THE REAL NEW WOMAN.
I own there are heights that she cannot attain.
She is not at home with a gun.
In pastimes where one living creature is slain
She cannot perceive any fun;
And never a poor feathered songster has died
Her hat or her bonnet to grace;
And after the hounds it were torture to ride,
Lest Reynard should lose in the race.
And much she ignores that New Women should learn,
And still she refuses to smoke:
One wine from another she cannot discern,
But she's splendid at seeing a joke.
Her love and her friendship no labour can fret,
No jealousy seems to alarm.
In truth, not a mortal could ever forget
Her humour, her kindness, her charm.
Though dozens of friends of her fealty boast,
Her desk with epistles is packed,
Her very own relatives love her the most—
A somewhat remarkable fact!
With bores and with fools she ungrudgingly bears,
And though it may end in her loss,
With cabmen she never can wrangle for fares,
Or haggle a counter across.
Her eyes, that are loyal and fearless and kind,
At wrong or injustice will flame,
But they never seem anxious a failure to find,
They never are hasty to blame;
And well she is loved by the best and the worst,
For sympathy, courage, and truth,
For friendship unfailing they love her, the first;
The last, for her infinite ruth.
Oh, what if she never should do or should dare
In regions by Woman untrod?
Yet, when her step passes, men turn from despair,
And trust in the world and in God.
Oh, what if no "record" she cares to eclipse,
Nor manners nor morals defies?
But pain she would face with a smile on her lips,
And death with a light in her eyes!
"The Ghizeh Museum."—A question has been asked in the Times as to why the name of Professor Petrie has been omitted from the Commission for the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities. The answer, whether satisfactory or not, is that considering the overwhelming learning on this special subject of the distinguished Professor it is probable that the energies of the other members would be "Petrie-fied."
Motto for Horrid Cold Weather.—"Bed's the Best."