Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-10-28

structure, bat everywhere we see the
might have been and the is not.
Especially do women seem to fall short
of their early dreams and aspirations in
life. Scarcely woman | meet but tells
me of her longing to be or do this or
that and how she has been hampered and
hindered by lack of time Inolden times
women ceuld not do what they desired
for lack of opportunity. To sew. to en-
broider, to spin, to weave, to rock the
cradle and keep the house-there was
her sphere and there alone
If she longed to ride a horse, to swim
across the river, to develop her physical
strength by outdoor sports. to become a
linguist, or botanist. or mathema-
tician, she was obliged to keep such I'M
womanly thoughts within her own
breast.
No matter how bold and brave she
might be, how willing to defy public
opinion, there was not the opportunity
for her to gain her ends.
But in this age scarcely country vii
lage exists in the most remote interior
which does not contain its gymnasium
or teacher of physical culture, its class
in botany or languages, and its plunge,
lake or pond where ambitious girls can
acquire the useful, healthful and charm
ing accomplishment of swimming.
All that any girl needs in this day to
be cultured in mind and athletic in body
is time and ambition.
The impulse of the age is ambition.
But woman seems utterly at loss to
know how to use her time.
Il do so long to have time to study"
said bright and beautiful girl guest to
me recently. AT school / learned a lit
tie about French, and have meant to
go on with it and learn enough to at
least enable Inc to read the best French
authors in the original, but l have no
time. you see. Life is so full of inter-
ruptions, and | go out and entertain so
much, and the days are so broken. There
is no time for anything in this busy.
rushing age"
There is as much time as there ever
was" replied. "All you need is a
knowledge of how to use it and the will
power to nut that knowledge into ac.
ton"
81 don't understand Won she said "If
one il driven from one yaosnont n an.
other from one dutv TO another and has
barely time to make toilets and partake
of refreshments, and sleep sufficient to
keen life in the body how can one do
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heon ,ooI,i,o ,.o,,r to;Ict o,,ly nrat.,,,d,
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into vo,,,. room, and cb.t With yo,, Will.
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and hagan totaIl, n mo ,;tho,,t mai,;no
ono n,ovo,ne,+ tover1 drosg;na vow,
bair An ,-o,, s,;d co,,id bava hoo, ~,
tarad ,gbiio va, hra;loJ ,,onr ,,assa.
and n;nned them mn Won ,voro rot Al,
livnr;no an oration witch rao,;rad o,as
tnree 90 tba corcs,,+,.a+ed rowar ~ ro,,,
bodv.
.sTben Won nicl,ed mn vour simmer and
seemed to fail into y reverie over II
Then Won walked three or four times
across tbe room with M evident object
in mind-vou were looking for some.
tbinp lint Won had forpotten what All
this time vour hair was down and 7 sau
Won nick mn and Law down vour hair.
brush FIVE times without doing more
than 70 rive vonr locks an aimless STROKE
each time. This used your time and vi
tality and accomplished nothing You
wasted time enough in that one operation
to have mastered the indicative Of one
French verb. You dawdled in the same
way over your gown. You took a needle
and thread to haste in piece of lace
about the neck and wrists, and then you
dropped your hands in your lap and
leaned forward idly, while you told me
with pain IN your eyes and regret in
your voice how disappointed you were
IN not having more time to use In study.
This IS the way your precious moments
drift by, Ianoticed and unseen by you.
If you gathered them like gold beads Oh
a string. you would be rich in hours by
and by, which you could devote to study
Another young woman complained tC
me her great regret That she mad NJ