Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-02-09

and wondering why the eternal fitness Of
things should forbid me the luxury of
bare feet and overslls.
Not that have any intrinsic objections
to woman abstractly, or even concletely
considered On the contrary. am quite
willing that every person in the world
should be woman, except myself. In
fact, | rather like women effectively
What sight can be more impressive than
one of those magnificent creations we
often read of, and occasionally see
stately, grand, epic-with the blackness
and beauty of night in the matchIess
locks that sweep over the calm, still brow,
and all the starry splendor of a thousand
nights in the eyes that burn beneath p
What can be more captivating than the
opening life of gay little blonde, from
whose soft curls the hutter never quite
dies out; whose dimpling smile is only
less sweet than her tender pensiveness
Or. passing from these types of an extinct
Womanhocd. whose departing left but few
traces, we see every day pretty, grace
ful, and elegant women, some neat, SIM
pie and indistinctIy limned; some stand
ing out in bold relief. with regal adorn-
ings; and in our daily walks We jostle
against countless heroines-self-sacrlf
ing wives, devoted mothers, noble maid
ems, who bear hidden grief, who wrestle
with secret foe, who silently, If need
be, brave the sneer of the world, who
who will die and give no sign-and We
cannot choose but admire. Sill, mar.
rowing the question down TO point. this
is the conclusion of The whole matter
high or low, rich or poor. bond or free,
There i, nothing splendid a spledd mani
need mol search in the pages ot his
tor, ter racls 10 confirm my position |
need not point you 10 Moz art, king IN the
realms of song; to Napoleon. wrapped
IN the soil ute OF his own originaIi;v;"
Ia john BUnYan. standing alune on his
Deivciabie Mauntain>; 50 Milton, thrust
ing h,s wrves behind ann y h-u he eT.er-d
Paradise Th-y are coniessediy uu.p
preached and Inreproacbabie, and there
fore sould 10 wise SITE ngthen my ca t;
fortt y are unique. MOI as reg ards Num-
only. but the whoie human race To bt-
a man does not necessarily imply TO be
MIlI' q. Eighteen hundred ears turnlsh
ed but one Nap pleon- John Smiths are
born, mar led and die. by the thousands.
and nothing appai emily can be mole com
monplace than their lives. What, then,
should have been advantaged, had my
soul been permitted to tabernacle in the
flesh of John Smith ? Precisely this
Commonplace as is the life of John Smith,
/ the life of Mrs. j. S is still more SO =
Small as are his advantages and oppor
tunitles. hers are incomparably smaller;
and so, whether as man might have sat
in kings palaces or ground in the prison
house of poverty, / put on sackcloth and
ashes, bewailing my womanhood.
Now, don't overwhelm me with a tor
rent of platitudes about Woman's oppor-
tunities for self-sacri6ce, moral heroism,
silent influence, might of love, and all
that cut anddried woman's sphere-ism |;
pray, don't, know all about it. could
write you an octave volume on the sub
ject, with dedication, introduction, pre-
face. and appendix but just go to your
window the next rainy day, and notice
the first woman who passes See how
she is forced to concentrate all the ener
gies of mind and body on herself and her
castings. One delicate hand clings des
perately to the unwieldy umbrella; and
the other is ceaselessly struggling to
keep firm hold of the multitudinous dra
deries and If book, basket, or bundle,
claim share of her attention, her case
is pitiable indeed. Down goes one fold
upon the wet flag stone, detected only by
an ominous Tapping against the ankles
when the garment has become saturated
"A loosened bold of the umbrella, of
which it takes adv antage, and immedi-
aiely sways imminent over the gutter
conyulsiye and random clutch at the
petticoats-tbe umbrella righted. sud-
deu gust of wind threatens to bear it
away, and, one hand not being sufficient
to retain it, the other involuntarlIy comes
to the rescue-sweep go The d,aperies
down on the pavement-then another
clutch, another adjusi ment-forward !
march and so N 10 the dreary. drag
gled cad. .
Stslk-stalk k-stalk-comes up the
man behind her, Stalk-stslk--he has
passed. Stalk staIk--he is oui
OF sight before she has passed single
block, ~.e-r
OF course he is. One sinewy hand
lightly posing his umbrella water
proof overcoat ''close buttoned 10 the
chin )" tight fitting trousers tucked into
enormous india-rubber boots. What is
the storm to him? do not think am
naturally malignant, but under such cir.
cumstances. if could knock the man in
! to the gutter, 1 would