Telegram-herald., 1891-08-26

6bos II - 1hos xo0ng W0ooa De Thss
c~.psas Hhsa - - Aiways "Basys''
Des sayeody knew vhAe hscsmss Of
s1si's uasss Wa there ever . giri who
eoald I'll What shs aid Win 10 Or whsss
sac pat is. 80 aeeoans in any reasonable
wsy fos - nysIsrie1s dissppssrsaoer
Ar the sirls' inmates lks the loss pfns
Of which aobody ever fnds . trace. though
tas fncGesass have bssa - work 90 long
thAs ans would think that ths dropped
oso would constitass In shsmssivss An
adequate sourcs of supplys
Thsrs are souzs things which have this
capacity for utter aanihilsxioa Wild AMI
nals ass never found dead In the foresrss
Watering place Friendships vanish into
wind swept space. she hole in the stocking
speaks Of . TEXTURE which once waA there,
but h thsrs 40 longer, yes these things ges
CUT OF the world no more quietly and un-
accoantaoly than the hours and minutes
Of . good proportion Of young women
There v . theory, which 10 commonly
sccspssd. that . girls time 10 all spent
upon dresAl Cersainiy . little Of is goes
IA thai wsy. but the amount must be
small Oidsr womsa, with many social
snd domestic cares. dress quite - well -
young girls. and usually better.
They cannot give ali their time, or even
any spprsciabls part Of it. TO the planning
and purchasing OF their raiment, so there
= evidently fxllaey in the idea that femi-
nine attire Il capable Of engrossing the en-
tire attention OF . woman
There Is another theory that . girls time
n spent In entertaining members Of the
other sex, but this Is absolutely untenable.
Even the mildsss OF Irritation calls for two
1irtsrs and a. the student OF our social
sysren IL never weary Of pointing out, we
have no class Of men whose time ID their
own.
A girl may spend her evenings and Sun
dAys In amusing the masculine hall Of cre-
alton, bat business hours are sacred from
her invasion- Her will might be good to 50
spend the hours from sunrise till midnight.
but In the nature OF the ease hes oppor-
tuniries are limited
In 10 domestic cares which are 30 absorb
ings The newspaper paragrapher would
SAY not, and think on the whole he Is
right. This II not because most girls are
unwilling TO share the household RESPONSE
bflities, but because, during the time OF
their education home life goes on without
their assistance. and once out OF school
they nnd no place ready made In which
they can be useful
It il about - easy for the camel 70 go
through the needles eye ~ for the daughter
OF Q well TO do family to nnd any domestic
duties worthy the name In her fathers
house.
There ere yet other ways In which it II
popularity supposed = girls time u em-
ployed. such a. study and correspondence.
But did you ever 60 to q morning classl
II 20 you know perfectly well the formula:
81 wa 30 basy hadu't minute to spare
for preparationr'
Have you any women among your cor
respondents, and did one Of them ever
write q letter without explaining how
busy she was, and had been for weeks past
and would be for weeks to comet What
ever the mysterious, grinding tasks which
fate i'm poses upon the young women who
have apparently nothing to do, by thsig
own confession studying and writing are
not among the things sought
Perhaps the subject Is worthy Of scientific
Investigation. IL would be az useful to the
race - the discovery of tho north pole;
and, though the inquiry might DO ~ long
and tedious as an arctic exploration, 1t
would not Be so dangerous Industriaily
lt might b Of value.
Here u . vast amount Of labor which w
know, on the testimony Of every girl in the
land, u put forth daily. yet without visible
result. Would not experiments TO make 1t
productive Be - legitimate ~ those for the
reduction Of aluminium or the utilization
Of the solar forcef
Anthropologists might spare nttle time
from the study Of cranial development and
turn their attention TO finding out what
becomes Of q girls time. IL ought surely
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