Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-28

friendship, are very unlike On tnc measure
Of Happiness they cnn hustow. a.. q ls be-.
tween wife aud husband SO Ii 8. Of course
between mother and children. Many
mothers who have no intellect at all and
scarcely even tnctuu Of common son.e
arr foudly loved by their Intelligent sons.
but docs such lovu as this profit them ar
profit their sons, oven ga the way oi hapni.
ncss. halo .1 much as tho love between au.
other mother and the sons who lni hpr
their intellectual equal, their Intelligent
companion. their most sympathetic iriondf
The higher education, rightly pursued
nud rally gained, IA not an Influence that
VII make woman redHnts, prudcs. pflgs
ofhIuo.tockinss. shuws, amazon, or bard.
cold. s,mimlsculne muustrositics. To be-
broad minded clear minded, free minded,
active minded Is not Of necessity, nor oven
Of likelihood, 20 be strong minded Indeed,
the more a woman know Of life, the better
shc understands the past and present of
tho world AMI the experiences aud oonclu-
sious NJ It's greatest thinkers, che less likely
she will BE- toroufuso the masculine and
feminine ideals or 10 undorrntc the latter
In comparison with the former.
H. IL the nurrow, superficial education ~
women which leads them To maintain that
there Il mo difference" between them
selves and men, or that men. normal OPP
portuuities are loitlcr than their own, and
which consequently make them envy men
and desire to step Into their plncc The
really educated woman, the ono whose
mind really knows aud thinks. can com.
prchcnd better than any one else the true
meaning and glory Of womanhood. the
true Importance OF ~ peculiar response.
ltlItfNta Hhtt N.uNffa and 81 -
peculiar privileges: for she alone 81 able 20
attest and appraise thcsethings, and, morc.
over, she has learned that the growth "
civilization implies q progressive special.
ization of capabilities and efforts, aud that
the advancement Of women has meant
steady departure from that primitive bar.
barrie state where men and women were
not more wildly differentiated than arc
male nud female animals today. II she
claims u share In the mans right 70
higher education. 10 Is first Of all that She
may hc iittgd 10 do work which u man
cannot possibly do. and may help tho
world nlong In IL why thut * parallel, not
identical, with his
Far from being unlucky as regards pos.
sibilitics u intellectual cultivation, the
women of America seem TO me lucky above
their brothers. They can duyelon them
selves us individuals without thinking OF
wage carnin,, aud u they must develop
less quickly thcy have time In more than
the ueedful proportion. Nor does this np.
ply merely to the years Of carly prcpari.-
ton Even the busy mother OF q family.
unless she Is 40 poor that all the domestic
work falls upon her own hands. has at
least ~ many free hours In the day M her
husband, and although her days work II
NJ least NJ important aud significant ~
his, II does not exhaust her brain a. most
kinds OF money making do.
And when the minds Of women Interest
and satisfy men ~ much ~ their bodies
aud souls, think the Fundamental, uni
yorsal sentiment will persist and even t,e.
velop, that the stronger kind will BE- better
regulated and that the more foolish kind
will decrease. Married men, / am sure,
will be- happier with their wives Unulr-
ricd men will choose their wives moro
wisely; or, II the lightning Of love stjll
strl.ci nt random, the bolt will NOR, often
be thrown bya sensible us we'll as charm
ing young woman aud when associatluc
with women whom they do not thlnl, Of
marrying, an men Will DO less apt than
they are today to fucl that sontimuutalty
So expected of them or is likely TO Zoe of.
be with men, 30, conversely, 10 win d. with
women. Often today there IS sman com.
mon ground Tor that intimacy hetWopn
mcn and women 10 which nature prompts
except sentimental ground. widen the
field of compaui0uship and the danger OF an
undue cultivation OF the sentimental tract
will be decreased.
When women have taught men that
they want and value real friendship, that
they can hilo.al, interesting aud pr1nta-
bio friends Ia the same sense that men arc
to one another, yet always with that deli.
cate flavor ~ difference which will make
feminine friendship desirable, no matter
how much masculine friendship may be at
hand, thea men will not De so ready to
drop into the attitude OF lovers or make
believe lovers. Yet there will be lovers
enough, Tor this instinct IS even more i'm
pcr,ous than the instinct toward friend.
ship. Aud once tho lover Is transformed
into the husband there will DO "a better
chance ~ lifelong consistency.
DID pll the youug girls feel about their
education ns the pressure OF public opinion
makes all boys feel wprr 70 properly began
NJ ns carly an are ns 70 rs with boys, and
were H. systematically pursued In d way
adapted 20 their physical characteristics,
they wnuld absorb u as easily, wear 10 AS
naturally, pruut ~ N Hs generally na their
brothers, and whatever their future lie,
whether devoted to the normal tasks of
women or 10 more exceptional Intellectual
tasks, they would have received the best
possible preparation for Il.
Of course do not mean that the higher
education would make all women wise aud
sensible useful happy and charming, or
that no woman can be these tlung- with
ont 10. lonly mean that II Il were general
~ bestowed all women would be- much
more likely to achieve such qualities than
they nre today. Nor do | mean that our
men have such we'll developed minds thnt
our women should merely aspire 10 equal
them. mean lhat their minds are at an
| events, hgtterdeyeloped than their sistcrs',
| End thnt oven q realization Of equality
would vastly profit them rs well aS their
| sisters. My plea is indeed quito ms much
| for our hpyl rs Tor our Wirlabsince 30 T. "a
| plea for the Improvement Of theirmothple,
sisters, wives aud friends, rho,p who live
to SEQ a class 81 highly educated women
| with really knowing aud thinking
miuds' will SEQ the usefulness and happl.
| moss ~ American women. Mrs. l., Naa
| Rensselaer, 10 Forum.
Yankee Dialect,