The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-06
A LITTLE CHAT
WITH THE WOMEN
Dame burden Tells of Cooks and
MatrimOny.
SHOULD WOMEN PROPOSE ?
Does Not Think This Would LOOK wei
in Southern Beauties - The Hus-
band at Home These summer
Days-Thc Woman's Congress-
SHOULD WOMEN PROPOSE +?

man. II re.,,ires work 10 be an uD-to-
/ date woman. even IN such a prosalc helu
az housekeeping. In the good old days,
/ YOU selected your cook because or her
, recommendations as "A good bread-maher'
! or because of her good-natufed express
J sion. or the tidiucss OF her appearance.
, but 10 select your cook according 10 mod
I ern ideas, you must be a student 81
] "palmistry." what on earth has palms.
try 10 do with co0k.ng?" YOU ask. Every
/ thing You make the wOuld-be cook hold
out her hand and judge her cap1nili-
/ ties acc0idingly. II you would know
/ whether cookie" s. eXtravagdnt or
economical look at her fingers. If the nm
gers bend back the tendency IS 10 eN-
/ travagance. and 81 they turn inward to-
ward The palm. she VIII be saving. II her
hand Is plump and the fingers wen punt
+ on the palm. She Will ike good things
TO cat and is most probably u sopd
/ cook. III the fingers are thin 40 the pas
B and not well fitted on the aalm' don't
employ her: she Is not a good cook THESE
are two of the simplest rules. nut worn
10 the wise is sufficient. and doubIess
/ the coOkiup-ciass NJ next winter VIII IN
/ clude "a short course I'm palmistry' MIS-.
Rous tells MS how 20 select good cuts OF
meat, So why shouldn't young housewives
be taught how TO select good cooks
SHALL a WOMAN PROPOstF
] II seems a FAR cry" from cooking 10
/ matrimOny. but they are closely connect
I ell I'm most masculine minds You know
/ owen Merodith's famous coupet.
/ "He may live without loye-what is pas
sion but pining?
! But where IS the man that can live
without dining
You Fnow the rest
! Tho PARTICULAR though, In my mind just
now IS the recent discussion which has
been going the rounds. shall Inc W0-
man pronosc?' such authorities as Mrs.
/ Elizabeth Cady stanton and Mrs. Lille
/ DcyereN Flake and even Dr. Hartland
I Law. of san FrarciscO, sure-enough
/ masculine man (but he Is married.. be-
! lieve that the privilege of proposing
/ should belong equally TO the woman as
well as TO the man. Mrs. stanton adds
/ the condition that the woman should be
/ independent and sclf-supu
She says: eff woman should have a
house ana bank account then she
( would have perfect right 10 propose.
/ l believe that all women should try 10 be
/ self-suup1ruuc. IL there should be more
/ independence Of spirit. women would not
occupy the inferior position that they
do. But for a woman without indenend-
/ emit means 20 propose is simply q case Of
! a person asking another TO clothe, ieeu'
/ and house her.
! believe in women having al the reEts
! the want but J don believe chat SOUTH
/ ern women want % add TO their other
/ burdens, the responsibility Of asking n
man 20 marry them. Dear me. what
would we do without that favorite bit
/ Of sarcasm that is used I'm many time
/ Of matrimonial nced-"I didn't ask YOU
/ 20 marry me 1t is almost as effective
/ as that pet arrow OF wOmankind. Il told
/ YOU So" Sometimes men have been
( known to make use Of this latter express
/ sion and 10 would Doe a reckless yield
! ing of Woman's privileges 10 place the
other I'm their hands. Then, I'm charitys
| name think in what state Of anxiety
! the "chappies' would be! Poor creatures.
Every one OF them thinks that at least
/ twenty love-sick maidcns' are signing
/ for him. The dear things wouldn't have
I a bit Of peace OBJ their little minds. The
/ real man doesn't want any maid asking
/ him % marry her. He prefers 20 20 his
wooing I'm the good old way and that's
/ good enough for any sensible woman
/ Let's wait until "hc' asks MS. girls.
FOR WIFE-BEATERs.
But there is "a question being widely
/ discussed in which / believe that women
/ should be interested, and that IS the re-
/ vival Of the whipp.ng-post for wife-beat-
/ ers
Governor Roosevelt, the gallant "Ted-
/ dy." has started a crusade against the
/ wfe-beater, and has many supporters,
among them Judge Fallow, of Boston.
/ They are both i'm favor of the revival of
/ the public tagging for this particular
crime. and they certainly have the moral
/ support of an the women IN this great
land.
mis- is the time Of separation for many
husbands and wives and 1t might be
/ well for us. whose husbands DO not beat
/ us, to do little thinking on our own
I account. We are away from the city lol-
! ling I'm hammocks, and indulging in
little harmless CD gossip. IN rocking
chairs under the trees. while 'the only
3 man" IS at home. working for us. But
perhaps he IS enjoying his uuiet home
/ Perhaps his solitary breakfast with The
. Times for companion, is refreshing con-
/ trast 20 the family breakfast with the
! CRYING fretful children and a wife who
! doesn't care how she looks AZ the table,
and doesn't care whether the bread IS
/ burnt or the coffee cold, and even
| brave man like Dewey couldn't stand
! luke-warm coffee. Perhaps that IS your
| usual time 10 discuss your financial diff
| fculties, and the request please give
me some money 10 90 shopping" or II
| have spent all the housekeeping money
and the month rs only half gone" are not
] pleasant SOUNDS 10 the husband, who has
| probably made some personal sacrifice TO
make your allowance as liberal as DOS
sible. Down in our hearts is the desire
| 10 be missed. so letg go home resolved 10
do better Let's come down neat and
| tidy 10 breakfast try TO manage our
household affairs and our finances better,
| and give the "only man. cheerful bit OF
] homo life 10 start him on his days work.
| Finally. If disagreeable topics must be
| discussed. don't let's have them for
| breakfast. The average American man
| has very little time 20 enjoy his home
| life. and therefore we should try TO make
! that little delightful. To make a charm
| ing home IS a work not to be desolsed.
| and While I am heartily in favor Of high
! or education for women. do believe that
| the title Of "home-maker' In its truest
sense Is worth more than half the let
tiers OF the alphabet strung after wo-
mans name
THE WONlAN'S CONGRESS.
| The Womans Congress In London has
been much discussed, and issue has been
/ taken az TO whether IL was a success or
| not. Mrs Sarah Hackett Stevenson, writ
| ing TO The Chicago Times-Herald. does
not seem doubtful. at least as to the
| cordially Of the reception OF the dele
gates. She writes as follows:
'It seems almost incredible that
| handful Of women. a possible 90, should
| avon attract n raaefncr notice among the