The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-04
ENTIRELY OUT OF DATE.
The Useless Woman Was Never S
Distinctly IN A%nachronism
As To- Day.
Incnpability and Elegance No
Longer Go Along Hand in
Hand.
Women Whs wear Well Aust Know
New to Meet Emergencies and
SUCCESSFULLY surmouAt Them.

N,,-hor, orts;1a ~ ~, ,I5 foshi,,oa va
nance ia tbare n snot In the world ,yhsre
~, ;ncon,hls ,yo,,.r COW tod,y maintain .
foo+hnld In III. Ia;.,rolv tho. yol,n,
novsl Io,r 70 nnr orandn,rsnts Arah.lia
and Enthusiastically nalIid t;m;d suh.
r,issira nrant, - faltsra1 and rasnaa ,r1
fairtod erocefnlly In their cbairs ut th,
,I;nhtos+ .rn,,sa f,u s,,h h.h,r;an NJ
sr,onr ,r;th a.sa uos ,ar,~ aoa nv nra,f IS
elegance and as ,listinctivc lina ma,ling
tha d;tf,ran,a I,trva.r ~, VIII ,,oia 20
tina LADY horn ,nd hrod poSsihlvt ha t,nht
1,n;nr t,,r l., v.u,a ,;l,a ~ issm, 4. -
oh;Jitv "a narfor,, MI Won't ~ b,r r,,o -,
the sntisfaction of tho snaot.+nrs Who wara
usuallv within ~. rs..1;p. x;s;,r ~ ~.
faintins and FRAGILE bs;ng Sbosa 1s,;oata
nerves were nroof ,ra;nst naither Terrors
nv night nor shocks Inv d,v
FRANKLY wa aouht ,ybnthor I'll. ,,d -
e1ists 1vera ouita fairi, tho;r or+,,itnrn
the current life of their tines W. Eva
:Jeanie Deans able to nndart,ks n lona
diffcult and avery ,vav o,},,ors orrnnn
reaching it's end az frssb ,ra h.ortr AVA
fnll Of nurnose and conr,ca no Ut ~ ha-
ginning her heantv not warned ~, L,nI
shin and lose If rest Morv oua.n ~ Snnts
was able to sit for hours in the sadals No
cavaliero of her period riding harder or faster
ar more bravelv than tn, hold an5 haant;l
ful Queen. The famous women Who m.aa
the COURT of France splendid during snc-
cessiye changes and revolutions were not
frail. die away creatures Of ehostlike b,1es
and willowv outlines. They ware ~, bstap.
.ial flesh aud blood women, euual to al
the dangers and p~erilous adventures which
were often their portion.
Recalling the much harder conditions of
housekeeping Of the times of our grand
mothers and of their mothers before them.
we are impressed with the fact that the
women who surmounted successfully 50
many obstacles must have been made of
really tough fiber. The modern appliances
which give US everything for our tables in
highly condensed and beautiful forms.
ready for use, with the minimum of nren.
aration, were then unknown. They pound-
ed the pepper and pulverized the sugar
and rolled the salt. Sc far from having
electric lights to command at the touch of
a mysterious knob, they had not even luci-
fer matches. The fire had to be kept in by
strenuous care, and sometimes one went to
her neighbors to borrow a handful of fire
with which to light her own. Nothing was
easy. Everything REQUIRED hard. nersever-
ing and unremitting labor. so that, we NAV
we'll believe that the women of that e1dor
A6y "tIO lhI from DclD1 lnClDaDle.
Once upon a time, too, there WAS in tbe
air a general impression that the women of
our southern states were a languid. indo-
lent set of people, seldom aroused to effort.
accustomed to much personal service and
never expecting nor expected to fare on
anything less dainty than the roses and
lilies of life. "They lie still and are famed,
would have been the phrases used to de-
scribe them by some of that, onta, ,yorII