Deming headlight., 1897-05-14
THE NEW WOMAN.

hcnrt. Tint wae why the dart hyod Mas
hfuNn smiled.
When aho had hung % tho nlmy fsovh
. ID kicked N The hilh heclcd slippers
and was nitlfcd ~ n lrneslnr gown und
knitted, nhnprlcsa fuoiannr. nhe WIS gtlll
smiling hhp brushed her hair aud loaked
nt horfolf critically.
"a am certainly hnticr looking than
was" she mufmurud nrpseclntlvrly. "nnd
! know how % make tho ninst Of my
ohaFmU hettpr than | dli. 1hla rlnh thlnn
d bocumlnn lie must DO younger than l.
it'a almost mean Tor ne 10 lct myself iaa.
cihnio him, Thos1 Ctfmana nfo 90 ~.
mantle. They nrc nnt lllpuant. cold blucd.
ci things like nur men. Here hiIs.
Browns dark oyoa looked s0mbcE and
abe fiarcd fur second % q photograph
on her tahic. Then her fnce briRhtcnrd
again, and aho went ou IN her reflections,
III II were purely personal mnt1eF."
sliu decided, 81 almply would MOI do Il,
but Il Is not p8rf9nnl Those foreigners
are really IN a state nf painful lan1rnnco
about ihe Ameglcan woman. ! dare not
any they think Girl who has brnn 10 col.
lego can't be fascinating For nc 10 prove
u tho handsome iicrf von Ehrrn that We
cnn DO All things 20 nll mon will bo really
q patriotic net, ylndlcatlun OF the now
woman, triumph over tho lin1en hnlred,
Madonna faxed, cicfnhlly LnittiuR Ideal.
Still, of course, Il mustn't bn allowed 20
ggt tuc serious don't want BIN shoot.
Ing hlnecf or me.
With thla charitable conclusion Miss
Brown climbed Into the big four posted
bed which allied the lnrnrr part 0f her
room IN tho old homestead where sho WINS
spending the summer and fcll %; onuo INTO
tho refreshing sleep which comes oappoinl-
" 20 thoa0 wi.uro minds afu free from
guile.
In pursuance Of hcr patriotic plan Miss
Brown pcfiaiitcd the young German, with
tho handsome, bo5ish favn and the courtly
nls, 20 DO her constant attendant overy.
whero Ho seemed to like tho position
flis eyes sought her place the instant he
entered the dining r0nin. n abe started
out for a rnmhlo, ho always apranR 10 Der
tldc, and with his foreign mir of dcforcnue
and humility begged pcrmisalon 10 acrpn.
pany her. Evciy one about tho place no
ticed aud amlled nt the young man nn
parent infatuntion.
Miss Brown played her part exceeding.
" we'll Sho was clever young woman
and mover allowed the youth a hocomo too
personal or too sentiment Sho told him
nbout her college life, m ho scomcd ~
never weary of her tales. She discussed
every thing with him from tho cinsaics TO
clamhnkcs and from poetry 90 politics
Sho was one of thu few young women wha
could do this IN a way that would inrpiro
tho fcrpcct VI a man who know much ON
thee subjects, hut who wna unacclsstomed
70 women who know anything outalde
the purely feminine realm.
IL was hcfUra the evening TINT hIlss
Bfewr Tied 20 instruct Mr. Won Ehren IN
the bcnutles Of Browning that ahn decided
20 atop playing with nro. She did not fcnF
10 hcrsclfi but, nn Ahc put lt conscience
not quito outgrowr kept her from Bntting
real enjoyment out Of oshcr ptople'h ngp-
Mica. AMI thu courtiy, slow speaking
young mnn had really soainod TO her un.
III that evening 20 DO approaching the
stage of neony.
~ cannot understand your nrowninr, "
DO said n his deep voice, with tho marked
German accent which all the summer
bonrdcrs found 70 delightful. 'Whnt Is
Il which ho means BY such things hs this,
Whore he stands the nrUh fear IN a. |.
bio foru, yet tho atrong man must got
"Oh, you have been reading prosDlcn
have your raid Mr. Won Ehrvn'a guido.
lic means death, ~ course"
II understand cottcr tho ross. The rest
- very hcaut fnl, Neid ho, and he began
10 quote H. Hut Miss Drown dihn't want
20 hear "Oh, thou soul OF my soull'' even
with tho quotatlou marks, 80 she stopped
hin.
well, n may not be permitted 10
speak Of that " fnid tho gcntlcmnn nhliQ.
lnrly, may nsk your permission to read
tho llttlo poem nnd here, Onu Way 70
Loycf You might kindly clacidato that, -
But Miss Brown didn't carv 20 hear thu
poem.
"Ah," said Mr, Won rhren. 1T Is not
20 we love. When We have missed this
heaven, wo do net say, Those who win
heaven, bicat nro they We love othor
wisa"
"You nro stlil werthera over thero, I
imagine, . fnid Miss Brown lightly, rising
/ a. che spoke.
Pardon mo. . raid the young man, ris.
ing also, II ! ask you what inny srnm TO
YOU meat lmpcrtlnont question. You
have told me and shown mo much about
America ana American ways. VIII you
not tell mo how Il Is that American won
en- luvoi"
Herr von Ehfcn must nsk q more cx.
pcricnccd American woman than that
question" answered hilss nrown, with a
certain dienlty. Sho was annoyed. II The
man was guing 20 mike an idiot Of him.
self, II would DO disgusting
Il n not, pliraurd ho, "as nur women
do. ! am convinced 0i that. You arc all
different, Yuu"--
II IL subject on which one cannot
Rencrallxc, " broke IN Mlaa Brown quito
enftly, aud on which wn most certainly
/ do not wish 10 pHrliculafizc. ! think
there's q fog coming Ia"
Tho grauioln wishca tho subject chang
cd" hnaardod tho German, smiling 81
Miss brown IA peculiarly Irritating
way. . But before We leave " may not
psk hcr congratulations that know about
/ che German ways ol iovinRf
Miss Brown for tho nuihcnt was almost
staggered, but before tho dofipan had .
chance % observe thai she had ftcofofod
herself sufficiently 10 sngi
'Ah, " IA ~ SUSPECTED. Indeed DO
congratulate you. Aud Il ale flaxen
haired niadehcnt'
NJ Won firen kindly Feye brief do
eoriptlon Of tho young woman who WIZ
waiting for him 10 finish his frnvhls. nnc
Miss hruwn struggled desperately ~ think
whnt had BEEN tho s1cFct'of bis devotion
70 heraclf.
sho never know until the next wlntoi
whom thero enino q marked copy Of q Ger
man magazine 10 her containing q ,cry
delightful article on "Thc Now Woman
In Amcrlcn," BY Professor sciglnund Won
Ehrcn. -Exchnngo.
Eueky.