Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-23
Women and Fame.

In an article on national and publi1
life, the NMetesaA Century msoa tina
takes occasion to notice the fact that in
social lie, the women OF England. move
than those Of any other country. Ara
acquainted with the faces and fame of
their great men, and give to them the
heartiest personal recognition. It saws:
An eminent physician, an eloquent
and learned judge, Q successful imam
cier, distinguished Psychologist or
historian, who. in Germany, will re.
main all his life unknowa to those who
are strangers to his profession. or co.
terie, will at once be familiar to the
whole Of cultivated society ia England,
You can scarcely find . lady these who
does not know who is Mr.. Max Muller
or Mr.. Je~ett, Mr.. Tyndsll or Mr..
Huxley. You might 20 through ali
the drswing-rooms Of Hamburg aud
Lubbock. Brumen and Elberfield. with.
out finding q gentleman who ever heard
OF Bopp or Boeckh, Kirchoff or Helm
holtz."
While this may be partially true, it
Is not wholly 80. The periodical liter.
allure OF Germany shows that her WON
en- AZ well as her men recognize the
superior talent of her great men al
though they are not so demonstratiye
in that recognition, as are those Of the
English speaking nations. The reason
OF this is that in Germany the sexes are
more widely apart. Although exceed
ing kind to their women, the Germans
seldom make science or art part of
their social life. In England, men and
women are more closely assimilate.l in
all things. Women there are not so
entirely domestic rs they are in Ger
many. The English people are not
more sociable than the Germans, but
their sociability extends further. In
Germany. the ripples on the stream of
daily life gather IN eddies; in England
they spread to the banks. ..
But, above all women in the world,
those of America are the quickest to
recognize the fame of men, and well
come famous faces. In fact, they often
carry the recognition to an absurd ex-
treme. In their eagernessto ackhowl-
edge greatness. they TOO often bow to
mere notoriety. Firstly, our women all
read. Not one woman in thousand in
this country allows day to pass with.
out picking out the pith of at least one
newspaper. They know the public
character of every celebrated man. He
may be bishop or prize-fghter; but
if lie is big one they can tell you all
about him. And they take a pride
which sometimes amounts to snobbery
in associating themselves with him.
Secondly, American women are ex.
travagantly fond of hospitality. They
love to have their parlors full and their
tables crowded. And being good read
ers and takers, as we'll as good cooks,
they love to see men who can think and
talk as we'll as eat and drink.
Moreover, an American gentleman
has more regard for women and pays
more attention to her than those of any
other nation. Nowhere in this world
does u woman receive more constant,
respectful regard in every detail OF life
than in the United States. Although
not so demonstrative in lis attention to
her as the Frenchman, he regards her
with more profound respect, and aids
her more heartily in her intellectual
advancement. She is, therefore, better
able to recognize the merit of promi-
nent men, and to show in social life
her appreciation OF it.-Hawkeye. =