The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-02-19
THE COMING WOMAN.

aoufuppc1 ~ ~ hoT sotsAiv Ans7 ~ sA@o
aftrnoon, although be ives quite aware
that she preferred to receive him ID tho
evening In the fat which she shared with
her sister artist.
she was alone and tired. Her sitter
she was portrait painter-had just gone,
and she vas In the act Of making cup Of
tee for her own use.
The tea table was an inviting one. The
little kettle purred cozily. She handled
the tea ball gracefully with pretty and ex-
pressiye hands. He sat on the edge Of his
chair and stared at her miserably over the
top of his teacup. When he broke his mo-
rose silence, 1t was to remark, with rude
didacticism:
1.-THE popularity of the teakettle and the
chatting dish In good society seems to me
q graceful recognition by women of the
charm that housewifely cares still have for
them. The kitchen is so attractive that
even the drawing room cannot dispense
with its graces. A woman who is barred
out of her kitchen by French chef will
still cling to the privilege Of using her
chatting dish, and In her case 1t is beauti-
full and significant that 1t should be so,
butt He hesitated a moment.
"well?" asked she politely.
81 don't See what from that point of
view, you are doing with q teakettle. You
have abjured all that it stands for. You
have found something better than the do
nestle life"
He cndeavored to speak with that phil
osophic calm which should impart the fla
yor of imporsonality to what he said, but
there was bitterness In his tone.
"That Is nonsense, - responded the wom-
nm of genius GROSSLY, for her work had not
gone we'll that day. "Tea tables are pop
ular because women need stimulus and
chatting dishes because men like substan-
tial nourisbment. 1 certainly have not alb
iured food. Personally 1 adore domestic
life and I like 1t all the more from the
fact that 1t is not the only career open to
me. In general 1t adds the element of
grace to the life and of graciousness to the
woman when she takes up that form of
existence, not because 1t is the only form,
brt becanse N 10 the eweetest of all -
"Those are yery pretty yiews--very pref
IT," he remarked gloomily "but l have
not observed that you practiced them. 1t
isn't OF any particular avail for salvation
to assent with ones intellect to any ortho-
dox doctrine while ones actions arc still
heretic. You have refused the things that
are the best Of ALL"
"Who said had refused themp" she de-
mapded impatiently. "You wouldn't have
me marry the wrong man Just to show
that my views upon the woman question
were conservative, would your"
"That is an easy thing to say, but you
know you will never find the right one"
She looked at him-a curious, measured,
wondering gaze. There was scorn in 1t,
but was it ali scornp "No," she said slow
w. at am NOT emancipated enough for
that, I intend to let him find me, even
though we play at hide and seek together
all onr days,n 1t was rather difficult for
this man to admit an important idea off
hand into his mind, but something in her
voice stirred him SO that he sprang to his
feet
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- tha COMMUNICATION of love and art
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knon wave under tho f,isadvantage If NOT
ha;n, ,,,odarn ,vhon +bev tried tn dc tbings
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th ny 10 ,,orhons iny;sihie nressuro The
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