Tt is in youth rather than ae that the curve might differ. Little girls are notoriously more pretorious, more highly artiulat, than Jittle Boys. A complete theory of the dominance of the American woman over her mankind has been based on the sense of inferiority which the American boy acquires by being beaten in' ce-educational school by girls of his own age.
Later on young women are likely to be disturbed more by love affairs and marriage than men of the same age. They may be no more ravaged by emotion than the men are, but material changes are more likely to upset the trend of their studies. Though there are young women of today who take in a husband rather as they might acquire a pet collie and go on with their own Temunerative work of the tions for their own. professions is still more usual for the wife to follow the husband and to fit in her life to his. And the thought that she might at any moment fall in. love with somebody who will take her to live in China or Pera not one of the assets of the girl student against the man student.
Smaller Familics new circumstance is "an, me creased "frienlinons between the Smaller family. Parents of the vast vations made possible by the
Victorian broods, in the interests of authority, always kept up at least pretence. of ommiscience. {dea of its father or mother learning anything would have been very Shocking to the Victorian child Everybody lis heard the pathetic stories of impecunious Indies who, having to teach their children them: selves, secretly learned. the next Gay's lesson at dead of night.
"The modern mother feels no auch obligation. to. pretend that she herself a finished product, incapable of being further informed or ime proved. Ina. recent display of Preparatory school work f found That some of the drawings were the work of mothers who had joined the class with their ovn Tittle ie boys. Tt war a sign that Vast amount of talent is now being faved and. that' women will. no anger consider an early. marriage sort of lifelong soporife oF In-Surance against mental of artistic Early middle age is a, good time to set) about. learning" anything. The'mind may have Tost that. avid ness which enabled one to. learn anything in childhood, but it knowe, Tt were, what ie wants and holds it more firmly.
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