St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-13

This Is time of wonderful transition.
fhe "clinging vine' woman seems to
De entirely a thing of the past, and her
opposite seems to. be the ideal of the day.
There is such thing as going too far in
his rebound from the SenselesS cry
babies who were expected to faint at
he sight of drop of blood or sorrow
full story, who could not bear the least
rough usage. but sank and died of
broken heart if they could not have their
own sweet will about any and every
hing. This was only the ideal, mind
you; in reality there were scores OF
brave women who bore themselves as
oraYely in the forefront of this daily
battle called life in The years that cher
shed that NiObe-like ideal as there are
Today: they even had need or
greater courage TO face the world
because OF the ideal that all men
at least pretended to adore. They
were great ShamS, those gallant gen.
.lemen, with their stiff neckWear,
their high-tOpped boots, perfumed
notes and troubadUur manners and pro-
feSSi0nS-aS far as women were con-
eerned-aS their practical neglects.
Said a bright girl of those days. in de-
scribing a very gallant gentleman:
He's the kind of man who will get
up to open the door and stand with his
hat off to let you pass through to go out
and milk the cows, while he sits by the
fire and reads ByrOn'S poems" How
ever, the mannish girl Is product of
the last few years. There should be
LIB
girl and "manniSh" one, and l think
the writer of the following. in the New
York Ledger, has confused the two:
Paragraphers ana WOu!d-be wits, to-
gether with the "smarties' and sar-
castle man-writcrs of the day, are hav-
ing their fling at What they call the
"mannish girl"
JuStWhat is meant by this term, it is
somewhat difficult to understand. That
there should be some attempt at ridicule
Of woman is net unnatural, in view of
the fact that the young woman OF today
is taxing her place, for the first time, in
the rank Of business tOilcrS and is he
coming an important commercial factor
in Tie Ia8Orlug world.
But Just why she should be called
mdnu!sh Is puZZ!C; unless. indeed, her
ability 10 do The work formerly done by
men exclusively Should eE;iilc her TO
that DESIGNATION. But THIS Idea does
Ert appear 10 U''&r analysis.
The Term 'mlnuISh giri'' evidently
means something Else. But what is it?
10 be suIt. some girls are rOWdYiSh
and lOisy and ili-bgeu; but, as q matter
OF fact. Iaere are lever of these than
one might have found half score OF
years age. Women are growing more
f ItIf4 col n-nfI1l Il ga1F IA
liant than ever before in the history of
our people.
by lie way. isn't this the secret of all
of these TRADES and diauIbes? Doesn't
Tie trUUUle lie ia the fact that the pres
ent-Gay woman is aStOnShingiY deSti-
tate o. the tWinlng-Vlne, pcculiarity.
The dependent woman is getting 10 be
an exception. There are very few of
tGvnI who could not, upon pinch, make
a pretty decent living if they were
thrown upon their own resources. Ii
they are not capable of 1t. public Senti-
ment is such that they find plenty of
encouragement for learning how, instead
Of being checked at every turn, as was
once the case. If the entire subject
were carefully studied, the conclusion
would be arrived at without much diff
Gully, that the independence. Self-reli-
ance and the ble-tO-take-care-Of-On
self qualities Of the preSent-day girl are
a trtiing displeaSing to the man who.
above all things wants woman to look
up to and revere him beyond all earthly
creatures. 1t behOoyes the young man
to put himself on his mettie and i'm
prove himself, as the girl is improving
every day. When he has done this, he
will have very little to say about the
'manniSh girl"
The subject which would interest the
modern girl more than any other and
the creature which she would the most
dOte upon seeing, is the mannish man.