The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-07

aIHusenents even when she is 4 grand
mother, as if she were just out 81 the
schcoroom. To me it all seems pitifuL II
Is true that men apparently admire and
pay court to the woman Of to-day, but
get one 10 tell the truth and In his heart of
hearts he does not like to sec woman
on bicycle. willing to bet or smoke, or
allowing herself TO drink more wine than
Is good for hcr in public place.
Curlously enough, In the days OF the
court OF Charles H., and The great Louis,
during the days of the first gentlemen OF
the land, in those times when women were
supposed to have led very gay lives, they
We're not given over to drunkenness. and
yet to-day there are more women drunk
afds than you ever dream of. sad? OF
course, IL is sad. for nothing IS quite as
dreadful as a drunken woman Another
type Of woman Is the ,gluttonous one.
The woman who is coarseuiug herself I'm
every way by overeatinE, ana usually she
addS 10 II by overdrnkiug. You see heT
in the fashionable restaurants, selecting
the richest dishes, and choosing the proper
wines TO go with them. Personally. 7 be
heFe in good eating and good drinking,
out l believe in temperance in all things
aud l think it is quite as necessary for
woman 20 be temperate in her eating as
IN her drinking, for, while she may not
be made such a frightful example by over
eating, yet she becomes coarse in mind
and i'm heart as well al IN appearance by
selling her soul to her stomach. How IS
II all going TO end? with the end Of the
century will there come a change iTr all
things? With the turning Of the cycle VIII
purity be appreciated as it should, and
wee receive the punishment il deseryesP
Surely we hope so.
For gossip, whether by word of mouth
or In the newspapers, is telling of the vi
ctous deeds that are being committed
lIN / e.. 90 lid
dren not long ago each one Of which was
with its father. The mother of the %trst
set was pronounced drunkard, and wi en-
she was not locked up, during an attack
OF deiirium tremens II was scarcely SAFE
for children to be with her, as she would
use them 10 act as messengers to buy IL
quor, which her servants and nurses were
forbidden to get. And this woman is the
wife of a man Of high position; she IL
wealthy, young, and has been beautiful
The second family Of children were with
their father because their mothers NOR
ais We're so bad that she was not Consid-
cred III to care for them. And she was
the daughter OF a man Of wealth an great
social position, who had been carefully
educated, and who was one of the last wo-
men in the world about whom such
thing would have been believed when
she was first married. And the third set
of children were with their father, be
cause oVer-eatiug and drinking and
overgambling had made their mother
absolutely Indifferent. she was rich,
beautiful young and well educated, but
she cared more for the excitement of the
world than for he quieter pleasures that
would seem to be right, as far as hus-
band and wife We're concerned.
These are types, but they are the ones
that set the examples for the rest Of the
world. 1t makes women who think, sorry
and sick when they realize what it all
Moons. When they come to consider that
these children win grow up and never
speak of their mother; that they viii have
to be taught that their mothers name
cannot be mentioned, and poor souls they
viii only too soon learn the reason why.
Think Of a girl hearing such a thing
about her mother as these children will
hear some day.
Who is to blame for 1t? IT cannot be
said to be the bad education given to
girls, for in many instances the women
who have done the worst have been those
who have been carefully brought up and
well-traned. Surely, there cannot be
such thing as natural depravity. I can
not believe it. II Is something too awful
to think of. That you and /, made after
Gods own image, should have the in
stincts of DEVIL cannot believe this.
1t would be too great an excuse for crime
II II were an accepted theory and il would
be too awful for those who were az they
say, naturally depraved; too awful to
think OF their coming into the world han
dicapped by wickedness. Are we going to
solve it? The only way l can see is for
every woman TO be as good as she knows
how; to remember that wherever she is
placed she sets an example for some
body else, and the better her position the
greater her wealth; the wider her ac-
quaintance, the more eager she should be
to represent everything that is good and
wise and sweet-that Is to be womanly.
II is what we all want to be in the end
because it means the best of everything.
You would rather see that adjective APP
piled to you than any other, wouldn't
you? SO would
you? So would Bah.