Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-03
DEPARTMENT
MABEL H. poMERoY, EDITOR.
Then and Now.

Rousseau declares that a woman
should never, for a moment, feel her
self independent, that she should be
governed by fear, to exercise her nat
ural cunning, and make coquesish
slave in order to render her more
alluring object of desire, a s'veeter
companion to man, whenever he
chooses to relax himself. He carries
the arguments, which he pretends to
draw from the indications OF nature,
still further, and insinuates that
truth and fortitude, the corner stones
of ell human virtue, should be cult
waited with certain restrictions, be-
cause with respect to the female
character, obedience Is the grand les-
son which ought to be impressed with
unrelenting vigor Rousseau and
most Of the male writers who have
followed his steps have warmly in
culcated that the whole tendency
OF female education ought to be d.
rected to one point; to render women
pleasing.
"The amiRble DR.. Gregory fell in
to a similar error lie advises his
daughters to cultivate a fondness for
dress, because fonGness for dress,
he asserte, is natural to them. He
goes much further; he actually rec
commends discrimination, and advises
an innocent girl to give the lie to her
feelings and not dance with spirit,
when gaiety of heart would make
her feet eloquent without making her
gestures immodest."
In 1898 the Grand Rapids Press
publishes an editorial from which the
following are extracts:
The lives of nine-tenths of our
great men havs been shaped by the
silent influence of a woman, therefore
how necessary woman should have
influence and individuality.
In order to manage a husband you
must be perfectly able TO manage
yourself. The oak and the vine the
DRY is quagmire; steer clear Of 1T
When you are once able to correctly
manage yourself / venture to say the
husband will fall gracefully into line.
First Of all keep your individuality
Individuality swallowed up III matri-
mony either makes a fool or q friend
of one or the other Of the contracting
parties, depending on which one gest
swallowed. Remember that two
souls with but single thought, two
hearts that beat as one" does not
mean that one soul is going to do all
the work, but rather that their hopes,
aims, plans are one, but they will ex-
ecute them according to their own
ideas and Municipalities.
Now to manage yourself, under
stand your capabilities and make the
most of them. Never tire of self-im-
provement. Then the husband, after
you are in this condition, will ba
pleased, fascinated and interested
and you will have an Influence
which is lasting enough to keep him
interested.
NOTES OF WOMEN
Lady Henry Somerset who is still
confined at Esstnor Castle through
her injuries from being thrown from
her carriage sometime ago, is not
able to do any active work for the
temperance cause Lady Henry
Somerset will have the sympathy OF
all good people at this time, while
she is temporarily unable to continue
her devoted labors. Another tribute
TO this estlmable woman is given by
one OF the leading men of the liberal
party, who, while presiding over a
meeting to strengthen the candidacy
of Henry Somers somerset, for par
llsment, said that at present very
little was known Of MIR. Somerset,
but they sll revered his esteemed
mother, Lady Henry Somerset, who
had done much for the uplifting Of
fallen humanity. He was not aware,
he said, of anyone who had put her
self to such inconvenience to help
those who could not help themselves
Madame Peskovs was recently dec
Grated by the emperor of Austria in
acknowledgement of her work for
women. She is the second woman OF
Austria to receive a medal from the
emperor, and has lately been the OBJ