The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-10

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Whist te1nfifus civilization oars i
snEfsssed 10 be. growing in intelligence
and sInspsfestF, ard VET rssarfariIr
fskieg up9n itxis sssis artificial b.tr.
fsen In IN aIrxaxfy osryfarel lie, The
angels IA heaven mast aEnssrx ass
wonder. The eynie want. 20 kuow
what II gained ffsr anr rational fefsg
hen . city faI Of xurssss unsle-takx
- make and seSsiye formal visits zSfts
persons wzsom for the sn1s~t fzars Their
40 r<4 wi.h 10 80. What i gsfre.i
he asks. By leaving cards with an ,s.e<s
reo25e and receiving fhsfr card. ?
Whfa woman makes her TEDIOUS
foends, Why i she always rrsiese-i 70
find people NOT tn When she can
count upon her ten finger. the rseoc@~
she wants 10 so. wky sknul6 hhe pr<-
tend to waat 90 see the Others L.
any one deceived by 10 Hoes any
osse regard IL A. snyfhing but sham
assd . bnssien1 Mach the cynie knoxs
assoHt Ill Il IL nof necessary 20 keep
up Whist il called sseiefvg + 1t nof
necessary 20 have "a authentic hist og
5sastessoayd acquaintance 70 invite
70 the recepssosasf And What would
t<xoue 81 ns without recepfiofss7
Everybody likes 10 give them Every
body aoeks to them with much aiae-
| rfty. When society calls the roll. we
all know the penalty u being left cut,
Ii there any intellectual or physical
yieasure equal 70 that OF jarnIntng 80
many people into house that they
can hardly move. and treating tassn
| to Bahet Of ross<s in which no one
can make hes.eif heard without
- mi - TAr~a l.
reception 10 any unriviiizsd country.
Ii i 80 exiIflsrasingt When a dozen
or hundred people are gathered to-
gether IN room, they all begin 10
raise their voices AMI 90 shout ike
pool sellers 10 the noble rivalry 81
"warioas Iaugvsssges,T rasplng their
threats into sroachfsis in the bidding
| Of the conversational ring. II they
spoke low. or even In the ordinary
tone. conversation Fossid be possible
But thea IL would not I've a reception,
a. we understand II. We cannot nev-
lect anywhere any Of the pleasures of
cur social life. We train Tor Il in low
er assemblies. Hall q 6cxsn wonsaa
In ''esil' are obliged TO shout, Just
| for practice, 20 that they ran he heard
by everybody In the neighborhood ex-
cept thefuSeive~ Do not men do the
same7 II they do. il only shows that
men also are capable Of the higher
lcisiiization.
But does society-that IL. the inter
course. Of ecneeniai people-siep~nd
npon the elaborate system Of sxchang-
| ing calls with hundreds of people who
Iare not congeniaI7 Such thoughts
will sometimes come by a winter ire
side OF rational-saiking friends, or at a
dinner party net too large for talk
without telephone. or in the summer
| time. when the fever OF social HE has
got down 20 . normal temperature.
We fancy that sometimes people viii
giye way to real enjoyment OF life,
and that human intercourse viii throw
Off this artificial and weafiscme parade.
| and that II women look hack with
pride, as they map, upon their perso.
nal achievements aud labor>. they vii
also regard them with a-toni-hmens.
Women. ne read every cay. hong for
the rights. and privileges OF men. and
the education aud serious purpose II
HE 81 men. And yet such l. the
sweet seif-sacriiice OF their nature
they voluntarily take ON burdens vhief
men have never assumed. and which
Ithey would speedily east OF i
they had. What should we say o
men II they consumed half their tim,
IN paying formal calls upon eaci
Iofher merely for the sake o. paying
calls. and were iow-spirited II they dis
mot receive as many cards a. they had
dealt out 10 society," Have they not
1.-THE time7 Have women more time
and II they have, why should the,
spend IL in this sisyphns task7 Wonit
the social machine 90 10 piece--th'
inquiry l. made in good faith, an
solely for iaformatisn--:f they mad,
rational business for themselves TO h
Iatfended to. or even II fhss gave tis,
time now given 10 calls they hate 4
reading and sftidy, and 10 MAXIM
their householas c3vilizing een,eFs o
intercourse and enjoyment. and lsaie
visit from some other motive thar
Declaring OF the list 2" II all the arti
fetal round OF calls and cards shonls
tumble down, Whist valuable thin,
would be lost out al anybody lief
The question Is toe vast for tn
Drawer. lsat as af experiment. II
socioiogy il would like 10 see The sys
tenn In Allowance for one season. 1T q
the end al Il there had not heen jus
a. much social enjoyment ~ before
and there we're not fewer women than
usual iown with nervous prossration
il would agree to start at il own ex
penSe a new experiment, to-wit, kias
OF social Clearing House. in which al
cards should be delivered and ex
changed. and all social debts OF thi
Kind he balanced by experienced book
keepers, 80 that the reputation q
everybody for ptopriety and eonyeil
ltionsli;y should be jus; a good a.