The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-15
A LETTER TO NANCY YANKs.
One Woman Goes at Her With vizer down aEd
Lance Lowered.

| CuC CACto 0AlSIOStoCSs Nv "OuuCI yOa
blood rose and you poured forth in q
eloquent and impassioned strain: but, fes
not, don't think the thinking people wi
class you with either the Kentuckians
poets, for without those last lines in on
of your letters, we had already guesse
you to be more familiar with the dishpa
than the ink pot. Dear wielder of th
dishrag, trust me, when I say, truth wi
not be downed. The odor OF the dish
water permeates with fine far-of frag
rance all you say: it steams up warmly j
your spirited ripples of wit. One can pict
ure your face bending in gentle reverb
over its comfortable warmth as you scrap
skillet and philosophize on the ways o
our theatres and those in New York
am glad to know one who has been to tina
great city. am not envious of those who
have had better advantages than l. l low
to sit at their feet and learn
Let me apologize for my town
You see we have so much sand we
cannot take pattern of the east. This
grieves me. hope you will not form toe
hard an opinion of US. Stay with US and
We may grow more cultured.
One week you gave US vivid picture of
the young man dodging his dove; another,
OF couple one year after. marriage. YOU
state as if it were something new; a social
condition grown so common, l wonder
that you deem it worth while to tell it un-
less to give remedy, which you do not
| Now most of US who have observed any.
! thing. know as well as you, of the mutual
| WEAKNESS, of any two people, OF each
other, when they are obliged TO be con-
| slant companions for an Unidentified length
| Of time. Why don't you tell us what you
| think about it? Evidently these young
couples have been holding each other in
| that vice like grip that admits no other
| joy in their lives and divides none Joy
flies monopolies." In the jealous, selfish,
Il and thou, they are slowly killing that
! which they wonld nourish. Nature re-
| volts. A good which can be held and
known by only one person ceases to be
a good Will Carleton knew about
this when he SAID:
Though married souls each others lives NAV
burnish
Each needs some help the other cannot furnish"
Now whether men have women's men
tai advancement at heart" or not, he is
her sympathzer aud applauds superior
act much more heartily than her own sex
does
Some of US remember our school days
when if we happened to go to the head of
the class the boys cried Look at her. she
thinks she is smart"
So they punished thee, poor Nancy?
Well you must have acted ''alecky." |
too remember a little girl who turned
down the big boys and went to the head,
yet they were all her friends, they carried
her books-strapped on her skates, and
always wanted her in the games, and
threw the ball more gently when she was
at the bat, and brought her the big red
apples L can't remember that the stupid
girl of the school was so desirable The
half-fool woman you picture signing over
her embroideries in darkish room,
deserves just the place in mans regard
that she gets. She sets her own standard,
She drew him to her by physical attrac-
tlon, since some one must feed and cloth
her, but she cannot help him. l believe
there are no class of women whom men
grow so deadly tired of as your Turkish
harem" style. He does not wish her
to go through life thinking nothing,
doing nothing" and it proves itself, since
he seldom remains true to her. The
mothers of the world should be busy-she
must train the future men and women,
and to do it well can she sit in her darkish
room and weeps Is her mission so insig
nlficant Ii is untrue that man refuses
her his sympathy and admiration in any
work that she does with earnestness, be
she business woman or housekeeper.
You cast an insult upon men when you
lnsinuate that the Turkish -harem kind of
woman suits him best. No one likes an
abnormal person. The mental and physi-
cal must balance, and neither must en-
croach upon the other. There is an en-
during quality to love that has great
balance power of intellectually to keep it
wholesome. They say we never know
anything beyond our own experience.
| wonder now, have you ever had any
acquaintance with the best men ? Iques-
tion it, for if you had you would know
that the greatest difference between man
and woman Is in the physical formation;
that the desires aud aspirations. heart
aches and regrets of the human race are
one; that the human heart is much alike,
whether it beats under corset or vest.
The finale of your last letter degrades
all women. To be sure Mrs. Lease belir-
ties herself in replying to the vile filings at
her character. She herself is the best de-
nlal, for whatever idiosyncrasies she may
have, she is high-minded woman; that
long thin narrow mouth never made
for kissing and uttering soft nothings"
would curl in fine contempt at your opin-
ions. will close with these words, what
ever woman does we'll, is warmly praised
by man whenever she shows capacity for
any work be is the first to aid her but beef
is only worth about three cents a pound.
Oh, hie thee of to thv dishpan and Sc
cluSlon! ONE OF THE OTHERS.