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with men out of doors. This is not a natural sub- 

 division of Hfe and labor. Woman's duty, and 

 health, and fitness for motherhood, depend upon 

 fresh air and out-of-door exercise. Charles Kings- 

 ley once said to me, "Your women, sir, seem to me 

 the weak part of American development. They 

 cannot walk as English women walk, nor can they 

 ride, except tucked up in a carriage, with a driver 

 to care for them. Such women will deteriorate, 

 and with such mothers American character will 

 degenerate. I like the energy of your people, but 

 why have they shut up their wives and daughters ? 

 An English woman makes nothing of a five-mile 

 walk before breakfast, and can easily take in ten 

 or fifteen. She is stout in limb and robust in 

 frame, sound in digestion, and a good bearer of 

 healthy children. Your women are blanched and 

 pretty, but they are also delicate — and there seems 

 to be a national pride in that direction. It will tell 

 more and more in future generations." During 

 the conversation .his daughter burst into the room, 

 full of enthusiasm over a twelve-mile walk into the 

 country. She was preparing for a horseback ride 

 later in the day. The tide countryward is to be 

 welcomed, because sensible women will learn to get 



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