The Republican journal., 1889-07-18


swell, little wife, what has come to YOU,
All through the busy day,
! While ! have been away r
| Often, then. was cross;
| Often ! used to reply
| NV hat comes to a woman eVeryWherc:
Washing and baking and household care.
| declare it makes NE cry
! TO think how my days 90 by
Then he would kiss me again.
And try to be still more kind;
And tenderly say. MY poor little wife,
| Would could give you an easier life"
How could be so unkind.
Oh! how could be so blind.
/ God took him away one day
Took him away from me.
Now, though laborthe whole day through
Nobody asks, Nv bat has come to you:
| Nobody pities, or shares
The weight of my household cares.
If had only known
That | should ever find
| | WAS an angcl-loVe that for Years
| Worked for me, cared for me, dried my tear,
had been far more Kind,
But oh | was blind-so blind.
The above lines, written by Lille +. Barr
express a heartachc. not uncommon. when rC-
| gretS are useless because too late. How much
| better to fill the life of every day with 50 much
| love and kindness and consideration for 9th
| ers. especially for those nearest and dearest
| that when the Reaper comes to our door>-a>
come he will some day-remorsc viii not be
| added to natural sorrow.
Did L ever occur to YOU, my sisters. what Il
| gOd>end to the masculine portion of humanity.
| i'll the single matter Of something to talk about
| we weaker vessels appear to be: And from
| the earliest days they have been Zcaously inn
| proving their privilege. Most subjects get
| out Of fashion as time goes on and gradually
| give place to others but not 80 the "womall
| question:" Men continue to advise liz and
| cIitiCi>e lis, to blame lis and cXtoli Us. and to
| hold up Tor our emulation an ideal hut totally
| impossible female, from generation to genera
| ton with equal gU>to and earne>tne>>. 4 rec-
brated French writer has lately relieved his
mind on this welworn theme. in one Of the
leading journals of Paris, in terms rather more
diotic than the general run. just listen tu
what he says of rs:
Woman was created coJuetti>h. fi@htv.
tickle and frivolous. Poets have said that the
only thing lighter than air is q feather; The
only thing lighter than a feather j. woman
and that nothing j. lighter than a woman. She
is sent into the world to charm or ti>cimltc Us,
TO console us for The tatigueS Of hard WORK,
and to fill IL with dreams of the ideal that may
render the real in some degree toicrahe Ills
little creature draw, her strength from her
very weakness"
But some of lls are not '.liltlc," thi> Partisan
idiot to the contrary notwithstanding ana
many Of u> are not distinguished fnr weak
ne>>. And how about those who We're not
born to charm. either in form or feature. and
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instrument She makes herself look hump
backed and DESTROYS the harmonious lines OF
her shoulders. which (in the Wrctched French
mans opinOmj are far preferable to the har-
mouy OF her violin." Fancy any one thnkin.
il more Womanlv to drive a pair of horses or
to 20 out killing birds. than to make sweet
music on any instrument
Among those more reasonable people who
think about the essential philosophy of things.
the woman question" is developing beyond
the plane of glitlering generatie> and begin
ning to be considered not altogether from tht,
| male standpoint, A. it used to be, nor from the
Woman'S side only. As Great many have insist
Ell upon but from The combined view Of the
two sexes in their relation TO one another The
Old mistake Of assuming that women are 80 Ut
terry unlike men, and 80 far inferior to them
that they are not to be caSsed ON the same
plane at all. was second onv to the other poptl-
lar error of assuming them TO be like men.
According to the author of an interesting book
called "French Traits" the latter is the mis-
take that most Americans are making He
saws that at the very moment when we are in
Si>ting upon the essential uuikeness of women
to men, American society is eXactin~ from
women a continual exhibition of masculine
qualities We reullre of her moi ..S1ron.r-
| mindctness" but a comnanionablenes, that i.
essentially masculine and that We rultiyotr
| this quality in our younw Girls 10 fine cost of
| their feminine clnractrri>tirs
In replv TO this the French oracle above
quoted saws that French women are far less
| masculine in their taste than we of America
that as a rule they strictly avoid all comnptit-
| ION with men couseryinp fhei, distinct inhiyid.
| uality of sex and following strictly their own