The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-23
The Wom1an's Page Of The Tiimes-D Dispatch
Lacking In Endurance

a
Virginia matron few days ago, II
cannot comprehend why It is that my
daughters, who have been reared with
view to being self-supportin, should
be SO much less able than I am TO
undertake and carry on practical do
nestle work. They are industriously
inclined and take an entirely correct
View of what they ought to accom-
plish, but when 1t comes to the actual
doing of work they are worn out much
sooner than | am. In fact. IL they
should be called upon to carry on the
continuous round that has fallen to
my lot for years, L believe they would
have to be sent to rest cure for
nervous prostration in a short while. 1
have thought over this modern life
problem long and often. without com
ing to any satisfactory conclusion.
What do you think about it?" she
queried. turning TO the friend with
whom she was spending a morning.
Educational and Social Lack.
1T Seems to me-" responded the
friend. that there is something In
prtsent-day educational and social
training which fails to develop in
young women those qualities OF en-
durance and of self-control which
older women were taught from their
cradle up. Whatever interests youth
now, for the time being becomes an
obsession. That occupation or pleasure.
should be followed with a reserSt4!
force never seems to occur as a neaes-N
slty or possibility. The idea of shield
Ing girls from babyhood up n so Ear
as the side of life soes which exacts
of them self-control; Ss,fA enables them
to bear in silencs,smuch that Is hard
and fatiguing. ems to have become
an obsolete principle with those hay-
ing chargcYsf the sex during the for
.nastye yt'drs OF girls lives and char.
acters.T.f
HouscwPrlk Heavy burden.
THAT may explain why" returned
the frsf speaker, my girls broke down
entirely tho winter after their grad
uation tnd return from college. 1 d.
vided light housework-the Huperln-
tendenct Of the dining room and the
arrang eHlent OF fresh flowers for the
BILE. the overlooking and busting of
parlors and hall, the giving out OF
fresh linen and tho bestowal of ind-
vidual. dainty touches to render bed
rooms fresh and fragrant-between
the trio. who were most anxious to
give me n good. long holiday from the
tasks. L had to manage without as
distance while my daughters were be-
ing educated. MY holiday" she broke
off to laugh remlniscently, was by no
means lengthy or an uninterrupted
one. Tho girls wero all right MS to
intentions and zeal, but were so
easily exhausted and required so much
recreation that l sometimes felt that
tho position of an auxiliary worker in
household was most responsible
one. that required constant watching
and constant supplementing in the line
OF encouragement and support to 9TH
ers.
Energies Flag Over Sewing.
And" she continued, what Is true
of houscworls Is true OF other work
also Whom the season for spring or
| autumn sewing comes round and we
| gather together to renovate some
gowns and to cut out and make up
others; to dispose OF the piles of white
work needed In the fashioning OF
| pretty underwear the girls are always
the ones tired out. Before the weeks
! devoted to sowing are through with
| their energies havo ahated, and, as
| their old colored many says, they are
| all tuckercd out"
Yes I know" said the friend. land
| I remember. too. that your daughters
! belong to the sensible class of young
| women, to the class that Is quite will.
| Ing to ask and receive in moderation,
! to be helpful instead of extravasant,
| to be useful and not simply orna-
mental. If girls as sweet and natural
! as your girls are seem to you to be
| wanting in endurance, what is to he
| said OF the sensitized wealthy class.
that nils the sanatoriums and private
| hospitals OF famous nerve specialists
| throughout the country" Il.