Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-19


doL WoT.d 4. who STst developed the oiern
creed that IL Is n c duty of woman To rem Ter
nerstii Ie companion OF man by sharing his
every pursuit. 10 mater at what cost of
d!sconl ;ort to herself or tn him has mach
vtry rlSch, Ia answer for. The evil in1u
: &C OF d. doctrine has been incalcu!a ole
Like al ibeorios il SOUNDED passing well:
h-ei Were 10 ne sotened and refinet by tne
ii hCeL'e ard the constant companionShip Of
women. while the latter were 10 have their
tLought> ennooled and their minds enlarged
- the eo1iI ing Conversation of tue su oerior
sex All those VINO miUgle much in the
fashionable society Of the day know tole.a-
hiy wei how these fair visions have been
ttalled; how, In their Impotence OF the re-
sua1ut thus attempted To be Imposed up IN
Their mann ers and treir conversation, meu
have broken bounds altogether. and, inste al
OF cuTbing their speech ia Difference TO the
Won. EN- WHO thus thrust themselves upon
them, have taught them to use a slang and
20 speak OF subjects OF which their mothers
would not have understood a syllable II is
no; the men who have beeI sof.ened; IL is
the women who have been cDarsened and
emit oldeued TO pitch that forms sad sub
jet OF contemplate to a thoughtful mind
The average woman of the day is never hap
p out OF the society of men. Formerly girls
met young men al balls or parties, or when
hiding in the park, always uUder proper sur
VeillaIce ard chaperOuage; now from early
dawn they are in each others company.
skating uncha perontd in the morning riding
atieLdec only by groom, and joined by any
faVOrsG cavaliers, and entertaining the same
T. c. at conf eutisl kettledrum tea; or, If in
/ e country, are walking with the guns, row
III IN the boats, or riding TO hounds.
BEl the cUus tsnL com pan iOnshIp OF the day
Il al too little, and The more enterprising
spirits Low deny their male friends respite
from ths r presence even In the smoking
room. AT 1rstit was OILY the very fastest
of fr sky matrUTls who ventured on this
som what CettTmtI Ell act of aggreSsion-in-
deed, SO frISkly were they as 10 be inhabi-
tSntS OF that dcbatable ground where fast
hess an fau tinssS are convertible terms.
according to the arimus of the speaker. and
even they Were only able to accomplish their
wishes AID exhibit their Superbiy embrOid-
erto dressing gOwDS in exceptionally fast
houses But gradually 10 negan 10 be felt
that these rapid DANES could lot be allowed
the moIOI roy of what those env!Ous Of them
were " ilG enough 10 believe an exceptional
advantage, and, first, young married women
OF less pTOhOun need character, and then grad
ualIy some OF the more audaciOUs spirits
among the girls found their way into what
Ia heretofore been considered purely mas
cu4LC yMpOSl UNI The last harder OF refuge
. left To The IefSt cUted male. TIE quiet spirits
who Tes e.tJ The iEVaSiO:I-aDt they are more
NuneT, uS Than 10 would at all Halter the en-
ieTpTltiug DANES - faDcy-n must often feel a
saIcolIC satisfaction IN the thought Of the
agcnits that must have been endured bv their
Prosecutors he ore habltua ting themselves to
the use uieEen The miidCst cigarette. Bu5
OTu3sLs denomination once aroused is not
es-liy forgotten; sickness. headache and
every Oti er discomfort are borne Wi "a q hero
j. II Woril. y OF a better cause, and firm pos
session al the inIermOst line OF defense mas
been attained.
1t must be allowed that ii has not yet be-
come so n Uch the custom as not 10 be CON
sictr. q lat. and that ia many houses where
i&0l'S appear in the smoking room they do
so Sab rosa, and totally without the know
lttEt 81 he mistress or the house, that WOr-
thy CEatelaiIc. faJigUed with the entertain
ment OF her friends, being wrapped I'm the
81, e. OF tie just b. fore her lively guests have
lIdU crd Tt mSelVeS win their gorgeous
SlnoklIR properties; ami perhaps this ele-
ment OF secrecy lends a still greater charm
20 the entertainment. But yVU should greatly
like u know whether these cnaucipa:c-i
DANES iiiuk-if indeed We may venture In
susf eC' fast - oman OF ever doing ANYTHING
50 SIIW nj Old fashioned tiat they in any
VA col, nj themselves to the affections
or The adm ration of their male friends 10y
SUCt intrusion ON their donna ms Howe yer
Sla' gy or fast they NAV be- mos: men, in
some secret cCrI or OF their COInposl ton. che
risii a. D. nate respect for feminine purity
a. Il muCesty- and one OF the very best tests
OF lIclr opinion or any given proceeding is
10 IA & - IL for the adoption of their sisters,
rs u IA e. u y are ia ann at once. Suggest
it !or any one else, they "canuot see the
hdIm; bat mint at Julia or Alice doing tue
very same thing, and they AT once regard
The matter in vastly different light. IL
ILN-i &c q Strange brother VINO WON'T be
1G"Ao 10 approve of bis sisters presence in
The SmOkli room; BE- knows too well how
lre' y Us lr,GueIicTS are Invariably com
meLj'u on; how, cOtu0TGieTte being Substt-
lEltG Tor due resp, CT. many matters are
CONN Ga topics Of conversation That should
never reach Wowau'S ear ana also how
coIGl6lN The iuiILuers are 70 Ell Il nuisance.
ID really seems impOSsi bIe 10 persuade
come women That they can ever be in the
way, or To make them understand that hav-
walEtG, Hidden, TOWet, played at bill
haTGe, and danced with them all the lawful
ara CThOtOX hours of the day, men would
lam he LETT 10 their own society aud their
oW ccBstIial topics of cnnve rsaIion for one
iiIei lCur OUi OF The invent -four. We fear
ILa' lhry 90 nos properly appreciate the
tomrl Ineit implied IN their lair friends
'N' iIy aNOwei Discrimination 70 live with
out iEelr COZ slant c0mpaH iOnship. but are
Hp. 40 account for il by he irreVerent OBJ
ser Na'lon thai "wOnIen are stupid, and bore
each 'tner.' 1t ba, become So much the
id>i'!f'- With Il certain class OF writer's TO
shFt az urely feminine gatherings. and 10
H' Iitt Ii SUCn glowing cpiOrs the dullueSs
"'!ch t|ty imagine insei arabic from the
'' Nrr-' tlHu o. women when alone to-
gelhtr, that those VINO do not happan To
rave The courage 10 think for themselves
Imagine that 10 would be an evidence OF
trlvollty To admit that they were cOntenteI
IL the society Of their own sex, and are wont
10 rush into the opposite extreme of never,
II they can avoid IL. talking 10 any one but
men. They would he wiser IL they remern-
Drred u al variety is charming and left
heir male friends occasional Intervals of
repose, from which 10 return with renewed
- 81 10 The delights of their society.