The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-08
THE WOMEN IN MEXICO.
Then Take Things Easy, and KsaoaU Not
ing of TVoma,a's Rights.

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ing of Woman's Rights.
. Woman's Journal
:. If we are to believe that ''the first requisite
of man is to be good animal,'' our Mexi
can sisters are vastly our superiors. Instead
of perfect health being the exception, as
fear is too often the case with us, feelings an6
ailings are rare. The women, as a rule, live
to hale and hearty old age, without ever
having heard of the thousand and one all
ments that aflict their sex elsewhere. The
young are vigorous, and bear an
almost unlimited number of chill
tdren without decrease of strength. This
physical superiority does not seem traceable
to any one cause. Perhaps it is the tsshr-
vival of the fittest." Children are cared fol
in what would seem to us most reckless
manner. have seen new. born babies, for
example, in biting cold weather wrapped in 4
small cotton sheet, without other garments
than cambria shirt, and this the universal
custom in the best regulated households.
There are no statistics at hand to support
the assertion, but I judge the average num-
of births in family to be from ten to
twelve. A large percentage of these never
reach maturity. and it is allowable to pre-
sume that those who have the most power
of endurance survive. .y.. ,. Il
On the other hand, corsets are but little
known, and the old fashion of high heeIed
shoes has never reached here. There are
no reform waists to supply the place to the
corset, but the skirts are usually made light
and worn with sacques, so that the outrages
of the human form are less glaring than in
more civilized (?) communities. Steels and
whalebone and tight-waisted dresses are for
gala days only, and then for the privileged
few. The home garments are invariably
loose and comfortable. This, though not
the perfection of dress reform, is an i'm
provement on the dress of the average
American woman. ..... ..@. =
Again, these women are not overworked,
They perform their work in slow, easy
going manner, whether in the kitchen or
bedroom or in the parlor, at their sewing or
fancy work. Unlike us, who have no mod
Grafton in the use of characteristic valua-
bic in itself, but the abuse of what is sap
ping our very life as people, they do not
exhaust their nervous forces in hurrying
with time. If to-day is not sufficiently long,
manana, tomorrow stretches ont invitingly
before them in delightful indefiniteness.i
Time is absolutely no object. .a5f "a
3 1t would be curious to investigate the rea-
son why, in this land, where sswomen's
rights are almost unheard of, when in
many respects the women are helplessly de-
pendent, and here there is SO little general
enlightenment, married women are indie
pendent financially-that is to say, they are
treasurers of the partnership, and are not
subject to the humiliation Of asking their
husbands for every cent they need for their
own expenses and those of the household.
The husband considers that his wife is as
much entitled to his earnings as he is, and
leaves their disbursement to her Judgment.
am glad to say that she does not abuse
this confidence. She is prudent and econ
omical, and often shows more sagacity than
he in the use of the money. r,