St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-08
NEW WOMAN VS.. THE OLD.

What is the difference between the
"new woman" we hear so much
about and the woman of the past?
And where-if the question will not
be considered irreverent-is the miss
ing link? Nowadays the columns of
our newspapers and pages of our
magazines TEEN with the doings of
this wonderful new woman" and
so much is heard of her greatness
that the poor everyday, but ever
reliable oId-fashioned women seem
to have become a cypher, and to all
appearances are of as little value to
the world as men, who are fast be-
coming of no use at ALL
From o certain class of women a
howl has gone 'up throughout
our land for suffrage, for mems
clothes and for a thousand and one
other privileges, for you will observe
that the woman who clamOrs loud
est for all the rights belonging to
man also wants the rights and priv
ileges of the woman who stays at
home and attends to her natural
and legitimate business-that of be-
ing loving wife, fond sister, a
devoted and conscientious mother,
and regardless of all this talk about
the new woman" there are people
still in the world who believe in Il
glorious future awaiting the woman
who is neither new nor old nor adj
vanced, but just a woman, as she
has always been, and let, us hope
always will be.
For the noble place of daughter,
wife, sister, mother and friend nature
has most richly endowed woman,
and no profession in the world pays
so we'll for the present, or offers
such great reward for the future, as
that of being woman at home,
minding her own business and try
ing to make those about her COM
| Portable and happy, and these mis-
guided women who prance UP and
| down in the face of a tired public
are not yet the power behind the
/ throne" or in front of it either.
The world has a need today ard a
or suffrage, it is mothers this world
| needs, plain every day mothers, whose
| joy lies IN the home, and who, realiz-
| ing the sacred responsibility of mother
| hood, are satisfied with the greatness
| of their position. We might add that
| the world needs wives, but if a woman
| fully connprehends the duties of u
! mother, she will ably perform the
| 1,,t Of fO -,
which any woman can engage is i'll
making home-life sweet, pure, simple
and easy.
| The proverbial saying that a "man's
| heart is reached through his stomach, ."
| is not so vulgar in meaning, or ma
! terial in idea, as many may at first
suppose, for the heart, brain and
stomach are more intimat ely con-
nected than unthinI<ing people knew.
Poor food drives men to excessive
| drink, above ALL a poor breakfast, and
| women to dress-reform. When the time
| comes that men, women and children
have nutritious and daintily prepared
| food three times a day - and four
/ times if they care for supper-year in,
| and year out, we will not need dress
reform or temperance lectures. 1t may
J advanced women, who fancy they
| have some great mission to perform
outside the home-to come down to the
| idea of reforming the world through
| the stomach, but the idea is not to be
| despised; the way to kill n tree is to
| begin at the roots, and not at the
| fruit hanging from the branches, and
remember you cannot make the most
magnificent steam engine in the world
| do good work if you supply poor fuel.
! There can be no doubt with the
! thinking men and women that there
| is room for women to advance, and that
they need emancipation-notf from man,
their fancied enemy-so much as from
| fashion, form and useless ceremony
and silly efforts to keep up appear
| ances; because of what others may
say, think or do.
| Fear of the world, the desire for
show, the lack Of courage to say Il
| cannot afford it," and the profound
: respect rendered to the nameless they
say" they do" they have" and
they think are what keep women in
| bondage and slavery.
JOSEPHINE L. TABOUR.