, 1877-11-10

VE1Hl, HNu0y coHcc, anu c1Id GtetAtrak,-a
Eatlip]e. wr may thIcr, Of the diet which ,
had tern fed for nnrr tl,an twrivetnpntIl, rre
he arrived " tho point III audible prut+.tntfon.
Being s"eet'3 re'n'htca that he tah! mt marry
ptessed creature blurtcd out between his closed
teeth, Yves, + remember, / don't know What
We were cilhcr Of Us thinking etl''
1t Is not Singular that At:s' fcasttye feelings
us!f tsr ns ny .s -, s,'fa tSa admission
snthor wou!a hare us feel Throughout
le1 stery,. tho oaly martyr. There were
tr9 st,, 9t them .o r i' 1nst tnat ost5sn:
the one-sidci Gaze made out by Miss thelps III
lrhalf Of AVIS should not go unci.alenec,l.
The luok IA nleait- III a subtle way, to bear
upon ths great question af tie adjustment at
marital relation; ami the Unfair presentation nf
tic causc Of the women pr6sokea At least word
of fesns.nstrsnce.
Avs esrovr not1y, i. must he granted, to
ale had pu. ',crac1f. She patiently endured The
necessity which h'nsclolleares that could moi
be ahrkc1, and the birth Ut children, produced,
Of putting " her brushes and easel until 6unfr
t'',;e'l,fec Mt1!!c tisns Of leisure. She ltkewss
tosled et,terfaliy to perform properly the serv
trta required uf hsusewsfe; out still II was
Alwars ~ the apiY7t Df greatly wrongctI and
outraged woman. ustrandcr Ii, on the ether
careless and thourhtess uppresspr. AMI marriage
,ua.uI5 bccal,sc Avs found il hari TO
9c nrupie'l will, the. petty, yet Important,
"details Of i,fc, snl to lcsec.d !ron the realms
Of Imagination. which she felt wcre her peculiar
province y, The plain sraIitic. Vi tic connv1,-
place world 10 answering. the honety, human
s'e'"af of husband and youi1g children. rhe
crrors and shortcomings Of Ostran1er-wl,ic
wcrr uf nu very l,cUoiis ctaractcr--.ra rnaInt.
flcd to the utmost, while MT hint IA dropped
that Avis was guilty u An crrur,-tav, uturc
than that. nt sin. IN marrying without o,le
natterof-tact H''tipn Of HEI& ths condition I'm.
pics. nr ot the srrons, thornuEh traintus every
woman II III duty hoind To 70 through, III order
To fc capable of tUartC her share Of the rcspo,,.
ssb'!itics which the maintenance Of household
!uvN!YeS
III short, as hsf hecn already etated. tic story
Of Avis "a Ern*sly.raftfal plea III favor of
gifted. Incompetent wonlan. vito weakly. rash.
" tutfcrtook-itke too utAny of tIcr scx-tc
o,crous, vet sanctiacl. duties af n wife; and
then th'eT 'pou tate and her husband the
blaine fE l,artlspt for which her owl, criminal
Ignorance and seflshucss chiefly Should he held
TO III nCttiN,lt.
10 .nuch suacs has been oeeuried with tic
mornl of Miss rt,cps' story that but little can
bc given to the methods by which tl,e has
worked IL out. We raAs wftluut crltIeieln thu
unnatural deterioration Of the ct,atacter ii Us-
trat'icr,, 1t l. possible that union With III
icalist llke AVIS, whit can paint magnificent
pictures. but has Erownup thinking it toi worth
lcr while to know anything o( the simplest proc-
csscs involved IN .!aIi} iiviG, or ot tic dignity
atA dellEht VI lninlsterlnE 10 human rIaturG's
cutttnJtt t1cc1s. might ruptily des.nraize t,an
having the rarely tine trnits bestowed UPON
Phillip III the beginning. llnt tins been given
as the reason fur his swift decline in tnanlucss,
It would have becn totrraftT satisfactory. A.
It II. VIC must accuse The author OF an unjust
Treatment Of flie casg.
The literary Ftyie of Miss Phelps has always
been upcu to cGnsurC, aud ducs not amend with
practice. II bccuIhea extremely wrar!*umc 10
struggle with the obscure meanings VI her Pc
ttanlic sentences a.,d forceI rt,etorfca! figures.
What Is the Significance. for example, Of
''.l!9uid nloods." ",,narccutuatot. naturcs,"
OF The Fltrentiuc sky.' und i!nCcr.sips ttChtr,,-
tnc like "growang sslcls' ! And WHO viii ex.
plain 10 persons OF stralgtit-fornled speech
propositions like thcee: ''Ayis was not without
capabitity vi rclstinE certain quality OF ttuts,
OIL, not too fully favored, OF prislnatic tints,
and in l1lv's shape. like hyaeintl6." "Avit
WIS cnTe~orn woman; aud, ltkc most
people with whom life ias dealt intensely md
tntrospcetiycfy. tic pressure Of thu advancing
upon thc retreatng generation touched lles per-
sutlality more tlun her philanthropy or pllilos-
ophyh! Of imagery stratncd until II becomes
nonsense VIZ quolc il single specimen: "The
tirst Virginia dawn itntolucl liku \ tea.rose
leaf. Down through thv great baErcns the pas.
elons grew; eternal fire ssnt sentinel upon lie
Low horizon Of Carolina: Georgia took up the
torch, sa1 san with 1t, like wiil-o'-tle.w,sf',
fruM swamp TO SWAMP swift to the everglades,
wlCre Flortda knec]etl III purple anl scarlet,
like Queen who was crowned IN praycr."