, 1874-06-28

tclieve the love OF appreciation among women ha
become excessive aud abnormal, leading t.
moral timidlty and delinquency, to concealment
| aud exaggeratlons, to slnuoBities and reflections
in diametrical opposition to ghtforwardnesl
| and uprightness; that it ia often the stronges
| motive where nobfer ones should determine
! course OF action; that it warps conscience ant
blinds Judgment t. peryerts the will and corruptl
| the heart puts mau's favor before God, and il
| nll the more subtle in harmfulness because 81
closely allied to that which is highest nnd BEST
| tho power OF eelt-sacriice for another's pleas
u1o for it ia true that purest benavolence vii
seek another's good and pleasure perhaps In the
eamo way as love Of appreciation; but The
latter il always seeking recognition, mol
Of the good done, but Of the doer Of the good
loves always to hear its own name fnds it hard
to acknowledge superiority in others will take
praise which is not due lives under tho stimu.
lus Of rivalry and emulation. To be the heroina
OF scene, is temptation hardly to be resisted
to play the Same role without audience or spec
tator, becomes = " jeu qua ne ra'at pas Ia clam
dcAe.s
The Constant referring in one's mind to
anotherB opinion Of ones conduct
BEL1TTLE5 THE NATURE.
How shall such one aot as seeing tbs invisi-
bic, regarding remote lSsuea, Ga vaIuing char
acter above all accidental good 7 We have
known one willing that suspicion Of grave crime
should rest upon whole retinue Of doInestics,
rather than Avow careleesness willing that an
other should stand condemned for faleehood,
rather than acknowledge the justice Of
n severe criticism; willing to enter
upon 4 course OF deception which eutailed life
long concealment and anxiety, rather than OPEN
ly to confess IN error which would place her in
the light OF forgiven peniteut willing. always
and forever. to be shielded from all bame-yea
from all s1ghtest withdrawal Of the sunshine Of
approval, at no matter what cost to auother's
reputation; and yet this moral turpl.ude was
only excessive love OF praise, unscrupulous in
use Of means.
All matter is q revelation of spirit, external
conditions OF internal states SO
woMAN's DRESS
bet1ays restlessuess Of desire to attract By it's
novelty, comple1lty, mystery. Illusion We cam
not apply the law personally; all women are
not 1nechanlcian8 or artists. to create their own
costumes; nevertheless, the costumes OF an
epoch nro N indicator OF its social condition.
Examine in evidence the court-costumes of
France in the seventeenth century, or Of En-
glaud at the time OF the Restoration.
* any woman accepts, as under protest, that
which custom iudo1ses, believing 1t unhealth-
fu1 unartistlc. extrayagant; wears it. because it
is approved, and because she cannot endure to
be Quo whit the less approved, though she die OF
languor in the wearing.
Drees-refoEm would come quietly and natural
" By each adapting her attire to her own special
convenience and necessities but the day OF its
Millennium is far away when tas shop-girl, who
must walk miles through filthy streets to
stand behind counters all day, must follow
in bimsy materials, as closely IS she may.
the flowing outlines Of drapery OF tue lady Hho
steps from marble psvenents to cushioned car
riage for drive on bouleyards washed By a1ti-
hcla rains must do It, perhaps. in the struggle
for existence, lest the one who follows closer
outrun her but the more favored, who need not,
1~sr-n f1-
fitness and ideals.
Not alone in the department Of dress do we
see the disastrous results Of oyermuch regard
for outside opinion. Consider
q DUB HOMES.
Usually they represent woman's taste and
ambition !; the domestic arrangements are usu-
ally Of her planning. Think what leseenng of
friction would ensue il each household were ln-
dividual in its appointments, adapted to the re-
sources. tastes, aud needs OF it's occupants
rather than another's; if the manner OF daily
living were reduced to that which could DO
maintained without struggle ii tho one maid
of-ail-work Wero not required, on compauy-days,
to render elegant service in a1l the departments
which two or three are required to I'LL comfort
ably. What relief it would be to be honest
to represent no more than the facts; to be born
into our social Positions aa in older countries,
with an assured rank for life, unless grossly
outraging conventional usage.
Think OF the social reformation il each woman
should do
WHAT sHE scou1D DO BEsr,-
whether it were to cook, to wash, to sew, to
nurse, to heal, to administer affairs, or plan
With fertile brain the work for many hands.
partment? We are told every day that asking
greater scope for woman ia dealing with dead it,
sues that her way is open to I'll honors; yet
all tho powers Of eloquence poetry, chiyalry
tna sha seset2 steso9s' Of still no unit aossa 70 enhance
q dependent in sheltered homo all women