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86 | In This Our World Feeling life will soon be giving Them the golden key of living In one hour. We come to California for the sunshine and the flowers; Our motherhood has brought us here as one; For the fruit of all the ages should share the shining hours, With the blossoms ever-springing And the golden globes low swinging, In the sun. She Who is to Come A woman—in so far as she beholdeth Her one Beloved’s face; A mother—with a great heart that enfoldeth The children of the Race; A body, free and strong, with that high beauty That comes of perfect use, is built thereof; A mind where Reason ruleth over Duty, And Justice reigns with Love; A self-poised, royal soul, brave, wise and tender, No longer blind and dumb; A Human Being, of an unknown splendor, Is she who is to come! Girls of To-day Girls of to-day! Give ear! Never since time began Has come to the race of man A year, a day, an hour, So full of promise and power As the time that now is here! Never in all the lands Was there a power so great, To move the wheels of state, To lift up body and mind, To waken the deaf and blind, As the power that is in your hands! Here at the gates of gold You stand in the pride of youth, Strong in courage and truth, Stirred by a force kept back Through centuries long and black, Armed with a power threefold! WOM A N | 87 First: You are makers of men! Then Be the things you preach! Let your own greatness teach! When mothers like this you see Men will be strong and free— Then, and not till then! Second: Since Adam fell, Have you not heard it said That men by women are led? True is the saying—true! See to it what you do! See that you lead them well. Third: You have work of your own! Maid and mother and wife, Look in the face of life! There are duties you owe the race! Outside your dwelling-place There is work for you alone! Maid and mother and wife, See your own work be done! Be worthy a noble son! Help man in the upward way! Truly, a girl to-day Is the strongest thing in life! “We, as Women” There’s a cry in the air about us— We hear it, before, behind— Of the way in which “we, as women,” Are going to lift mankind! With our white frocks starched and ruffled, And our soft hair brushed and curled— Hats off! for “We, as women,” Are coming to save the world. Fair sisters! listen one moment— And perhaps you’ll pause for ten: The business of women as women Is only with men as men! What we do, “we, as women,” We have done all through our life; The work that is ours as women Is the work of mother and wife! ...

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