The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-13
Woman's World.
NAMES OF GIRLS-MR. DANA PLEADS WITH THE GIRLS TO
WRITE THEIR NAMES IN FULL.

her bangs from her lofty brow, hold forth
on the educational bills or tariff revisions.
Clad in wig, gown. and hustle, she will
preside IN solemn dignity rs n chief JUS
tice or a lawyer before the bar, plead with
all the ~eloquence Of an Erskine and the
Graduation of "a Blackstone.
In the hospital she will have risen from
nurse To physician in charge. As an edi-
tor she will WELD the mighty pen, n queen
in the newspaper world, n a successful
candidate for foreign missions. As "A nov
clist, an artist, and architect, her works
will he living Of beauty, force
aud skill. Exercising the rights of suf-
fragc. u will he "a political power, hold,
ing public Office, running for alderman
and making sudden pleasure trips Ia Can
ada. In all the arts OF buying votes, bal
lot-box stutling, u running ward cleo
lions she will evince "A quick ability, prov
ing ably her right tn AVE her knowledge
considered as intuitive.
The girl of $50 will be n woman physi-
cally developed on scientific principles
by "A thorough course in a gymnasium.
Each muscle will he fully trained, her
figure graceful, her body strong, 1.-THE,
active.
Massage treatment, Turkish baths, and
gymnastics will contribute Ia render her
a model 81 health and beauty.
In her education she will follow the
same lines Of study and the same profess
sions as her brother.
such Is the view taken by the optimist,
aud possibly il may prove To he the
correct one. But whether "A woman
will ever secure the right of suffrage
is, AT present, an unanswerable ques-
ton. And it also remains To he
proven whether in 50 doing she
will elevate politics al politics degrade
her. Whether she will possess sufficient
strength and skill Ia run her own house
hold and hold "A public office is another
problem for solution 10y time.
Will the clinging vines of to-day grow
into the stately oak trees OF the future, or
will woman eve retain her chief feminine
weaknesses which have always endearcd
here Ia all masculine hearts?
III. as some claim, the independence OF
woman releases her from her present POI
sition of being sought for, aud places her
OH an equal footing with man nj Cupid's
court, the coming girl OF the period VIII
sigh regreifully for the ilirtations OF her
grandmothcr's days. But this danger
which threatens To- undermine the very
existence Of our most cherished Ameri-
can institution ilirtations-wIll never he
realized. Progress may improve our con-
dition, but il cannot change human ma
tnre.
Men and women will continue in the
ages To come, as they hayc in the past, to
mutually lament each Others many
faults, each sex accusing the other oil in-
consistency, scltisliuess u cNtrava-
gancc.
The coming woman will be like her
grandmother of to-day III her essential
characteristics, for mel and women have
been the same since Adam and Eve took
their first moonlight stroll in Eden. And
all the electrical forces Of progress will be
unable Ia change the relation between
them.
The husband Of the twentieth century
will doubtless complain that his wife. who
has been waiting up for him IN 3 a. m.
does moi meet him with "A pleasant
SMILE" and will demonstrate his wife's
five minute chat as ''gossiping all day.
even though he has spent two and "A half
hours in n hotel lobby discussing Browns
bay colts PAGES. He will also complain
that women are always primping," yet
never cease praising a pretty and stylishly
dressed girl.
And the woman Of the future will, IL she
retain her essential characteristics, never
he able Ia enter "A polit cal or religious
argument without la sing her temper, she
will not he apt To acknowledge "A reclaim
ing virtue M a person she disiikcs. And
VIII take more interest in Sallic Browns
new spring suit than she does in the latest
problems IN political economy.