, 1873-11-09

Of studios. Or nitnt1ar courses, they compete and
thia competition, under tho circumstances III
which II ia carried on, mist inevitably Aond tho
timo. Yot thore Is no question Of going baok to
tho good old time whom roalinge wnu AZ M
womanlY as voting now b.. TI,oro Is no tlnn1
Eos botweon lcarni;ng tho alphabet and lor aoeosa
ns vol Eavo gono baek IL Washington from thc
bloody fold of Syottsylyunta ~ the women Of io-
tlny return TO tho wllec!a of tlloso Of past aroB.
Eyer II Milling t9 res'le tl9y l'sve nc power to
eyGsas' on sa nj o tho "sSsa sasa way sSy r1s % 60
botwoon tho opposing ar'1los Of Doapotism
md ,ias nS%Hn n" Ga MGaas52 5 ss hs'srq tfo Law
force shall prevail IN the ond,--they aro bound
to t1h tho ol,asm aud bridge tho way for thoso
who como aftor them: We Htand betwaon tho
long centurios In Which women wore clattel-
masters, and wllat they are to be In tho Mlllen-
Mum, or when thoy have rogained their original
position az equal proprietso2ra Of the earth, with
abilities Of tho past, and aro ground. as It woro,
between the upper and neither mitl-Btonoa Of 40
ambition to bc mans intellectual equal and thu
old slaysh inattnot, which sots It's approval
above that Of God and their own conaoionnces.
80 long as tho girls wast ia as largo aa TINT Of
l,or brother, and hor linls almost AZ froo there
is no norvouB strain In Keeping up with him in
hohool but. when hor natural instincts and tho
customs Of society teach her that his favor IL
bsttcr than lifo. ali his perverted taste preforo
Clineto feet md eemi-fnacct FORM tho tug OF
var bogns. by rncans OF corsot, band, or 6olt.
o, nes vee t IL alyldod into an upper and lower seq
and stomach; tho other down to lnd room. AZ Il
can, whore q thorc p no room for 1t. Evory vital
orga1n, g1,;N y displaced Or orampod. Dtoclades aro
BY tsh sh0ss sht goyo tight
tight skirt t-bands; and thcre tho blood must nm
BY extra force Of pumping, oyory limo Il paseea
from tho heart to tho extremitcs or back, TLo
lmba are fottered By masaes Of dra,,ery worn
only for show; and then tho doctors iii her to
tako o1orose. ~ W.
It doos not seem to occur to any ono that ar
erclae to woman dressed Us all, or nenrly Mi.
women dress nov. is perfectly ru!nonu o..
woman OF to-day should DO laid Oh lounge, sun
ported ~ tho aoftost pillows, and trundled nbout
On wheels, In rccumbent postiou, when sic
| goea out for air. sho should mover be permitted
eary to robe aud disrobo; and never. for t,,,e-
bali hour, DO permitted to bear tho weight Of tho
| dfapery in which eho Ia dona up 10 study in
aaeh costume ia to burn tho candle at Doth
onda; but tho spirit Of tile ago iB upon her: tI,o
ages to como press her on study aho must and
| die sho must. There ia absolutely no hojn fnr
her. Help will como, but 1t will bo to su.cpelino
generations through tho suffering md death 81
The present strifo bctweon. young men and
women for college-honors IL AZ though We lar-
nesaed nee sspan Of horses to . load; fastened a
bgoRound S @ Rag ct sand on the back Of one, tied
als 1ees WITH ropes few inches shortor than his
natural step, aud then urged them to equal Of
fort. II tho loaded horse woro high-strung,
nervous animal. and the othor taRe-it-ousY,,
ploud,ng follow, they might koop together for
toiso at Inst. as 1t might have, been had there
been no .unfairnoas In the trial. Womanb in
tolioctual equality with man has not been proved,
and mover can be until the mutual sorrow caused
by hcr fnluro In tho prosont trial has TAUGHT ,cr
aud hor mate, the arbiter Of ler doBtiny. to
prefer the physical woman whom God made. ind
who only lives now ii the dreams Of poets and
artists to the caricature tint Slavery and
Fashion have substituted for tho original 1nother
Of perfect mon. JANE q. SW1ssHE1u