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In Search of Victory

           ThedifferencebetweenAileenandmostofthewomeninvolvedadifferencebetweennaturalismandillusion.Butthiscallsforsomeexplanation.

           Toreallyknowthestateofthefemininemindatthistime,onewouldhavetogobacktothatperiodintheMiddleAgeswhentheChurchflourishedandtheindustriouspoet,halfschooledinthefactsoflife,surroundedwomenwithamysticalhalo.Sincethatdaythemaidenandthematronaswellhasbeenschooledtobelievethatsheisofafinerclaythanman,thatshewasborntouplifthim,andthatherfavorsarepriceless.Thisrose-tintedmistofromance,havingnothingtodowithpersonalmorality,hasbroughtabout,nevertheless,aholier-than-thouattitudeofwomentowardmen,andevenofwomentowardwomen.NowtheChicagoatmosphereinwhichAileenfoundherselfwascomposedinpartofthisveryillusion.Theladiestowhomshehadbeenintroducedwereofthishighworldoffancy.Theyconceivedthemselvestobeperfect,evenastheywererepresentedinreligiousartandinfiction.Theirhusbandsmustbemodels,worthyoftheirhighideals,andotherwomenmusthavenoblemishofanykind.Aileen,urgent,elemental,wouldhavelaughedatallthisifshecouldhaveunderstood.Notunderstanding,shefeltdiffidentanduncertainofherselfincertainpresences.

           InstanceinthisconnectionMrs.NorrieSimms,whowasasatelliteofMrs.AnsonMerrill.TobeinvitedtotheAnsonMerrills’fortea,dinner,luncheon,ortobedrivendown-townbyMrs.Merrill,wasparadisetoMrs.Simms.

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