The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

does not exist who Is ashamed that the piano has
legs and who takes pride in the fact that she is an
abnormal and silly being.
In spite of the fact that the women of to dav are
taller, better formed and sounder of body than
women were at that time. learned men, in ESSAY
after essay, tell US that the higher education now
given women units them Tor the performance OF
the duties pertaining to wife and mother and that
physically there is observed a marked deteriora-
ton.
In the early part OF this century there appeared
noted company Of novelists. headed by Dickens
and Thackeray and comprising many others oT
minor quality, who all succeeded in individuaiz-
ing their female characters more distinctly than
had their predecessors. Dickens popularity NAV
be passing, but his hand skilled In drawing
and his gallery Of portraits. whom all recognize
is next in extent only to that of Shakespeare and
many of his portraits and caricatures are destined
to remain as works OF art for long to come
Thackeray permitted no prejudices in favor n,
conventionaity to stand between him and his ART
ana II has been affirmed that his reputation suffers
from his indiscretion in having Created RecLiY
sharp. AS well might it be said that civilizatio1
suffers from having created the women who served
as models for this reproduction ~ 'sA' eu
Wilkie Collins, Anthony Trollope Buiver and
Charles Reade, each treated woman in their Htar.
ary productions from the standpoint OF their dsv
She was, with rare exceptions but a mere snects
tor, sitting in the outer circle before SS ia
claimed their parts. anu oe-
God in novels, is always against the ind,,,d,.,
whom society Is against, and after q brief dsy of
success, the evil, designing woman meets disaster
ano Is punsnsd by death In one or other Of its
In considering the writers OF to-day we n,ust
give tnem lne credit for having advanced their
feminine standard TO suit the progress ~ The a
The woman with taste for uiatbemstics $3.50 80
olny anu me sciences, still finds difiiculties in
securing nusD Dand She still exists in an atmo.
pnere OF mild disapproval, but her disadvaniasoe
are not Iooked upon so contemptuouslv ss t5eS
Hernia suydam, Daisy Miller. The He.ran,.
WINS Tess and Trlhy are fictitious beings wbo
would nave astonished the elder masters "iio
The woman of mans novelist il one a,,..
peautiiul, young and generally innocent VIZ ~S
circumstances and immostes bersais ,talm VlcLlm TO
OF oi an immoral man Goethe vitaIized his cSeat9o
music an ever 'n no,h ses In poetry, painting and
mus ice OF man Camille modified b1 tIi M W Tue
o,hnsa Js VI Ihe fIenes mind is the same wornan
raINss SHAME ana sorrow again and act,
revived IN the drama and opera Ciar,ssa again
o misose wees and anguish excited the nit q,
cizee Du Maurier FrenchIed the motit e5d q Augll, @
Us aluoy. IN the austere and prinntive& 80 I s'E s :
world of art Hester Prynne. who corr ,me enduring
s oreast the scarlet letter. and our oiyn "n ner
ghssnso writer Bret Harte, has transforned t
character 70 meet the demands of fho o me
i; circumstances attending exist tenca ~, ,h
Jane Porter Jane Austen. Nine d,A-.,
eto1;as ~ conlpose coterie OF noyeists yhosa
detail OF domes,Ic and Photographic in their
csloiues We're endowed with monofonora 80 s tiose
! caey and nronrt IN the way Of pic eness deli
ane niue lntrigues in which are =,
tolerate tSoss m ioras and ladies disposed kindly to
IN - ae snose beings of less noble birth hro;y0l,,
@ 10 10 complete the sketches OF societ H. orougn.
perience the sanses uoes not permit herself to ex.
scribed time arrives - 1--WE til the proper pre-
pronri. onsnee she is suspected of this grave i'm,
She ~ Ky, sne IS repremanded by the entire FAMILY
her sae e III no uncertain terms that the Object al
will SSmeStons II he but once divines her secret
her forever She is counse ed to study
secon5 on ner feelings Ii she would marry Ths
9sod feature observed in the novels of that ne
1 man anu ~, Later Is that the wicked ana hardenei
ove- tn ~ 'ns piot always exercises a fascination
eftar tne ne innocent and immature girl and that
sens.,in siniul man has sapped the world OF its
he n ano tnere Is nothing new to experiences
/ nome, omeu ana % as choice guest into the best
ana married to the loveiest daughter-o