Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-07-19
= THE AMERICAN woMA AN.
Ms i. Beginning 60 Fss.Iire tha as Lifss
Main Object IL 20 Develop q soul.

me Ia Beginning 10 Re@ilxe that LafsH
Main Object IL 20 Develop . soul.
Although as yet bur small proportion
OF American girls go TO collegN, no one
will deny that the standard of education
for women has been greatly raised Of
late.
Twenty-Five years ago girl must be
taught to do worsted work, whereby she
might perpetuste tho most nEonstrous
and awe-inspiring "cruel" Nin more
senses than one) dogs and cats and thu
most impossible flower pieces; she must
acquire such proficiency upon Ehe piano
As TO cradle her 10 render tn Battle
of Prague, the "Maiden's Pra YER" and
the "Bird Waltz" she must he taught
water-color painting, the results OF
which still exist in many housks and are
enough To give the observer nervous ex-
haustion for d month after being brought
face 20 face with them; she must learn
French enough to use certain WE'LL
known idioms and quotations in not too
inapt a way, and she must le able to
write long and gushing letter. To dearly
beloved friends in a flowing. delicate
hand. Hut that was about all the aver
age fashionable girl was Thought 10
need More might make her masculine.
The brave girls who have been in .
sort pioneers in the acquisition Of a col.
legiate education have changed all this
| They have proved that woman may
retain all her charms of manner and
dress and grace and refnem ent, all ths
light and airy destinations of the old
school, and yet have masterad the more
/ grave and serious parts OF education
The demands OF society now require
that woman shall have more than q
superficial knowledge of the Affairs OF
the day. She must do more in the way
OF reading than simply GLANCE down the
columns Of her evening paper. She
must keep up, at least partially, with
the scientific, political edu .ational and
literary movements OF her time. IL she
paints, she must do Il extraordinarily
we'll, or keep her efforts hidden. IL she
plays or sings she must have a good
voice, good method and good tech.
nique, or even her host friends will not
suffer that accomplishments TO be pa.
raded before them. She should read
and speak in several languages.
The girl OF the period. top, must learn
TO row and drive and ride. 10 play tennis
and. II she is very fashionable. must be-
long 10 an athletic club. She must learn
to develop and keep heal hy her body
as well as her mind. A larger capacity
and a broader understanding are de
manded on all sides.
Twenty-Five years ago the inane young
woman who could smile sweetly upon
all occasions, who had sloHing shoulders
and a small waist, who knew not toe
much Of any subject, who had no capac.
ity for thought or ideas who possessed
only mediocre mental atthinments and
thin veReering Of reiineIuent, but who
was always dressed elegantly and aimed
above all things 10 be 'lkdy y-like, . was
the ideal being held up rs an example
by all mothers for their daughters emu.
lation. How Is il now? DO Intelligent
mothers cling to this ideA? Not at all.
Even the mother who haH but super.
flcial education OF her own sees that il
her daughter is 10 compete with girls oi
her own age. she must be- educated IN
every possible direction.
In these days of cook lag schools and
p@rlor lectures girls do not marry and
go TO housekeeping without knowing .
beefsteak from q sausage, or without
having mastered the science OF bread
, making. II is fashionable now for :
woman 70 look we'll 10 1he ways Of bei
household.
IL is not 10 men alone, either. that
women must be able 10 talk Witness
the many women's cluhA in this city
: The New England Women's Club, the
Political Class, the CastEl liam Club and
the Woman's Press Assd citation, for in
stance. AT these IL is always in order
, to hear bright and lively discussion oi
! the topics of the day. Women. wher
with other women. have ceased to con
fine themselves To their childrcnis o
their own ailments. their domestil
! troubles and petty neighborhood gossip
as subjects Of conversation.
In short tand heaven be praised fol
! itO womens minds are broadening
, Women are beginning 20 realize tina
, the main object OF life Is To develop |
soul--B boston Globe.