The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-10-07
WASTED ENERGY.

There is unquestionably a great deal
of energy wasted in this world, and
this by women as we'll as men. They
DO not husband their physical resour-
ccs as they should, but, in n reckless
manncr, waste their energies on that
which satisfyotl not. 1t happens, how
ever, that what many c:iticise as Il
waste OF time, means and energies,
Dungeons not unhcquentty into grand
discovcriC3 and high inventions. To
the di5covGfcr and inventor no reward
| may come, and !.c may be condemned
by his unarpreciativo neighbors as a
| dreaming sinii1leton; but what nc failed
to practically utilize and make MGR
chandisc Of, become; u fortune to others
| and Il blessing 10 mankind. Though
| misjudgcd by his own generation, pos
terity fails not to appreciate him at his
proper Va.ue and to count up his jew
cis when they are no longer of any
! worldly use to him.
a lady correspondent of the Boston
Herald thinks that in this matter Wo-
| mon arc far more misjudgc.l than men.
They arc condemned, she says, for
choosing work for which they are unfit;
IS huGging 10 tho grca; waste Of their
time and energies, the dclusivc idea Of
successful authorship; as engaging in a
| hlattA SAtiSS IliiSI VI lttSIlloH, VI
! personal Ira.cd with ccr;l-
mics, and making their homes hi,lcous
with trumpcry which they collect in
the name OF art. In explanation and
vinuication the lady says:
| cit must DC remembered that women
! have just awakened from q scmi-torpid
state, i'll which law and Ecustom have
kept them for ccntarics---tlicy have Just
learned that the earth is their inhcri-
lance, and they are free to use tho good
therein, i:cc even to climb to high
places, and share in worthy achicv-
! incnt. Hence it is not strange that
there has been much running to and
fro, entering upon This path and then
upon that, suffering defeat hero and
meeting with only partial success there
Considering the cmhayrasen,cuts (for
such there are stnl) that bcset their
path, they have, upon the whole,
| done remarkably wcl..'
=! late years the sphere fcc tho cXcl-
| ciSH OF Wonlan'; energies is much Wider
| than it used to be and both in litcra
| turc and art she has achieved uistinc-
| ton; hu, ii viii scarcely be denied that
she is snorc uispOs, Il than man to rusl,
in where angels dare not tread. In her
| r.ulclouS nartyrdom to fashion she dis
| plays a degree Of vanity Of which the
| NalncSt man could never be guilty of;
such, for Instance, as the torture Of
tight Iacing, by which She disfigurcs
her form i'll & vain attempt to improve
it, and the wearing Of shoes not only
three sizes smaller than her foot, but
| made in utter disrcagrd to anatomical
and physiological requirements. In
these and othcr equally vain attempts
to improve Gods and natures hanui-
work, she de 'troys he: health and
brings too frequently her hairless
head with sorrow to the grave.
While women pay 4 large share of
their attention to such utterly sense
less vanitic,; they must not wonder if
they arc accused Of wasting their cncr-
GIGS, and that their high place in the
order of humanity is not attained No
truc man is won by such foiiics, and
no woman eau have a proper respect
for herself If she depends for her at
fractions on Such tOrmcnting and
ncrctriciouS adoInncnts True res
poet is ha5ct! Oh worth, and neither he
nor she who builds upon prctc.lsc can
raise 4 house IL heaven ~. o. Y..,l