Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-12
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same lines. With Owen Meredith to chant
the pre-cmincnce Of cooks. together with
old saws ana modern adages, there IS room
Tor belief in Z. probability that in the high
estimate put upon practical knowledge of
domestic affairs, other attainments that
outITnk this in the developing higher fac
U.lrs vii be- underestimate. j. very
much depends upon where the pathway of
duty leads. whether 10 know how TO broil,
Il bake. and TO stew, is more desirable than
i knowledge Of other things.
There - in every community a class of IN
djviduals VINO seem to delight i'll ,mderrat-
llg the accomplishments of The young girl
graduate. and 10 feel it their duty TO deliver
hDmil;es upon the domestic arts. If girl IS
tine ,.nguist such persons question if she
car cut and make 4 dress. if she eEcels in
sciences. they al once fall 10 wondering if
she understands chemistry in cookery. No
one denies ina, % know how 20 sew and to
cook IS useful knowledge, bat the question
IS, does this knowledge lead all other, IF a
yoaag woman leaves school with the fixed
purpose of marrying Immediately. it is i'm
portaut that she De fitted for the work that
4lo ilttilNt anu liz ''"il iiistl W ip fNtlp -
how to keep The -four barrel full has L
RIGHT IT. expect the woman he chooses shall
know how 10 make the best Use Of It's CON
tents. If the girl remains at home and has
I, fair modicUm If common sense she will
learn the household duties, and it is not
necessary that she consu.Ie the time and
strength which should Zoe devoted to get
ting AN education for This purpose. If she
elects TO remain single. a good literary and
business education will enable her to en-
p.oy those who have not had her advantages
10 do her dressmaking and cooking, and give
her beside fair surplus in her treasury.
A girl in these days needs all her strength
while al school to pursue the exhaustive
course of study demanded in mod
ern schools, aud she has not any
10 fritter away in learning that which is
largely a matter of judgment, industry
and experience Any girl who has credit
ably passed through the prescribed course
in thc better institutions has in her diploma
guaranty of industry and the Judgment
and experience VIII come in everyday
home-iife. Because Il girl is bright, alert
and wcll-educatei, because she plays and
sings divirely. because she has acquired
languages, can paint dance and dress well,
there is 10 justice in pronouncing her unfit
for The duties that marriage brings, and
possessing Intelligence and accomplish
men's she is certainly better prepared to
NEE, the adverse waves Of misfortune and
if opportunity favors, rise to heights single
handed or with the husband of her choice
Poets are supposed to be Indifferent to
the practical ami TO despise that which is
mercruary. If Rudyard Kipling merits u
place among the poets, in this respect he is
a notable departure from the tradition. Ia
some of his verses. recently published he
whnes like - gerry Shyiock over his pecu-
mary wrongs when have been brought
about by the want of I copyright law
Reading America has been very generous
10 this young man. and until his notoriety
becomes reputation il would be nicer in
him to restrain rage that is more childish
than righteous. The coinage of mans
brain ought 10 be more precious to him than
the coin u the realm, and while justice de-
mlnds That an author be the beneficiary of
any money value attached thereto there is
Il feeling hat man of genius is not apt to
regard his work rs merchandise.
A Boston paper says that one of this
years graduates is society Young lady
who having won the ,ogc Of one she ronsid-
cred her superior in intellectual acquire
rueuts bravcly turned her face away from
social alluroments and re-entered school,
taking course IN literature. philosophy
and other studies 10 enable her to speak
with accuracy, and that would teach her
the best mel hods of thought, At the same
time studying political economy and the
newspapers under competent direction.
BY constant effort she has endeavored To
attain a standard that will bring her nearer
- Al equality with her future husband.
The struggle must of necessity have been a
harI one, but she is amply repaid in a
feeling Of cheerful confidence, and surely
the fance could ask no severer test of the
strength Of her affection
Despite any assertions 10 the contrary. If
is only necessary 10 read the facts 10 be
satisfied that men notice what women wear.
PttFatIl IDNCtl his LAURA, ana lie nOlcU lie
delicate c0loring of her garments. even the
bunch of violetS at her throat Tennyson
fingers over the fairness of Elaine, while
granting her gown shabby. Owen Mer-
edith delights in dwelling upon the SHIN
nering of the silk his women wore, and
many other authors can be easily recalled
who wrote of the costumes of their women.
furnishing ample proof that men notice the
dress Of women, and when they are poets
they write of it. a pretty woman well
dressed is a poem men must admire, and
there is little question it is poem carefully
scanned. -
The latest aid in misunderstanding is the
science of scarpology, by which the adept
determines, by the wear of the shoe sole,
the charac eristics of the wearer All |
young woman need do is TO scan closely the |
sole of her admirers shoe, as il Is @ en- SO |
fairly presented in the easy attitudes of an
American beau. If the sOles are worn to
wards the toe, they are said TO indicate de- |
ceit and criminality; if the wear is at the
back, pride and vanity is denoted, and if
equally worn in every part, the evidence is
of frank, upright and fearless character. |
This new test does not provide for the !
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