The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-18
BRIGHT MRS. WILCOX
Writes Entertainingly on FadS
of Women.
MUST POSSESS IDEALS
Because She Talks So Much
About Them.

New York, Aug. 16.-In the New York
Journal Ella Wheeler Wilcox writes:
The restless spirit of the age has pro-
duced and is producing various types OF
women at once curious and interesting 10
a student Of human nature.
When I say interesting 1 mean the word
as would in its application to a peculiar
vegetable growth or an eccentric plant.
There is, for instance. the woman with
high ideals" She must possess them.
because she talks so much about them.
She has a horror Of the commonplace
and of the crude The majority Of human
beings annoy her with their elemental.
undeveloped natures. She is always seek
ing for rare souls with thigh ideals" ike
her own. She despises society and the
individuals who compose it, and she feels
unutterable contempt for money makers.
Any kind of art which pays the bills OF
the artist she considers vulgar art for
arts sake is her cry, and poverty Is pic
turesque and the abdge OF a great soul
This is what she says. Yet nowhere cen
you find. look as you may in the most
worldly and frivolous circles, a woman
who is a greater toady 10 the smart
set or ultra fashionables than this crea-
ture of high IDEALS Let her meet one
OF the social leaders IN the most casual
manner, and she will drag the occurrence
into the conversation on every possible
occasion. and should she receive an invi-
tation to any smart function and she
would fly to It with the eagerness OF
debutante and talk more knowingly than
ever afterward Of her utter indifference
to society.
Greatly as she despises money, she is
ever ready to accept its benefits in the
way OF hospitality from those who pos
sess II. and all the pleasures and distrac-
tons which wealth offers she Is more
tan willing to share.
Yer she is forever discoursing upon her
high ideals" Of life and begging Us poor
mundane mortals to 6espise money and
position and to ignore gain II we would
be worthy Of the smile Of art.
The young woman who Is ambitious for
fame, but who Possesses no perseverance
and no genius Is peculiar 20 the present
day. Genius without perseverance makes
but a sorry showing, yet Il frequently
does find recognition for some one
achievement. A book. a poem. A picture
may fash upon the world Of art Ike a
comet through the sHcs. attracting all
eyes temporarily. But unless It - an
Elegy or a Sistine Madonna. the fame Of
It's creator Is not lasting II no later
achievements follow.
Talent even mere ability. coupled with
persistency Of purpose and industry, ac-
composites more than this spasEsodic sort
O, genius
know talented women today who crave
celebrity with a thirst that seems un-
puenchabie. yet They w1n not work f5r g.
They frftter their time in 4 thousand and
one foolish and worthless WAYS ard de-
pend upon the personal columns ~ news
papers and magazines 20 exploit their past
and 20 keep their names
among the Hst % celebrities One has
written a song. one has painted a picture.
one & the author q a book ard picture
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