Smyrna times., 1870-08-31
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Eheminate Men and Masculine Women

HA0u tILu MASCULINE Women,
Spite Of muscular Christianity and tbo NO
Valence OF athletic sports there Still oHists
such a thlng as an effemnate man: tho n,o,,
Win Wnom his mother seems to have made n
mistake ana whose temnaty of nature nnfi,e
MN tor any OF the real work of a man III
ettemnate man at home-and bn Iikas 70 ~
Away? at home-is mainly remarkable for b;S
curiosity and his Interference in domestic
matters lie knows what there is for dinnnr
ana mas a voice IN the ordering thereof. bo !.
'n oi"'n ID tne Kitchen, and continually in the
nursery where the nurses learn to disrooard
hls presence, lie has ewes and ears f,r n,o,,,
thlng that Is very small or very trivial II Z
ne VINO spies out the dusty corners he who
| GneGHS the iioayeS of bread he who necns be-
hlhu the bllnd when the cook talks to tho
man-servent. Suspicious and con>titutionaIIy
llIhid' ne magnlheS the fear of followers in tho
pantry ana OF thieves at the plate-chest. Ueav.
eH lScli IS not so severe as he against the frail
tieS OF the flesh in low people
lie Is careiu! OF his health, of which he fre
qGeIuy 9inpIHnS avoids damp and east
WINGS, cold, fatigue and the summer sun i
nervous OF all cpidemics, and is only to bc noc;-
ned by the newest specific, which he invaria-
% DY trleS and beheyes in. The consequence is
ttinaU tnaU ne Is mo1e or less a valetudinarian. and
th4C ne Is as good as an annuity to the doctor =.
unless, indeed, he is mad enough 10 fancy him,
sell doctor By the light Of nature and = nomn.
Ia lar handbook OF medicine, when he ouacks
himself and his ousehold all round. witbont
moments ml.gylng. As a rule he is more
paT>iIHHohlous than generous in his dealings
ai! anu MS VIE hndS money the most difficult
thing to be had. He generally nays tb" H;iiS
himself, and does good bit Of the marketing
out ne may be ostcntatious as well AS stingv
ana ne Is sure to be vain and fond Of fnpry
! ne wears much Jewclry, and is particular abont
MS Walatcoats and shirt FONTS. He i cra,t a.
conh0lsseur In ladies' dress, and if he is cooJ
haturcd VIII design costumes for his wife ,nd
himself Superlntend the fitting en-. He has =
IuiGK eye Tor millinery, and detects home
niI4c I aIllcie with unelring precision.
ne mas no interest in politics beyond depre-
claunS an new movements, and wishing things
70 remain as they are and he rarely reads tho
papers farther than the police ronorts tLo
latest murder, and the reviews of novels and
travels And he has no real ambition. how
eyer deSrous OF social emncnce he NAV bp
W 0rk OF a manly and sustlineI kind hc has
never tried, but nc will give hours and Javs
all the tebrIle, fitful energy of his nature r.
tt1c arrangement OF his furniture, the best dis,
play OF his olycct q art; and he is availahIe in
country places as the active man on a commit
I!j Ige Ior schoQl-teast flower show, or the
men. Ills whole sympathies 90 with women
and their occupations, and nothing nlcasoS him
more than to be the only man in a roomful of
iduleS: ct he Is tyrant in his own way. and
MS eHemnacy Is Intensified by the obStinacv
anu IoVe OF dominion so often found in concert
with weakness. lie allows his wife no tree
Will, no time to herself, no unshared dntics
ne IS master and mistress, father and mother
III rnI5 pne, ana WhlIe placing the sole and whole
vaIue OF womanS llic in love, takes care that
,:c ln niS oTh case at least 1t shall include un
qualified submission. Asa man with mo-, U,i, IN
has the small self assertion that w;shos - T., o
uhdlsputed cock of the walk, and he sometimes
makes Deileve to crow, but there is No rooI
HgnG IN MN, and he gives away before the first
challenger. lie is a creature given nm to tbe
pruqish morality, to Cnervating elegance. to
small pains; but In the larger work of the
world, In the burden and heat of the dav which
men were born to do and to endure, he has no
hand and can bear no part.
Now, the question is, is this the kind of
creature women like? Is this what thew
would have their sons be, or their husbands?
ANA now we would suggest, with all respect
and reverence for the sex to whom we owe So
much, Is there not a $50 such a thing as a mas
culihe woman i! woman to whom the sweet
obscure hOme-dutles are painful and abhorred !
whose ambition 1t is to fling herself into the |
ccCI'c Ilay oI lie as one OF the bold and eager
lighters, instead Of standing to the side as the !
care takor and solacer of those who must fpht9
Her children left to servants, her husband's
comfort or convenience the last thing that trou- |
bleS her--lf so be, indeed, that she has either
child or husband, either home or servants. and I
is not solitary nomad-tOo hard for love. too
strQng tor wiehood-thc masculine woman is
on the platform or in the committee room
striving to get leave to do the work of man
and to usurp his place while ncglectinp bnr
own: No bashful modesty holds her back from
public display, even where the most rovolt;ng
subjects are openly discussed. Grant that She
Is fair IN face and gentle in manner, she IS none
the less unwomanly in essentials. DESTROYS ot
a coarse notoriety which she con(ounds with
fame, she takes frantic interest in certain
political questions, but she does not see when
her little child is falling i'll, and She cannot
nurse it when sick. She is wild for woman's
rights, and chiefly for the right to occupy such
place as men have hitherto held and can hold
perfectly well without help but she let's her
house hold fall into disorder and her house Is
neglected and ill-kept. She NAV be fond IF
good living, in which case she will order nro.
fuse y and live cxtravaganty; or she NAV he J.
indifferent to the whole question of
eating, when the diet will be the tvnicol rolJ
mulfnu- and Shn will 1i.n;,o |