It may~bde that Arnold is cherished with exceptional care. But the truth is that since the beginning, the whole feminine world has been in @ conspiracy to shield and protect men. Only in fables of chivalry is woman the sheltered sex. Visit any American.home and you will find grandmothers, mothers, wives, sisters, aunts, daughters and tamale servants consecrated to one great purpose—guarding the male members of the family from the vicissitudes of everyday life.
Shaw's Candida explained it in the scene between her preacher husband -and Marchbanks, the poet, when she described the way James's mother and his three sisters had given their very lives to save him the trouble of doing anything but be strong and clever and happy. And, continuing the devoted task, she speaks the ideal of every true wife, "I build a castle of comfort and indulgence and love for him, and stand sen-tind always to keep little vulgar cares our—"
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