Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-11-10
= QUESTIONING SCARE
Mrs somerViiIe aud other Creations
OF Highly CuItiyatad s..,'

BITS bonneville aud Other t,r.a,,.
OF Highly Cultivated Society
Although Francis Burney Joanna
Bailiie. Maria Edgewood and Honnoh
More lnioyei In the eighteenth century
an honorable position in the cultured
circles OF society. the authoress was
hei3 In general discredt as adoptin .
vocation not only at variance with
lhe due discharge OF femin ne dutles
out incompatible with The modesty
mar ever should be the distin gushing
attribute to her sex. The bluestock.
ing was deemed an abnormal creation
o. a corrupt society-a fungus excres.
cenee nourished by decay. The pub.
lielty OF authorship must inevitably d q
s'roy that sensitive delicacy of the
feminine character which was ~
especial charm. due performances
Of the wife aud mothers duty was Il.
reconeiiable with the essentiali, masen.
tue Junction Of writing books. A
woman should lind within the sphere
OF homest life full scope for The
exercise Of any talent she might nos.
s0Es.
Monk Lewis, tho author of A popu.
lar romance, reproyed his mother
early IA this century. for attemDting
10 mfiAe tale. aud with that uncom.
promising lranknass of expression
Mii'c', characterlLeS near relatives rn.
bhAes. he Informed her that .sbe bad
30 business 10 b. public Character
aud that a female author became that
contemplate thing, u sort OF NAH
mas The memoirs Of Jane Austen
showed tlat size braYed the public
opinion q sAe day IN publish z her
moli- aowh works; but though per-
sonally that seems to have given her
itll'p concern, get 10 please her family
shr had alwaTs q handkerchief al hand
~ conceal from view the writings on
mh.ch she m GIN be engaged when
visitors were announced
Miss Masiineau details early experI.
ehces u \ somewhat similar character.
aud i WAS not until her 9th year.
whun f0rc1'i b circumstances 10 Oh.
lAia llic means Of seli,suppoFt. that
shs CEASED - take precautions 10 keen
her vocation secret from lhe world.
l'ai no lady writer suffered SO severe.
~ ~ Mes s1mory ne from the publ
opinion 81 liiosa days. as her unwoman-
" lpru II mathematics immensely az.
grayaisd tho guilt Of her iuiraction OF
the established code ol feminine pro-
pr.esy. Her All cited relatives adinrcd
hrE 20 give up d.scrcdilabia studies,
a1i not urIng disgrace upon herself
aad iainiy by indulgence ID such an
womnnlY pursuits The evils iha. a
feminine slgdy ~ Euaiil warn calculal-
81 to produce i sgalgtea the rleFe
aud Mrs sDmcrY,iic was condemned
from The pulpit IN York Cathedral a.
an offender agaiBs; the laws u God as
well ~ q ,raasercssor ~ the accepted
cole u woalanly prDprlcgy. Tho Iii h-
Is Eittei Caroline HerscAcl. declared
bY The astronomical soc egy ii 1928 10
hsgs accomplished a work probably
unparalleled either IN magnitude or
tmp9rtanca IN Tie annals 81 asirouomi-
cal labor. shared with Mrs. Somor.
vlllu TN tho credit attached To feminine
scicbtiiic studies Her illuslrlous
brother also itnbncd apparently with
the prriaiices 81 the DAY. seems during
the long. inIoiatigablc and loving SER
yco she rendered hIm 10 have regard.
ei and treated her in The light Of a
useful drudge. - Exchange.