The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-22

Nearly every well-regulated magazine and
newspaper has a page or column which
belongs exclusively TO women. At least it
must be supposed that such is the case, for
its name is 1.-The World of Women"
'Woman's Kingdom" "Of Interest to
Woman or some similar title. On this page
or in this column will be found great
many paragraphs describing costumes,
whole lot of stuff about houses and their
furnishings. recipes and quantities of ideas
relative TO the small affairs about which
some one has TO bother and woman has
been selected to be the one. A great many
of the publications employ a writer to
answer questions. and from the questions
asked he or she must be a regular walking
encyclopedia Of information. Young and
old venture queries that the ordinary run
OF woman consider extremely silly, and
there is nothing, from what is good for the
complexion to whether the little widow
shall receive the attentions of Mr.. X,
who is old but has a good business, or Mr..
j., who is nearer her age and has a posi-
tion in a railroad office. From the list Of
questions answered in some of the columns,
one would be led to think that there was
not a woman in the whole United States
who had complexion that was decently
respectable. One woman has moth patches
on her arms, and they otherwise free
from blemishes and are we'll proportioned;
she wants to have a dress made with short
sleeves, so she writes for a remedy and
tells the reason why she wants the moth
patches taken off. Some one else has a
sing her skin would furnish a drug
white; the drugs she must get for whiten-
Ing her complexion would furnish a drug
answer questions of this kind and should
buy what is recommended. A woman has
Strong sbD suggestions sS of beard on her fair fair
Is told to wash her face with
gently but firmly. Should rubbing with the
stone make the face sore cold cream should
be applied till the surface is well. Another
woman is told to have bag of almond
meal for her face. Whether her cuticle
would stand all the rubbings, and washings,
and rinsings, and other applications, etc,
answerer would next be called upon to
know. Dollie, or Little Darling. or Godiva
her hair, which is black or brown, a lovely
golden, and she is instructed to use some
acid which IF your hair does not turn vel,
change it" Somebody must read all the
stuff which Is printed. about such matters,
and as long as the world lasts and women
are brought up with the idea that they car
Improve on nature other than in the real
Tay, shere will be a call for just such mat
-cI. WHO i've III the cities anu WHO
are accustomed TO the nice things of life
and society and know about many things,
wonder why articles of that kind are even
written, but there are hundreds of women
who see the papers and magazines, who
rarely go beyond their own thresholds. How
question for the city bred woman. but the
woman In the village who has never been
to one and has never heard of such an en-
tertainment will read the description in
the paper and follow it's suggestion. So
the poor girl I'm the country whose face is
freckled, VIII read how to cure 1t and, per-
haps, the woman who wants to know some
special remedy for physical blemish and
does not know how to find out what is
good for her particular trouble will find her
question answered for another. She, there
fore, not only has her remedy, but she has
the consolation of knowing that there Is
some one else in the country who has diff
Guilty like her own. There are very few per-
sons who do not think that they know what
IS better copy for a paper than the editor,
but the matter which goes in is generally
read by some one.