The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-01

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Che hasr until MI tE~ccs ~ sfe re-
moved In this snsesnre- $50 should
unhew9tarsnxiy testify rnsx sne zpphcasien
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swou1a. bevUnd doubt. remove al tray
hnfrU. and. snrsdenxnt3y. al bar OF aay
c5eor whatsoever.
nestder ssBsrs simple feminine duties,
e..d xhe dufy Of taking care OF the nanos
ex.d sfae se<xh. S1sere - an0thsr wn1ch
can eniy daxkty hint -. bscanss I 40 nos
,.~..Ss roruurpheud 4 I'm It's fuIinesa- At .
eouv~uefon which once attended ! sas
beside . lady, . stranger 10 me. whom 1
wftervaryfs learned 60 Be . dre1sma3er i
nnsr5 70 her. c0mmSnx1ng upon ons VI sne
spsniusrx On fh4 platform ism An- -
. ana aeutE5ug womanT sac w0oN DC.
my ssox nnke answsrsd eioantH she
ever knpx up sser igure- j think II Is ev-
.~~ wUurnn,s duty TO keep her figure up"
TRw~ huse b~en mDmessrs in my lie
- i,en have been debarred from obtaining
nrfce4ssn information by rspreneussoIe
nssde which would not allow me 10 ac-
knUw3easgs my own iguorancs- ms was
~sscs . moment I looked oncs more at
Nss- ---<s nsure- There wsre NO vissDse
signs OF q collapse looked ~ the female
figures al around nc and knew not
WEIGH ware kepx up. and which were Kept
ysavu. but the sod forebOdsng which rose
wtfefn my breast mat prooabiy there naa
meyer bean . moment Of my HE when nay
figure had besn kep< at tts proper aafsfude.
ssisied sfss question upon my hps-
expect now 70 20 20 my grave. and 10
- accumpsufoi an THAT dark journey by
r1uififndes Of utner women In . similar
state OF ignorance, and never know unsa
sssrs, time - the necrerS OF al nsarfs are
revealed, what IL 10 % keep up ones ns-
ure.
white I'll these female tolls and cares
and snxsetses are guiug ON. too. &c Is smah
COMFORT To know rsfat oar fathers sno LIS LIS
hands and brothers are quietly fTeaaHs
the pstis Of daily life. and allowing tnem-
seives without . struggle 90 grow gray
a nj yy.zaki0d and balIt-neaded and rotunu.
sure that fI1swe ID no condition. OF fu1H ana
decay which can prevent man from BE-
ing boon 10 somebody. There are no
mems columns to admonish them IN re-
gard 40 their duties. the eye of affection
stsil rests lovingly upon them after the
deadly age Of - has been passed, and the
only real sumptuary law wfsch presses
heavily uyou tizem 10 the necessity OF keep
ir,x ta1ear fxcss and hands washed and pre-
serving the integrity Of the creasss in
tine4r trousers. Who shall say that the law
OF compensation always obtains. or thar
the cares OF this wcrld are equally APpof-
toned
II seems also that even In this constant
struggle 70 be- beautiful for their SAke, wo-
men have aot fulfilled their whole duty
toward msn.
ctsaneed rho other day in the columns
Of = wormn's paper upon an article en-
Tilted "Mistzkes we make with men," IN
which II IL set forth thai women should
not be too vivacious because men may IN
tha~ case think them frivolous. nor too
softer because mau do not Ike oyeg-ser.-
BUSINESS.
They should not be very intellectual
because men prefer TO believe themselves
The mental suporiors OF women. nor too
duh, because no man admires a stupid wo-
iran. A woman should not require too
many small attentions from her admirers.
should not scold her mother in the pres
snce Of the other sex. should not laugh TOO
much yet be careful always 10 laugh at
the right time. should reither appear too
inexperienced nor too bIase. should dis
play coquesry enough to attract, and
not enough to repei
remember reading about a gentleman
who thought women should never eat in
tine presence nj tina other sex because IT,
disturbed ones idea Of = womzn's spirttu-
atty to see her cat. All women should take
warning by this. and rsfTatn from eating
when me1 are present. lest they should or
fend some mans aesthetic yerse. I know
. man who objects 10 any and every wo-
that way there must undoubtedly os 9TH
ers who share his distasse. therefore Is 1t
not obvious that black dresses should be
worn freely only In a nssghhoraood where
approval Of them has been expressed by \
majority vote OF all the resident males
and even ffen. s.nce there are men who
prefer black dresses TO all others. every
woman should SIT At the cross roads of life
and inquire siistractediy OF her inner con-
ss-sousness whether she does not make the
mistake of a lifetime in wearing coiors.
heard man say the other day that he
could never marry woman who rode a
wheel. and I reflected sadly as he spoke
that there were at that moment female
cyclists all over the country spinning
along In Joy Of heart and never realizing
that some man on every street corner
might he In his heart rejecting their afYec-
tons and sealing their matrimonial doom.
Life. Viewed in this light. becomes a
black and mysterious problem. and gains
an added solemn'ty from the fact that a
woman may walk softly ali her days, may
obscure her natural briilsancy. deny her
appetite. refrain from the innocent recrea-
ton OF scoiding her mother in company
and spend her hours in unremitting en-
deavos TO render herself agreeable 20 men
and yet no man shall smile upon her.
while her sister who does al things which
women have been warned TO avoid. shall
more love bestowed upon her than she
knows what 70 do with. Why these things
are 30 no man knoweth. any more than he
knows why the wind bloweth whore IL
igsf~sh.
IT Is one Of the objections urged against
the higher education OF women that such
education makes them more independent
of men. Let us thank Heaven that some
element IL coming into the lives of women
which viii tend TO cure them OF such dead
" conpaas-ssfce: and let us hope that as
she cure begins 10 develop tlse correspond
racs columns OF newspapers will receiv e
fewer communications beginning like this:
Il have n gentleman friend Of whom am
very fond. bur sometimes fear that he IL
do 10 gain his affections
AZ the mature age OF II years l began to
write novel. This mighty enterprise was
secret. because | feared that the olde r
members Of my family might scosr at some
~ the romantic and sentimental ideas
therein embodied. therefore. / concealed
the manuscript IN the hidden drawer OF an
ed desk in the room where I was wont 10
play, and there, years agterward I found
u. and read its caliow pages with deep
tey. The heroine of this tale Was the Lady
Estsiis. - named because she was born
90 De enc star OF some mans destiny
There was enc scene which took mace
while the Lady Estclsa WAS residing tenn
rorsrtiy at her estate N Devonshire. and
after she bad met LORD Alfred Hamilton.
youth ~Fho united in his io-ssly person all
tssess trsnsr@ndent qualities wsach go 10
make up hero. The tale read ike sht~.
TIE LAZY Estells was wandering IDLY
through tire Beautiful gia9es OF her mag
slslisent park: but though she was in or
binary nos~ss an ensAn~sa~tfc sdrnsrer q,
tire hsassstes of nature she was rot think
snx row of the dancing ssirArauas or Of tire