onduct themselves
accordingly. While, on the other hand, boisterous, uncouth conduct
upon the part of women will encourage boldness toward them, disrespect
for them, and win the contempt of the men of a community for such
women. Hence, wherever uplifting influence is needed, the result of
the labor depends upon the compliant nature of the element, upon which
they are working, whose persuasive power is more efficacious in
directing the _upward_ and _downward_ trend of the masses. The women
who can best appreciate this fact have the very grave responsibility
of keeping the lesson constantly before the people--"Lest we forget,
lest we forget." The so-called Negro problem must be solved by the
Negro. The plane to which he must attain is limited by the energy and
persistency of the most competent and sympathetic leaders, in piloting
the followers in such a manner that they may realize that

"Life is real. Life is earnest,
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul."

FOURTH PAPER.

WHAT ROLE IS THE EDUCATED NEGRO WOMAN TO PLAY IN THE UPLIFTING OF HER
RACE?

BY MRS. C. C. PETTEY.

[Illustration: Mrs. Bishop C. C. Pettey]

MRS. SARAH DUDLEY PETTEY.

Mrs. Sarah Dudley Pettey, the brilliant and accomplished
wife of the late Bishop Charles Calvin Pettey, A. M., D. D.,
was born in the historic city of New Berne, North Carolina.

She is the daughter of Hon. E. R. and Caroline E. Dudley.
Her father is a gentleman of great prominence. He was a
member of the General Assembly of North Carolina during the
reconstruction period, and has held important local, state
and national positions, and his services are now in great
demand as a political orator and editor. Her mother, the
lamented Mrs. Caroline E. Dudley, was a lady of refinement
and of natural gifts.

From environments, contact and association at home, Mrs.
Bishop Pettey always had the instruction and advice of
intelligent parents. At the age of six she could read and
write. She entered the graded school of her native city, and
after finishing her course she entered the State Normal
School and remained three years; then she entered the famous
Scotia Seminary at Concord, N. C., from which institution
she graduated with distinction June, 1883.

In addition to her inherited gifts