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of two evils. The modern girl because of the manifold interests of her school life is completely indifferent to the opposite sex-this indifference
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There is a growing discontent umong parents, I do not anggest, nor do I think it possible felt than at present, at the type of girl into which I hope will make itself more strongly had the advantages of a first-class education. even wore it desirablo, that women should return which their daughter develops when the las as women of previous and not very distant She is a nuisance to the whole household, she generations did, with household matters, and take openly despises har noeducated" mother, and no sativa share er interest in outside affairs: bar father she rather pities for being such a The "Kinder, Küche and Kirale" ideal, with "stiek-in-the-mud." its limitations, has vanished for ever, for the "doing" something, provided it is not helping She must always be spirit of the times is against it. Moreover, women bas tasted and enjoyed the fruits of tails the spending of money which the family hor mother. The "something" generally en as I can julge, easily rouousce them. And she that for the sake of peace, father and liberty and independence, and will not, as for parse eau often ill space, but so headstrong is there is no reason why she should. What is mother probably give way. The girl, I think, the opportunities she now has of developing horfrom her home and its influence as mach necessary is that while taking full advantageof is not to blame. The school takes her of civis responsibility fall to a lar. a extent in which is a feature of High Schools in order, intellect, her physical capacities, and her sense as possible. Even the Saturday whole holiday, possible not so very long ago) she should also so it is said, not to withdraw the girl too much feminine which have won the devotion and to hooker matches or other things, such as plays retain intact those characteristics essentially from the home circle, is often given up, in part however, np to the present time, combined the perhaps working parties, accompanied by much love of man throughout the ages. His she, and concerts, After school hours there are "new" woman and the "old," in a harmonious jollity, ao that the girl should be taught to think whole? The answer must, speaking broailly, be of others, hat the saying "Charity begins at emphatically in the negative. This is most home" is apparently forgotten. deplorable. Surely if ever woman had the chasee of realising the perfect type of womanhood, she would seem to have it now. Nothing, or almost nothing (I am, of course, speaking of English women only), is refused her. She is denied no opportunity of educating herself and developing her intellect in any direction she plosce. Games and sports of all kinds have given her nerve, Andurance, and developed her physical side no that she can be magnificently healthy; he is allowed to take a prominent part in philathropic, political, and civic matters, and yet what do we see? These women, who one would think wore pre-eminently fitted to be a real companion and help-meet to man, are avoided by him, and they, on the other hand, are often entirely indifferent to him in their youth and bitterly antagonistic to him in their later years. (I may perhaps be allowed to say that this is not merely theory on my part, though I know it will be holly disputed, but represents the conclusions I have come to from actual experience. I am a College woman and have taught for several years in High Schools.)
This, it sewins to me, is neither natural nor right. Here we have a large body of women (I am thinking especially of those who go through High Schcols and then on to college) possessing qualities which they might paas on to their children, thereby making them valuable assets to the State, but who, speaking broadly, are likely to remain unmarried. The reason? Whilst gaining so much they have lost, I think, those essential feminine characteristice which we sum up in the word womanliness, that something which attracts a man most in Л woman. Vanished, apparently, are such attributes as gentleness, sympathy, tenderuess, consideration of others, which wed to be associated with the word "woman, and what has taken their place? A certain swaggering trueulence which seems to breathe defence at mankind, all and sandry a certain "I'm as good as you are" air to any man unfortunate enough to be in the neighbourhood, and who probably beats a hasty of rent and vows never again to have suything to do with a "learned'
woman; a certain readiness to show every man what a fool he is -never a fifcult thing to do in a verbal argu- ment at any rate-fór a woman's wit is so much more nimble than a man's
Are we, then, to accept this state of affairs, shrug our shoulders in helpless apathy, unsigh for women like our grandmothers of the Early Victorian days, who, I venture to think, would bore the modern man to extinction? Are we to my that if a woman is educated, or “learnol if you like, if she takes any pleasure in physical activities, she must of necessity lose her woman linces and become a bad imitation of a man? I, for one, do not for one moment accept this as a necessary corollary to giving a woman a freer and broader share of life.
hard work and hard play, which incidentally In short, the girl's school life is a round of often overtaxes her strength, and of amusements and excitements of various sorts, and her home seems to be simply a boring hotel., Can we expest that she should subsequently settle down to the hundram existence, as she thinks of wife and mother?
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The girl as she gets older realises that there is As SUPPLIED TO THE HOUSE O for excitement becomes at last an obsession. The ordinary high school girl is a serious-mind- ed being. She has been told times without. numlar that she is a responsible citizen and of her presence there, and she casts about for awes a duty to the world which has the privilego some suitable field for her efforts. Of course, first and foremost, she must have a vote, and the Suffrage movement may absorb all her energies. Perhaps the advacacy of temperance or come other movement will attract her, but whatever it is, she is almost carinin to go to extromes, owing probably to teristic of intense absorption it, whatever
the woman's charac she cares about, to the point of losing all sense of balance and proportion. In short, she must have a "mission "or a "cause." To be merely an agreeable, kindly, and cheerful member of society is not enough; indeed, it is beneath contempt. It is quite a common thing. to boar high school mistresses who take a very serious view of their responsibilities say, "I must have a mission to So-and-so. Her parents are so silly and ill-advised." They wish, and ence with the girl in question to turn her into an with the best motives, to use their grest infu- edition of themselves. They do not acnesiously think this, but that is what it amounts to, and if the parents do not approve - tant pis. The cry of the modern high school girl is, "I can't and mother are so dull," sud so on. But can wo live at home. I mast live my own life. Father blame them? They are the victims of their education, and they must have excitement because they have been brought up to expect it, and there is no form perhaps more insidious and attractive than an astira participation in Berions movements. They have been told that thay harn a work to do in the world, and there are souls to be saved, and that it is thair mission THE CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANY. to do it; but the pity of it is that they have not.
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The following telegrams appear in the latest thankful that she does not abound as much as of ubrest and revolt so noticeable among the Indian papers: -- those responsible for the type would wish) the women of the present day. They are the scems to have acquired certain qualities admiri material of which the militant Suffragist is night was followed by a small dance originally A quiet dinner at Government House last able in a mnзa and asetul to her in her career of made. working woman, bat unattractive unless softened
timed to end at midaizkit, which, however, con- by other feminize characteristics, which she has existence of their mothers.
Not for them is the peaceful and well-ordered tinned tili elose on two o'clock pad was a great either lost or which she hastens to cast from her their homes will certainly not be havens of peace, evening. This morning His Imperial Highness If they mairy,success, The Crown Prince danced most of the as useless and hindering impedimenta.
and can a home be anything better than this accompanied by Sir George Roos Keppel and a There are, of course, a large number of women, Is it quite impossible to evolve a system of few members of his site, started for Landi especially in the educational world, whose life education by means of which girls may enjoy Kotal in the hope of obtaining a bettor siow sestes to ba made up of success after success, but the undoubted advantages they now possess and than on Wodnesday when the weather was so how many of them marry or even have the chance yet retain the essential characteristics of the bad. The party reached Laadi Kotal about of doing so The average man has his work, but best type of womanhood? Surely, for the sake 11.20 and ascended a hill from which a also a wife and family, who brings out, or should of the girls themselves, if for no other reason, magnificent view of the near plains of do so, all that is best in him-love, courage, self-something cau and shoull be done to altor sach Afghanistan was obtained. Snow pealus wore sacrifice, a strong desire to do his best-which a state of affairs, and to prevent valuable material visible all round. His Imperial Highness qualities are not necessarily required from the running largely to waste. London Morning and staff after lunching with the officers unmarried working woman. The success of Post.
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her career and that alone efteri is what concerns her. Having no one to consider but herself she tends to become selfish. Is she satisfied with a career? Does it eror occur to her that she has missed, the best which life can offer? I was talking the other day to a very successful unmarried womon; she had takou a first-class honours degree and is head mistress of a dour-The report of my death was an exaggeration," The origin of Mark Twain's world-famed isbing High School, I said to her: Your life has been a complete succosa aparently, are by Mr. Frank Marshall White, entitled, “Mark is explained in an article in this month's Outlook you satisfied with it?" At first she quibbled, Twain as & Newspaper Reporter. but last she said, "Don't ask me. I try tu
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ut it out of my mind, but I know that I have Mr. White, that my papor cabled me from noss was met on arrival by General Sir Alfred
"It was on the last day of May, 1897," writes he witnessed a field day. His Imperial High CHILDREN OF missed the best things that life can offer."
Now if you compared the curriculum of an
New York the information that a report was Martin and Brigadier General Carnegie The Average High School with that of an average
current in the American Press that Mark frst and second Battalions 5th Gurkhas and boys school catering for the same class, you will Twain was dying in poverty in London. the 1st and 2nd Battalions 5th Gurkhas, sup see, I think, that they are practicrlly the same
"I had seen him only a day or two before, ported by Mountain Battery, attacked with perhaps a different allocation of time-te in comfort, but the following morning I sent a The attack was
and knew that he was in good health and living position hekl by a Bavage subjects. At one tits, and the rosson is obviona, reporter to his house to show him the cable ment. Both the schemes and the ground followed by a rótire- women wanted to prove that girls could do as from New York. well as boys in examinations. But is there any
were chosen to enable the Crown Prince to longer any reason for this spirit of rivalry which servant to the estle to his bedroom, whence Brigado marched past His Imperial Higlinese Ho was writing in bel that day, and a witness a good example of lill warfare. The caused the curriculums of a girls school to resem- he went down the following note, out of which in column of route, after which there wasa khud ble closely that of n boys? Is it desirable of a
tained at loncheon by Colonel Stewart and James Ross Cismans, & cousin of mine, was efficere, 5th Gurkhas, and left for Hassanabdul, seriously ill three months ago, but is well arriving thern at 4.30. The special traiu left now. Elle report of my illness grow out of for Dellil at 6'o'clock. his illness; the report of my death was on. exaggeration.
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would the reverse proeem meet with approval? This tendency to nosex girls, if I nay me the term, is accentuated by the excessive deration to games which makes them tomboys" of rather an aggressive lypo. I believe strongly in games for girls, but not to execas. The proudest boast of many head mistresses is that they never have any trouble with immature flirta tions between boys and their girls. One would not, of course, wish for a return to the state of affairs that used to prevail in this respect in soliools of a former generation, but one cannot help arking oneself whether it is not the better
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Mr. White aleo relates some interesting stories of Mark Train's struggle to eura a livelihood at newspaper work,
Delhi, January 15. The Crown Prince arrived at Delhi at 2.15 to-day and was received at the station by Colonel Dallar, Commissioner of Delhi, Mr. King, Commanding the Garrison, His Imperial Vason, Deputy Commissioner, and Colunel Highness motored direct from the station to the Fort, after which he visite! the Jumma Musjid He then proceeded to the Circuit House, where he is staying.
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