“the lady is almost the only picturesque survival in a social order which tends less and less to tolerate the exceptional. ... In the age-long war between men and women, she is a hostage in the enemy's camp. Her fortunes do not rise and fall with those of women but with those of men.” MenLongWarAgeOrderFallSocialEnemySurvivalMen And WomenFortuneCampsTolerateExceptionalHostageSocial OrderRise And FallPicturesque Author:Emily James Smith Putnam