Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-01-07
New Advantages of Women.

s New Advantages of Women.
 le We must not for q moment lose
 4 the fact that the generations of
 who have vanished into the dim
 d the past were many of them
 Wiyes mothers, sisters and daugh-
 is fact not to be disputed that
 Eero in the very nature of things
 ut from many of the advantages
 leseendants enjoy and had not the
 vithal to accomplish certain ends
 ge possible to the women of the
 at generation.
 the betterment and brightening of
 one is the chief end of woman-a
 sition that no intelligent person
 ream of questioning-then today's
 maker and homekeeper enjoys the
 | distinction of standing far above
 ancestors ill opportunities for better
 and elevating that beautiful realm which the home queen is supposed
 ign supreme.
 If century ago medical scientist
 bred that there was but little use in
 Drs trying to decrease infant mortal ghile the mothers clung to old the
 and traditions and refused to ac-
 the better conditions that science discoveries were placing within If reach. Overnice mothers washed little lives out of their babies be- E they fancied that cleanliness WAS
 to godliness, and they suffered the
 children to go into the kingdom
 aven ill battalions and foated them lg with tears, the physician s advice #aders to the contrary notwithstand- # Those who leaned to the other ex- @ae neglected their little ones, and g died of diseases induced by dirt aearelessness or kept the children i'll #aheated rooms until they became su- aJnsitive and died at the very slight | exposure.
 Ignorance compounded elements that fle heterogeneous and sometimes aotu- lly poisonous and weiit into mourning 'ad refused to be comforted when afough its own blind laundering its wed ones were taken from it's arms. blowing in the footsteps of those who snt before it, minimizing obedience to stom presided at the family board and epared dishes that entailed suffering d sorrow not only upon the partakers' t upon generations yet unborn. Sanl- lion and hygiene were as Greek to the craze household, and whole families re swept away by maladies that ragged a plague.
 And no one seemed to know the reason y After time few women began fake an interest in outside things that 10 intimately connected with the ar IS of their households. They studied ,kbooks and learned the philosophy l chemistry of food They took up subjects of sanitation and hygiene, |, once mastered, they applied the nciples to the daily life and arrange nts of their households. The results re so pleasing and the conditions re so much improved that they felt to proclaim from the very lsetops the good tidings of great joy to all people.
 The sewing society was too limited as eld for disseminating such informa- n, and the club was the next thing in er.
 And now all well regulated women's bs deal i'll a more or less comprehen- \ fashion with all matters pertaining be household and the health, happi- s and prosperity of it's members. All things new and of good report are oussed, tried and reported on, and the ne of the sensible clubwoman IS bet ordered, more healthful, brighter. ter, cleaner and more permeated With spirit of right living than she who