Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-20
EVENING STAR.
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The Vulgaraay OF Ladies'.

Beg your pardon, ladies is what we
mesn. Woman includes everybody. and OF
course mere must be vulgar women. bat
lanief are supposed 20 be the pick OF women
There II kind OF assumption that WON m
Is neater, cleaner more sensitive aud more
renned creature than man. IL may De -.
but a lady will do many things which A sen,
teman could not bring himself To DO. There
Is no gentleman In Springfield. FOR Instance,
who could walk through Main street drag
gtpg pert OF his raiment on the ground
after him. Any gentleman would consider
himselI denied by such a performance,
snd probably would soon find himself In
The hands OF the police and arraigned before
commission de lunatico No gentleman
would care TO parade the street In such attire
that one hand was consequently occupied IN
reenng the slack OF his breaches, after the
manner OF holding up skirts at the present
time American gentlemen attach the char
acter OF gambler 20 man whoswears many
jewels and rings, and recognize a cognate
vulgarity In the lady who similarly over
loads herself on occasions when personal
adornment is not In keeping What we
mean is that there is modesty and sobrieiy
of attire and even OF bearing among recos-
nized gentlemen which the recognized Lady
mas not yet attained.
Tie matter has its practical bearing in m,
intercourse OF men aud women az strangers
women enjoy In this country a certain frea-
dom Of movement about the country and
amorg men which must be protected. As
they seek more and more diverse fields OF
livelihood, they will be driven more and more
TO mingle with the human tide, regardless OF
their sex IL Is not necessary TO assume in
the brutal way OF the Saturday Review that
Where The census { CURES report women in the
majority there she puts herself forward aud
Wfiere IN - minority there she cultiyafes
modesty I'm the assurance OF ultimate mar
rage an how. II la not necessary 70 com
struct coarse sociology of this description
10 arrives AT the conclusion that the tendency
OF CIVILIZATION is To sink considerations OF
sex and place woman on the same footing
with man and under the necessity OF con.
slant Intercourse with him, and unprotected
except by her own powers.
Under these circumstances IL becomes the
real lady, or the new lady, as we NAV call
The latest product OF American culture and
refinement, when she Is making her yay I'm
The world and among strangers, TO distin-
gulSh herself as a lady a. much as possible
There Is sobriety and decorum of dress
even of rich dress, which 90 the practicei
eye Despeaks modesJy and the dignity of
worm IN tue wearer. OF course there are
occasions, when woman is surrounded Iy
friends and the safeguards OF hospitality
when greater range OF personal adornment
Goes not vulgariZe or betray. But I'm meet
Ing The world, I'm business and travel the
Col Bakers are best kept at a distance by
something OF the reserve and sobriety OF
attire 10 which gentlemen have arTi we'd and
which they understand when they see in i'm
each other, and in women. We do not pre-
sumo 10 say that the lady whom Col Baker
down as a brute who thought to terrify and
silence an innocent young woman whom
chaHce has thrown in his way. But IL is
nevertheless a fact that the new woman the
woman OF refinement and INDEPENDENCE
making her way in the world, has not vet
gehersIly brought her attire TO represent the
inCoesty, sobriety and culture which are
hers, nor adapted IL To the serious purposes
which she has in view.-Spriaqfield Rep,fIli-
can.