New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-28

az dan, advocate female suffrage" sad WISE
and benevolent woman OF society "Ferso'ai'F'
should dread the added responsibilities. h"l
don't think would oppose anything "hcH "0N"
cultivate IN young women>a spirit o: sci-he.p anu
would make socicty appreciate the dignity Oh non
orahIe independence in them. Although conditions
have materially changed for the better ana s"i
NAV now work for themselves. nevertheless u y
stn considered a sign OF crueIiy H'I@l.'"'N
means 81 they do. Hard-workng. harassed business
mon will 90 much before they Will expect o: even
narnit their daughters 10 relieve them OF ther
SUPPORT whereas IL IS taken for granted thd' INC
sons should become independent as soon as pos
sble and their going into business casts 10 r.
Fiction on their fathers ability 10 Keep the'h an"
excltes no comment on the circHnstances OF the
family As long II is not expected OF sIflS ~
support themselves. they will not GO IT, fuDh'
opinion and usage rule the conscleAces OF ii'oH'
young people. and very few young "oineh nave
either the ability energy TO think or pan iO'
their future. The majority simply driit "a'lhs
Micawber-like for something TO turn up-a pos
stble rlarr!age-as the most satisfactory sounoh
II not that they vaguely believe that they may
be taken OF somehow. althongh they NM"
tnat while their father may make an income SUt
fcen. 70 keep them in comparative luxury ne VII.
have little or nothing to leave them. nave oee-'
particularly struck with this great modern need
lately for Il Is very obvious nowadays thdt '"7
old saving that women were intended 10 De WINS
and mothers affords an inadequate soiuuoh Vi mo
difficulty. ] have been lOOhliB IOi 81 companion
an invalid friend. and II is quite dreadful 10 See
the number OF nice ladyke girls who have been
Suddenly thrown upon their own resources VIM
out an education that fits them for any one prac-
teal thing.
Happily. however. am able 10 cite one case IN
o,,r own family which Will show how, after all II
.ba Ylrls themselves realized the situation, they
might provide for an emergency. a cousin OF ours
died very Unexpectedly recently. ana as We Khe"
she lived on an annuity left her BY rlch Iela"Fe'
we expected OF course that her niece ana cOipaiho'
girl OF twenty-five would be left on our hands uhu
We could find her some occupation. Another in
stance OF the mistaken system of female e.uc"'Io''
I groaned. for had a crowded house. ana II was
really very inconvenlent However, thought II ny
duty. ard after the funeral | told the poor child
expected her 10 make a long visit until her az
fairs were settled. To my great relief. she told me
she had realized for time that She might
be left pcnnless IL she survived her aunt ana Know
ing the latter's preiudces against her doing any
thing to support herself she had quietly taken a
course in architecture ard had the promise OF be-
ing taken into a firm as a draughtswOnan whenever
she needed the position. There she could make
enough 10 pay for her board at once and had the
promise Of advancement later on"
From brief unconsciousness she awakes 10 dark
ness and silence. She hears nothing but her own
heart throbs. her own gasping. terrified breahi"s'
and these sounds IN her with undehnaole drea''
FOR she knows not where she Is. she knows hO'
what new horrors such Indications Of her presence
may rouse and bring about her
When she can endure II 70 longer she gives 1or'h
acry-but such cry! She shud1ers AZ the strange
muffied sound which hardly seems 20 penetrate
beyond her prison walls Than. in an agony OF n'S-
appointment and renewed dread. she beats against
those terrible walls I'll her tender hands are pr's
and bleeding 40 one There IS no escape
from that cramreG i.cosuYe the sides OF whch Sle
can touch with either hand, and with dIih Ie"''
zation of tho truth, she lies still and Departing go
Phen SIZE hears something scraping. scrap'ng. one
shndders, draws up her kicrs and ;ries 20 n'oo ne
head In her arms. The scraping ces<eS an" It Soi'.
hairy no4v ,oe.es over her dress ana brushes her
hand. crn this be the terrible thing win "i'0
her nurse threatened her? Sire Is 80 ihsn's"o1
tina: when sh. tries cry out she can NAV" ~