Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-07-26

The history Of learned women, with
that of their works, Is a subject that
awaits the historian. There have been
learned women in many ages; one is
tempted to compare their learning
with that of the scholars, their contem.
poraries. The following are few Of
the unfamiliar ones that will bear un.
earthing. Hrotsvitha, the 10th centu.
ny Terence; Teresa Of Spain, and Ma.
ria Schurmann, Anoinette Bourignon
OF Flanders, La Mere Jeanne Juana
Inex de la Cruz-what about all these
illustrious danes? Why should they
sleep in oblivion?
Antoinette Bourigroh indited TWEEN.
ty volumes with her own fair fingers,
and Maria Schurmann wrote a philo.
sophical treatise proving mat the fe.
male mind is as capable of learning
and of science as that of the other
sex; but In these days who would take
the trouble either to write or to reaa
such a treatise? She fell into mysri.
cism in her old age, and had strange
passion of eating spiders; but every.
thing must be permitted to genius.
Then there was Juana Inez de Ia
Cruz. She was a Mexican, and one
has never before or since heard Of auy
genius of learning coming from the
quarter between California and Texas
and the Terra del Fuego. 1t is a.
large, attractive country, with a good
many people, among whom there
seems to be neither learning, nor sci.
ence, nor art, nor genius. However,
Juana showed the way. While still
young she disputed wi tn the scholars
of Mexico on equal terms. She wrote
poems in several quarto volumes; the
critics seem agreed that the lady's
verses are conspicuous for elegance,
but are deficient in energy.
AS for La Mere Jeanne she was q
Venetian, and not a poet, but the Gu.
thor of new system, which she her.
self-no one could know the fact so
well as herself-declared to be in.
spired. In this system she assigned
the dominion of the world 70 woman
instead OF man.
Other learned ladies occur to one
Olympia, Morata, Nine. Decier, Anna
Commend, and, above all. Mile. de Sou
derry, who wrote forty.siX works, long
and copious, all with her own hand,
and was allowed ninety.four volumes.
large and corpulent, for the task. Ev.
erybody knew all about her Saturdays,
how the wits assembled and read to
each other their immortal verses; how
rival Saturdays were set up by other
poets equally immortal; an unfortu.
nate rivalry which is inevitable with
literary circles. Her figure belongs
to the whole of the 18th century Of
Paris. She was not fair to outward
view as other maidens be-which vas
perhaps one reason why she retained
her power.
Literary Women Of Today.
With a literary woman of today
there is a tradition that she neglects
her house; that her children run wild
and bring themselves up; that her
house is cheerless place, to be avoid.
'u laAl'l NlldH Nlolltus nut us woman
has advanced, the literary woman of
today is clever enough to make a name
for herself in the outside world and
pay close attention to her household
affairs as we'll.
Nowadays" said Mrs. ]. C. Croly,
widely known as Jennie June"
housekeeping Is done for you. It is
so different from the old times, when
the housekceper did everything for
herself"
Miss jeanette l.. Glider, author and
associate editor of the Critic, orce
said; Il am very much interested in
housekeeping. My family consists of
myself and niece. make out the me.
nus do the marketing and am as reg.
ular as clockwork in my home life."
Mrs. Burton Harrison thinks any
woman Of executive ability and deter.
mination can write and keep house at
the same time, and she is a living
proof of her belief.