Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-05
THROUGH A WOMAN'S EYES.
Feminine rads and Foibles Caustic-
ally Analysed.
THE PErrIcoAr PHILOSOPHERS,
Social Reform Is Being overworked.
Women Not n High Moral Factor
In Modern Literature.

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out making her masculine. She has plenty
Of practical common aense. takes things at
thoir truo value. believes that woman was
made woman and should stay woman. and
IS not opposed to marriage, II is pleasing
TO moot a woman Of Miss Smiths scholarly
attainmonts and unquestionablo position
and ind her stllI woman.
Cultivation Is tho nrHt law OF society.
Tho agitation concerning tho striking
Of tho word "obey" from the mar
riago service Is attracting so much atten-
tlon among what We must now call the
aggressive sex and exciting so many iB-
norant comments that It is worth some at
ionton. The arguments advanced by tue
aggressive ones are that by promising to
obey their husbands. they mako themselves
actual nlavoa and that also they may, un-
der their promise OF obedience, be Obliged
to commit crime, The argument is ridlcu-
lous. a woman promises TO love, honor and
oboy her husband at tho altar. but the
obedience she promises Ia one Of love, not
crime. Children are taught to obey their
parents IA everything proper, but they arc
also forbidden to obey them in anything
wrong, SO also Is wife by tho laws OF
every creed forbidden to obey her husband
In wrong-doing. She rules within the
house and he In the aifairA OF business.
but since there must be one head aud only
one, II ~ the protector, or man, VINO must
DO that head. The husband who loves his
wifo will never ask anything unreason-
able. And, certainly, the Vito who cares
for hor husband viii not find II hard to
obey his proper and reasonable wishes.
II is as well for woman to remember that
II man occupies tho throne. she Is certainly
tho power behind II. And as TO which posi-
tion Is the more enviablo has becn long
mooted question.
In society. EuEgostyenoss Is tho chief charm
Of woman.
Emma Games Story is a delicious speci-
men Of womanly inconsistency. She was
interviewed not long ago and asked about
herself from an artistic. analytic standard.
Nine. Story Immediately disolnimed all
knowledge OF her own temperament. Il
consider the habit OF analyzlng once self
horribly morbid and hayo never cultivated
It. In fact, mover think OF myself" she
declared. As the interview progressed tho
prima donna became enthusiastic on art and
temperament, and suddenly, with deliclOua
naivotn, conloundpd the interviewer by IN
forming him that every moment Of her life
was devoted w u keen and critical self-ex-
animation Of her temperament, Its curves
caprlcea deaectlons. and all the other thou
sand and one nlcoues that composed 1t,
A fnot-ono had apple viii spgi all the
good ones IN O barrel-but not nll the good
oncn can reclaim that one dccayed bit
Tho most delightful bit OF stage news
! have heard Of late Is that Of Miss
klttlo Cheatham's marriage. know
Miss Choathem 20 DO possessed Of a lofty
aud noble character, and ] am huro that
from hor marriage tan spread only the
sweets Of lllo. AZ any rate, Miss Cheatham
must 30 happy 10 hayo escaped an at
mnaphore ihAt 10 sensitive and cultivated
mind ~ Almost asphyxlating.
Faahions must so sdaptod. not adopted
We payo reached "a age OF mistaken To-
| tpunalblihes. livery novelist seems so
conalder !, is ~ her duty 10 reform the
verdi Nv hs ar Der Don, Pnd ihc playNgrights
| arc turning % Tho iama thing, whiia the
| locturera, TIC sulfraFists sud tho SOCIAL
rcformers 1.-Two Us nothing hut ioclai prob
| Ions rom morninr anus night " We ,afl
on a'fricnd 50 the came blng-a social
| prohlom. We ere Eiyon no rest. We arc
| Kept constantly on mental rack. And IN
| tho meantime tho world Is not benchting
| ny II mo least VI pick up novel for
| relaxation e r. sure 10 ho focial study.
| II ! 70 10 the thoatcr must ,aka my choice
| eotwoan faree-comedy and roeiai problem.
And there II no wit, no hum0r, not oven
IN occasional bit OF ropartee 70 soften tho
| things We must tuher. u Il suicidal. but
| it u -. Many Of VS. afo waiting for the
reaction very wearily. As Il Is, fancy
We all have social headaches.
,na No. NM. '9tlInon seRs,. " INC rarcs
| '"'' t'"'''' w "'"n OF N"HNn
= nren'inoht architect remarked the othei
u"y that mo uunalh ln architecture known
~ Interior DECORATION hAd been almost en-
tiroly hgurned By women, and that he knew
OF notNinf more fHlted 10 ihcir tastes ant
'et. inc plth OF me rcmerk was hint Il
inc NHht direction woman Il glmOs
ceatnin 70 ne eu iait n matt2ra o' color
n4smpfH, lflNl7 Hnd ci mo oi'Sancics O
iW, 0Ha f rnf Z clover ana .ousirle thcri
Gro Ni'NN ei u1tn,n ior Nt' in h1 mead
owe rnd Htlil ohalt and neyoad The on,
'AaN'i1nei'
re.H.aif, stu remsiur mo chief charm o
p Nompu W tne cga8 Of a man.
Nh, qusrlion az % whether woman fla
nin n'agN fa.gr % modern literature no
rfs -,5rf,i ,e,f-Yeei,,, he tss ,S a.. ,o'.
There ar, wguy wanon who wglte to-day
no an,. nntn 5t dsep aehsiars. 4b,,- ,er,,,
.., iheit eeNlu
hcJter-eisiicr hna piar edd nr,rrs &, a.,
mtI'a l-lt. absr-iTnslv si.,t,tg ~, ,,iV
h,rls ,rU 4v,n.in,. ,e y. w. NNi
tha craa NAV r.. s,uf lbev roy a., - ~
ANT vim snrntr nm nn1 iiro MI 49,
U5uitu Urifrrt ~ I'M dav ar, ,s,,, 80 ~
writsr1. ,ta sre esn6nc1 IN go, Nv l...
nisn aisiemcNie. n is fron, the ,,ra,si
c,.tsi phiioea,brrs" nr n. ni,,,es,, II, 49, ~,
rrg ihat no ans 10 Iear5 tle ,'criI ts ~
aut ihog have como Ia raye ns an ~ ~ ",
American literary eensor IA e,ve ~ - s., q,
chefs prtIudlcod theories. tbsir si,vc1 ,sre
fisriiet rtinsd info nm, ti.t,. y y, ~, 81,