The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-05
rHE WOMAN VINO TALKS.
The social Damage to be Attributed &c
Her.

The socinl Damage to be Attributed &c
Her.
she comes from no particular class
The great social arena, this creature VII
slabs honor adroitly and in the back
uar authority for her statements for 90
r.sI0nauy she rises above the Vlleness
iHeiuuation and makes statements)
nothing more definite and less vague thah
faat as vet undiscovered contingent, the
"tbey saws" who belong 70 the same cat
egory as that dearest friend Of charles
Dickens "sary Gamp'-the Mrs. Har-
MS" who never. even upon the most op-
Fortune and inviting occasions, was
known 10 materialize. Even picked sal
mon and any amount OF temptation IN
ths way Of the kind of tea IN which Mrs.
Camp and her associates occasionally IN
duiEed failed TO bring her; and IL would
be an immensely good lesson 10 these
"they says If the acquaintances whose
time and attention they consume ii
breathing decay upon regulations as IN
rately pure and sweet as any rose Woul
muster their moral courage, let aruHclal
etiquette 20 to the winds of Heaven, in
augurate the pOuteness which is Christ
ian. and muzzle the false tongue by de-
Glazing. with Betsey Pregg, 81 don't be-
Iieve there's any SIGH "a person"
Sometimes the woman As found I'm those
walks Of life where the world feminine
goes iu "frzz' papers, calico and DIRT
and does her Jamning I'm a kind Of Eng
usn that never was I'm "a school-room
other than h0yel in the slums, where the
"hlgher education proceeds from brute
Ike influences and consists I'm superior
ability to- starve. freeze, and bear children
81 starye and freeze, with stOical calm
ness. We naturally expect the trail Of
t,e serpent here; he is proverDnlly
dirk and damp loving reptile and ever
tr.ves in the slums.
.But the woman who accomplishes most
ST.. and SIS iueXcusable, IS not dweller
'Gown town.
.Hlgh social rank, implying. as it does,
secial advantages and special power for
food, implies also special influence for evil
ana your woman OF upperteudom Qf such
a word Is not @ scliCism)-the luXuries OF
whose existence have brought about
defective moral vision, SO that she finds
% difficult 60 recognize any merit which
does not dine i'm courses, any emotion
which does not tread ON administer and
have lts religion done for II by the
'swele5-' pastor in town; any grace
that does not go clothed I'm the latest
from Worth, any advancement which does
not drive bio0ded horses-she II often
is who poisons lives most insidlously and
most effectively she 40 is with whom the
rigors az the Jaw courts ought 20 deal.
Within her enWOus and ungenerous
bosom may be found the source of three
fourths of the lies that ever and anon stir
society and leave. as their memorials
an Ostracised man, woman or GIRL a
wounded heart a saddened often a
ruined life.
Sometimes the dainty meddler in other
folks business opines to her acquant-
auce that AIR. and Mrs. Work and Earn
are assuredly living beyond their apparent
means else how could the Misses Work
bud Earn ever maintain such style and
tleEance. This she follows up by petty
Destinations as 10 the prevalence OF
Gambling among the business men Of the
Aty 90 increase their means. The ac-
hialntance tells somebody else and finally
ir Work and Earn. as honest a fellow
. breathes. is surprised 10y rumors that
q is a "hOrrid gambler the whereof he
ilnot tell.
fomeumes catching hold OF q tiny act
/ udiscretion on the part Of a young
u She pulls the entire garment Of her
tutsuOn from her and the source of
a Wlckeduess may invariably be traced
idaousy Of the girls attractiyeness.
tmermes. because she loves you and
mas you ought 10 know" she tells you
t'i unpleasant things which your best
iHil says about YOU.
ieimes she joins a society connected
VIA 'her' church. and makes its other
NE tfiudiy aud acceptable DencvOlences
10 teVus poor hateful and objection
"'a y her back handed insinuatiOns
.'A tmetimcs. too. she invites one OF
| pane poor people, Cwhose moral
e't tal organization is far more deli
80 y her own clothes. perfumed and
....1I,y lhotgh they be) TO visit her and
NNo and then, fearing lest an idle
."N Ius caller iu her own circle think
tpge friends and recognize them
.'' her set' she takes pains 10
f'' solt, musical and suDdued
l'hat she writes them 10 call
.-"''oi'Y because they are poor land
."fe no pace else 20 60" which last
many hose deicacy is greater than !
800 .'a1' would be perhaps the most
Ao1"ly Ititif an insults were Il overheard.
TOT enc of invites 20 her house "gen- |
-, Pvop'9 nave had past, perhaps /
VI 'u4uiy great as hers
-. ~ "et slonG and entertaining sketch |
i"e A"l' pgraphy or q SANDER" one !
800 90 Illustration that Islander IA
,I'tte llg a trolling stone" which does
s1.heI mof and that will be a mos,
naPPy uAy Eten the really good and
eOu f5eous society women, OF
so.n lhofo tre many thousands whose
% az purity Of heart is a very
ana Val thing, shall have fuzzy