The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-02-12
Chicago Tribune
OUR GIRLS.
The Horse Reporter Tells . Hoaag
Lady what 60 he With Them.

Lady what 80 he with Them.
Good day, gentlemen
Good day." said the horse reporter,
looking up and discovering young lady
in the apartment.
81 would like to show you work which
| am selling" she began, "and am sure
it will prove both interesting and instrue-
tive"
"What is it about ?" asked the horse
reporter. %t
ser, is by one of our best known writer's
and speakers, and is entitled, what
Shall We Do With Our Girls p The
question is certainly one of paramount
Importance, and"
Are your girls bothering you much
this season 2" inquired the friend of
Maud S.
"Why no." said the young lady,
blushing violently" is-why, Of
course haven't any daughters
Oh, you are 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 loveliness Well, that's
all right Some of our best cook books
have been written by people who didn't
know a gridiron from Fifteenth Amend
ment"
But this question Of what shall be
done with the girls is really an important
one,'' continued the young lady. Have
you ever given it thong ht?"
Il can't say that have,' replied the
horse reporter. 81 suppose we might
tie em up in the back ward when a cir
Gus comes to town"
81 hardly think you comprehend the
question in all its bearings. What is the
legitimate sphere of a woman-in what
field of action can she best display and
make use Of the God-given talents, attri-
butes of mental force and physical graces
with which she is endowed: These are
living, burning issues, and must be fairly
met. When we see"
All right" said the horse reporter,
"vou can meet them if you want to.
Woman's sphere, 40 far as | have been
able to discover, is to never have break
fast on time. 1t is no doubt somewhat
limited one, but she is gradually reaching
out into the great unknown, and will
eventually grasp with her lilywhite fin
gers the black demon of injustice that has
so long oppressed her, and strangle in the
very stron ghold Of it's power the great
! Wrong which for centuries has baffled her
efforts at advancement along the great
highway Of progress"
"Why, that's lovely" exclaimed the
young lady. "You believe in lady-sut-
frage, don't you?'
"Iady who:"
Lady sutfrage-beicve that ladies
should vote, and have all the political
privileges that are accorded men.
That's Just what this book says. That
chapter is perfectly sweet. It's ust
lovely"
presume >". But how about the
chapter that says women should not
cramp and distort their bodies with cor
sets and their feet with tigh, shoes The
gaunt demon of unrest that turks in the
maternal Lunion may, in the child Of that
mother, become an ever-presrnt monster
of pain
Oh, those chapters are horrid -
What the world is interested in are the
nobler attributes Of woman-her soul and
heart"
Yes, the soul-and-heart business is
all right, but you must remember that the
humble liver, working away unOstenta-
tiously, is also a 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 beau
tiful eyes that should sparkle so brightly
are dull and lustreless, the cheek whose
whiteness should be relieved by the rosy
blush of health is sallow and wan, and the
fairest temple ever made is rendered a
CHASTITY ruin by the one who should take
the greatest pride in its beauty"
And will you buy a book ?" asked
the young lady. "I am sure you talk
beautifully"
No." replied the horse reporter. "I
cannot buy book, because actions speak
louder than words, and do not wish to
disturb the dramatic critic, who ia in the
next room trying to write soul without
large S."