Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-09

ono EnEii~h woman Who Think,
that Many OF Them Are.

Among the wgongs OF our sex which
nave been 90 freely ventilated lately.
both ON the platform and IN the press,
writes well-known Englishwoman,
there In one which l have never seen
alluded to, and yet II is an evil which
mas caused more misery 60 middle
class women than perhaps MI the
others eomblnod--l mean tho dreadful
hOnotony OF a middle class married
woman's existence
There are thouAands-aye, tens Of
thousands--of women who from one
weeks end to another mover have amy
amusement, excitement. or change
except their Saturday marketing and
sunday church Day after day there
10 the same dun routine OF duty.
which commences with the prepara-
ton OF breakfast In the morning and
concludes with the Arrangement %
supper with interludes OF attention 10
nerNonts. children. and house clean
ing
The average mlddle-elass husband
goes out every morning to business
or aome kind or other He meets
trends ana acQuaintancca, enjoys the
every-varylng kaleidoscope OF the busy
streets. and the smaller or creator
eAcstementa and pleasure to be de-
rived from his profession or business.
He returns after the labors Of the
day, enjoys his evening meal. and then
ihdnlges IN his loose coat, slippers,
armchair newspaper and pipe.
II his wife should Ruggest o walk
or visit 10 any place OF amusement
the man viii plead that he II tired.
No doubt he is. but so IL the woman,
and what n difference there II In their
tirodnessl She IS tired of the four
walls OF her llttle house. OF the silence
and want OF variety In fact, chc is
yearning for what hor husband is
tired OF.
y have been working all day" the
man will observe,
SO has the wife.
Il have earned the change which /
call rest"
SO has the woman earned the
change which she wants. but she must
not have II, because Il does not
please her lord and master
| believe that In the majority OF
cases this cgotiam on the mans part
IS brought about through education,
Ignorance, and want OF thought. The
Intensely selfish manner IN which most
boys are educated cauaoa them TO
think that the earth and the fruits
thereof are all thcirB. with the cNccp-
ton of the few they allow the women
10 gather. The ignorance OF the
woman's nature. OF her wants and re-
NNAAN1 ~ AAlfA wv ilNA
learn 1t Va boys, many men never
seem able 10 grasp or understand,
and, finally, want Of thought which
generally means too much thought
of himself
II that Is the cause. the remedy IL
easily brought about. II merely re-
quires II little sacrifice on the part OF
the man. whi~h most husbands win
offer whom they know how much de-
Ponds upon II, but should the eject
be produced Tor want of heart | fear
there Is nothing Tor II but for the
woman 10 bear her burden. ms 70 many
are at this moment nobly doing. II
cannot be denied that there are many
men, or animals rather. who degrade
humanity by their assumption Of the
name OF man, who, while denying
themselves nothing In the shape OF
amuscments and luxurlcs, always ar
cue that "a womnn'H place Ia Mt
home. You might Just as well say
that therefore ho should never be
seen elsewhere.
During the last few years woman's
position. both social and legal, has
much improved, but Justice Will never
be done 10 our sex until men are made
10 understand that their wives work
Ms hard na they do. and that women
require, have enrncd and deserve oc-
cRsional relaxation quite as much as
they do themselves.