The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-18

The b,,tterfy that emerged from tb'
| schouj-room may have changed 10 tn'
| airy creature that furnishes the para
| graphs as te summer sirl, the darlins
| OF the seaside, the siren OF the moon
| light. the Incarnation OF harmless nlr'
/ taticn. with an engagement ring 20
| slender that II breaks when the "In.5Is
| glove IL worn, and the promises nitss
| are as fragile as the emblem OF inc"
| making go, .rac.
| The sunbeam divinity may still be p Iaes
| teal and settle down into the scr ai,,,,o
! business of life; she may compare , sorI,
| OF crandmothers old love letters. tounu
! I'm the chest In the garrett win .nr 40 y
| ters she has received In her sum" an ~
conquests and find that Ire - r. tho
meaning and worth living, heci ~
bam,noSk davs are over. when many OF
the names written in pencil Oh "ei 81"
yenir fan have faded away. =, .ta,,aa
Woman is not s,5s aI,t. a little Worn.
afJar. the 0srce love that seduces thc
senses. That ideal OF passion thae puiiiS
Win its unavoidable fire may be sIacI-
ated by disappointment i'' "'''N'
Woman is much as man makes her.
The ripping laughter that echoes -, az ei,
dinner liable. or the ilippaht me- Iii' l.
Sn"idental to the ballroom or the opera
hnv often hides a keen tugging at heat'
strings when man has become an lcono-
Cast ana broken the idol that the woman
he alrts with has already nade.
The adventures - tnt p'iN 20 -
With nothing 10 lose and everything 10
gain. Society permits her TO soar over
It's preserves. and her quarry rs sought
among the rich. She moves IKE the
graceful hawk with talons heia Close ose
10 a downy breast, and the victims are
prone TO keep their own counsei ana
submit to degradation ana loss 0 2rsy
that silence may be maintained; m
tea that society furnishes in dainty
cups Perhaps, after all, the woman
IN the case is only paying OF an Uia
score, and elegant scoundrehsH IS 1ne
secret Of her early start upon her pio'"
tory mission against MANKIND. -.
Light as the thislledown or the iuIze
of the dandeiion. the Bohemienne hoids
her place in the variety OF WViu,en
Bright careless ready for any eVeit , .iia.
may not be too risque, she moves WI,nIn
a radius defined only by possibility. Not
mira ashiOnable, either; ana the clInk-
ing glasses are often raised IN response
to a toast 10 her, as everybody Iilehu'
impatient AT restraint and yet always q
careful woman, even In her free-and-easy
life She weighs the world with scales
OF her own making. Doors open 70 ner
in places where good-feilowship is the
requisite 10 endurance. ARTISTS, Htera-
telirs. clubmen. women who delve beyond
the sphere Of household duty and touch
the broader side Of life without sacrifice
Of position welcome her All the word
is her grazing ground. and she seeks
the freshest bits OF clover, the sweetest
flowers In her grazing.
Society places its votaries in an en-
Of contradictions, clashing
against jealousy, and they run the sauht-
lei of criticism where the ordinary WO-
men need not submit to judgment. Thefe
Is no harder working woman than the
pet of society or the chaper0h Oh a
set moving steadily in the prescribed orbit
Of Fashion.
The estimate must not be taken from |
the pattern In Ouida's novels, Where an |
he pretty women are fllrts ana most OF |
hem immoral, nor from the writers VINO |
picture their women az moths ABOUT |
candle smuggling their wings ana dropping |
from the flame. 800 . !
herself. She must be thoughtful, always. |
Her contests for superiority are duels |
fought with foils Of velvet ana she |
marches in the rank with others with
firm step toward social success Her
household must be governed by cafelW |
If not by work. She must be
awake to every change OF lad or CIR
,umstance Her dinners must De COM |
olete In substance and embeHlshment. |
A good round check may pay Tor the
but the novelty OF con-
,eution must be hers-She must devise |
he innovation and keep the secret TIL
he proper time. -,
Elements that may need Cancellation |
mist be Included In her entertainments; |
,lways to- be reached for. Her horses |
roofs must ring upon the roadway In |
central Park, or at Newport, or LenoA' |
with the accepted sound Of wealth, ana as |
l means Of aiding others they are olten |
heard on roadways where charity, in its |
purple and fine linen, takes time TO do |
good, even when the time is taken from |
some Of the hours marked upon the So
cial calendar.
And the society woman Is tired some
times just as her sister in womanhood |
who moves In other walks OF life is tired. |
She may think she owns the world, but |
the world owns her and the Fashionable /
world IS a hard taskmaker TO It's sub !
The world is big enough for all the |
people I'm it,, and has room for genera /
ions TO come. Man has ana holds MS |
lace, but WOmans sphere has brOadened |
yithn years Of easy remembrance, and |
n the present order of things woman can |
lfford to be assertiVe without presump- |
Woman in the househoId-not as the
ictured Domestic Angel of the story |
ellers, but as she is-commands re
pect. and practical education now fits |
he graduate from the college for the
responsibilities of life which belong to
er.
Dumplings and divinity Is a homely
ssociatiOn in cold type, but the prac-
ical girl Of the present could even tell |
ear old grandmother how 10 cook soma
AMY QlSutSs anu TIC manu- mat ~
parkle with rings at the banquet IS
augnt the methods Of preparation i'm
he school that the sometime mistress
4 the household comes from.
Business channels are open TO all wo-
men. They crowd out no men and are
ecognized as better in many ways than
he lords of creation. The self-suppoft- |
1g woman Is no longer subject OF
never a nOnentity.
The reality Of life is, 10 the true-hearted |
,oman, that which she can accomplish |
nd the opening of any new field Of
sbor with advantages taken Of her
daptability and the promise of reason
BILE advancement She has taken man
y the hand and said to him: Help me
nd you will help yourself"
The invitation has been accepted grace
lilly, and I'm art, science and advance
tent generally she creates new ardor
hen the firing nature may be giving
'ay.
Woman is constant 20 her loves, to
or professions. and to the duties she
illingly imposes on herself. Maid,
life. mother-each in ALL and constant
her pledges. worthy the trust she
lodestly asks us 10 give her. and the |
ian is selfish who will climb toward |
impotence and leave me willing help !
ate out of the calculation.
Her suffrage is the power of love and |
)me and encouragement She is SUI
-eme enough in that.
And the woman we love-God bless
sr.-Charles Chamberlain in New York
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