The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-10-18
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whether woman is any the less
eligible for the domestic circle by be-
ing intellectually developed to the ex
tent OF her capacity is a question that
has vexed many debating societies and
and many thinkers from the time of
S. Paul to that of Dr. Dix. 1t is
frst-rate question for the debating
societies because there is no answer
to 81 A great number Of examples
may be adduced on both sides, and the
debate may be continued intcrmina
blv and never arrive at n conclusion.
The excellent DR.. johnson summed up
what may bc called the masculine, or
negative, side by remarking. 'Sir
man Is better pleased when there is
good dinner on the table than when
his wife knows Creek" but this die
tum overlooks several very important
points For one thing, a woman does
not as a rule learn Greek In her capac-
ity as man pleascr, but on her own in
dividual account In another, the AS
sumption Of incompatibihty between
Greek ami good dinners Is pure as
aumpton.
A divorce that has just been an
nouneed puts the venerable question
in an aspc ct OF some novelty. A lady
novelist has just secured a divorce
from her husband for Incompatible
ity. Tho ordinary male comment
will be that he is served right and
that he ought TO have known what 20
expect. 1t Is a fact that she was al
ready a somewhat hardened novelist
when She became bride so that the
bridegroom, could not plead ignorance
OF her previous literary character
Also Il is fact, II not that she wrote
naughty novels, that she thought that
SHE did. Ia truth, her more mrid at
tsmpts OF that kinl were, 10 the ma
turc and discerning, tributes 10 her
own innocence. Tic work; in ques.
tion showed a complete innptitude for
attra tive presontmcnt Of dcpravity,
though it may have bean question
whether the inaptiiude was intellect.
nal or moral The intention of these
nrtless tales was evidently 10 make
tie reader "sit up, and they actually
had that effect upon somo readers Of
tender years, who were unahtctcdly
sho .ked by them, aud the works
lined ia adolrscent circles shuddcr-
ing admiration as books "lhat girl
could.not put into the hands Of her
mother
Bat, after all, this proves nothing
ais apon record that not only writers
Of risky novels, but the most absurd
poetesses OF passion, have settled
down into exemplary spouses Miss
Braddon, the veteran OF the sensation
al novel, is reputed TO be. in her pri
vate capacity and when she has
sinbbed the ink of her thumbs, a
British matron Of the straightest
sect 1t is true that the crimes Miss
Braddon deals with are battle, murder
and sudden death, and that she most
ly abstains from bringing bushes TO
the cheeks OF young persons More
over, while the lady novelist imme-
diately in question has proved to be
Incompatible with one husband, II Is
not clear that she would have been or
that she would be Incompatible with
another There is nothing in the case
that justifies generalization upon
either side, either upon the side Of the
majority Of male persons who main
tain the incompatibility OF literature
and the domestic affections, or upon
the side OF the minority who main
tain that the reformed litergfy women
make the best wives