Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-18

son, and assume her old hardship, would
Boston treat her any better than it did In
days OF yoreP Would she not find, even
among Brook farmers, a looking toward
Beacon street VIII ch might surprise here
said just now that money could buy
the press. This is shameful, because the
press, more than any other power, can
afford to be frank and sincere. Freedom
is the very breath OF life in Its nostrils;
yet it is to-day largely salaried
by the enemies of freedom. It was
painful to me to see lately in the Bos
ton DAILY Adoertfser an editorial defense
of the Jesuits, in which they were char.
acterized as body of mild and learned
men, chiefly occupied with the instruc.
ton of youth. The writer might as we'll
have characterized a tiger as harmless
creature, incapable of the use of firearms.
Laughter. To me the worship of wealth
means the triumph of cunning and viii
lainy over unsuccessful virtue. IT'S a
second Field of the Cloth of Gold It
means neglect and insult for the few who
follow high views in life through evil and
good report. The barbaric love OF splen-
dor still lives in man with the thirst for
blood.
THE FOLLIEs OF SOCIETY.
Mrs. Howe next spoke on some of the
follies of society. The society of repre-
sentation, as it is called in Paris, came in
for its share of her censure. The guests
are admitted to entertainments by card or
ticket. All is for large effects, for mere
show; no general introductions are given /;
there is no social fusion. People of Gull
ture and education want a society very
different from this. They have no desire
for the great Babylon OF the world. The
stage form of social life should be sup
planted by true and intimate social gath
erings, where, around a board simply
spread, mind is klndled by mind and true
enjoyment is reached. OBJ profa,suss
oul9us ct arceo, says Horace, and I, a
Democrat of the Democrats, will say So,
too. | reverence the masses of mankind,
rich or poor. My heart beats high when
think of the good which human society
has always evolved, and the greater good
which is in store for those who are to
come after us. But I hate the profane
vulgarity which courts public notice and
mention as the chief end of existence, and
which, in 30 doing, puts out of sight
those serious ends and interests which
each generation is bound to pursue for
itself and promote for its successors. The
time of poor Marie Antoinette was such
a period, Mrs. Howe said, as she had been
criticising adversely.
AMERICAN WOMEN ABROAD.
The butterflies of fashion who fit from
the shores of America to the boulevards
of Paris or the parks of London for en-
jOyment~ and show were also very well
sketched. Our young women study very
well abroad, said Mrs. Howe, some of
them, but some fly between England and
Italy like feather on the wave, disap-
pearing at last. The Daisy Millerish
chip is seen IL many places under Cir
Cumstsnces which reflected no honor on
mother or daughter. They are travelling
abroad, but their company is marked by
the absence of one person-the father
who is about in America working for
their enjoyment. These travellers have an
air of homelessness as they wander about
| from place to place, while the husband
and father is at home working like a
steam fan to keep these butterflies OF fash
! ion in motion. Some of these young
women go about for the especial purpose
of seeking husband with title, and the
| father at home is working hard for the
| luxury of titled sOn-in.la law, who cannot
| earn his own bread and has no desire ever
to do so. Mrs. Howe urged the better
acquaintance of American young men and
women with each other, with the happy
marriages which are likely to result from
such acquaintance, instead of seeking this
titled poverty, lack of sympathy, and too
often something worse in the guise of a
| foreign count.