About Women

A physician, wlio is an expert in sncli aubjeets, declares tliat the wull-educated, well-to-do young women of this generatlon are far hcalthier thaii were their niothers and ftrahdroothera. This is duo, It la clalmed, to the out-door games, the botter food nul the rreater treedom ecorded to womet) In these days. Atbletic exeriireshave now become the fashlon wiili yo unir men. present race ói Anierieans enjoy far more open air exeroisflthsn dij ilirir fatben, and arettM beller for it. Oirls have nnturally imitated iheir brnthers, and their croquet, and lawn teunis.vrliicli are open-air gitaes, have helped to develop physical Itrengtb i" tlie future inotliers of the country. Tliere lias been Mm doubt as to wliellièi tlie roller skate manía lias beneflted young wotnen physically; but even that exercise is preferable to dascing at lute hotirs, and it oertainly developea some al leuet of tlie muscles of the lower part of the body. lint the fact rematas that our girls ara healthier and stonger tlian their mothers. a oirl's idea, of lifk. The ordinary girl's idea of life Is to dance thrpugb a few seasons, have a crowded reception evening, plenty of partners at a bal!, to secure icertain numlt:r of offers, and theu marry lor love or otherwise. Her father, whether he can afford it or not, generally gives her a orllliant wedding, In whicn she makesa triuinpant exit, for nine cases out of ten it is literally the last of her. Some few who nariy ricli men and retain their youthful spirits, return after a year or two, of domestíc Sechláiou tO tho plpuenroo of oocicty. and have a bctter time than of old, jut the ordinary girl becomes simply the wifeof her husbandand the mother of her ihlldren - nothing more; and what is nore, she seems to bé perfectly satlsüed, and to have envy for no one, with the exception, perhaps, of those who are better olt'in this world's goods. She ïmiy cast a leettng regret for the more delicate obli;ation and fieedom of lier glrlbood, but [radaally neglects her reading and COhversational powers, and even ce:.ses to be )f iinportance in her own tmmediate -ircle. SOMR FAMOl'S OLD MAIDS. Look at the list, Kliabetli of Knjrlaud one of the most Illuetriout modern sovertlgna. Her rule over Oreat Brttain certainly cjmprised the most brilliant literiry age of the Englisli-speaking people. iler political acumen was certaiuly put to as severo tests as that of any ollier ruler ihe world ever saw. Maria Btlgewortb was an old niaiil. It was tilla woniaiTs wiltings that tirst sugested the tbougbt if writing similarly to Sir Walter Scott. Her brai nifbt well be called the mol her )t the Waverly novéis. Jane L'oiter lived nul died an old maid. The e.'iildren ot ïer busy brain were " Thaddeu ol Warsaw"and"Tho Seottish Chiefs," whlob lave moved the heaits of millions with excitomeiit and tears. Joaiina Baillie, )oet and play-wrlter, was " one of 'na." Florence Nightingale, most j;racious lady. heroïne ot iHkerman and HalaUlava hos,)itals, has to the present writteu " Mis" jefore her name. The man who should marry her raight well eliim to take the name of Nightlngalei Sister Uora, the jrave spirit of English pest houses, who.-e story is a helpful evaugel, was the bride of the world's sorrow only. And theu what namescould the writer and tlie reader add to those whom the great may not know, but we kuow, and the llttle world of the villaje, the church, the family kuow and pii.e beyond all worlds.