The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
CONCERNING WOMEN.

CONCERNING WOMEN. ~ n
There is something of woman in every
thing that pleases.-Dupaty.
Mary Clemmer, so long known as a
Washington correspondent, mas abandoned
her letters and now devotes herself almost
entirely to literature.
Gretry: Both men and women love girls
better than boys; the man sees already the
mistress in the girl, and the woman in the
boy sees nothing but the lover of another
woman.
Alphonso Esquirol: Women are made
more to be loved than to love, like the
flowers, which know nothing of the perfume
which they give to the senses of Others
Women are the true flowers of love.
Miss Julia Bryant, daughter of the late
William Cullen Bryant, has sold her quarter
interest in the New York Evening Post to
Mr.. Parke Goodwin, whose wife, another
daughter of Mr.. Bryant already owns q
similar share.
DIR. Susan A. Edison, of No. 1908 street,
Washington, ID. c., attended President Gar
fields mother during her late illness, thus
retaining the position of professional con-
fidence which she has occupied in his family
for several years. Miss Edison has been
practicing in Washing for the last fifteen
years.
Theswomen of the Isle of Man occupy the
''proud position of being the first of their
sex within her Majesty's dominions whose
rights as Parliamentary electors have been
recognized and legally secured" An ad-
dress to the female electors of the Isle of
Man, signed by Miss Becker and Mrs.
Scetcherd, has been issued. The Manx
women are congratulated and advised to
exercise their rights fully and to the best OF
their judgment and ability. The victory
which has been won in the Island is hailed
as an earnest of the coming recognition of
the SAM. principle in the next Reform bill
for the United Kingdom.
How Red-Haired Girls Should Dress.
| Now that red-headed girls are in style, we
are receiving suggestions as to the way they
should dress. a fashion writer says: There
are three types of auburn-haired women
brown-eyed, blue-eyed, and gray-eyed.
Strange as you may think it, even the blue
eyed rossas should never wear blue, for blue
| intensifes the color of the blue eyes, Here is
fabric, for instance, on which are red, blue.
and green spots. 1 fasten on IT piece of
blue ribbon, and you instantly see that the
blue spots become more conspicuous than
either the red or green ones. Now, put on
bit of green ribton, and the green spots
take your eye; now red one, and the red
spots stand out. This gives hint to blue
eyed girls who are not red-haired, and to
girls with greenish gray eyes, with promi-
nent, transparent corneas, who can by wear
ing blue dress, or blue ribbons, or turquoise
! jewelry, enhance the blue of their eyes To
return to the rossss, they can never wear
pink, albeit there is q shade of pale, yell
lowish pink that can be ventured upon pro-
vided you have an artistic eye for color to
guide you in its selection and application.
They must confne themselves to white of q
creamy hue, gendarme blue of deep tone
invisible or a bottle-green, olive green, gray
green never bright green), stone gray,
claret, maroon, plum, amethyst or brownish.
purple, dark amber. reds with an amber
tint, pale yellow and dark brown. Velvet
is the fabric above all others which should
be freely used in tn toilet of the rossas
Pearls amber, and gold ornaments are be-
coming to them. Diamonds are too fashy.'
Educated Girls.
Home Journal
We are told that advanced mental cult
ure units women for home use. Half-cult-
ure may do so; but advanced mental culture
will rot 1t would, no doubt, be we'll to
educate girls with view to their becoming
suitable companions for their husbands, sup
posing we could insure them all getting
husbands; but as there are more women
than men in this part of the civilized world,
and as therefore some Of these women must
necessarily remain unmarried, why educate
them exclusively for duties they may never
be called on to fulfill 1t has been said
that the passing of university examina-
ton is of no earthly use to women who
marry Is it then of no use that a woman
W no is married should be able in a great
measure, to educate her own children; to
give right bias to their minds; to answer
the innumerable "Why is this2" and "What
makes so-and-so," of little people; to teach
them to think accurately; to clear upschool
difficulties, etc, to say nothing at all of the
great rest and refreshment to her own mind
to be able to enjoy books, papers, magazines,
the fine arts, and to forget for while, those
minor household cares to which some would
entirely confne her. 1t is of no earthly
use that she can strengthen herself
to fight against petty carking cares, by for
getting herself for little time in that de-
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lation which lies before us in books2 Then
let US take the case Of woman who does
not marry. What is she to do2 Girls can
not know at fifteen, an age when the higher
education usually begins, whether they will
marry or not All can not, and those who
do not, are often obliged to earn their own
living. How can they do that2 With a
half-education they cannot become teachers.
Little else is open to them save domestic
service Thus they become more dependent
than ever on the idea of marriage, and the
result of such a system of education (more
purely domestic than anything else) would
| be keener hunt than ever among women
after the man who is to give them home
and position. If indeed there is one thing
which can prevent single woman from
becoming a. melancholy" old maid, it is
genuine piety excepted-a cultivated mind
which enables her to take larger view of
life. BY means of the culture begun at
school through one or other of
the different doors of knowledge opened to
her then, she can throw herself into one
particular pursuit, instead of brooding over
her incomplete life. Any one looking
around will see that dressing and flirting
are the sole things for which great many
of the young girls of the present day live.
Certainly you=g men are afraid to marry
them, when these are their chief character
istics.' This is not the fault OF over but