The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-20

1 IA -. ~ evesageo, club oiGnsn.
1 X"s ...o nent cut q . bull-doe'e e..m'
IT, IT,. - ve never 0w cignreste s IN the
~ ~ oof pertoeSs, i never otenrrrd M
susoke oetween the dances.
~ rn. no tasee ter so&ire; bat I 1--we
s - ~stcn our social moods and trace
..s s. ~ '!Iel5 CAUSES and effects. And
least which have led 10 the cl,sn:,.s ~. y.
cee. I suppose the WORK be~.S v;sS
mat wave u athletieism Wick az ~.
! ne swept over the land. turninc ~
heads Of not . ew lads and in,m'rsins
| some laughable customs; but n ifs c2
Iect upon men WAS more 0F less manlv
ana Wholesome, II effect on vUm,e1
Xao perhaps . more doubtful 1ain
WIEN the gympastic idol wss eel un
ana the muscular type of virtue became.
the whole duty Of man there we're f;,und
En1IIsh girls to suppuae Il the vhole.
DUTY OF woman. Phyoacully. Il NAV he
y strengthened thuoe whom Il did ncf
slaughter outright. But - after all the
girl c"uld only Join in the new wonshin
% q proseIyte Of the gate, she fell into
the position Of the ''k,wer school'' at =
cricket match. The j'.lly girl, In fact.
became fag. When athletics sre M
baletness IT life, the tone Of society IN
uolUtoVIy Set Oy men.
Was MT second cause At work in the
triumph Of the fan,M,a:: 4 mericau beauty?
This fascinating l~ing. doubt not an
''er own side OF the Atlantic, ha~ plant.
ea the germs Of new feminine epochs.
There was nothing Of the playground
or hunt StH'ut her; her important dir
covery was the freedom IT her sex. It
may be doubted If our ancient systenl
on this side OF the ocean is dulv mr.
pared TOR such dash, such originality.
such angelic self p,ssession. The TIVE
however brilliant, il a perilous one ia
adapt. For the American girl. who a
startles us ut home. has her own tr,d,-
tons and habi's. When she shook from
her airy skirts the traditions and CON-
ventk'ns Of the Old World she founded
the conventions Of the New. At home
she rr.gns still, and imposes her law on
men concerning hen.elf, but little about
n'ts,s- rn,llls and gun-clule. Young Ia
dies. you who think Of adopting her
adorable freedom of manner, .e sure
that you also adopt her shrewd and
original spirit.
but, he the causes whatever they may,
the result is curious social Inversion.
The relative place o. men and women IL
reversed in this rapid and dazzling
world. OF old, the idea was that in
things >Ocial the woman was mistress
queen and leader. Men in her presence
wee tO study her ta-' e. and ubn.it tO
her law. If they could not exist without
Tobacco" they might ~ elsewhere; i;ticy
wanted to hn killing something, to u
shco,in.: party; and the matches dis
cu>seh in drawing room had nothing to
do with Lords.
One is cur;O.,s to know how these
voting bluO.i> and suls.lter,Is regard the
women WHO have got hy heart this mess
gossip, who have betting hooks on the
garrison sports. and will sit half thed y
t. STE pigeons i.laDg'ed. Is such one
girl We care t. think Of as wife. as the
mother Oi ,e children to he. ~ all that
women should be aud il in the wOviO ::
I can imagine nothing more ruino'ls to
wrnlanly nature than tie ways and the
talk Of 4 rather psec"ciOt,s lad. Is there
not Il bloom upon an English girl Of the
best old type that the camp and the
cricket ground will hardly impr' We:
Purity, simplicity, courage. health.
grace and gOtMness attended, like the
good fairy, to bless our birth. Do moth
err, or fathers suppose that the winners
of cups and swcei'Sta ies have better gifts
tn i.Mpart: can remember what Keen
Young mother once said to young
mother who was mourning her lot In
having no tl:lvyiitcr-'lIe thankful, my
dear, YOU have none. IN these days
who knows She might have turned
out u jolly girl"