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Show Heroines, Old and New. Most modern heroines aro married women, whereas tho nlco onc.-i In Shakespearo and in novels tiefnro 1890 wero n'moat nlv unueildcd maids. You like Heatr and i or-tla or-tla and, above, all thin1- Rosalind. You do not loso yowr hmrt to Lady Macbeth (though a (In'' figure of a woman) and you do not desire to com poto with Othello in tho affections of Deadomona. This may ho a too nlco mo rail l", but to Victorian tastes evon widows, in novels at least, como under tho ban of the elder Mr. Welter Wel-ter Nobody but Col. Esmond evsr cared for Lady Castlowood and Dobbin Dob-bin is nlono In his passion for Amelia. London Post. |