Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-01-13
WHY WOMEN FAIL.
Need of Special Training for On
nary Occupations.
An Englishwoman's View of the SltuaS
I'm Her Own COuntry-Superfcia
VS.. Useful Neutrality-suspicious.
ing to the Future.
"I wonder any man alive
Should ever rear a daughter"

/ wonder anV man diiNO
Should ever rear daughter"
Even so long ago as the date Of this
| onera. we unfortunate women were feh
be an inconvenience and perplexity, !
tbe recent correspondence on the subjee
Our Daughters in daily paper
clearly proved that a quiverful of daui
ters is by no means regarded as an unrl
eating blessing.
Some of the correspondents wroh
though drowning were triae too good |
the unlucly surplus-some eight or n
hundred thousand-for whom there are
husbands available. think it is time N
some woman should protest against I
commonly-received idea that all Eng
girls are brought up to regard marriage
the end and aim of their existence Pn
dence created the woman as helpmea
the man, it is true. But that was vi
there was only one man, and even d
Providence granted her separate soul
an individuality of her own.
Now that there are more, far more
glishwomen than there are Englishme +
is surely time that we should look thinH
the face and recognize the fact that ID
are too many of us to be disposed Of ma
monially. With sentiment that was ID
ly composed of chivalry, and partly an
from reluctance to place women on 4
same intellectual footing with themsel
men have for CT INJURIES kept us back
ported us by their own labors, and
rounded us with every comfort possible
their efforts, denying us only the deliG
luxury of independence. Legally, we w
classed with children and fools. Until al
years ago, women with husbands had
property of their own. Every thing
longed to the male partner in the unes
bargain. The laws concerning US VI
framed upon the supposition that we vl
unfit to deal with property.
But of late Juster and more equita
state of things has come about, thanks
the kindly exertlons Of some few men, W.
perceived the injustice of treating v,ouI
as though they were idiots. But meu
large are now beginning to reap the hard
they themselves have sown. Had daughhE
been given half the chances bestowed q i
matter Of course upon sons, the present ID
GRAFTON of girls would be at least as selfsd
porting as their brothers. But fathers b.
not yet awakened to the truth that ths
daughters could and would make their Va
in the world quite as well as the sons.
outcry as to what they shall do with I'D
daughters is merely the natural consequel
of what they have done with them hitherl
The ordinary father thinks he has done
his duty by his girls if he has them WELL
lcated at some fashionable school, wbs
every girl is taught exactly the same thin
quite apart from her special capacities
her individual tastes.
The sons are brought up to professions
matter OF course. Money is lavished
hem; so much money, in fact, that
ather is often unable to execute the inss
nee on his life that would make some ID
'lslon for his daughters in the event Of s
eath We all know what happens VII
he oread-winner dies. No need to descr
ne miserles endured by girls who have
ways been sheltered in happy home, d
iho find themselves thrown on the ID
'orld without any equipment against
igors.
But fathers are now beginning to awa
, the eXlgencies Of the case. Sensible nd
eallze that the education obtainable at
rdlnary fashionable schools is no educati
al IN the true sense of the word. It
lying on rather than a bringing out. WI
glrl needs IS that whatever talent
'lthln her shall be brought forth, develOp
nd cultivated to its very highest pitch
What is her favorite pursd
eXt TO novel reading, tennis playing Al
ohsuming sweets' Every girl has 500
pecial aptitude, and in it should be reos
lzeu the germ of future independence.
Even the so-called stupid girls can
INC one thing better than other things, a
'e lul battery of education should be
cted straight upon the one point, inste
Oelng truitlessly wasted upon the ineya
no piano, water-color drawing and L
,ual smatterng of continental Language
ny on earth should every glrllearn mus
ue-tenlhs OF those who do are absolute
sutute OF the musical sense. To them
unlnltigated drudgery, and of what pos
= =, uso Is II 10 any one elsel Who has
nered from them and their dreadf
= H0'lclhg'' 1t is pure waste TO tea
eui' and the miseries endured by tha &
'e1ched instructors can never he eys
l.Gu: a15,; Inc false notes that jar upon d
nsluve' musical ear; the heavy, soullsl
Icu' tne repetition of precisely the san
!. > 9.1Aes, s,s Notwithstanding constant cons
:. 'ncsl lhlngs must make the life Of
o..- -1.O eeacher hard one. And why shOal
= slrl DC taught to play on the planol
= - oy no means the ideal instrument
oes', and nowadays no one who a
p z II ever listens to an amateur. n
'o Ina, .uat Is devoted to such lessons woul
- Huch o' better spent in learning son
re congenial lesson.
stuaps the root of this universal piar
raa rning Is that men are Supposed to ID
.so,.,.' 80 Nuo can play. But the ineficiea
On N Iieps ,bo' invariably ''give up their mush
= )" reii enSy marry. Fortunately for ths
i ubelgnoors bl3 the piano is seldom opens
20 20 - ou' loss Of time to learn il. unles
n Taot. = = decided taste for music. Dancs
s',I ~'1gIessaiy accomplishment, of courss
y, sNt sns seis on in society who does a
bis s",.Ii ". mere are signs OF the decadenc