Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-24

The same gentleman offered the fol-
lowing which also carried:
lIIgher Edncalion of Momen.

To attain TO the standard Of educa.
ton needed by woman to place her on
the same pedestal ~ man, some self
denial, much study and research are
needed. One or two evenings each
week, spent In the quietudc Of her own
chamber her only companion n
thorough good book, and her thoughts
bent only on mastering IL contents and
making the knowledge enclosed be-
tween It, covers her own, are among
the essentials needed TO expand aud
solidify the mind aud give TO It that
strength ami character needed to NJ
her FOR the arena Of science, art, poll.
tics, theology, or literature. To an
intellectual woman, study and the
cultivation Of the talents God has
bestowed upon her are all-abs0rbing.
She viii fOrggp the pleasure VI the bali
room or the fascination Of the theatre,
without "A pang Of regret, 10 store her
mind with useful knowledge.
Not many year, have elapsed since
those women who devoted much ol
their time 10 literature, art, science or
philosophy, were called "lilue stock
ings, " Or for short, "biuCs," and this
term was looked upon ~ one Of opprU.
brlun. Such women sought thBs, ciety
OF men 81 learning aud intelligence,
who often became Jealous Of their at.
talumeuts, and snubbed them accord
lugly, thus discounglng them and In
many instances stopping their further
development or advancement Ia the
world OF Intellect. But today, this
once dreaded opprobtious term n rare.
ly n ever heard, or seen In print, aud
why? Because education and clvllizi.
ton are steadily matching through the
land, scattering gems Of learning a.
they 60, and leaving behind them
Seeds Of the heautliui" TO mark their
progress. Today, II woman wishes to
become the peer Of man, intellectually,
there are few obstacles In her way. Men
OF the highest learning ana orudition
are willing, even anxious, 10 assist her.
All women are not equally intel.
lectual, or intelligent, by nature,
neither are all men; there are IN many
uonentitiss In one sex ~ the other.
True, there are men who possess such
wealth Of knowledge one 10 led 10
wonder how such "A small storehouse
"a the human head can contain II,
and few women are, and have been
~ richly endowed but still more might
had they chosen, a few more
generations must 10 by, before woman
eau catch up, 20 10 speak, with man,
but she will overtake him, and keep
pace with him when she does. Age
Of oppression, and lack Of educational
advantages have left her stranded, as
II We're, upon n leo shore Of fashions
and frlvolity; Ia her blindness ehe has
failed 10 see the terrible results that
would inevitably follow.
II has been said that literary or
highly cultured women should not
marry, that thoy wero not womRnly
women, DO not make good housewives,
aud no forth. Most unfortunately for
the world, many have not done no,
but have devoted their lives In the
endeavor to bet.ur the condition Of
their sisters. Oh, fatal errorl Can we
expect an intellectual progeny
from an unlniellectual par.niags,
more especially on the maternal side?
Who win dare to say that such a
woman Ms Mrs,W. T.. Gladstone should
not have married? IL she not va.
manly woman In every sense OF the
word? Her husband has more than
once stated, from public platform,
that but Tor her he would not have
been the "grAnd old man" he IL today.
The career Of her children bears testi.
mony To her maternal care and trais-
Ing. They respect aud honor her, and
arc themselves honOred IN bearing the
name Of such lllustrious parents. Mrs.
Gladstone's pen, ~ well M her exam
pie, has cheered and helped many
Cnreworn sister, while her purse, or
rather It's contents, has ministered TO
their material wants. 10 were well II
our young women would make the
lives OF such noble natures their study
aud the standard 10 which they should
strive TO attain.
In ali ages and IN many nations have
lived and taught, both by example aud
precept, women IA great and good as
those among US at the present time,
some VI whose labors aud lives
shall allude IN In another article.
NJ. A. Y. GREESHALGH.