The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-22

system of teaching the blind how to enjoy
water colors Besides she never dreamed
he could be so disagreeable and unsympa-
thetic. She thought they were gong 10 De
so congenial in everything, and he Is actu-
ally hateful. she is just ready 10 cry Wnen
he finally drags her off down the Midway
TO see those disgusting dances ana drink
fzzy things in the beer gardens.
A PATHETIC SIGHT.
One of the most pathetic sights in the
womans Building is the poor, soul-starved
farmers wife, with her half-frightened
half-apologetic air. She doesn't come 10
the Woman's Building first All. not at all
She doesn't dare get two inches away IRON.
her husband for fear she will get lost
And so he drags her through the parry
Building. as if she didn't have enough or
that sort of thing at home, and through
the Horticultural Hall, Agricultural Hall.
all the free shows and some of the cheap
ones down the Midway. They spend hours
wandering about among machinery tnat
she can't understand. and doesn't want 10.
but he does enjoy explaining 1t all 10 her
SO much. And finally last OF all ne comes mes
can't seem to take in the daintiness ana
she knows it. II makes her think how poor
and starved her life has been, anyhow:
She stood looking into one of the cases Of
gorgeous needlework, whose elegant pur-
pose she did not understand, her broad,
shapeless hands in their badly hitting
gloves trembling little as she said visit
fully: We'll, it's nice for them that can
have it," and then she. went on into the
room OF women's inventions. If some good
angel guardian of womans fame could
have nailed UP the door of that wretched
little room ii would have been better for
woman's standing in the eyes or men,
There is little TO be seen save Shoddy IN
ventions. of how to make bed and ward
robe and washstand out of the same pack
ing case with a curtain Of gorgeous hue
hung across the front to give the whole
have patented these things, just as IL their
very uselessness were not the best kind
of protection against their being dupli-
there Is a patent molding board, which
interests the tired little woman in Gne bad
hind the times wobbloing about on the tight
little knob of hair. She half fancies that
she is going to order board but after
the price he says: well. ma has one that
she has made bread on for the last twenty
five years. 1 guess it will last her life out:
We don't eat so much bread az we did
before the children was married off. And
the last you saw of them she is patiently.
trying to find the name of q painting or
undraped lovliness that he admires in that
puzzling catalogue that he has finally
bought just now as they are. leaving the
building TO see what the picture is all
about.
still there is a valuable lesson in this
Sgqng there W Were mot D and
If one has strong constitution and is not
afraid 10 sit down and reflect in the much
lots Of glory but the worst sanitation on
the grounds, there will grow upon one this
conviction, that the day and hour have
dawned for women to come out from be-
hind the shield of their womanliness into
an honest equal part in the ARRAY.
Every woman writer, or lecturer, or
teacher who announces proudly that this
that great achievement has been accom-
plished by woman-alwayS mindful of the
accent on the woman-should be bound and
gagged and receive the fullest penalty of
the law. The first woman" to accomplish
certain feats to secure certain positions of
honor and trust. 70 represent honorable
professions, ought to be called in. Her
name is legion. She is as numerous as
Washington's nurses the survivors of
the Light Brigade.
The Woman's Building at Chicago is the
monument of honor to the woman of the
past who has broken down the barriers
and opened the highways to success All
honor to her. not because she has been q
woman and done this. but that in spite of
being woman she has made it possible
for the woman of to-day to stand up side
by side with man full summed in all her
powers to insist that woman with a cap
ital w shall sit down in rear pen, while
modest woman, neither making her sex an
excuse for inferior work nor a matter Of
added glorification for worthy achievement
shall herself hasten the millennium when
men and women shall stand in the same
plane to receive equal reward for equal
service