Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-19
EDUCATION AND MARRIAGE.
The Respect In Which Mental linz
prOvement May Prove a Failure.

The Respect In Which Mental I'M
prOvement May Prove a Failure.
From the st. Louis Globe-Demoerat.
In these days Of universal education ana
literary ladies the question as to what
kind of wives the highly educated women
of the future are going to make becomes
one of both interest and Importance, Tor no
matter how profound may be the learning,
culture and attalnments OF the new woman.
the man, If he remains constituted as at
pre- sent, will always need some one to tend
his house and cook his dinner and sew on
his buttons. There is no denying that no
matter how great may be the development
Of the new woman, her employment in lie
must consist Of domestic tasks OF one KIND
or another, nor can 1t be expected that
man will take her place in any OF the Voca-
tons " hich, by common consent ana UNI
versal usage, are reIegated to her. Educa-
ton Is certainly no bar to their proper per-
Torrance; the educated woman can do al
most any kind of work better than the I'M
educated, because she better understands
how to adapt ways to means, but aside
from this merely mechanical phase of the
subject 1t is interesting to inquire Whether
the education of the educated woman gives
her a greater advantage in dealing with the
leading questions OF life, and, to particu-
lariZe one, whether it enables her with
any degree of certainty to choose for her
self a partner who will contribute to her
happiness in a greater degree than is found
in the case of her comparatively uneducat-
ed sister. In other words, as long as there
are women on the. earth the leading end
and aim of womaut5 life will probably be
to get married, and IL her education does
not cradle her TO choose a better husband,
and after she has him to retain his respect
and affection, then her education, so far as
that matter is concerned, Is a failure. 1t
may be Invaluable Gin every other respect,
but If it fail in that the failure is signal
In considering the subject it should be
clearly understood that q woman'S heart
and heI head are two separate and distinct
institutions, managed on entirely different
principles. Nor should it be forgotten that
it is popularity OF the sex to have the
most implicit confidence in the accuracy of
the heart Her head may go astray; she
does not mind that much, for she is used
to it, but If there is anything she knows
better than another it is the fact that she
can not possibly be misled by her heart.
That is always infallible in its judgments.
When 1T assures her that man is true
and noble and good all the evidence that
her own and all other heads can offer 10
the contrary will not alter her opinion as
much one iota. She knows she is right,
and that is all she. thinks he is, because
her heart says SO, and that is enough for
her. The higher education, both of women
and men, has, thus far, been able to touch
only the head. In the case of men it some
times, indeed, often, happens that the head
rules the heart, that the dictates OF reason
viii overbalance the pleadings of love, but
a woman never becomes so educated that
she DOGS not remain, al heart, woman
still, and in matters of heart the head is
quietly hidden to stand aside as an unsafe
adviser. The biddngS of reason, the warn
ings of cool judgment are, when placed in
the balance against the wishes of her
heart, mere impertinenceS, not. worthy of
serious consideration