Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-13
wJiGN AND PROGRESS.
LINES ALONG WHICH The SEX
SEEMS TO be kpvANciNo.

r. W. uigginson Discourse. on tho H.
forts Of Women ne Observed In tho
Account. Of Their DoinEs Sensible
Criticism Of the Exeiu.i,enc.. Of clui..
Opening daily newspaper found In
three parallel columns three different seris,
Of notices In regard 20 women, and tbey
seemed like 40 many detached lines IN
which the women Of the present time ver,
marching on into the future. Each rcp.
resented strenuous labor. personal effort,
organizing ability and Ia many cases un.
selfish industry.
In one column there wns a report o. pro.
o.cdings at n womsn's college. In another
n record Of a convention Of working nirls
clubs. and In the third series OF items Of
what Il called Society lntellgence-a din.
ner party 1t Mrs AS. theatnr party Of
Mn. BE- and "a very pretty wedding at
the charming country house Of Mrs G., on
which occasion "the presents were numer.
on. and costly"
OF these three classes, that which Il tho
theme Of the society paragraphs l.. on the
whole. the least interesting 10 the scientlas
observer, though often the most attractive
for purposes Of social intercourse. ItIs,
indeed. for this function Of social Inter.
course that II oxisis-to pfcsorve "the
usages," tho ways u refined living. tho
standards OF cultivated Intercourse.
vALUE or SOCIAL UsAGra.
II IL o. immoasurablc Importance tina.
this should be efficiently done; that the
world should keep all that Il has got In tho
way u neat personal habits. kindly aud
courteous ob,oryanccs, aud delicate tastes.
Even "the gospel Of good gowns l., a.
Mrs. Moulton long since pointed out, by
no means 10 10 drspiscd. Fine social inter.
course u really tho finest Of line nrta, aud
n painting and sculpture and architecture
arc worth ohefishing. % Il that higher
standard u manners without which these
things are merely a misplaced fringe for
barharism.
IL il true that manners Joined with moth.
ing better arc disappointing. Il Is true
that hungry man would rather dine with
bOor on Ncniton than with Duke Humph.
rry on his proyefbIal Dime. that l., on
nothing. But " tho boor.shness destroys
ones appetite, where " tho good uf yenl.
SOM Aud "a dinner II herbs. whore love
isn-or even where refinement is-turnl
out the better blil Of farv.
Tho true charm Of Inc manners l. iicst
seen In poverty, whom attAinahlc thcr,,
but wealth Il doubles. tho bcitor school
for them ~ fnt. and this Il ono reason
why men arr tempted by wealth. The
English word "mcans." OF the phrase "a
man Of means" IL very Instructive, iof u
views property but "a means toward
something more imp1rtants Aud though
many men 10 no further than tho means.
yet Il Il something that We have this great
truth recognized In Language. 50 all tho
love for fashionable novels Il rally an 81.
preston Of longing after tho rranomenil
Of life.
Aud though the society columns are
often made up larrsly Of tho doIngs Of tho
socially obscure, and though tho socially
prominent usually Try 20 keep out OF them,
yet they are no doubt a humble school tot
good manner 10 those readers whs dis
trust themselves. The young SRI who
with vague admiration rais u Mira A. 4
aud Mu. Ba entertainments perhaps no.
quirrs tho wish that when shc also l. an'
ne.ei 10 fome matrimonial letter u ths
alphabet, sho also may have an attractive
home.
Vet, after all, the newspaper column
that records tho convention n working
girls club, has a hcartlof sound and q
deeper interest than tLGn society para
graphs. Here We have what Il called The
"bonr and sinsN" % tho community, Of
would be were II made up Of men. II IL q
pleasure % look on gathering 10 hearty
aud ~ genuine, and % know that here, too
"a society In tho making. Thew IL fear
les simpllcltyin the words "Nufklug girl
although tho writer has never been d
thoso who seriously objected 10 the worl
''salcslady," since that on H. tide repre-
srntrd. likcA somewhat excessive bonnet
tho longing already described TOT tho r.
inementa ~ lie
But tho other is tho solder term. an,
has tho merit also of going beyond caste
bscatvc many " these clubs arr foundri
by those who do not la tho common sens
Of the word belong properly 10 them, an'
who often IN organizing them have b-ei
In tho very hardest seuao working Kris
There Il somtthing ine aud Wholesome u
the success with which tho more iayore'
young women thus often work Tor M
boneiit OF the les favored, and thus spirit
ually benefit themselves most OF all.
The present writer has once or twice ad
dressed these working girls clubs, and Ia
found In their rooms q plano, lule u
brary. n good attendance and a oofdlA
nearing, Thry hfN oil'h puhlpns'u %
mixtur. OF nAilonaltlss and religions, AM
thus do good which the ordinary pAfisl
or guild Organization cannot accomplish
and help toward that fusion ia thess n
spects which IA the only safeguard Of gu
Institutions.
Sometimes. fear. they show lii'l
spirit of osclnsiyenvss In their own way
~ WHERE thcy take Ia those employed !
shops and omit those Who work In Ia
tories, or wherr they include composltof
ia printing Office, but not those VII
achieve their compositions with the aid 0
cooking stove ora broom-ln other word'
what aTo technically called Twin on
girls"
This seems 10 mo quite unreasonable
aud like tho attitude Of that barbsr I
Dickens "NkholAs Nlckleby" who d,
clined 20 shave coal HEAVIER becansn
was necessary 20 draw the line soms's hefs
and he drrw il At bakers, But these IN
Rering bits of oonyenllonAllsm are not
probably, the prevailing practice, and vii
soon bc ouigrown.-r. W. higginson y
liarpsr's Baaar,