The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-12
WOMEN WHO ARE IN THE DITCH
And Refuse to Let Anybody Pull Them
out.

out.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, Oct. 11.-Alexander
| Pope had keen perception OF human ma
| ture when he wrote the lines which will
probably last as long as the centuries
Man never is, but always to be, blest. "
To-day is of no account, tomorrow is the
time for enjoyment, but tomorrow never
comes. This seems sad TO me, and notwith-
| standing the fact that we are compelled to
recognize it as an inherent constitutional
trait it seems both unphilosophical and
wicked.
"Why don't you try to get your friend
out for O walk or a drive occasionally2 She
will certainly kill herself il she doesn't have
some change Make her go to the theater.
She has fallen into the ditch and somebody
ought to pull her out"
This was the family physician, and he
knew what he was talking about with the
| single exception of my influence or any
| bodys influence with his patient. But
| concluded to make another final effort, and
| il it resulted like all the rest to go home
and mind my own business ever afterward.
| | found her tucked up in a corner Of the
| lounge, her lap full of small clothes whcn
| the seamstress had just finished hemmin :
and tucking. My friend WAS tying ends
| and preparing trimming. There was an
! ominous pink spot on either check and her
| breath was short and jerky. But the lungs
of a giant would scarcely have been equal
| to the doubled-up position which this inya-
lid had assumed as the best one for her
work.
Lets go TO the park" / said, after few
| OF the usual commonplace and insufferably
stupid remarks that good form" requires
| us to make.
"Oh N.Y." she exclaimed. II had asked
her 10 go to the moon she could not have
appeared more surprised. "But just look
| at all this work" she added after painful
pause.
(which your seamstress can do just as
| well as You can"
"But George is using the buggy, and
| then"
"What is the matter with the open horse
carp l interrupted. They are good
enough for me-"
"Oh, no, really cannot go this morn
| ing was the languid answer. 81 am too
weak and wretched and then i must get
these chldren's things out Of the way.
shall have everything accomplished by next
week or week after, think. and then in
tend to have a real good time. | was tell
ing George this morning that by and by l
mean TO go out every day"
There it was again-'never is, but always
to be, best and this woman was commit
ting a slow suicide, and it was out Of human
power 10 D6lp fOWs dul OpDOocu Oh
principle to submission to the inevitable,
unless the inevitable crowds me into a cor
ner, and 80 gets the best of me. In that
event quickly and politely make my best
bow and stand aside. / realize that there
are things that cannot be helped, but / sim
cerely believe these to be much fewer than
most of us suppose. hated to leave ths
friend loved without another attempt to
make her see the error Of her ways, so
told her she was a fool. When she replied
that she knew it, but that she was poor.
sick, loving fool, or words to that effect, /
felt like repentant pirate, aud 30 got the
worst of it--as usual.
Is it too much to say that every other
woman who has a conscience about her
home is like this one2 do not think it Is.
"When this dress is finished" or this hat"
or ''the preserving is out Of the way" or
'the house is Gle lned,n or "the mending
done,r then we will enjoy ourselves. IL
would naturally alter the aspect of the
whole matter if women generally took
pleasure in these things. Some Of them do,
and such home-makers are usually sensible
and healthy. But the majority drive and
fret, and do more work In one day than it
is proper to do in three, in order to enjoy
the tomorrow that never contest