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12 HURON EXfOS1TOR, MAY 4, 1978
Sereri tptiy
By, All4
[by Alice GibbI • •
Two events do the last week haveikeminded me of the good old
' days when ladies were ladies, men were men and there was none
of this mixing of seicual roles,
The first event was when John K. cornish dropped., into the
of ice with a beautiful old 1893 calendar which featured one of
the original pinup girls--a demure looking miss With lovely red
hair and a slightly saintly look about her--the kind of girl a man
would be. proud to take home to mother.
A second reminder of 'those old fashioned girls was the
re-discovery of the 1897 Girls's Own Annual; and The Perfect
Woman, published in;1903, treasures picked tip in used book
sales and unearthed again when I unpacked after my 'recent
moVe.
Now The Girl's Own Annual,• published it the zenith of the
Victorian tra in London, England was obviously aimed at the
upper class or almpst upper class lady in Britain and the
colonies; a lady of refined sentiment; handy with the needle; and
a belie,ver in God, country and the supremacy of the 'British
Empire.
The Perfect Woman, more likely hidden Under ,pillows and
discreetly passed from mother to daughter, was a marriage-
hygiene-home ..medicine.-gbicjebook, published by Dr. ary
,Melendy of Chicago, and giving "full information on all the
MysteriouS andcomplex matters pertaining to women including
diseases peculiar to women."
-The annual regularly featured a tear jerking serial about Mabe
Harcourt's Desolation, a desolation which stretched over a pull
year; a column on the beauties of oat.oret.sweer verses mailed in
by subscribers and a fascinating craft' column.
• Bin like today's women's' magazines, the 'annual also had
• numerous practical "how-to" articles on everything from finding
a job to setting up your own home.
Lady Georgina Vernon, for example, advised girls who might
be seeking employment to consider dairy work.
Lady Vernon tells us, "The problem of how to Obtain the most
profitable and suitable employment for womenof the upper
dashes is one which is daily pressing for an answer."
Now while members of the '"toiling Women" clan's obviously
found Lady Vernon's words a bit smug,. the good woman goes/on
to recommend dairy work An fallen gentlewomen who have
grown up in country homes, are accustomed to 'outdoor exercise
and need to'beCome selfr supporting. '
hose of
Lig6torted
"The work of a dairy is marvellOusly lightened in these days
by the aid of machinery and the various appliances now i n
common use; for instance, the separator, which minimises the
labour fo such an'extent that a dairy maid. instead of spending
!Ida day in scalding and washing and keeping the pans for the
milk clean.:can now finish the work connected with the milk of
even a large dairy, I mean from 15 to 20 cows, in a couple of
hours."
But obviously ual's readers 'couldit't• find healthful
employment i ,,the countr., , and some 'were forced to seek,
employment in 'the danger us city.
• In a column which o fe ;},deice to young ladies considering
employment, Aile is advised "waitresses are comparatively
little employed • Hotels of any size and importance. But there
can be no do et that if you, could obtain hotel ex-per ience.it would
be of great service u should you in after life wish to go out as
a waitress for private •inner-parties and other entertainments
where women :are now frequently preferred to men."
But finding a job wasn't the only problem confronting the
young ladies who read the annual--one,also had to find a suitable
place • to live.
A "girl-professiortaly, commissioned to do a series on making
one's way in the world, told of her personal situation.
' • Some Small Skill
"Iliad taken credit to myself for some small skill with paint
brush and pencil, and my modest literary efforts had met with
•unqualified• encouragement, but when it came to •• deciding
:whether these could: be relied upon for rent (for daily food .and
clothing, as well as for the other expenses which make up what
we call "living", I milk confess that I first hesitated, then
decidely said "no.""
'Apparently "Necessity" was pushing for a hasty decision,
when "a letter came to me in Air little country home, which we
must ,soon vacate., from my sister, a typical girl-bachelor who .
• lived in "dwellings" that typify London Bohemian liberty. She
wrote, "that very desirable residence which you and I have
often envied is actually To Let, I wish we could take it. ,_,-
The girl-professional, not one to let opportunity. pass her by, -
solved both the problem of finding a place to stay and of an
occupation by subletting the, house in London's semi-fashionable
Sloane Square and hecoMing a landlady.
Now H.B.M. Buchanan, another writer, would entirely
disapprove' of our, girl professional's actions.
In a Village
Ms. Buchanan felt young ladies should give some thought to
settling in a. village rather 'than the city.
She wrote, "I have also noticed another fact, the large number
of ladies with little or nothing to do, who become submerged- in
flats, boardinghouses and 'hotels in. London: As I watch them,
lost in Londpn, with little aim in life, of no importance, position
and in marty cases, of little or no value to anyone,-1 think how
different their lives might be and how much happier they might •
f.,,„10.,..liming thrcountry they tried to bring amusement,,.
`etIliure and life into the villages." •
"in travelling into the country (a definite clue that H.B.M.
Buchanan didn't follow her own advice) nothing has struck me
more than the absence of population. Here a cottage or two,
there a farmhouse, here a• collection of cottages, a school, a
church, a public-house, and we are in that deadly dull thing--a
couptry village."
Now should the young lady moving to the village be worried
abotit a job. Ms. Buchanan has yet another practical solution.
"A 'prettily painted motor-car, driven by an artistically-
dressed young lady with its freight of eggs and butter, would be
asight that would enliven the heart of the labourer as he toiled at
his dull work in the fields," she suggests. -.
Somehow, one doubts if Ms. Buchanan's suggestion, however
well meant, resulted in a sudden .migration .0 the country of
artistically-dressed young ladies with a yen to pickup and deliver
eggs and butter.
Now Dr. Mary Melendy, in the Perfect Woman, has other
concerns. As she points out in her preface, "Men may rule, the
race, but women govern. its destiny." The doctor has very
.specific ideas on what .ktna
.
of woman should governdestiny and
says in no uncertain terms, "Po not get the idea men admire a
_weakly, puny, delicate, small-waisted, languid,
creature, a libel on true womanhood." Apparently men .turn
naturally to healthy," robust, well-developed girls; girls, with "a
good form, a sound mind and a healthy body." • s
A lady also required '"right knowledge of the true meaoing of
womanhood" and the doctor•didn't waste time in getting down to •
this knowledy
Blind Passion
First, shb didn't approve if spinsters or marriage without
parenthood. since "helpful.as is matrimony in developing a maid
•v•
itto.a woman, yet it cannot r9r a mortieitt be compared with the
effect of maternity." Furthermore, while admitting'maternity is
a matter of "much delicacy", the doctor sug gests taking ohe's•
cuefrom the animal kingdom, whfch brings forth' it's young "in
the springtime or early sumnier, That seems to be Nature's
chosen and orderly thrie for, the ushering in of new life in all
departments." But, still in the area of'maternity, she points out
since parenthood carries such "august responsibilities", then
the child should never Pe born as "the hap-hazard result of blind
passion, or mere pleasure-seeking indulgence."
Now as the, 'maiden become's the future' mother, the (lector is
particularly concerned about ventilation,
The custom of a closed house, "the coopmg-up• system"
engenders "all manner of Infectious and loathsome diseases."
First, the lungs give off poinsonous carbonic acid gas, which
must be allowed to ,escape' from the house. But even more
dangerous, is the fact if "the perspiration of the body (Which in
24 hours amounts to two or three pounds!) is not permitted to
escape from' the apartment, it must become, foetkcl-repugnant,
sickening and injurious to the health. Ttie nose is a-sentinel, and'
often warns its owner of a.pproaching•Alanger l" •
But there are other things to avoid during the month's of
(13110fnineclille'n't . all exercise of malevolent feelings, such as anger,
envy, jealousy, hatred, revenge, or wrong desire of any nature,
since •all readers of the foregoing pages mutt understand the
danger that such emotions, if indulged, may implant ih the
embryo the 'subtle germs, from which will grow in after.years the • —
"Another
bitter bitteresttfr g uitthS i.n"
to be avoided, as far as practicable, by the
mother, is the presence of diSagreeable and unprofitable
associates of either sex. The untoward mental and moral"
influence that may be excited through the mother upon the ,
forming child, by the frivolous and unseemly conversation of
persons unappreciative of the nobility and grandeur of the work
which occupies her." „
An old fashioned girl may have been a lady from the tips of her
kid gloves to the toes of her high-buttoned shoes; and while there
may still be me-n who want a girl "just like the girl, who married
dear old Dad", l prefer today's world- of working mothers,
women doing traditionally male jobs`, feminists, and changing
more. I agree with the man who says,. "You've come a long way
baby!" and I wouldn't want it any other way.' •
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WORKSHOP ."
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Wed. May 10,
9:30 am - 3:30 'pm
GUEST SPEAKERS:
HOLLY MacINDOE
' Activity Director,
McCormicUlomc
B. MCCLENAGHAN
Home Economist,
Huron County. •
JOAN .McLINDEN:
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Dept. of Health.
RICHARD FLEIVING
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