Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-01-26

A"NN""hiVH oullulnR lne Otncr morning.
A large audience had gathered in the
coy section Of the great gallery, when
Mrs Ellen A. Richardson introduced
Mrs. Kate Tannatt Woods, after briefly
outlining the previous talks given dur.
ing the fair, showing the advancement
OF women, mot only Is there n call for
skilled laborers in every direction"
said she, but earnest work Is n tails. /
man which has power TO convert the 7
thoughtless, foolish triner into the
serious, reliable woman."o
Mrs. Woods paper was in part as fol. |
lows: 1.-THE average girl of to-day Is a
fountain OF ideas; she sees for herself,
thinks her own thoughts and expresses
herself In concise and terse English.
never for u moment believed In the pos
sibility Of n Daisy Miller until met her
in foreign land, and even then the
type was SO scarce and the style so un-
usual that her own oountrywomen were
quite as much surprised by her us were
her foreign cousins Ever since such
wcatling types and abnormal girls were
first made conspicuous in fashionable
novels, | have looked for them up and
down the land. As yet ! have never
been able to discover these namby-
PANTY, sentimental, wcalS.minded girls,
who utter society nothings and talk
nonsense with all the glibncss OF we'll
trained parrots am convinced that
this type OF girl in America In In the
minority, and very small minority at
that.
Our departments at Washington are
filled with noble women whose social
records have been the delight OF the
fashionable world; and IL Is tribute
not only To America, but TO all woman
hood, that these sharp rcvcrses are
borne without n murmur. Financial
failure frequently shipwrcclSs n man,
but the American woman seiEes the
oars and beats on against wind aud
tide, In all the wide world our woman
has no peer She may be frivolous at
/ sixteen. but later years finds her n
b faithful wife and mother with n queen
/ ~ soul, who sees on heights beyond
more work to do
"rho all-nround American girl Ia re-
spectful and obedienL She never pro-
tends TO dictate to her elders, To critl-
cizc her mothers dress, speech or NC
| quiremcnts II is enough that she Ii
her mother and therefore sacred. She
believes dcvoutly in the gospel OF good
health, and knows II can never be found
by indulgence In late hours, exposure
In dress or by irregular diet She never
talks of her nerves She is cheerful by
nature; thoughtful because II In her
duty to think OF Others before herself;
unscltish on principle, and industrious
because work Is divine law and the
entire creation resounds with tho an
them OF labor. She conquers great
things by being attentive to little ones
She does not boast OF her Ignorance
concerning domestic science, because II
N not only u duty but pleasure 10
keep the human machine In order, II
we would use II perfectly and harmo-
niously. She 'looketh well To the ways
of her household or her mothers until
she has one OF her own. She Is truth.
full because II Ia right TO be So She Is
modest; neither too shy nor OVERLOAD.
1t Ia her place TO hold the standard OF
womanly dignity high, otherwise men
would never do 30 for her All her
studies, works, amuscments and aims
tend 10 develop the womanly power
which is daily becoming greater force
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