The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-04-03

But all OF you are not m3rIleu~Pe'
haps some Of you never will be, aud
you may be saying--"All very welli
but this does not concern me" les.
but what if it does concern you:
First-because woman's intelligent
training must be in tho light OF these
facts just considered, and with an
enlightened recognition OF their ex.
,stence and importance, .or-Second
the proper training OF one woman
facilitates the proper training OF all
other women, as it creates desire
tor like training in others, and exerts
an educational influence upon them.
Third--rrue culture is many. sided
is omnigenous, is cosmopolitical, II
embraces all kinds; consequently, NO
true woman eau be considered prop.
erly educated, while ignorant OF that
which is an educational necessity OF
her sex.
III. l notice your relations Of to
day with the world OF to- day, as the
foundation and cornerstone OF her
t ue society. You give the civilized
world her social laws; you regulate
her social intercourse; you mould
her social lite you open, or you close
at will her social gates. What you
shut no man can open, and what you
open no man can shut. 10 properly
| sustain such relationship, demands q
knowledge of The fundamental prin-
clples upon which soc ely IS estab
Ilshed-ut The Constitution Of the
particular society in which you move
and which you govern; OF the caus.
es that viliate and dismeinber socie-
~; OF the remedies tor all social
evils; aud last, but greatest, true
womanly tact, united with Spartan
tir,nness, to enforce these established
laws, anu apply these needed rene
dies. Society is extrinsic and intrln-
Sic. As AZ present constituted II IS
composed in its exterior, OF men
aud women, who wear clothes, Who
are charitabiy accredited with tho
possession OF a modicum OF brains,
and are supposed to be decently re
spectacle. That society requires no
higher qualifications than these, that
her standards are degraded to this
level is not woman's misfortune, but
her fault. That even meh who tall
below such pitiable standards are
cordially welcomed by the leaders
and queens OF society, is womans un.
| a t,l h..rs Wsb.
lnaniiness, aud against the purity OF
her household. Here is work for
woman to.lay-everywhere, how
To raise The standard OF admission
INTO society aud you must first prove
your cleansing power here where
you Are all pow. rtul, before the
sccplics aud unbcllevers III your
powers aud equality, will willingly
commit the publication OF the point,
ical cess-poo, TO your cleaning In
the larger lite tor which you are
struggling, there will be a breadth
OF contact with all outside poliullons
as yet merciiuIly unknown to you,
ana the moral virtue TO brand Vice
as Wise, though clothed in purple aud
fine linen, needs TO be- cultivated III
your present contracted sphere, be
lore you can possibly have courage
10 pi actice it III tie enlarged world
OF your future hopes. 1t woman, alb
splute monarch Ut the social realm,
cannot or will not purge her recep-
ton rooms from the COMMUNICATING
presence OF the libertines and the
ebauchees; il she lacks purity OF
soul to Ieel repugnance to vice, or
moaal firmness TO declare it; II she
con,inne to recogniz. the vicious,
even ia ths sanctuary OF her own
home, before her household gods,
how can she yer become the salt ot
a socially tainted world, the enemy
OF all lmpurlty, regardless OF Sex or
/ condition, and the rescuing angel OF
her fallen sisterhood But society
Is also intrinsic. It has soul az well
as a body. AS at present constitut-
ed, society is generally an internal
battle-ground for the bitterest pas
sions 1t is a tournament at which
pride and vanity meet in silken lists,
with smilln. sneels Tor spears, and
coats OF sclfishness tor mali. 1t IS a
parody upon humanity-a comedy
! 70 some, tragedy TO others, and to
sterling sense, broad farce in reality.
I sneak OF so-called society, on masss
| There are. here and there, to the go-
~ aud praise OF true womanhood
| little social cliques, that haye revo.
lutiorized the whole course OF gen.
eral society These little circles
have been tuned up to the highest
pitch OF cultivated excellence. Their
laws harmonlzed obedience to the
highest womanly in-tincts. Their
standards. the purity vi Christian wo.
manliness; the tra,ernal unsefihness
OF a true christian manhood; the
christian politsness that esteems 9th.
ers precedent 10 self. Their ambi-
ton, the highest inteIlec ual and NOR
al culture. Their grace, womanly
refinement. Their glory, to adorn
society with the living beauty of wo.
manly p.rtectncss, and breathe desire
into the heayt OF universal woman
hood tor share IN the honor OF la
Dor such as theirs. The air OF such
society il purity. rs peace; its pres
ence breathes bcnedic,ion upon the
| ievered senses OF ambitious man.
hood, as grateful as cooling night
dews, or droE ping showers to sun
scorched flowers, IN summer su.trl.
ness. Here is glorious work. To