Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-07-19

in the world Of letters, of art, of science. They
care not who rocks the nations cradles if they may
WELD her pens or hold her brushes, or drag forth
her hidden secrets. They are strong, womanly
women-quite as strong and womanly as the wives
and would-be wives-but their thoughts or desires
do not take domestic trend. To do their BEST
they must do it outside of the domestic circle
They must work in the world. Should these wom-
en-, with something in their makeup which would
prevent them from making good warming pans,
but which is the very thing which would make
them excellent molassesdippers, insist upon being
the one and refusing to be the other? Suppose
these women, after reading the Allen philosophy
should try to put aside all that this author thought
unseemly and undesirable for the world at large
and become warming-pans, wives and mothers?
What then? "Do men gather grapes of thorns!"
Grapes will grow on thorns just as well as strong
clear headed, se-hearted, eyen-baanced children
will spring from mothers whose heart is not in
child-bearing, whose soul is not allowed to send
forth its cry, but is weeping, though ignored, over
its might-have-beens, and refusing to take its
forced work as its birthright and be satisfied
Then this nervous chatting of an outraged nature
would soon break down bodily health, and healthy
children must come from healthy parents. Would
it pay for themselves or the world for these women
to try to become warming-pans?
The Grant Allen policy, if put into practice
would be as dangerous as trying to keep steam
by force Disastrous results would follow some
where. "Like produces like" have never seen
quart bottle from which one could get gallon
One cannot transmit what she never had and her
making believe she is q real warming-pan won't
help her one whit, and will do the world harm.
Our world would not be half as good one as it is
if the mothers of men and women were all Dora
Copperfeds, however sweet the Grant Aliens may
find this class of women. Strength of limb and Of
mind must come from strength of limb and mind
High perceptions must come from high perceptions.
Executive ability transmits executive ability. Will
and purpose do not have their root in weakness
and indecision. Our great people are the children
of ''strong-minded" women.
In the first ages of the world all the women were
required for reproduction. Women and children
were comparatively few. 1t was decidedly the time
for warming-pans But by and by there were
enough warming pans and not enough molasses-
clippers. Would it have been sensible to 60 on
insisting that more pans should be Forthcoming and
ignoring the need of dippers? Must Cuba go un-
equipped and suffer for what she needs, that other
places may be overrun with what they 90 not
need?
Finally cannot doubt for moment that from
the first God knew that, in the future, women
would be both warming-pans and molasses- clippers
and was satisfied That some women would be
wives and mothers, and some as certainly, In con-
sequence of various outside hlndrances, or from
the very nature He gave them, would never marry
nor bear children. Could He to whom the first
and the nineteenth century were as one day, who
could see far down the ages just what would come
to be, could He "tell off, millions of people sole
ly for one particular purpose, and then let so many
of them miss their vocation? 1t looks as though
either God or Grant Allen had made big mistake!
Which is it?
One thing at least we should do. If many
women whom l know, and of whom have read,
have failed to do their duty in the warming-pan
line, and come into condemnation thereby, we
INV, hard 70 look unOn their Ignorance With