St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-14

seems to be none of the independence
manifested in this country by women,
who take as mach pride and pleasure
IN the exercise of their talents as do
men.
But to reach the end of their troubles
in marriage. il is disadvantage for
girls to know much. Spaniards look
with much suspicion on any learning
tor women that is not mainly sham.
little Smatterng of music and draw
ing and daubing, and talking of French,
to which their education is largely con-
fined, is all very well. but anything
more is not desirable. Thus educated,
II is hardly surprising that the women
OF Spain are kept IN submission. exhibit
50 little energy and display such mar
rownesS of mind. But as a small mark
of progress the author notes that while
husbands still prefer the old ignorant
ideal Ill many ways. yet that some of
them are beginning to think that wives
should know little of the practical de-
tails OF Housekeeping, at least.
The Relations OF Man and Wife.
But while the wife is expected to stay
at home and only go out TO church, the
stay-at-home man is rather regarded
with contempt. His days are given to
business and his evenings to his own
amusementS. in which his wife has no
share. For them to appear upon the
street arm in arm in the intimate habit
of the English and American people is
considered very bad taste.
But while middle class women devote
their small minds and talents to an i'm
ltatior OF the nobility, and would think
themselves disgraced if they earned
, salary. the Spanish women of
the lower classes are condemned
by poverty to labor of the hard
est kind. They till the fields, SOW the
crops and cut the grass in addition to
their household toll and nursing of chill
dren, but there is no ''howF' raised as
to their being out of their sphere.
When women desire places as book
keepers or doctors, or engage in any
business on their own account, even in
this country they are told that home is
the place for women, and that their sole
business in lite is to be wives and moth
ers, but here, as in Spain. when they are
forced by stern necessity to the most
labOrlouS drudgery, there is no moan
made over them as to uSurping mans
place. Poor woven always have the
tough end of the row in Spain, and ev-
erywhere else for that matter.
Her Whole Training Is Bad.
By the author of this study of the
"WOmen of Spain" the faults and short
comings of the Spanish woman are i'm
puted mainly to the man, who models
and gives form to her character. She is
trained to his traditions and ideals.
Marriage being the one business held
up for her ambition, she is educated to
suit the masculine views and prejudiceS.
Submission. obedience, self-sacrlfce
are drummed into her by the clergy
as duty She is debarred from all
share i'll public affairs. All freedom Of
thought for her is frowned upon. 1t
would be shocking and dreadful for her
not to go TO church and be devoted to re-
ligion. The man claims freedom him
self to be the widest radical, the most
ardent nihilist, the reddest of Repub-
llcanS and the most unOrthOdOX of
Christians, while at the same time he is
unwilling that his wife should be other
wise than suparstitious, narrow-minded
and pious.
This being the case here below, it be-
comes evident that Spain is another
country in Europe where the women,
being mainly strictly orthodox in their
belief, will find Jerusalem, the. Golden,
the Sweet and Blessed Country" their
home to all eternity, while the men will
chains. Truly this picture OF the Span
ish heaven, as told of in 1.-The Spirit
World" will be something wonderful to
contemplate with its millions of women
and SparSeneSS of men.
YOmen's Sphere in America.
That some American men are like
unto the Spaniards in their estimation
and judgment OF women cannot be de-
MED. Many we'll educated men have
difficulty in getting rid of their preju-
diceS in this respect. Even some of the
school principals in this enlightened
city of PittSburg cannot conceive how
it can be possible for school under
charge of woman to carry off
the honors. For a woman to man
| age a school as well as man
is to them something they cannot un-
derstand. Rather than admit such a
fact, they prefer to doubt truth to be
| liar" Then there's Brother Buckley.
He cannot be persuaded that the best
Methodist woman alive should be al
| lowed to speak from the pulpit. He
! would not let Susanna Wesley speak
| out in church if she were on earth today.
Plenty of others, too, are to be found
! who, like the SpaniardS. are fain to hold
on to the ideal woman of century ago.
But these grow less in number as every
day goes by. The one drawback or
danger that may be feared is that the
hordeS of ignorant that are landed
upon our shores in every ship bring
their prejudices with them. How
ever, with the pulpit of q free press,
with the awakened intelligence of wom-
en-. and the love of fair play and equal
rights budding in almost every mans
! soul, such condition of affairs as exists
in Spain will ever be out of the ques-
ton of progress in England or America.
1t is matter of some moment per-
hapS to those who puzzle themselves
about the ''great hereafter" to know
how things are to be conducted in
heaven with not enough men to go
around. Will it be like the church
upon earth-man in all the Offices
while the great majority of women are
mum in the pews? One of the author
tiles on the esprit land'' says that those
who missed their kindred Souls'' upon
earth will find them in heaven This
seems little dubious under the circum-
stances as related.
HIGH KICKERS.