Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-29

l.: BRIEF.
Despite the ulterancc CT the great English
d.amatist that
"All the worries u stage,
And all the lnen and women merely players, -
the thought comes home to almost every
one that the world is oftener battlefield
than i stage, and that men and women are
soldiers, more or less courageous. Every
wise general in mar5haling his troops into
battle array holds in reserve body Of men
on whom he can rely in an emergency, and
poor indeed would be that military judg-
ment which would prompt him for mere
display of strength to call his entire force
into action. Here is Il lesson that many
women have got TO learn. for women have
their place in the worlds field of battle, ="
and they do not always hold in reserve a
needed strength. Women are nervously
alert, and in the main industrious. If j
woman has work to do she does ii, and the
testimony IS that she is more certain to
execute given task than Il man. Seldom
does L woman fall to the rear. but too often
she marches painfully along and finally
faints aud falls because she has overtas5ed
herself and exhausted her energies. What
women need 10 learn is not TO work faith
fully, nor necessarily, but to learn to hoard
their strength and to refrain from attempt
ing TOO much, holding always in reserve an
ability to do more if the occasion demands.
The day has PASSED when woman's sphere
of labor is limited. She can now with
out reprodch take her place by the side of
her feiiow-soldier, and with him march to
the front. Having advanced thus far, she
days work Is over men indulge themselves
in boy play and in absolute rest from labor.
Having done their allotted task they make
themselves comfortable in dress, position
and surroundings, while busy women, es-
pecially bread-winners, foolishly attempt
to be in society and indulge their desire for
dress and show at the expense of health
and strength. Afterward there comes a
day when health aud strength fail, the con-
tiict is over and the longed-for victory I'M
achic yed because of reckless waste.
In poverty Of topics, which comes at
times to the best appointed newspapers. a
contemporary has started the question,
scan women smoke" If by this it is meant
To question womeu's ability to smoke the
answer comes swiftly, There are women
who :" and if it is asked, ought they to
indulge in this practice? the reply is equally
rapid, They ought not" The right of in
Ill
by common consent to be conceded to men,
and "hile man may carry his viciousuess
even to a degrading excess, for woman no
excuse is permissible. They may smoke to
cure toothache, or drink 4 toddy for some
other ache. out she is looked upon with
suspicion and her excuses are not usually
considered valid, while anything bordering
on frequent Indulgence places her beyond
the pale quite as surely rs abstinence on
the part of men is too often thought to put
them out of touch with humanity.
Were women as eXacting in regard TO the
habits of men as are men of those of women
there would be less need for crusades
against evils miScalled necessary" The
standard Of womanly delicacy and purity is
all lgght-u0 true woman would have it
lowered. but the fault If women is that the
il gntlo of chari used by them is ample
enough to cover mans shortcomings but
falls scantiiy, ii at all, over The slightest
dcviatious of her sister woman. In f..ct,
although the poet says ''nau's inhuma. .ity
10 man makes countless thousands mourn"
and that tbs demands for woman's rectitude
are undertaking. men rarely divest them
selN YES of tender sympathy and ready help
fulness 70" the sex which they have been
taught 10 reg+Jd IS tine weaker, and it is
.;ct more rare shat they cease TO be infiu-
c;.ccd ny The opinions of women II this is
SO. j, there greater responsibility resting
on woman ttIn they commonly appear TO
recognize? -
There IS nothirT more beneficial to busy
people thsn snatches Of rest. y short va
cation not only restores iquivering nerves:
bat brings to IN ovcr-worled mind 4 slim
'i!us thu, is rot to be found or druggists'
shelves. If housekeepers would learn the
value % holiday and how to improve it
the sad picture of bro!;en-down women. I'M
able 10 discharge their duties, would be less
frcGuerj. If busy woman cannot no
spared for month or a week lei her take
o9y Of absolute idleness, and if that IS in
possible let her insist upon the minimum, a
half hour of rest each day
No woman. having other women il her
employ should exact from them every
moment OF their time, for she sill have
more loyal service and there will be more
acc omp!'Shed if the energy and the interest
of her employees in their work is not de-
stroycl Icy eXaction and VI emitting toll
The horse at the treadmiIl moves con-
stanily and the work goes on. but his
efficiency is Of short duration, and should
an occasioh arise for Quickened action his
tired muscles will refuse to resoond
Every wife needs her holiday, and every
woman who labors hef times of resi-, and it
is blind economy or mistaken policy that