Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1891-01-17

PACK upon The lie OF tasehO0d ana lmpurlty which
society countenances--O the shame of it!--and
take his place by her side.
The wave of social reform has washed up on the
shore some unsightly driftwood.
The daily press presents such pictures of do
nestle infelicities aud irregularities as would her
rify our puritan ancestors. Observations drawn
therefrom are in the natural course of events
But fact is stranger than fancy, and sensatonalsm
strongly favors of realism. So the minds of the
young become unduly tinctured by attrtion with
the phases of modern life as set FORTH and the on
ly weapon with which we can arm them is ntell-
gence concerning the topics which were once
deemed improper.
So the next reformation must come, not from
the printing press, but it must be a reformation
indeed-a reformation of cause, not effect, and it
will come with the reconstruction of the moral
laws, when sman shall add to his bravery chastity,
and woman shall add to her chastity bravery -
The realist who to-day holds up good woman,
even though he drag our idols in the dust, is not
taking the props from beneath us he is admins
terlng bitter DOSE it leaves bad taste upon the
tongue but if it stirs the liver and prompts vigor-
GUS thought and action, his work shall not con-
denim him. If he paints rogues gallery Who
ever finds his picture therein is rogue, else he
would not be there. Progress has placed human
ity on plane where it cries out for truth and JUS
tice, where it begs that the weaklings, sham and
falsehood, shall be thrust aside
The day of contentment built upon ignorance.
has gone by. And unless humanity can see Truth
mounted upon the pedestal of it's worship, from
which it has invited Sham to hop down, content
ment will nevermore spread It's wings over rest
less, struggling world
When the ethical laws are all right our literature
will be- HARyoT UorT
NORA'S RETU9N-By Edna D. Cheney a sexual to
"The Dolls House," by Henry Lee Shepard Boston
1890 Price, Soc
"The Dolls House left the reader in bewild-
ing uncertainty as to what became of its charac-
ters-very much as Stockton chopped off "rhe
Lady of the Tiger"
Walter Besant wrote an alleged sequel in Mac
mlllan's Magazine-a common place temperance
story full of prating and reproach far from touch
Ing the idea lbsen had in mind, and which was
written between all the lines-the idea that woman
owed the first duty TO herself, and that in doing 1t
she would benefit all mankind.
"Nora's Return" by Edna D. Cheney, is the
most satisfactory of sequels
Nora awakens to the great lesson of life. that
IN serving others lies the true secret of happiuess
and becomes nurse in a hospital Her husband
after Justifying himself for long time in the
course he had pursued, finally sees Alright. In a
violent Illness Nora is summoned in her capacitv
OF nurse incognto, and nurses him back to health.
reconciliation afterwards follows This is an all
TOO brief summing up of what the book depicts.
1t Is In the form of diary and draws tear for
every page, so deeply pathetic is it. So wisely is
every observation met that it forms satisfactory
ana perfect sequel to lbsens unique story, and is
book every one who felt the disturbing effect of
'lhe Dolls House. should not fail to peruse. It
is beautifully printed on satin paper, and at the
recent New England Hospital Fair held at Hortl-
cultural Hall in Boston, the proceeds from the sale
OF II were given to the hospital, with which the
writer is herself connected and writes from the
standpoint of one who knows