The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-01

resses, and ~ have said young wom-
en- ] cannot possibfy refer t0 the hosfed
and sailow female globe trotteYS. nor b,
uneasy matrOns with . mission. 7 mean
the representative young English wgfuen
those fresh. blooming girls with delight
iul manners, sweet deep vsiees- synspa-
thctic minds, methods Of jplfy esu.uaNign.
ship, glorious figures and all that SORT If
thing. We know they exist because we
read about them; bacause IbI Naurier is
their artistic apostle. and beesusss We s.-s
them when we run over ts England. Y,ts
they never seem tn think IL worth their
while To come over here, either to create
a hrst impression or to keep mp an az
guajntaneeship. Even the celebrated fei-
lows that visit us-tbe writing doctors
the witty deans. the Iecturing humGrisfs
and evolutionary noveiists even they
leave their wives and daughters behind
them. and only show ns their photographs
or furnish them to the cheaper magazines
as illustrations for articles on them
selves: ] cannot ascribe their absence To-
dislike To travel, because these same
mothers and daughters are constantly 70
ing on on trips on the Continent. or down
the Mediterranean, or in and out the Nor
wegian fjOfds. We speak the same
tongue over here-or something like it
80 there cannot be any Iingual difficulty
that Keeps them away. Our women go
trooDing over to England every year and
are constantly putting themselves in evil
1ence: The American girl has become n
brltlsh institution: she is at home in the
town mansions and country houses. and
she has female friends and acquaintance
there galore. But there tho connection
seems to end. We should like to keep I'D
these arqualntances on this side Of the
water t" show our English cousins tina.
we also Know something If the genslr
art or entertainment. We should like To
MI our houses with beyies Of pretty Eng
iish girls at christmas tide. to take them
out st'Ighing by the score. to crowd our
yachts with them and teach them how To-
paddle canoe, and dine them and wine
them and make them happy generally.
but they do not give us a chance. They
40 not come over here. and wonder why
J.. rs. Is IT yossible that they think us
Marital Excuses for Neglect.
Most Of us are acuuaiu,sd wi,b mo,
who have repeatedly told us that they
are married. We have taken their word
for 1t. though we have had no other evi-
dence of its truth They are seldom. if
ever. seen with their wives They fire.
quently appear in public places. ut con
r'rt*. theaters. evening parties. but in
variabiy alone. This happens 50, uni
fornly that we imagine tba, they hav.
been widowed. and feel prompted to offer
our sincere sympathy Rut. first. ".
must know the fact On meeting them
again, therefore. we purposeIy direct the
conversation to marriage. so that they
! may inform Us of their bereavement
DO they: No. They are still hus.
bands, and very devoted ones. they as.
ffSf Ihny. L. Il
wives can never be persuaded TO go out
| They are continually trying to induce
them to. but all in vain The iuviSibI,
wives are, they assert. So extremely d,s
mestic that they will stay at home. "
other place has any attraction for them
| so consecrated are they to their children
and the family routine. 1t seems as il
they could breathe with comfort %
| other atmosphere than that Of home
Generally men VIII" hahitHaIly anf
without prompting or suggestion dis
| course upon their families and euIary.
OF their excessive attachment To- them
may not he accepted unreserve,ily. Al
Affection that needs so much airing apf
promiScuous advertising may safely he
| questioned.
| Husbands who are overfoni Of ey.
planning their solitary appearance at diff
ferent resorts and in society by their
wives dOmesticity. and their inability t.
wean them from it. are subject to suspi
cion. 1t is naturally thought that they
are offering pretextS where none ars
needed: that, covertIy feeling cuIpabie
they wish to forestaIl criticism.
Neglect in the matrimonial relation j.
accounted by many a man a very venia
| sin. if a sin at al. 1t is negative at worst
he argues. and such host of husbands
are guilty of it that it's frequency might
he considered its expiation Domestici
ty. shync>s. invalidism. are not vices
and Il woman may be charged with th.s.
without doing her any great wrong. Ans
then the charge may vastly increase :
husbands freedom, and yet enable hin
to stand fair in the eyes of the world
The world. generally censoriOus. is in
clined to be remarkably lpnient ro mari
tai shortcomings. One of these is ~
cribing to wives peculiarities they III
not have by husbands who have peculiar
tiles Tiny are unwilling to avow-Har
per's Bazaar.