The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-19
TIE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL TUESDAY JANUARY 10 1875

bedside of her sleeping spouse AID placing
her hands about his neck chQEAd him into
insansibility. He knocked her down NTH a
chair as soon as he revived, and the novel
went into the stove.
A leading Paris authority in fashionable
matters says there is nothing more difficult
tor woman TO do than to sit gracefully in
a carriage. The lorette lies down at full
length: the strong minded woman crosses
her legs, the bourgeoise sticks up her knee;
the waiting maid leans over the side; and
the high bred lady only holds herself as she
ought TO do, without either carelessness OF
Stiffness, and looking as though she had
been born in carriage.
The editor of the Rome IN. " Sentinel
has been shown design for an upholstered
front gate, which seems destined to become
very popular The foot-board is cushioned,
and there is a warm sosp-stope on each side
the inside step being adjustable. so that a
, short girl can bring her lips to the line OF
any given moussache without trouble. III
the gate is occupied at 1880 PM, an iron
hand extends from one gate post, takes the
Young man by the left ear, turns him
around, and he is at once started home by a
steel foot.
Lawrence, Mass, is scandslized over the
arrest Of James N. Fairfield, one Of her old
est and richest citizens, for abusing his wife.
Fairfield has been assOciRting with disre-
putable women for some time, and NAL
treating his wife, who finally went to Bos-
ton several weeks age, for medical treatment.
She returned on Saturday evening, but had
no sooner entered the house than Fairfield
sprang at her and dashed her against the
wall, wbereupon her relatives had him ar
rested. and he was held under $4,000 bonds
to appear Monday morning. Mrs. Fairfield
will now insist on separation.
A recent lecturer on the "Blue Stockings
Of the Eighteenth Century" says: Let us
glance back for moment upon female edu-
cation in the century of which ] speak. Take
the biographical sketches and other works
of that day, and you will find in them O
strong prejudice against the education OF a
woman. If she could read enough to peruse
her Bible, tho psslter and Watts hymns,
that was considered enough for her necessi.
ties, although a smack OF arithmetic was not
seriously objected to. Therefore what higher
education a woman in those days got was OBJ
tanned by her own exertions. knowledge
among women being so discountenanced,
most of the female writers of that day wrote
under an assumed name, and were generally
the daughters of actors andprofessional men.
Young ladies in that day who were 80 ambi-
tioUs as to write books, concealed their
identity from their nearest friends, as we'll
from the general public, so disreputabie
was the higher education of woman consid-
cred. 1t was almost, if not, a disgrace tor a
woman to be known as lover of books and
science, or in other words, "Bluestock-
ing" and it was even dangerous for the
reputation of a man TO be known as the
companion Of one of this class of women.
Books, as a matter of course, were scarce
and almost considered a luxury; even such
books as Cinderella and other juvenile
unknown children
those days. But the perseverance Of woman
succeeded, and, at last, it was no longer
necessary for them to conceal their names
from any of their publications. and it soon
became an honor for woman to be known
as g first class author.