Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16

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may he taken as typical of the diverse
views now current as TO what strictly De-
longs to ''Woman' Sphere. term
seemingly indicative that the limit ana
bounds of woman g career have been SET
tied so definitely and finally as never to
give Orcaslon for controversy. The cor
nPrs SET up under the supervision and by
command of man Lord and master,
and the lines run by man, the friend ana
equal, have little relation, and women
beng the judges of the boundaries perfer
the latter.
There is no tender, chaster affection
possIble than that father feels for his
daughter as the soft glow of coming
woinanhood suffuses her face aud the
CLEAN of coming lOve-ltght briEhtens her
ulances. That man who hears so sweet
creature call HIM ''father' would be less
than human II the vision did not move him
10 grenter effort and strengthen deter
minatinn to shield her from contact with
the world. Yet if he reflects he must
know that this is not always possible.
Misfortune NAV overtake him Ia WAYS
he could not avert, or It may be some
dnv the heart once his own will pass
into annther's keeping to await a future
in which he has no part. This father, If
as wise as he is LOVING, will wish his
daughter to be qualified for a future the
exigences of which no human foresight
can forpstall.
The diversity of opinion to which allu-
sion has been made was exhibited by two
female writers, the one holding that
there should be no check put upon
woman's efforts at self maintenance,
and the other contestng for what she
clnimpd as woman 8 inalienable right,
that of being maintained by man, and
the evil effects likely TO follow mans
conversion to belief in her abundant
capacity 10 take care of herself with
little TO spare to take care OF him. One
took the practical and the other the sem
timeutul side of the question, and as
usual truth IS in each.
In the dav Eve walked with Adam out
side Paradise the burden of life implied
work, but not to her more than to him
wbs 1t work only, there was to each COM
pensation in work. Too long have
women waited for the compensation; but
the day has dawned, and women are
themselves slowest to learn the extent of
it. II the spectacles are fairly adjusted
the wearer will find the cheerful daugh-
tiers OF this day are daughters of toll,
the Lrpadwinners, If they have been
properly equipped for their work. Young
women who go in the morning to their
duties, who handle the money they have
earned need not envy young women who
rise at 10 wearied with the fOllies of the
Lay before and who sigh in sheer ennui
over the round that must be kept up.
Neither need any alarmist cry out for the
future wives and mothers. That girl in
her nent business suit has not smOthered
her instincts, and is more 1T for the du-
ties of womanhood than is the pale, will
Lowry girl who has whirled for two seasons
in bathrooms and fIrted away two sum-
mers ut watering places.
Daughters more than sons need to be
fitted for self maintenance; the condi-
ions of society are such. and are likely
10 remain, that young men with ordinary
health, fair mentality and good morals
can successfully steer their way what
lever the buffe:ings, but u woman is at
most unfair odds when she plunges into
tine waves with no previous training to
aid her in combating them. solemn
lduty is laid on those having the charge
of girls, that they be fitted for some
thing, that their talents and inclinations
he carefully studied and cultivated. and
trinatet in the probabilities of life.
There is no sadder sight IN the daily
grind than some trembling, half-fitted
grinder at the mill.
The great mistake that men and
women fall into is that money-getting
and bread winning is all. These fail
TO see that a woman has aspirations
and ambitions, that to her as well as to
i'm har pt ina
which can only be interpreted: "Woe
TO me il l do not heed. - Neither do
men or women appreciate how much the
needing of that voice involves; il is that
to which George Eliot refers when she
says of her sex; "They are the Yea an
Nay of that good for which men are en-
during and fGhting.' 1t is in ans wer
10 that call within the soul that women
have led some OF the Rrandest forward
marches the world has ever known.
Man goes to his labor and the world
honOrs him; let generous world grant
10 women the same. Not by bread alone
does ~ oman live, the daiutiest darling of
rich man s home has moments of utter
disgust; she looks at the silken haugings
and the hlny robes fairy might envy,
aud asks, Is this the whole of life? Now,
the world wonders if she turns from il
ali aud seeks an outlet for the pent-up
energies OF her nature, while pointing a
finger OF scorn at the perfumed dandy
who suffers his opportunities to drift by
content |: he is u flower petal on the
strl am that bears him to eternity. This
is not just, neither is il justifiable.
Wifphood is not imperiled because young
women are learning that marriage is not
their sole aim. Women that can rightly
measure their own powers have learned a
lesson not taught in the school of butter
Il es, and IN their choice of a husband
will not be prone 10 put their judgment
in obeyance. There is, however, q
threatened danger man may be wise to
heed, aud il Is one that should beget
wholesome fear and Lead TO COOL results.
II Is undeniable that women are con-
siantly encroaching and men are giving
place to women. Why? SAID q man,
"Yes, l employ women musicians at
these places of amusement because they
don i get drunk, l know l Gun pend on
their being here.' Said an employer
of nearly 100 men, al am going TO put
woman in every place she can ILL.,
Why? "Because women are more re-
liable, pay day does not mean u lay off
for day or two sfterward, and they are