Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

into the work, body and soul, from pure love
OF it. The money it brings is not their object;
it is the natural result and the best evidence
OF their ability. But, says the skeptical
world, what possible pleasure could woman
lind in writing all day, unless she had it to
dot Let me answer on the part of the liter
ary enthusiasts, known as strong minded
women, that there is no pleasure In life equal
to 1t. OF course, to the woman whose field is
IN the land of fiction and the Imagination,
the delight is Of the highest order Her world
ts peopled with the children Of her brain, a.
real and dear to her as the merry, boisterous
group which gathers in the flesh about .
mothers breast
Most women have been brought up to be-
ieve that life should be spent in luxurious
idleness; that for woman to exercise her
dainty fingers except in fashioning some use
less bit of tawdry fancy work or in running
the scales Of a musical instrument was some
thing shocking. And women have been con-
tent for a long time to accept the decree Of
90 inane fate; but, happily, at last a new
regime has dawned upon us, and although
the world at first looks askance at them there
are those among us who feel that life was
given to woman with the same possibilities
Of rich fulfllment that it was to men. The
women who despise the hollowness and insin-
certify Of the so called society world, who,
though possessing the birthright which gives
them the entree into the best. and having
talents and accomplishments which would
make them favorites, scorn its favors and its
shallowness, and dare to brave its sneers By
devoting their days to improving their
minds. their nights to preserving their health
and their morals.
sNoBBIsH I'LL BREEDING.
Do we ever find the cultured, the broad
minded, refined members Of society condemn
Ing q woman because of her mental abilityl
Ah, no. Are they rather not the parvenus,
the upstarts, who dare not look generation
back in their family tree, and who have now
only "the gold which gives the straitened
forehead ' Of the foola' Verify, yes They
know not the superiority Of mind over mat
ter, because they have never dealt in the fine
article. write with feeling because Of a con-
temptible piece Of mobbish i'll breeding Wit
messed few days ago at a fashionable sum-
mer I resort, when q woman Of newly acquired
social position turned her back upon q young
special correspondent, who, for her own
amusement, was writing bright, interesting
letters for several Of the leading Journals Of
the country, and who, BY the way, had pre-
viously declined to be introduced to tho
woman who sought to mortify her. l saw
the whole thing, and having warm interest
in the correspondent. being myself q lover Of
newspaper work, l stepped up to her and
sought to make her forget her enbarrass-
ment. X
20, Selene," she said, '.did you imagine i
felt insulted9 No, no, mon annie, a lady
would not insult another. and one less mod
ding toward the offender) could not, you
know" and she laughed merrily ..But," !"
said she. tout Of regard for those women
who are driven by stern necessity to WELD
the pen as weapon Of defense against chill
penury, viii you not write an article defend-
ing them and showing that q woman may
write for the papers and still be unworthy
the epithet Of strong minded in its objection
able sense Of mannish9" YES" said I, ..and
viii show them that the fact Of a woman
exercising her brain does not make her heart
less womanly or less sensitive, and neither
does the possession Of q fortune buy any one
the right to be unladylike. !"
Those who have never felt ''the inspiration
OF the ink bottle" cannot comprehend that :
woman would, for instance, rather write
pleasant things Of the people around her than
whisper unkind, sighting remarks about
them to the other women present. They can
not understand howit is that she can enjoy
passing 80 much of the day alonetwith her
own thoughts, when she might be listening
to their gossiping chatter; and so they turn
and abuse her as strong minded! But il they
only knew it she would rather be afflicted
with strong mind than weak one, or, like
some Of her neighbors, with none at all to
speak OF. They mean to be unco,npl plimentary,.
but she resents the implication Of the
mannish idea, and in reality feels 'fiattered at
what they intend for slur. But the man
nish female-what Is she ikei Surely o
vastly different creature from the brave, tai!
ented. strong minded girl who wins the re-
spect and admiration OF the cultured and
truly refined wherever she goes We do not
ind her often ct the Mterati's desk We are
more likely to see her at the races hobnob.
sbing with the men. who Ia turn hobnob With
the bookmakerk ~ i.:; Is
cidedly, the strnng minded woman not
ths @ same a. q. type gf the mannish woman The.
sforther q brave, tho latter bold the 1lirst is
high TONED, ,in moral And matirtiefi The lattsr
= aessntially degraded In both rticnlasy:;
thsFefqre i Il only natural TINT ths, latter,
.honld be mads much of
cefts class Of society. while tho nsnalli man
mtndtity apprsciats tho ttsiis w6mian, forl
Caaon Farrar mid ltruly Only the remnant
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