The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-10

happening 70 take that particular FIVE pound
Dote did to his honesty. Jus. walt while"
they say; and you viii see some woman fail
in something. never fear" One critic goes
so far ss TO say that al high creative work"
s'ill rem airs out of the resch OF woman.
| "RomolA' does not ssem TO sucd q critic to
be high creative work, probably; that phrase
ST o1le lie reserved for men for little Twiggs
| perhap' with his fine realistic study, srhe
| TriI pii Is of Tom Popinjsy"
Wbsr food of light all this throws on the
| rtasons Why such verv able voms1 write
| under masculine names! George Sand, Car
rer Bel, George Eliot, are bat the type
| OF mary others TSey wr1.a In
| tDst vsy not because thew wished to be men
| hut bsc cause they wished for tn unb ssed
| jucgn er "a artists; and in each csse they
| got ID. When is came nd in the forH OF tri-
| umpl ant success. all women were beaeittei
by il, and were go much nearer to 4 time
| wbtn no such experiment Of disguise would
| be needed. The mere fact that women take
mems names in writing, while DO man taos
! o voman's shows that an advantage is gained
! by the process. Meanwhile each particular
success is called exceptional. and instead OF
| rejoicing in II IN manly way. the critic OF
the other sex lie very spt-if we may Judge
from certain Dewspapers-to rejoice in what
| II does not prove, rather than in what il
| proves. Ii is as II We were watching q Chinese
| We msn trying to walk in spite OF her ban.
| osg.d feet True, she has Just walked into
1 TIC ItIlIthbt COlLcl u Tue FOUL, out, nina
| yCu. he viii never get into the southeast
| corner; she can never do it; and even If she
/ does, there is all the rest of the room.h The
| more rational inference would seem to be
| thar il one point of tne compass was not too
much for her, ID would only be a question
1 OF me when she would reach ali the rest
| When Mrs Somerville wrote her Mech
auitm OF the Heavens" critics OF this descrip-
| ron admitted that she had proved, indeed,
that women could master astronomy after
| fsthion, but probably chemistry would DO
beyond them When Rosa Bonheur painted
| cattle it was remarked that probably she
| could not have painted men as well il she
| bs6 tried. Then came Elizabeth Thomp son
| ia England, and painting men fghting-ac-
| tusl battle pieces-and the critics turned
reund and wondered if she could delineate
men at rest. No matter what q clever woman
does, ire stupidest man has always discern
n ent enough TO think OF something that she
has not done; and II, step by step, women
held their ewn in every conceivable depart
ment except in writing tTeatses On whist or
bsckesn mon. then 1t would suddenly be dis
c1vtIed that whist and Backgammon wee
| the inaccessible climax of human intelle L
the very north pole. | might say, in view
OF the name of the latest oracle on one OF
tkese subjecis-snd that in that sacred re-
ficD no woman need apply. After all, with
due respect II the great masculine intellect,
does Lot all this sc n little sill I?
Why no. simply reason about womsu's
intellect as We should about every other
cate of gradual development? For some
Itast d or other, mere physical size has prior
ity n this palet-first the reptile one hua.
d!td feet long. then the man six feet long.
This great change made. II seems credib
that even the woman, VINO is only ii re fact
long. nay not be wholly crushed by
smsliness, but msy have her place in the
universe. AS, By the modern theory, MAJ Is
gradually developed cut OF utter ignorance,
n &c oh krf To- -,
sloHly. Il il but yesterday that her
! brain was regaId.d With contempt;
! tut yesterday that a. was mad
Tcrh educating. How should be devsl %
con fidence in il all at once? We know MOTH
ing of the laws that occasionally bring out
genius ia meE-that create Shakespeare
fer instan cc-snd in her case We know stiil
less. We only know that slowly, a. long t.
teIvas, and in spite of the obvious disadysn-
tsges Of physical weakness, social discour-
sgement, and insufficient education, che Is
beginning TO Go here and there, what may
fairly be regard, q as first class intellectual
work
stance of this was recorded that of Sappho,
in lyric poetry. Within the last century
other instances have followed-Rachel in
dramatic art, Rosa BoDhcau in animal paint
ing, George Sand and George Eliot in prose
fiction. These cases are unquestionable.
siy place in other spheres-ss Mrs. Somer-
vile in SCIENCE. Harriet Mertineau in polit-
icai economy. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
| in poetry. The inference would seem natur-
al ii ut it is simply a cass OF slowly develop
mert; thing not st All discoursging in q
world where evolution reigns, and the last
conner generally wins. Mean while, as there
Is no profession-not even the stage-in
which woman is not still q little hsndi.
capped. it is natural that she should disgEiss
| her work as mans work; that Fanny Mendels-
| sohp should publish her music as her broth
eIs and that Miss M1rfree should Il n& com
| pleie shelter under the very misleading name
| OF Charles Esbert CraGdock.
| Mrs BusJha Dining Room, It's Furni-
| and Decorations
Emma c. Hardscre in Cottage Hearth.
| II the finest room in the house is the par
| Tor, then Mrs. Busy hand had none: her term
sittiDg.roem would barely do either; nor the
| library. for the dining-room was quite as
much a library. There were low bookcases
around the walls with pictures above them,
| there was round table with papers and
| magazines in the center OF the dining room,
thtre was 10 side board or constantly set
| tab e.
| think side board clumsy, unnecessary
| piece OF fUrniture said Mrs Busyhand. as
| peciailv ia q small house. The silver spread
out on il for show, gets dusty, and il nesis
/ great care 10 keep side board presents ole.
| My dishes keep in tight cupboard in the
| little annex OF the dining room. When
my table is cared and the dishes are washed
and put in my cupboard, the food in the safe
| or refrigerator, the colored tsblespreai ie-
| placed, ard covered with loks until the
| next meal When We came, books were
| about q we had SO | made part library OF
10th dining and sitting rooms and il has
worked WE'LL
Both rooms had great rugs of notified
| brown almost covering ihe I 1ors.
| Il should have preferred 10 have had the
/ floors entirely covered; ( like the looks of q
these heavy cases which could not often be
| moved. a rtable carpet was almost a necss.
sity therefore l stained my floors Spsaish
brown around the border, aud can have the
| carpet moved and shaken at least once q
| We k, which is easier and cleaner thansweep.
| log"
i There we're a few china mates in resta ON