Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25
The Woman Vito Fs,y.

some If IL who ~. ni,idir-a1,-'' have
p ..'t rrcullrc;i II IF :: t!il. in .tin"rl an
social history when il Ms fa,hioanbic
an. .-.rrI! t','i tn t.>.'l..V ,'il!ng = Il WI
car and IL ,,j> nii;;rr. i'p-' We're
liz. iinIr> when j. va The custom tor
l.igii-i,r"d ana r'!in.'i y 'nI'ir ,o 'il>,'I--
ouiN HE f,i,.>t ethereal l:c, To-, dear
creatures who t""mral,. n la>., }
iin,.t on u ,...unr, bird VIM. ur >u!-
icr,.i Il ~tri,i; vii II hey hal ;sb~ ':''.!
>t,nuiif:l! If ,i,l.'r honey. ar no mJrr.
How we'll We rr,a-mi,rr them. r."y
v,r,. via" muslin and hlur rihb"a-.
They seldom DANCED. lhrr ;ttprcfl
Byron (B,rnn y ~ hated i" so 4 Woman
chi. ani laih,.I ot knni. and wi~h"'!
tina: lli,.r,. cJu,d i,r Il new moon all ih'
year r.nInI. the yn;lnGer portion 81
that generation ~" >iat'p"Hri!~ 20 i'm
ur.1v" tiirir cnmp.t'Nion>, aud ~ruriird n
vinrgar rrG",~ - make ih"m l'"'k pale
AMI Interesting. /" look at one 81 tii"-''
girl, ni;r would >ay thai they hIi nrtc:'
seen ANY iu1l NOR. substantial ,'Ian tea
and toast. rpioilo~ them intr the pri-
varv 81 HON. would hr to lind them Sc
rrrily addicted 10 bacon AMI greens
The public ,.-,rn fo' all solid fo"i Wa
an a!i,."lAiinn. II was fashionable 10 rai
neat To nothing. Il Wiz nrrltii Ia rat Il
gr.'a; dad. And fashion carried III" ,la,.
Fashion moves in clci'~. In the time
OF thu graz Samuel Johnson it was
Thought II and proper nrNoun@ women
III high life - boast If their ~a>'ronomir
achievements and IL annuuncr their
preferences fnrccriain dishes. \ charm
ing Young friend -! Mime. Il ArhaN.
rIt>pinw her hands rapiur"u>ly. ami
lookin" Dr.. johnson in tn face. Saii:
-. do loya mashed iurnin>. The
ayr'l rynir. slowly pulling himself to-
.ti!'r. ~aid; My dear ,ouns lady. Il,
the experiences Of life arrnmula,r. and
the attractions Of this mortal existence
sink to their true valuation. | hope You
will find someihin. more worthy OF vour
affections than mashed turnips." II WIS
after JOHNSON lime that younG ladies
at boarding school, adorrd Byron and
were content with a diet of slate-prnril>
aud wafer. When the muscular cricket
playing and brawny school began To b..
popular with men. the women very nat
ursIly took 10 advertising their liking for
what "ur piain-SpraNing California
friend, call Il square meal. The dear
creatures no longer pretended that they
lived on mir, aud that eating and drink
ing were vulgar. The lan~ui>liing. de
away creatures whom we meet in tn,
old-faShonrd novels rNis! no longer.
The Young lady ri the present time is
not afraid ~ sunshine. rain. fog and
frecklr>. She is robust. athletic and
hearty. She can tel Burgundy from
Bordeauv, knows the difference between
tron'ags Ro1ue!ort and Gorgonlola. and
is critical rs To the exact time required
for the cooking of Il canvaS-harh and the
number of minutes safe for the proper
broiling of Il lobster. Something good
To eat is more 10 her THAI art or even
fashion. such Il onr. describing an
evening entertainment. said: 1T was
unusually swell. The gentlemen were
witty and clever. and the crab salad was
simply heavenly"
This Is not an eyaggrralion. Ii i
merely 4 reaction from he lackadaiSical
and sentimental age of our grandmoth-
rrs. The days are gone when il WAS
fashionable 10 wear thin slippers. lace
tightly. assume Il languiShipg air. and
pretend to live on pcxt to nothing. Ii
the mai'er-of-fact. eating and drinking
generation OF young women that has
come in does sometimes trench nearly
on the bounds of genuine refinement,
we can forgive The apparent trcNpaSS.
Even Il coarse and hoisicrouS allrctation
nf hnarfr Ill trrr ,r,,,I a
drinking is better than Il drccitful pre-
tense of abstemiouSnesS that deceived
nobody. Men and women must eat to
live. IL is high state of society in
which the pleasures of the table are made
to minister to the stern necessities of cX-
iStcnce. 1t is low state in which men
and women fill themselves mechanically,
never considering anything but the vol
uue of food absorbed. And there is no
reason why women who are not con-
vivial. at least. should not he competent
judges of what is best in food and drink
OF course. we admit that all women are
angels. but so long rs angels dwell
among men they must partake of the
nature of mortals. The woman who
cannot appreciate Il good dinner is :.
libel on her sen
Let no man say that the change Of
woman from the sentimental. insipid and
angelic creature of the last century to
the vigorous and hearty person of to-
day is change that begins and ends
with eating and drinking habits. Let
the pessimists say what they will. the
present is an age of genuinenesS and
candOr. There is less modesty. less of
the humbug of seeming, than in any
generation that has gone before us. if
we may accept astrue the pictures of life
given lis by Smollet. Fielding. Fanny
Burney. Thackeray and the writers of
the time of Queen Anne. The civilized
Orld admires the delicate and fragile
beauty of American women. But il is
the pride of the country that feeds the
world with beef. grain and game, that
the rare flower of American loyliness is
no dollhouse plant. reared in nicely ad-
justed atmosphere. The womanlness
and the manliness of our country spring
from rich and nutritive soil. We have
the best provision for the table in the