The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
|PiCh American Girls.
Julian Hawthorne Describes Qualities That Make
Woman Desirable as a Wife.
WEALTH AND FORMATION OF CHARACTER.
Rich Young Americans Contrasted With Foreign Aristoeats
in the Matrimonial Market.
ByJULIAN HAWTHORNE.
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NEW YORK, Dec. S.-To know how to
carry on a household and to keep her
a-no1,1edee alive by practice Is good for
. woman and blessing for every one else
in the house, from the husband to the
sc,,;ierv maid. A woman should be able
to sew we'll and to understand how to
cut out and fit her own dresses, though.
II she can afford a dress-nlaker, let her
by all means employ one. She should
qualify herself TO be not only kind
mother but a wise one-makns a enoT-
ough study OF hygiene and learning some
thing about physiology and therapeutics,
so as not to get ratified il there be no doc
tor at hand She should he honestly IA
mfliar with good literature. and know and
sneak her own language Well. even II
she study no other. 1t can do her no
harm either to have mastered elementary
science and to keep abreast mot TOO AM
bitiously) of scientific progress iih.S '
she should develop her BODY, not eAces-
syely, but Systematically, by exercise oue-
doors and in, eat healthy food and De ia
n,tfcai,v immaculate in her person. SUCH
a woman will make a desirable VIE,
whether she be rich or poor, plain or
beautiful
SOME DRAWBACKS.
On the other hand. not all women can
fulfil these requirements, owing, IN some
cases, to outward, in others to inward
,umstances But the former are much
less ant to ibe inhibitive than the latter
Innate fll-temper, sloth and slovenliness.
stupidity. shallowness. hishtineSS-these
are nearly fatal qualities in any walk OF
life. Rut a girl with character and good
will can be proficient in all the accom-
plishments I have named, even If she be
Door and ill-situated- Wealth, on tne
contrary, may not prevent a born 1901 or
flah hon n
her nature: and no doubt it may happen
that a girl who might have been at least
ha rmless had she lived in moderate cir
c,,mstances may be lured by the tempta-
ton OF riches to spoil herself. But not
often. I think
Miss Helen Gould may be selected as
one of the best types OF young Womanhooc
living The only drawback for Miss Gouid
or any other great heiress is that there
is hardly any male being she can trust
enough to feel safe IN becoming his wife.
A man hitherto honest may be trans
formed into a fortune-hunter by a girl like
that
Marriage. a doubtful risk under the most
equal conditions. becomes a madcap haz-
ard for heireSses. 1t is surprising no" OF
ten they have been. to all appearances,
fairly successful. Mary Letter tLaav Cur
zon) is reputed 10 be happy. and she GER
tainlv makes a good yice-reine. The case
Of Consuelo vanderbilt who undertook the
rehabilitation ~of the Marlboroughs, ap-
nears satisfactory. Concerning MISS Mar
tin lady Craven; Catherine Godaaru'
nov: Princess Poniatowski; Clara hunting
ton. VINO married Prince Won Hatzfeldt.
and many others, sufficient data for pass
ing Judgment is lacking.
AS TO WEALTH
But. generally considered, there Is no
GOOD reason why wealth should not prove
beneficial to women. 1t is more likely
than formerly to prove so, because we