, 1873-08-17
WOMAN.
Son,e Problems Concerning Her.
What Is Expected Of Hor Before and
After Marriage.

After Marriage.
It acoma to be protty gonorally conceded
Tint woman has somo businoBB In this world,
Or Bho would not bo horo; but tho nature Of
that business is ono OF tho
rnonLEa1s OF THE AGE.
In fact, tho object OF her croation aeoms to bo
only tho first Of sorlos OF conundruma oon-
corning her which porplex both horao1f and,
whas Is moro astonishing, tho lords Of oroaEion.
The lattor summarily sottlc tho first riddle by de-
clhring that woman wRB designed for mnrrfago It
makes no difference with tho popularity Of this
decision TINT mon hnvo m awkward custom OF
distributing tho arithmot!cnl equality Of tho
soxos by dobarring women from tho deoi1naslng
occupation Of Boldiors, buzz and circular saw-
yere, etc., md tho olovattng pursuits Of scafar-
ing, md manufacturing powder md nitro-glycor-
Inc, and boing hanged. Women arc 30 soon
worn out with life, howoyor that, by moana OF
tho reaaing process Of widoworing, about ovorY
sixth man is privileged to afford at lonat TWO
women an opportunity to fulfill tho obJoot OF
their creation; aud, to tho credit OF tho raoo DO
it acknowledged, tint oyory man hastens to
enjoy his privilege, and every woman to on-
lracc her opportunity. This ia tho only conaola-
tlon possible to offer to those few thousands OF
Now England fair ones who find thomBolves In
that appalling cenBus total "Excosa Of fomalos
over malea"
But no sooner ia tho first question settled than
the second starts up with appalling suddenneaa.
1hon how shall
TIE DAUGHTERS
bo educated? 10 begin with, 1t ia lmperatiyoly
necessary that no ideas Of her future work
should be allowed to cross the girls mind. It
would DO unuaidon1y to think Of such things.
Sho must take mouthful Of ancient history,
bite Of modern history, a taste Of mathematics,
q bit Of ovory oloRy, dash Of mental science,
mud tho Ba1ne amount Of moral ditto. Tho offcot
OF all this miscellaneous etndy Is to mako the
mind rcaomblo cloth on which painter
cleans his brushoa. slo must learn political
economy, OF course, because she certainly will
nover hnvo anything to do with national
Gnancos; and 1t Ia imperatiyoly nocessnry TINT
sho should bo couvornant with tho Constitution,
because she Is not called upon even to vote.
But, after all, the one thing ncodful Is to put
her on tho pano-ssool before sho can reach the
podals, ind koep hor thoro two houra dny,
dangling hor lttlo foot, strumming tho diacorlant
koys, and 1ugubriously chanting: "Wu-hun,
Ashland, too-hoo, ah-hana."
All! How forventlY does she rojoico-whon
she stands in the radiant beauty of her gradual
ing robos and tho reporters busy extracting
from hor essay tho good things which her com-
position toucher has boon busy putting In it
that she is forever dono with thoso horrd atudies
How bright and gay is the world
INTO WHICH SIZE HAS DR1FTEp!
The roses and camo}inH aro always blooming, tho
lights arc always twnfling. tho river Ia always
tppling, tho music is forever pu1sing; llfo is rot,
responsibility ~ tho larmonlzing Of colors. uor
memory il lurdoned simply with the number and
make OF her ahocs and gloVoB. Nobody aska her,
hotween tho 1gnroB Of tho Lancors, about
society no one henrH anything about ideas. Out
under the stars. Adophus does not alludo to tho
Variations in tho Elongntion Of Mercury" To
ho sure, ho talkH about Venus aud her eateltes,
when It iB we'll known she has mono, her yarla-
tions, hor inclinatons, etc.; but his companion
understands evory word that ho says, aud finds
that the Venus Of the astronomer md
tas Venus 81 tho fourti9r are tTo very
tinted tod notes she commences A''t i Dearest ss
Frederick" b,lt it mover occurs to Frederick
that, it he is dear In the suporlatiyo degree, ho
must ut least la Frederick III. in her affections.
Frederick nor any ono else expocts anything Of
Violet but to bo young and gay, graceful and
charming. till she is
Then sho suddenly discovers that now she ia OK
Pactod to know everything, do everything, and
be everything.
All at once, aud all DER,
With mighty urroar.
"Can aho mako bread?' is tho chorus. No,
Of course she can't. "Won our grand
didn't 1.-Two with steam bakery round
Tho corner. Nobody asks il Frederick can saw
wood or NOV. Hs grandfather did both but
Violet is sure Frederick would station himself
with his NJ directly under the clotheB-lino, and
his Own hoad would be tho first wood chopped.
Ho might, iudoel, sally forth some summer
morning, gaily swinging Lis 8cythe; but, before
night, 10 would surely be brought home, like
some popular actor Tin two parts" Howevor,
ancestors. "Can sho knit" orieB tho chorus.
No. "Wcl1. our graudmothors knitted al the
stockings for their fami1eB." Tho absnrdity Of
thinking that Frederick, who cannot endure a
darn in his fine loHo, wo,,ld wear those coarBo,
clumsy, ribbel'yarn stockings, even II she could
mako thom. Clearly, tho woman Of to-day is
good enough for the man of to-day; but, see-
ii1ng that aon.o writer's are so infatuated with
their granamothera' ways and works, perhaps
that aprarently-usoloBs and absurd cano!., that
man shall not marry his grandmother, is not
60 unnecessary after oil.
Poor Violet IL the subject Of
UNLIMITED ADVICE.
That delightful fashon-writer, "Florenca Fire.
ny." first appeals to her, i1nproHBively stating
that women should know how to manufacture
thnir own bonnets aud drosses, cover
thoir own parasols, aud mako their own UNDER
clothing. Thou comes " Katy-did," chirping
In the public car how ahe furnished a homo
very prestily with only $50 outlay; making
onsy-chairs nut OF barrels and aofas out OF old
trunks, and upholstering thom with discarded
curtains and 10-cant -cllintz. She ontluaia8ti-
cally Describes . cosy little hottae presided over
by o domestic fairy who made rictare-framea
out Of straws, thread, shay,ngs moss,-auy-
thing that cauao hMnty; and who embroidered
towei-racka, wood-boxes, tlat-iron holdors,-
filling UP her leisure-moments by crochotine
Ornamental olothea-pln bags and waste-strinE;
recoptaclos. Alas and has it como to this
Surely it were better for woman to endure in
funticide iu China than to grow up in America
mud deyota Aer best energies to constructing an
ornamental gridiron-coyer. Nobody insults
FrederlckB common HonBo by publishing
weekly papor to instruct him how
to employ his leisure-monlouts in
carving an ornamental sp.toon-cover, or to di-
rect him how to construct an elegant Gothic