Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-09

What to Do with Our Girls.
From the Chicago Tribune
"Good day. gentlemen"
"Good day." said the horse reporter. looking
up and discovering young lady in the apart
ment.
Il would like to show you work which am
selling" she began, land am sure it will prove
both interesting and Instructive"
"What's it about ?" asked the horse reporter.
1.-THE book" continued the fair canvasser, srs
BY one of our best known writers and speakers
and Is entitled What Shall We Do with Ouf
Girls' The question Is certainly one Of para
mount Importance, and"
SOM" inquired the friend OF Maud 8.
why, nc" said the young lady, blushing vio-
iently."that is-why, of course haven't any
'Oh, you're out on the road telling people
what to do with their girls before you're even
married, let alone the mother Of few visions of
loneliness? Well, that's. all right. Some Of our
best cook books have been written by people
VINO don't know gridiron from the fifteenth
amendment"
But this question Of what shall be done with
t the young 5l lady, have you ever given it
81 can't say that I Fave" replied the horse
reporter, II suppose we'might tie 'em up in the
BACK yard when circus comes to town."
81 hardly think you comprehend the question
sphere OF woman; In what field of action can she
best display and make use iof the God-given
talents, attributes Of mental force and physical
grace with which she 1s endowed? These are
living, burning issues and must be fairly met.
When we see"
"All right" said the horse reporter, 'you can
meet them If you want TO- Woman's sphere, 80
far as have been able to discover, is to never
have breakfast on time. 1t is,no doubt a some
what limited one, but she is gradually reaching
grasp with her lily-white fingers the black
demon OF injustice that has 80 long oppressed
her. and strangle in the very stronghold of it's
power the great wrong which for centuries has
oailed her efforts at advancement along the
great highway of progress"
why. that's lovely" exclaimed the Young
lady; "1ou believe in lady suffrage. don't
you?"
Lady who7'
Lady suffrage-believe that ladies should
aer accorded men. That's just what this book
lovely"
Il presume so. But how about the chapter
that says women should not cramp and distort
their bodies with corsets and their feet with
tight shoes? The gaunt demon of unrest that
turks In the maternal bunion may, In the child
OF that mother, become an ver-present monster
OF pain"
"Oh! those chapters are horrId! What the
world is Interested in are the nobler attributes
OF wOmen-her soul and heart"
Yes, the soul-and-heart business is all right.
but you must remember that the humble liver,
working away unostentatiousy, is also pretty
good scheme, and without health women can
never attain success. The deadly clasp Of the
steel-ribbed corset and the fatal grip OF the
cleaning garter are hurrying to early graves the
women of our land. The beautiful eyes that
should sparkle so brightly are dull and luster-
less, the cheek whose whteness should be re.
fieved by the rosy blush of health is sallow and
wan. and the fairest temple ever made Is rem
dered a CHASTITY ruin by the one who should
take the greatest pride In its beauty"
''And will you buy book3" asked the younQ
lady: I'm sure you talk beautifully"
mo. replied the horse reporter. 81 cannot
buy book. because actions speak louder than
words, and do not wish to disturb the dra-
matte critic who Is In the next room trying to
write soul without large S."