The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-09-10

.haS itiit:lNS oNcIltdpb society
assuS Nistoms and partakcn of the ilcsl
pofsUkEgyrt. Throw these two togethe,
i'll the inscparable intinacies Of school life
and the result is patent The female mine
becomes masculinIzcd; she strives to reacl
the higher walks Of Knowledge heretofore
held sacred to man, talks wisely of the pro
LESSONS and wunans sphere, advocates
freedom of thought-and, alas, too often
practices freedom of actiCn-ioses the gen
tie modesty and grace that mark the perfect
woman, meets man half way in the battle OF
life with IL careless honhoD,ic that breaks
down those barriers of reserve and pru-
ucncc which should ever be maintained,
and stands, unsexcd, "a woman inpcrti-
ncnt and ,nnnnish grown, who is not more
ioathcd than an ctlrninutc man in time Of
action
have entered upon the discussion of this
subject with reluctance, KNOWN. that l, a
woman. aln advocating principles which
seem, at first blush, foreign to the advance
incnt of my sex. Still. take it, the l,xity
al the Morals of to-day is due i'll great part
to.tEc same straining after position and ct-
1cct which is persisted i'll by the fair ones
of the present age and which all this
Ciamor about 'wornan's advancement" has
greatly tended to increase.
There are men among you who have gen
tie Wivcs--wiYcs that have lain upon Your
bosoms and asked no greater happiness than
70 be Cncirclcd by your protecting arms.
There are men among You whose lives are
gladdyncd Nv the smiles Of little prattling
girls Who bow their sunny heads upon your
knees at lusky close Of day and lisp the
baby prayer YOU taught their rosy lips to
i"shl2n. Which one of you can honestly
declare that, for the sake of the enlarge
lnent and Improvement of woman's sphere
and Wonlhns intellect, so pratcd of. he
would willingly have that vile iorsHke the
happy, lovellt home to be leGlcd by the
tuui, revolving testimony OF 4 criminal
court. or sec his rosy baby, grown to blush
ing lr.,idenliooI, with NJ. d. tackled upon
hex nai.lp. within the dissc"ting room, hold
Ing i'll the limped hands which he had
proudly led along the ratil of life, some
hali'lisscctcsl spine, and hear her talking
lcasucdlv about the brachiGl tsicr,ts>
We have before us a case which VIII eyer
b luminous spot in the history Of our
i:nA: Mrs. Garfield. the noble woman "lio
ns,rrcanr nature Itself. hattrd down the
weakness Of IN rnirehIed constitution, to
cheer ana nonlish back to life ami love tho
snnn whom. above i'll others on Gods foot
stool. She had sworn to honor and obey Is
there one hero now who could have more
a,.m!ati ION for this courageous creature if
she had possessed the requisite scientific ed
ncatiun Ia probe for the lEnr,tereus bullet
which IN entering that loved form. wounded
the hearts of fifty million irce-hnrn people !
The idea am tccby attempting To coz
vcy is. that educating woman cn-ceual and
CONFIDENTLY with man. aud the constant asso-
t!,tion therein cntaied, would undoubtedly
have tendency to produce too great tamli-
ia.ity and want Of respect, alloyins the
feminine mind with the tlross of masculin-
itv. which is even now attracting the attcn-
'lon ot our wullcn to the glittering gener-
:tIilics Of the sol disant reformers,' and
loading them 10 seek the public honors that
~" antagonistic to every natural feminine
instinct.
f"E What woman can attend thoroughly
W y professional career and Yet be tue
Ifh'4ns star OF hone: deliver an eruttlte
.trsNfc when the const iousness that Spring
.t''"''ng ought to be attended to and that
.A' preserves are working lie heavy on her
,', ~ an" will not down" or plead n case
tr,, ~. asSne Nt which human life HANGS
H. III the taiaaec when She shouI1
1b,. - : va iitite laGe-,lc<kc,, Garments
,otrh 700 iH To" shall Tor herself and
On, ~ ~ ~ - tor Good sized doll
~ va NC greatest authors ,f ~ T.,
Who, by the maggie of his 80. VI 'he a e-ht
'hc MY and refine the .sMa' could paint
IA, II SOP and tr"n,he like ttn,s,a inaht strong
can lteetI2g smile to .h, ins p'ineS, ana
Eriirst sag.-has given to the W ~ cen the
.i,hIh%. Nhn stands an untyIut. :" :. ATS.
- tht inevitable conflict hetwe.9, to'ype
and private life. the platiorn l,"hiic
hearth ana The
1t is His s;;nie cry for :" reform H..
checked will slowly hat surely una it.,I. M
The very foundations of pure society ~, ne
las; difficult 10 distinguish its como Al
with such painful EMBELLISHMENTS ~
common-as The appearance of women ~
chief actors III pedestrian contests. rnwin~
= - base hall "amrs, clnihed no.