Wichita eagle., 1890-03-05
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WOMAN AND HOME.
WHAT is EXPECTED OF THE wo-
MAN OF THE PRESENT DAY

value OF Wonoep's Personal Charms-wor6s
That Try Mems Souls-How to Sit in the
saddle-The Perfect Home-Manv Thing.
OF Interest te Fair Readers
No one will deny that the education of wo-
men has increased. and grown enormously
curing the last few years. A different stand
ara OF perfection has been raised, and. above
al, strange and new requirements have been
added TO the old code. Woman is still TO re-
tain her charms; all that art can do in dress,
grace and refinement, and seduction of man.
ner are as keenly appreciated as ever. But,
besides these light and airy graces Of the old
school, 1t is ROW felt that the more grave and
serious parts of education must not be found
wanting III woman.
She must do more, from literary point of
view, than specifically glance down the
columns of a newspaper; while the suscepti-
bilities of her friends require greater artistic
excellence than was evinced by her mother
(when she took the captains heart by storT
some thirty years ago by singing q few popu-
lar airs OF the day; ana as 10 her water
cOlorS, they must be better than her aunt's
roses entwIned with aurlcUlas, which were
considered such works Of art at that time
If she is to exercise artistic faculties. it is
only powers OF the first order that her ac-
quaint&nce viii greet with favor. The old
world indulgence with which elderly people
Of former generation hailed the very niadi-
ocrs attempts Of their young friends 10
auuse them after dinner by solo or duet
partly IN but often mostly out Of tune, that
kindly feeling Of acceptance Is as much an
emotion Of the past as the pyramids or armor
of the middle ages are relics Of past ciyiliza-
tions In old days people laid to heart the
old saying, You must not look gift horse
in the mouth, and there was d general feel
ing prevalent that what you did not pay for
you bad no right to criJiciss
Beyond all this it is now found inGisuensa-
bic that every woman should take 4 part in
charitable ard even IN political organizations.
To obtain proficiency IL these objects it is
requisite that SIZE should acquire business like
habits, and be able TO write. and even to
speak, IN public, if not brilliantly, at least
with fluency and 10 the point Added TO
these new tests OF education, woman is still
expected 10 be a good linguist. It is thought
absolutely necessary that she should be able
30 read and 10 express herself with ease in
several languages
It does not excite astonishnent that a man
should have spent most Of bis early life at a
public school, and then at one Of the univer-
sites, noninally learning Latin and Greek,
and at the end Of what he is pleased 20 call
his education be guiltless Of being able TO
translate a stSnza Of Horace or a line of
Homer inteligibly. On the other hand, it
would 6e considered extraordinary that "a
womanin society, who had Travelled In France,
or who had had the advantage of a French
governess as g child. should not be able to ex-
press herself in French, with ease, talk if
necessary to French attache at a London
dinner party, or write correctly 30 her mo-
diste ia Paris Added To a.; this the athletic
developments of a woman's education must
not be forgotten to be mentioned mere The
same critical faculty is brought to bear upon
her ability as Il lawn tennis and a cricket
PLAYER; and If she does not shoot, at least she
is expected TO show the sans endurance as a
man. when she walks over miles of heather, or
through fields Of turnips.
To all these graces. accomplishments and
physical exercises are added her old duties of
wife, mother nousekeeper and hostess.
larger capacity and broader understanding
are demanded on all sides fc~ women. Even
the type OF a Woman'S woman Is changing.
& fgurehead Of inane incspacity, of very
refinement of manner, and clothed in French
millinery, Is no longer an ideal TO women;
while men are no more contented TO find in
q woman merelya recipient of their thoughts
aud ideas, a worshiper who places them on a
pedestal, and vino, by means of her own linn
itgtions and ignorauces, clothes theul in the
giants robe
Women are daily opening more and more
their souls and minds; they are beginning to
learn the secret OF how TO make the divine
fire delight and pleasure TO themselves. As
the mans .ers Of households much more
now is demanded Every woman who looks
at housekeeping from an artistic point of
view viii be anxious to effect reforms; to
take valuable hints wherever she can find
them and to add fresh graces TO her table I
and to her rooms The woman OF the pres
ent day is TO be little short of an Admirable /
CricAton in petlic0atS. - Lady Gaskeu in
Nineteenth Century.