The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-06
MR.- 81 ItNAoN,s IpE4.
Tells what She links a Happy Home
Shou a BE.

! herself
She said 90. and she said it in one OF
/ those sweet, gentle voices mat hide much
! calm determination behind them. Mrs
/ Stevenson IS "A delicate little woman, Win
| an oval Madonna face ana complexion
| like the inside Of a pink smell. She mas
/ had such a good time IN CaillorIlla ina.
| she IS pretty well tired out ana she spent
the forenoon lying down and getting
| good rest. She was not too tired, now
] ever. TO say few things about the wo-
men and wages question: says lhe Sdn
| Francisco Examiner.
81 see II has come up here, too she
/ said. smiling quietly 1t is one OF those
| things that are sure to be discussed
| sooner or later. and the sooner the better,
| in my opinion. | was born and brought
up in an atmosphere where IL was thought
very unwomanly TO do anything but keep
| house and make home attractive. When
| / was young I thought as those about
| me thought.
when / grew older and saw more OF
| the world ! began 10 realize there was
vast difference between theory and fact.
! People who discuss this question seem to
| lose sight Of the fact that what one ought
10 do and what one must do are two very
different things. 1t Is all very charming
TO rhapsodize about the refining influence
Of woman upon a home. What If she
has no home? She must take her REIN
Ing influence out and give ii an airing
somewhere else, then I'm afraid.
understand me-" and Mrs Stevenson's
soft blue ewes grew even softer and there
was a faint flush upon her delicate cheek:
IF believe there is no happiness In the
world Ike the happiness in peaceful
home No woman knows the JOY OF living
so well as the woman who looks into the
trustful eyes OF her little children But,
/ think the very fact OF a wOman's ability
TO take care of herself will make her more
apt to marry happily. a girl who is self
reliant is in no haste TO choose a husband,
or shall we say, let a husband choose
her2'
Mrs Stevenson has just the suggestion
Of a dimple. and il showed when she asked
that question.
"She doesn't get married because she
doesn't know what else 10 do" she went
on. II have known many women who
supported themselves because they had
TO, and I have known a few who have
supported themselves because they want
ed TO do IT, / have never been able TO
see my difference between them and the
women who were taken care Of at home.
Unless" the suggestion Of a dmple
again. unless they had a little more prac-
teal knowledge and wee bit more COM
mon sense.
Another thing that I believe I'm IS
this: ] believe that wife should have
thorough knowledge Of her husbands
business affairs. / believe she should
know how he gets the money she spends,
and then she will know why she should
try TO help him take care Of IT, / be-
lieve In the higher education Of women.
1 think girls should have every educa-
tional advantage that boys have. II it
were true that they were not so intel
ligent naturally as boys, that would only
be one more reason for giving them
every aid 10 increase their intelligence.
I think, moreover, that women care more
for education than men do. The ordinary
run OF men / mean.
Have you ever lived in smallish
village? Yes? Then you have noticed
that the wives OF the business men
usually make up little literary clubs.
They read good books and they discuss
what they read. 1 think they are usual
ly much more intelligenuy informed
than their husbands. They are not so
practical. They 10 not understand the
everyday business as we'll as men, but
i think they are really broader minded.
Is that very radlcal2 l hope not
don't want TO be radical. l confess /
am not much impressed with the wo-
men who make speeches on the down
trodden sex. 1 am more impressed with
the women who do not tax so much
and do more"
1 asked Mrs. Stevenson If she did not
think that rough contact with the world
the pushing, scrambling. every-one-for-
himself world-had q tendency 10 harden
a woman and give her an unpleasant
manner of being always on the LOOKOUT
for a battle.
Moo" said Mrs. Stevenson, slowly
81 don't believe | think that earning hef
own living makes woman any more as
agreeable than pickering with servants
makes her. IL all depends upon the Wolh-
an. The hard-featured, unpleasant type
you mean IS more apt to be found among
women who talk of the rights Oh women
10 work, than among women VINO w
work, don't you think so? l thlnk every
girl should be taught some way 10 earn
her own living. Ii she is suddenly leit
penniless she will not have TO go out as
servant in order TO live, or TO get married
for a home. The woman who marries lot
a home usually gets husband VINO mar
ries for housekeeper.
"As TO all this talk about men VINO
lose their regard for a woman II she goes
into competition with them, I'm glad 10
say that / believe that Is libel upon
men. American men are the best OF nus
bands in the world. They are iona Oh
their wives. and they believe in the sane
tity Of home, but an American respects d
good ran wherever he finds her-work- |
Ing or idle. at home or In that mysterious
region called downtown"
Mrs. Stevenson is an active member |
of the Society Of Daughters OF the Ameri- |
,an Revolution. She was one OF the peo- |
pie who sent metal for the new Liberty |
Bell, which is going 10 ring and ring and |
ing"
she and her sister sent two silver |
spoons which had been in the family for |
1--WE want 20 keep the days Of '76 alive.
the said. There's need OF 1t. / see you
,avn't the Anglomania fever out here.
am glad. It isn't an edifying disease
S it?'
Mrs Stevenson says she likes Wash T
neton life, and she says she doesn't at
IN mind being Mrs Vice-President.
~rhe Vice-Presdents family is very
rec " she said. There's no etiquette OF
he positIon or anything OF that sort TO
"a kent M. We can be as comfortable
nd happy as II we were at home In
Illinois. and vet we have all the advan-
ages OF seeing the Kaleidoscope life OF
he capital"
Then she went on 10 say a great many
ice things about California and Caiifor-
la hospitality.
Vice President Stevenson Is called a