The courier., 1901-11-09

reiiiarkapie natural insight into tho
needs of human nature, together v.;,,
unusually favorable opportunitv g.
the study of young women. Miss Xvi.
was peculiarly fitted to speak ON ;,
subject, THE Young Woman NJ p
day, and Her Relation to the How,
the Future" Said Miss Kyle in n,r,
The question before us is one aho,,.
which much theory has been evnorrl
ed. 1t is a fact that an incraasino,,
large number of young women are TAI,
ing advantage of the superior educo
tion facilities in America. Witbor.
considering industrial advantages Or
disadvantages, We know that tbass
economic changes are producing alarm
ing social changes. In the last cansr,
100000 women We're found to be work.
ing outside the home. This must mean
however slow we are to confess il .
working away from the home and ,ts
ideals. OF these 5000, 1000 women Some
are working for their daily bread 9TH
ers to add to their wardrObes. Others
especially among the educated women
have the desire to be independent to
have careers of their own. This las
named class or division is the growing
one, and home must present more do
mestic charm and less of drudgery if
these richly-endOwed young women are
to be won to it as Offering the ideal
happiness. Let loose into sudden free
dom the pendulum has swung a little
too far, and now wise women must ad-
just a happy balance.
rs it true that college units a girl
for domestic life? Is it true that mar
riage is becoming less and less at
tractive to a cOllege-bred girl? col
lege education would be a questionable
gift if it worked only discomfort with
later home life. Cannot a womans
home life be enriched by college cul-
ture? Is laboriOus housework a neces-
sary evil? 1t is useless to deny a GER
yam VI vi ulStIy Dul uLSN4-
pline and practice of self-control ought
to make a young woman more capable
of taking up the routine of home
with intelligence and grace. 1t is not
so much the routine of house work that
breaks a woman down as the inability
to bring within her reach something in
structive and refreshing. If a college
girl is unfit for domestic life it is be-
cause she cannot adapt herself from
one environment to another. The col
lege course may train the mind, but it
can scarcely create a love for domestic
lty. 1t may teach domestic science, but
it cannot teach students that they
must not go about with holes in their
stockings or leave their beds unmade
from the time they rise until they get
into them again.
In the majority of cases the secret
of lack of adaptation may be traced I"
home training. Many girls may be
found in the colleges with previous
training which it will be hard to over
come, even by the intellectual discipline
Of college.
There is a peculiar lack of polse
among young women. A hurry-a-
rush over tension intellectually, too
much going, too little of a quiet time
in ones home getting acquainted with
the family There is a certain care
lessness arising perhaps from a sense
Of new freedom-a carelessness when
manifests itself not only in ones room
and dress, but in action; it is lack
If poise which prompts the swinging
stride so often SEEN
ack of poise which prevents youhs
from respectful conduct to per
sons older than themselves, or even
rom civil greetings one with another.