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Show utllirffc- le (Jlrlt. Then nru two Undrvl questions about which there liru Urn and still It much controversy, and, I think, many serious mUtatis lilnde tint, In under-csthnating under-csthnating tho Intelllgenco d tlio girls, partliularly lu pmrticul luattem, In Mhlchlt Is apt to bofur gniiUrthnu our own, mid, imsjully, In Iwllltllng our ndvant-g"S lu order to cumlllato thllr pn Jtlrlicea. In many cases theso prejudices do net Mist, and eleii uliin tiny do thudlf. fi relict's In our altliiiiuiid riliieatlou nro wiro to 1111110 to thn front nouncr or later, mid by frankly recognizing them in tho boginuln aaan iulnutago v.o prevent tlnir bring ivgnrdcil latiron us n barrier. Tho glili nro Mite to did by knnnhij that wo . aenruits, wear eMiilog ilressvs and go to iho 0ra, and by pi duly ix'.nliliii: of tl.ivo things when neoossary (tlio neceulty will bo rare) as comforta wuu for iu by our InuUuida or our fathers' Inti 111. fiuco and laUir, v.o inako tho dUtluo tlun In our waya of Hi lug luoru ouo ot drgrco than ouo of kind. Whin onco rccogiibul tho trulli wilt liia!u our nlatlona with tlm girls of tuoro aluo than when it cxUted on mi Ignorant ur Mistaken fouiuliitlon. The cry leisure nml knowludgo wo nro nlili! to putnt tliilr dlal cotno from this illtTcrvnco of cuiidltluiu, mid It Is lailiLIng our resiwwlblllty na v omen om-en ol ii Iclsuni cIiim when o nttcuipt to pretend that our con Jit Ions In Ilfo nro tlio samom tliilrn. Tho nowrpa-jura nowrpa-jura In this country nro auccoaidul lu giving tiro working cLuimmi n falni Idea uf tho occupjitlnim and plcunin-a of tho "upiier classes." They re itwnt them In all their most sensational nnd ngnbtblo inomeiits, mid but IHtlo roinnl Isiruulo of the m i-Jorllyof i-Jorllyof well to do and rjncatl ieo-plowltli ieo-plowltli whom plnLi IKing ami high thinking lias not cumo tu Imj a dead letter. In our most natural nnd laudablo cfloits not to pntronlro the girl, wo nro opt to forget that wo aro foregoing tho natural mhnutagesot our Mrlhrlglits In attempting to appear tn tliciu ns anoinaluus wuiutn from uuuberc, In-stead In-stead of ladU-a w linen life mid education In iicrltnpa weillhy homes Iinio In-aplreil In-aplreil us with tho dcslro to aluro what wo consider our real ndiautageswlth our less furtunato slstin. riorcuco Lcckwood hi Century. |