The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-16

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for the alribK Of small vita and the er.
etciSe o.. broad apdaeity-nothiDg doubt
fuI Of any kind-but a society which
makes you feel that here At least 4
neither degeneraey nor yulgarity, and
that you are amongst what there Is oil
best and noblest left in the country
Well lone need NOT be 3 Pharisee TO
acknowledge the charm Of such Adlon a.
this, and that II Is better to have TO live
up 10 your society then TO know that you
are sinking down-pleasantly, II may be,
bat sinking all the same-below the level
ut which you once stood. Women In
society can. do An immense amount Of
good by giving tone TO the world about
them; and those who are determined
thst they will neither patroniEe vice nor
suffer the intrusion Of modern yulgArities
are beneiactfesses OF q very noble kind
antiseptic elements In the midst Of rather
startling corruption-for which we can
scarcely be too grateful.
Great in their own way, too, are the quiz
ct, Eteadfast women who do not chatter
10 the four winds Of heaven OF what wo.
men ought to do, and might do, aud
should do, II only tyrant man gave them
fair play and brought down those burly
thews and Anews Of his TO their smaller
measure-but who noiselessly take their
own way, no one opposing, develop their
powers a. itsuits them best, and live the
lie Of work and independence at which
others shrek like startled magpies.
There are women OF this kind who have
been self.supportiug from almost girl.
hood, and who, have found by experience
and after training, that woman's work
ranks with mans In effect II It be not
equal in power, and that theworld does not
a5kif this was done by John or Jane, provi-
ded only il will be we'll done and such as
the times demand. These are the women
who accomplish all without fuss or blare.
They neither crop their heads like men
nor put on epicene attire,nor mount plat.
forms and take the chair at public meet
inss, nor try to force closed doors, when
no many standing open for the tree in.
ytess Of women 10 work are left unused,
They are always real women, wellbred,
and delicate; who do not smoke or swear.
nor talk slang, nor discuss in public 81.
Thy and unmentionable subjects, but wo.
men who have Get out in life with def.
mite purpose, and who do not halt until
they have accomplished it-noiseleesly.
But it Is always . lawful and purely fem
Iiniue purpose, and they never forget their
sex 10 It's pursnit, Where others call God
and man 10 witness their heroic endeayors
10 nsex themselves in the dissectipg
rooms Of Paris, these women quietly and
Imodestly learn all they want to know Of
physiology or anatomy, then turn their
knowledge 10 account. in lectures TO wo>
men, or for the higher classes at school.
What they do Is done well; and the man.
ines OF it will not offend, because they re.
main true women, chaste women, and
feminine through il all because they care
for the thing to be done rather than for
themselves and how they do II rather
than what people say Of them. SO il wo.
men have at heart any particular theory
OF life, any special religious or moral
views, say, they live according to their
ideas Of the best things. which Is better
than preaching about them, and has more
effect on the world atlarge. They may
be right or. wrong, but at least they are
sincere, and willing to bear though they
do not court martyrdom; and we have no
right to demand more than sincerity from
any one. II they are freethinking wo.
men, or those who hold unorthodox views
on, marriage, those who do not believe In
the Immortality OF the soul nor yet in q
special revolutionary one OF which her:
estes society can hardly bring itself to
tolerate-they do not 60 out into the wide
world, preaching, lecturing, denouncing.
Unless called on by truth and honor to
declare themselves, unless directly chal.
lenged, they keep their flags in their pock-
cts, and no one can say that they are
Haunted unnecessarily, or when called on
for display they are shirked or denied.
These women are perfectly feminine, per-
iectly beautiful. how widely different so>
ever they may be from the majority; but
can we say the same OF those whose chief
delight seems TO be to shock the feelings
and revolt the taste OF every one with
whom they are brought in contact by the
coarse personal publicity with which they
advocate their startling yiews3
II wives and mothers are dear and
lovely, 80 are those sweet, unselhsh won.
en- sometimes met in houses assupplemen.
tary mo,hers, helping their sisters in
their duties, and finding their happiness
in their vicarious maternity. 1t ia not all
unselfsh giving and nc. return with these;
for the sense Of doing good is oil itself
its own reward TO all true women, and
the children love them like so many sec.
ond mothers. And the other sisters"
OF more arbitrary kind-the nurses in
hospitals and care takers OF the unfortu-
nate, who do such really good work
among the poor, despite the iantastlcal
ity Of their methods-they, too. are among
those whom we honor, those who keep the
ser pure and true. Badly led, they them
selves are heroic in the fight which they
carry on against misery and sin, and the
degradation Of their poorer sisters
grand and SANITY In their quiet dedi.
cation Of themselves to the holy life Of
humsnity. How much they do, compared
TO that noisy, blatant, shrieking section
which utters historical cries on platforms
and puts ont nasty literature through
the press, working for themselves and no.
toriety while these sweet. patient, tender
souls work for the good Of others, and
merge themselves In their mission as true
women know howl The country ladies
and those in towns who do not belong to
sister hoods, but who do good all the same,
may sin against the best laws Of political
economy; but who would not rather have
such women as they than the cold and
scientific classifiers Of cause and effect,
the calculators OF how many more beg.
gars the penny given to that half'naked,
shivering child will make?
The very poor woman who does her