The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-23

solves az women and not men. Women
they are, and women they must remain,
and there IL no help for IL, and n Mt
tempted reforms against nature will DO H.
nominious failures, accompanied with sad
and great Losses. Civilization in much Of
its modern tendencies introduces abnorm-
al conditions and frictions. these hard
ships are tho results Of centuries, and how
to meet these acknowledged wrongs Ia the
study Of philauthropists, both male and fe-
male. Hnt sure il 1t M mathematical and
moral hxioms that when the remedy is
woman less womanly, wifely, %motherly. TO
be \ noble woman Is hor true sphere and
wise Ia she who accepts the facts in tho
case and makes the most of them,
Another demand of the age rests upon
woman, namely, that they shall under all
circumstances uphold the proper dignity
and worth Of womanhood. Her necessary
connection with tho humdrum routine and
indispensable services of the household are
not tho ultimate and ideal end and pur-
poses of women. 1t IL. for instance, the
duty OF Q young woman to assert her worth
and value above a toy or mere ornament,
A woman who is nothing but a pl%aything-
curiosity OF the parlor-may be esteemed
for her sallies of wit and her genial laugh
ter, and her pretty face, but If that il all
she has az capital stock and worth she does
damage TO woman's cause. The demand Of
the age is that she make herself capable
and valuable beyond the butterflies of fash
ION, the chattering parrot of the drawing
room, or the plaything of an idle evening
who can and will lay hold Of
life's earnest work and Dc something.
The increasing cry OF yonng men is, I'VE
can not afford to marry Much Of this
cry is the veriest nonsense and selishness,
but some Of it is downright lamentable
krrth and ~ ~nunnf,, ,u,Al Al@.,
selves to settle these questions, whether
Injuries are Indispensable, or worth is
lower than fashion. If the demands Of
honorable married life are beyond the
reach of honest industry, then Inevitably
will the dignity due to women fade away,
and she will be deemed a luxurious orna-
ment, instead of being esteemed the queen
due reverence and love to Il wife whose ex-
travaganca or whose folliss are driving him
into expenses he can not afford.
Sup%erfluous women! eyes, there are
plenty of them," says Mrs. Livermore,
who give themselves to idle pleasure and
morbid fancy, and despiss the activities of
the age into which they are born who are
SO lacking in principle that they will &C
cept in marriage an oc%togenarian, All i'm
beetle, or a %debauche, if his establishment
be satisfactory"
Another demand of the age is that wo-
men take hold OF moral and political and So
oial reform. Every reform lags and limps
until she put her soul and life into it.
Said a young man: "You may rely upon it,
if they (maidens) mix the drink for us, we
will not refuse to take it. If their lips first
touch the glass, We are sure to drain it,"
Woman fixes the standard of morality in
every community. All those questions re-
latinR to the family must be settled by
women themselves-those questions con-
corning the proper relation of husband
and wife, mother and children, education,
character Of teachers, social purity. and
that question of divorce, the abomination
of denominations in modern Babylon-all
must be settled by women themselves.
o woman grand are the possibilities and
opportunities that open to you! When the
bright sun sinks dow into darkness. thine
is it to bring out the rich galaxy of light,
bright gems of joy! Seize thou the oppor-
tunities open to a pure, true-hearted, con-
secrated w~omanhood-a womanhood fitted
to stand side by side as helpmeet to the
honest busy toilers of life's earnest work.,