Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-09-08
W0MAN'S HIGHEST
POSSIBLE PLACE
Queen of ROumOnia Wisely
Discusses The Vexed Woman
Problem
ABILITY AND RANK GIVE FORCE

1t has come to pass that women
would strive to manifest their mental
powers in other kinds of work. and
by another sort of intellectual culture
than that which formerly proved all.
sufficient for their own haDDiness
ana for the training of their children
me present is, as we know, an epoch
Oh transition, and change, in which
men are finding out, among other
Things, that they have been accutomed
10 look upon women too much as their
property, treating them as mere plav-
lhInSs, that they have been accustomed
paIloh IN thelr counsels, and decis-
lohs' above all, falling to accord TO
the VIE and mother that reception
"hich Is her due, as the SOU and en-
ter OF family life, the guiding spirit
n true guardian of the home. 70
winch the husband and father. as the
Dfeadwinner, brings active material
support.
Later on these difficulties doubtless
VIII disappear, when women. having
acquired their so-called rights. and
having insisted on earning their own
liVlhg~ Tor a time, will have gained
experience by their own mistakes, and
lhen by a series of mutual conces-
siohs, the situation will simplify itself
10 allow That the mans work shan
once moTe-sutfice for the maintenance
or the family, while to the wife leis.
ure will be left for the intellectual
training of her children, and she will
no longer he reduced to o~ccupving
herself merely with their physical wei.
rare, although, after all. rightly tn
manage ones household is in itself
no small merit and involves endless
trouble. 1t is rather the desire of
knoWledge than the actual sun Of
knowledge a woman possesses that
VIII mt her to give her children the
spiritual ~sustenance for which they
look to her.
The material aspect of life has
grown much more complicated in our
DAY, and it is a great pity that Wa
cannot IN some respects return TO
the simplicity of former times. If
only people could content themselves
win the fruits Of the earth. with
bread and vegetables for their daily
rare, how easily might men provide
lor their families. If only women did
not require such costly toilettes they
would never be under the necessity
OF working for their own living. For
the presnt state of things men are
perhaps in the first instance TO blame
since they have ENCOURAGED women
TO become so frivolous and .exacting
put the great fault lies with the WON.
en- themselves, whose eXtrayagance
makes them demand such great sac.
rlflces from their husbands.
After all, country life would ALWAYS
be the true ideal to pass ones DAYS.
peacefully, on ones land. whose pro,
duce should suffice for simpler whole.
some food, to allow the style or ones
dress to be regulated rather by ones
own artistic taste and regard for
health and comfort than by the die.
tates of fashion, and, u~ndisturbed by
the noise and hustle Of the crowd, Ia
be at all times and seasons surround
ed by our best friends, our books.
those great MASTERPIECES of literature
from whose pages we can learn what
no c~ut-and-dried system of education
al give.
What a contrast TO this idyllic pic,
ture does the world at this moment
present, with people living herded to,
gether in great cities, and cooped up
IN monstrOus, OvercTOWded houses.
within narrow streets, where they can
hardly drink in a breath OF fresh air
nor see a leaf growing, but where
each one, instead of giving his
thoughts to higher things, is generally
busted with his |neighbor's affairs. Ii
II not pitiable that a man should feel
e%nvious of his friend because he has
a better cellar or finer horses than he
can boast, while his wife is equally
disposed to fret if she sees another
woman with a prettier bonnet than
her own, or travelling first class when
she cannot afford it?
And, apart from all these trivial con
slderatiOns, there would De this great
advantage resulting from our makine
up our minds TO live more simply
that there would be more money left
10 spend on works OF art, by which
rich and poor alike must benefit
equally; for just as churches stanC
open al all hours, so that all who en-
ter them may find peace and comfOr.
there, a beautiful picture or a noble
statue is a perpetual source of delight
not merely 10 its owner, but to al
who behold 90. In itself IL seems an
injustice that a wO K of art, to which
an mankind should have an equa
2 right, should be looked upon as IN,
property of an individual. True; bu
whence, then, comes the necessity o
! looking upon it as the property o
some person? Simply from the de