The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-26
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SATURDAY. JULY %, 1890.
FEMALE SCHOLARS A. WIVES.

yrv.Ir SCHOLARS A. WIVES.
Miss Favcett. who is at this time the IN
carnation Of the higher education oil "o-
men. has become an object lesson oil curl
ous value. and her career from this year on
will he followed with the closest attention.
=, or1or IN SOC in what way it will illustrate
the advantages or disadvantages 10 the uo-
mestic character ofw0men Of the possession
81 great learning. Those who firmly de-
lieye that the highest culture does not inJur,
,rue womanhood 10y making II stilted ana
uusympaihetic. discover grounds Tor tnc''
confidence in this respect, IN the iact 'h"'
Miss Fawcett has been known 10 wear her
hair down her back in a flowing mass, 10
road novels in bed TO "A late hour IN the
morning. and 10 ride about in reckless
fashion on the top Of a London omnibus IL
is correctly inferred that Young lady VINO
is so little superior to her sex as TO 90 all
those unconventional things. will in time he
canal 10 the task Of managing husband
without his being able to perceive 1t, ana oil
bringing up a family that will be credltable
10 herself and the community. This was
precisely what Mrs. SOmmerville dld' ana
why not Miss Fawcett; Mrs. SommerYllle
was 50 pleased with the condition Of matrl-
mony that she was actually married twice
and we see no reason why Miss faWcel'
should not be equally as fortunate; IN iacl'
still more so, if she can hereafter ma 1t pos
sble TO leave England and take up her resi-
dence in Connecticut or Chicago, where d.
vOrces are so easily obtained.
IL must Ice admitted that there is some
thing very inspiring in the spectacle Of a
Young lady who can measure the courses OF
the stars in their orbits, sound all the depths
Of difierential calculus, write book on the
Greek particle. discourse on ancient law.
unrayel at a glance the mysteries OF Assy-
rian and Egyptian hieroglyphics, converse
i'm a dozen languages, explain the OBSCURE
ties Of Shakespeare, comprehend Robert
Browning; we say that there Is something
inspiring in the spectacle of a young lady
who can do all these things with ease. yet be
capable of descending from her great intel
lectual height 10 marry unculturedTom,D Dick
or Harry. who is interested only in the iluc-
iuations Of the stock market, or in the good
points of a dog or horse, or the turns OF for
tune in game of cards. Ii is such spec
tacle as this which makes plain, practical,
unlearned men think that really and truly
the whole world is Kin, and that no woman
with one spark of feminine fire in her soul
can unseX herself, though she may oyertop
all the scholars of Nassar or Newman,
and leave the male wranglers far behind in
the mathematical tripOs of Cambridge.
If the intutiye promptngs of nature in
woman and the lessons Of the schools con-
nict, the lessons of the schools are apt TO 90
TO the wall, and it is well that they should,
for else what would become Of the men:
They would have to stink into the cave OF
Adullam, there TO mcditate on their unhappy
condition. without one thing 70 divert their
melancholy thoughts except the occasional
necessity Of having to sew on their own
buttons, mend the rents in their trousers.
write oil the lists Tor their washeTwOman,
make up their own beds. pack their own
trunks, hunt around for the scissors. and a
number of other things too difficult for the
masculine mind. however vigorous or rcso-
lutte, TO accomplish. When matters have
come to this pretty pass, men will be eager
T. marry, whether the wife be wrangler
like Mrs. Caudle, who can abuse her hus-
band like pickpocket, or wrangler like
Miss Fawcett, who can whisper sweet
mathematical nothings in his ear,