The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-22
rHE STATUS or RUSSIAN woMFM

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TIE STATUS OF RUSSIAN WoMFN
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Their nastsrs' . Few Year, Ago.
n; Petersburg Correspondence New York Tn
AS To the manner OF the bringing up Of
Russian young won,en-the other stumb-
Linz block by thu foreigner In
the big eastern empire-it must be said
that for the last quarter Of . century en-
tirely new methods have prevailed. Pre-
vious 10 the series Of liberal reforms i'm
troduced ny Alexander II. I'm the ~sixties,
Russian girls Of good family we're mostly
educated in boarding schools end institls-
ions supported ny the crown, and were
never allowed To 10 out except in closed
carriages for = drive, during the Who'll
eight or ten years their education lasted.
been insti.uted, however, che great
majority Of Russian girls of the ''intelli-
ecncia" are ~receiyine in them the same
tering one of the great universities. Mind
clusively a~ristocratic educational estab-
crown institute. and the highest priced
from Inc strict rules of the former method
Of cloistered education for young girls.
enforcci Tor, out OF hysenic comsidera.
tions, little girls are on all sides encour-
aged To romp about like their brothers do.
hoy, and they grow to dread the appella-
ton OF "~kissevnaya Observation-Disclosures
n And young lISy"mm aSs aH,
proper young persons.
Being brought up under very similar
young men OF Russia develop a great sim
ilarity Of tastes and IDEAS. The young
girls enjoy nearly IL not quite as much
America. and are generally considered
equal to the young men i'm their intellect
al resources, strength OF will and determ-
ination.
When such young people marry there
is of course complete equality between
HANGED by the laws Of the empire, which
makes any woman of n the complete mis-
tress Of her fortune. her income and her
Observation-Disclosures he voluntarily provides
her to do no. In that last respect, how.
ever, few men are obdurate, enough to re-
sis the eng OF public opinion
ed cIas. S would e brave public c sa" :
and expose himself to ridicule by keeping
81. wife ~ force; were she determinsd :.
France, does public ridicule Kill or cure a
person so speedily as in Russia. OF
majority Of the Russian young women in
sist, has brought ON drawbacks; they
nave heavier burdens to carry they often
hlabNS w oS t"S vi Sh AlAN - pbtthhS
scorninR to profit by any chivalric offer
of aid from the men. So much i'm princi-
anent deviations from the theory of wo-
mans perfect Independence. Still, no
matter how strongly liberal minded girls
erty, they easily relax from their ast-iron
principles when happily married; and
though moved by "a sense of honesty, many
young women assert that they cannot
consistently vow that they will always
love the man they wed; still separations
children NOR. thought OF and cared for
than i'm the families of educated Russians
who have. grown to he men and women
In fact, life i'm Russia is moving onward
with such rapid strides that people who
n nasa ~ fn ,he scrfs. n last and G ti,ro,,eh
the subsequent rather short-livcd but very
f~ar-rcaching emancipation of thought,
society as il is at the present time. The
mothers and aunts of the young Russians
of the present day are still! there to tell
young folks were brought up to cultivate
a great external display of reverence to
nronch thci. nnrcmts ON terms of ea"aiity.
and would never think of kissing them
save on the hand. Those times are long
seem tn be sorry that the artificial re
straint has gone. which i'm a good many
cases led to "a sense OF be-
tween father and son, mother and daugh-
ter:
The changes worked by me are apparent
even i'm the most trifiing details. Only "a
generation ar two ago IL was considered
improper for girls of well-to-tlo families to
TAX N step i'm the street without the escort
of "a Roverness or some trustworthy attend
ant; on every side ones eye WAS met by
the ludicrous sight of n six foot servant i'm
u cockaded hat and livery bringing up the
rear of n couple of ladies out for their
walk OIL the street or the boulevard. That
would he considered a most unique sight
nowadays. The most carefully brought
up girls of the oldest noble families are
free to go out alone Oh foot or i'm their
own carriage; they even would feel hurt
and justly too l think-at the distrust of
them, were they put under the obligation
tn account for every step they take and
forbidden tn go out i'm the daytime except
under escort. The young girls and women
strongly insist on being trusted and the
liberty thus obtained makes them self
reliant and is seldom put to unworthy
uses.
The Bench and the I8aby.
From the Fall Mall Gazette.
Yesterday at the Tunbridgc (Kent)
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