, coffee. Dinner. Trout,: boiled or fried, cold roast beef with horseradish sauce; potatoes, corn, tomato salad, sago pudding. Lunch or Supper. Light biscuit, cold meat, cake and stewed fruit. Tuesday. Breakfast. Fruit or melons, broiled steak, baked potatoes, poached eggs, toast, coffee. Dinner. Boiled corn beef, turnips, cabbage salad, potatoes, beets, corn starch blanc-mang- e with cream, fruit. Lunch or Supper. Dried beef, short cake, jam, cold rolls. Cracked Wednesday. Breakfast. wheat, broiled mutton chops, fried potatoes, waffles, coffee. Dinner. Roast veal, potatoes, corn, Lima beans, tomato or cucumber salad, rice pudding, fruit. Lunch or Supper. Cold corn beef, tea rusk, potato salad, stewed pears, cake. Thursday. Breakfast. Corn muffins or bread, broiled ham, eggs poached or fried, baked apples, hominy and r f ' . ; . . ; - three hundred marks. coffee. The female students at Swiss uniDinner. Boiled mutton, potatoes, versities have this year carried off plain boiled rice, oyster or celery sauce, all the not honors; nearly only in salad, apple pie, fruit. Supper or Lunch. Cold meat, rice philosophy, but chemistry and medi, cine as well. fritters, stewed fruit, tea, cakes. Friday, Breakfast. Fruit or melons, veal cutlets, Saratoga potatoes, rolls, croquettes of hominy, canned fruit, coffee. Dinner. Baked or boiled fish, mashed potatoes, pork baked with beans, tomatoes, beets, peach merin . The recent example of heroic and patriotic devotion of the ladies of Lima in giving their plate and jewels for the purchase of, another iron-clais not so inspiring .when viewed in the light of recent developements. It gue. now turns out that these gifts were Supper or Lunch.-Qo- ld biscuit, shaved of either drawn disposed by lottery, ham, gelatine jam, cake. by or returned to, flip donors. Oat meal, Saturday. Breakfast. picked up codfish with potatoes, Mine. Colban is a distinguished sausage, fried apples, pan cakes. whd did atnot Norwegian writer, Dinner, Chicken pie, baked sweet until she was near- potatoes, slaw, pumpkin or squash pie. tempt authorship ly sixty years old; She has producSupper or launch. Light biscuit, boed since then five romances, which logna sausage, marmalade, cake. are described as charming. Herchil-dre- n Agents Wanted. were established in life, her health began to fail and her duties Agents- for the. Anti Polygam ahd amusements' 'as a Ionian of soStandard are wanted1 in every ciL ciety grew irksome.' So she went to live in Rome, "where she has re- tpwn,j village and community in th ' U e ;offer the ver newed her youth1 Mn .literary work. United States. -best terms to women who will woi I'. ,1 Miss Mai tin, a member of a new. ,for .this paper. We believo that oi female law. firm in. .Chicago, relates object will be appreciated by ever one, very amusing-instancof a man woman whose attention is, directc who came to her-s- he gives no names to the 'object, and those who.vvi -- who was an enthusiastic revivalist aid in incrtrisiiig our circulation ca in Moody and San key iiot only make it meetings. fc His. enthusiasm carried'; him s6 far themselves, but also doprofitable a great de; that he married a convert. After- of good as well. Will not (evei ward he became convinced that her 6ne of our present subscribers us conversion was not genuine. He their influence in obtaining a relii was sure that she had not given her ble Sen ageiit for the Standard. heart to Christ truly, and he wanted to us for terms and particulars. to know if this could' not bp con- Send to us for extra copies of th strued as fraud, and entitle-hito a number of the Standard, and sea divorce. ter them broadcast over the land. d, . blanc-mang- e, ! 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