Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1885 — Two Kinds. [ARTICLE]

Two Kinds.

If one looks at the home life of our well-known society women, it will be found they are more lovely in the seclusion of their families than at the head of some brilliant society exploit. These women are helpmeets to their husbands in every sense of the word, and are noble mothers. Their daughters have the example of their mothers as a guide, and in almost every case will follow that example in building their own homes. They have been taught the responsibilities and duties of their positions, if not in theory, at least in practice, by their mothers. Such women are, as a rule, very plain in person and dress, and at first one is at a loss to know how they have secured such a position. There is a beauty of mind and morals. The other faction, the parasites, do not possess the worth of the real leaders, but they have physical charms which they know how to use. They have better “style” as far as dress goes, than their rivals, but they lack the art of retaining admiration. They appear best under gaslight. They are fully conscious of their defects, and aim to possess all the privileges accorded women, without assuming the duties. They step into the best places with the air of those to the manor born, and are not overscrupulous as to the means by which they attain their object. It is this class that have caused men to speak sneeringly and lightly of all women. — San Franciscan. A reporter who tried to interview the King of the Belgians was bowed, out of the room. .