D..ILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 7. 1SC3.
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EDITED BY
ElEAli'OD P.DALDWni
WOMEN
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THE BOOK SHELF
--': On the -edltertal page of-last- Tuea---aay"
Journal, Ella Wheeler Wilcox
x writes to a correapondent who quotes
lomt lines of verse and inquires-the
nam of th author. , '
Mrs. Wilcox says: "I do not know,
but for years I kept the vers pinned
In a conspicuous plaoe on my desk as a
' spur to action." '
The lines cannot be repeated "1 too
.. often: ' '
"Lose this day loitering-, 'twill be the
same old story . , ' '
""Tomorrow, and the next wore" dilatory;
:' Each Indecision brings its own delays
' And days are lost lamenting o'er lost
days. . ...
Are you In earnest? , Seise this very
I" .' , minute '
What you can do, or think you can, be-
Boldness has genius, power. and merle
- In it. ' ;
: Only engage and then the mind grows
-'-...' . heated; '.
: Begin U, and the' work will bo com-
J. pleted."- . . -.-'. v
' The above Is a translation from the
'-. writings of Johann Wolfgang von
Ooethe, the great German poet, writer,
- scientist and philosopher.
-' Bo far a I know, It la the only popu
; lar quotation from his works. , -
" A LOOK BACKWARD.
If we prise the work of artists and
Sculptors who preserve for us the
features and peculiarities of days,
scenes and. people long dead, why not
also the work of those who preserve
' with printer's Ink these days for usT
Yes, even more should we prise these,
for they are within the reach of all.
. A- valuable work of this kind is "Co
lonial Days of Old New York," by Alice
: Morse Earl. . r
80 charming In her description of the
Jlfe and times of the early Dutch set'
tiers before their conquest by the Eng
lish that we. almost regret that con.
; quest . ...... . :
It looks very much as If the stern,
abetemious Puritans were by some mys
terious psychological law, attracted to
.a land of such sterility that it yielded
very. rrudslnrly of Its bounty, while
the : aentle, generous ' and comfort
loving Dutch were attracted to a land
' of such marvelous fertility as was the
valley of the Hudson at - the time of
their arrival on Ite shores.
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' The writer opens her book with a de-
scrlotlon of a day In old Albany:., "At
the first break of day, every spring and
1' summer morn, the quiet Dutch sleepers
i in ths old colonial itown of Albany were
- roused- by three loud blasts of a horn
- sounded fsr and wide by a sturdy cow
'-. herd, and from street and dooryard came
. In quick answer the Jingle-Jangle, the
kllngle-klangle of scores or loud-ton-
" "j gued brass and lron"belle -which hung
from the necks of steady-going Dutch
cows who followed the town herder
' forth each day to pastures green.
- ' "On the broad town commons or the
f fertile river meadows, Vldrlck Heyn and
his 'chosen proper youngster,' his legal-
ly appointed aid, watcned launruiiy an
day long their neighbors' cattle, and as
"T honest herdsmen earned well their sea-
. ."want and their handsel of butter, dal
lying not In tavern and drinking not of
wine, as they were sternly forbidden
' by the schepens, until when 'early dews
- ' were falling they quit their meadow
.- -.grasses mellow, format a quarter of an
, nour oeiore ne eun mt19 "own me w
tie Jlhali bedellveredjathehurch.
' The entire description of this almost
communistic life in old Albany Is as de
" llghtful as a study of old Dutch palnt-
' lngs and more so.
The original meaning of some words
la cleared up for us. Incidentally. The
, word "boorish" was not a tsrm of re-
. p roach, nor was the frequent appella-
Hon "Dutcn bore, -over which," says
' Miss Earle, "some historians of the
- C colony have seen fit to make merry,
. both boor and bore meaning boor, or
farmer.
"Knave meant once, no more than lad;
' villain than peasant: a boor was only a
farmer; a varlet was but a serving.
but a strong fellow."
But ths miracles of toll accomplished
. by these Dutch housewlvesl They
- ' would be simply Impossible In these
days of ready-to-wear clothes and
rendy-to-eet food.
Miss Earle says: "The endless round
ef 'domestical kind of drudgeries that
women are put to as Howell says.
would prove a very full list when made
; out from the life of one of these colo-
.. nlal housewives.
" "It stems to us, of" modem ItrKir.
saved and tlrndgery-vold days,- a truly
overwhelming list; but the Dutch did
. not starrer under the burden nor shrink
from it, nor. Indeed, did she deem any
' of her dally work drudgery. '
, "The sense of thrift, of plenty, of ca-
, pabllity, of satisfaction, was so strong
' as to overcome the dlstsste to the labor
; of production.".
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', Looking back to those days of aim
;. pie abundance before monopoly, greed
, and graft had embittered the minds of
; men with Ignoble ambition and doubled
.. J the cares and the exertions neceaaary
. to maintain tho desired standard of liv
ing, one looks through the lattice into
' the garden of one of these Dutch house
'wives and sees her placid content with
. a half sigh for the days that are no
.. more.
Read this and see It it isn't a pleas-
- ant picture to put away. In one's mental
' art gallery. .
"She had as a recreation, a delight,
t the cars of . , .x ..
'A garden through Whose latticed gates
The Imprisoned pinks and tulips gased,'
m trim little garden, which often graced
- the narrow front door yard; a garden,
perhaps, of a single flower bed, sur-
- roumled by-aromatla herbs for me
: dlclnal and culinary use, but home
. like and beloved a such gardens ever
-'. are. and specially beloved as such gar
.dens are by the Dutch.
"Many were the tulip bulbs and 'cor
finatlon' pink roots that had been
brought or sent ever from Holland and
were , affectionately cheriahed as re
minders ef the far-away fatherlnnd.
"The enthusiastic traveler. Van der
Uonck. wrote that by. 1(51 Netherland
- - ere had already blooming tn their
American garden-borders white and red
roses, stock cornelian roses, eg
lantine, JenoffMinn, gillyflowers, differ
ent varieties of flnh tulip. crown-Ira-perls
Is. white lilies, anemones, violets,
marigolds, summersots, clove treea"
And there were native flowers, slds
V by side with these Importations.
e e
Where one finds the Dutch one ex
v pects windmills, and they added their
pIcturesqoeneC.to tliecoIonlal , land-
in me ki xvemerianaa, .
'''. ' .
From what one can aether ot child
life In these old days It must have been
under a stern and rigorous rule almost
Inconceivable now.
This quotation from an ancient stat
ute book will give some Idea of this:
"If any child or children above U years
of age and of sufficient understanding
shall smite their natural father or
mother, unless provoked and forced for
their self-preservation from death or
maiming, at the complaint of the said
father or mother, and not otherwise,
they being sufficient witness thereof,
that child or those children so-pftendlng
shall be put to death."
v. ' :
' But this statute was. placed on the
books after the rule of the English
had displaced the. gentler sway of tho
Dutch, and here is a little letter writ
ten by a maiden of H years: . ..
"Ever-Honored Grandfather - Sir:
My long absence from you and my dear
grandmother has not been a little tedi
ous to ma - But what renders me
vast deal of pleasure Is being Intensely
er
A FASHIONABLE
happy with a dear and tender mother-in-law
and frequent opportunities of
hearing . of - your health and welfare.
which I pray Ood may long continue.
What I have more to add is to ac
quaint you that I have already made a
considerable progress in learning, x
have already gone through some rules
In arithmetic and in a little time shall
be able of giving you a better account
of my learning and in meantime I am
duty bound to subscribe myself your
most obedient snd duty full grand
daughter. PBOOA TRKAOWEU.--
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- Truly letterwrltlng has undergone
great changes since a . small maiden
could Indite so ceremonious snd labored
an eplstls. ' -;
Marriage wss not always a success
In those quiet times. Miss Earle records
Instances of the return of disaffected
wives to their parents, who were en-
Joined by the court not to harbor such
wives but to return them to their hus
bands. - V
'It has been plain to see," says Miss
Earle, "in all such cases which I have
chanced upon In coeonlal records that
the court had a strong leaning- toward
the husband's side of the case.'.'
In 1T Daniel Vanollnda- petitioned
that his wife be "ordered to go and live
with him where he thinks convenient."
The wife's father was promptly noti
fied by the Albany magistrates that he
was "discharged to shelter her in his
house or elsewhere, upon penalty as he
will answer at his peril;" and she re
turned to her husband.
When Annlatje Fabrltlus requested aa
order of court for her husband to vacate
her house with a view to final separa
tion from him, it was decided by the
arbitrators that no legal steps should
be taken, but that "the parties com
port themselves ss they ought In order
that they win back each other's affec
tions, leaving each other in the mean
while unmolested."' "
... '. .- - e' .
. Occasionally breach of promise suits
were- brought. In 1(64 Oreetje Weamans
produced a marriage ring and two let
ters, promissory of marriage, and re
quested that on ' that evidence Daniel
de 8111a be "condemned to legally marry
her."
He vainly pleaded his unfortunate
habit of some days drinking too much
and thst on those days he did much Ire
regretted; among other- things, his
bacchanalian love making of Oreetje.
Franooia Sole), the New. Amsterdam
gunsmith, another recreant lover, swore
he would rsther go away snd live with
the Indians thsn to marry the fair Roea
whom he had left to droop neglected
and unmarried.
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Weddlnrs were occaaions of great
festivity and much wine and strong
waters were consumed in trie celebra
tion of nuptials, not. to mention vast
quantities of . eatables.
Compared -with those extremely wet
days we are now a very temperate and
bstemloiis people. .Everybody drank
nd drank every day ss a matter - of
eouree. .
Proof of this. If any were needed, is
to be had in this reprehensible rhyme.
published In the New Tork Uesette of
ebruary u. im. This is a receipt for
the manufacture of a drink called "pos
set" . served at weddings and printed
. - - " T.---r7-r-' -. - ;
-.r.r.'.! :. -. v-"-" --
') 'flliffiltlA .;.7-:"?v'C
"for all young ladles who are going to
be married;-
. SACK-POSSET.
From famed Barbados on the western
main :-
Fetch sugar half a pound) fetch sack
. from Spain
1 A-pint! nl front the Eastern, Indian
- coast
Nutmeg?, the glory ' of our northern
i toast . , -
O'er flnmlng coals together let them heat
Till the all-conquering, sack dissolves
the sweat. ' : -
O'er such another Are set eggs, twice
ten.
New born from " crowing .cock .and
, t speckled hen: :
Stir them with steady hand and con-
. science pricking -
To see the untimely . fate -of- twenty
chicken. r
From shining shelf take down your
brasen skillet, -
A quart of milk from gentle cow will
' fllj it.-
When boiled and cooked, put milk' and
sack to egg, .: . .
t'nlte them firmly like the triple lea rue.
Then covered -close, together let dwell
Till Mies twice sings: Tou must not kiss
and tell.
Each lad- and lass snatch up their mur-
. derma- spoon, .
And -fall on fiercely like . a starved
i dragoon. . -'-
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The golng-awey fashion of the mer
SPRING COSTUME.
'Thig, gown' lg In a
dark cloth with white
cloth and lines of white,
braid. Picture ahowa i
the fashionable corse
let skirt and short cm- '
pire - bolero, finished
with big buttons." -
rled pair of today was unknown in those
daya. An old letter says of weddings
In New. Tork:
- "The gentleman's parents keep open
house just In the same manner aa the
bride's parents. The gentlemen go from
the bridegroom's house to drink punch
with and give Joy to his father. .
"The bride's visitors go In the same
manner from the bride's to her mother's
to pay their compliments to her. There
Is so much driving about at thess times
that In our narrow streets there is some
danger. s : . .
. "The wedding house resembles a bee
hivecompany perpetually-flying in and
out.". . . .
1 Miss Earle give a picture ef a '
visiting" in spring time on Long Ialajid
that Is so full of the color and beauty of
a vanished time It is well worth a read
ing: : ..
"Let as picture," she says, "a brlde
visltlDg. where, as Hendrtck Hudson
said, the land was pleasant with grass
and -flowers and goodly trees as ever
seen, and very sweet smells came there
from.' ' t
The fair bride, with her happy hus
band, the gayly dressed bridesmaids in
silken, petticoats and high-heeled scarlet
ahoea. . with., rolled and . powdered - halt
dressed with feathers and gause, riding
a-plllon behind the groom's - young
friends, in satin knee breeches and gay
coats and cocked hatsall the accom
panying young folk in the picturesque
and gallant dress of tho times, and gay
with laughter and happy voices a sight
pretty to see in the village streets, or.
fairer still, in the oountry lanes, waere
the woods were purely starred and
gleaming with the radiant dogwood; or
roads where fence lines were , "white
with blossoming cherry trees ' as . If
touched with lightest snow.' or where
pink apple blossoms flushed the fields
and dooryards or, sweeter far, where
the flickering shadows fell through a
bridal arch of the pale green, feathery
foliage of the abundant flowering locust
trees, whose beautiful hanging racemes
of exquisite pink-flushed blossoms oast
a sensuous perfums Uks orange blos
soms, which ntteo the warmtn. ' tne
glowing sunlight, the fair birds, the be
ginning of a new lire." .
Today offers- no parallel to ths singu
lar beauty of this picture.
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Funerals were hardly less occasions
for feasting and a sort of somber fes
tivity .....
"Before the burls! took place In olden
times a number of Intimate friends of
the deed watohed the body throughout
the night. Liberally supplied with vari
ous bodily comforts sucb as abundant
strong drink, plentiful tobacco and pipes
snd newly baked rakes, these watchers
were not wholly gloomy.
"When Philip Livingstone died In ITO
his funeral was held both In New Tork
snd st the Manor. He had lived in
Broad street snd the lower rooms of
his house snd those of his neighbors
were thrown open to receive the
assemblage..
"A pipe of wine was placed for the
guests arvl the eight bearers were each
given a pslr of gloves, a mourning rlngk
a '-'scarf, handkerchief . and . monkey
spoon. "At the Manor a similar ceremony took
place and a pair of gloves and handker
chief were given to each tenant Ths
whole expense wss 604.". '
In Albany ths expense ss wall as the
rioting of funerals seems to bare
; .d : : a'
The Quiet Hour
-BE STILLr-
It Is of the greatest Importance that
you teach your body to keep still. Un
nscessary motion means a waste of the
force that generates personal magnet'
Ism. . :
Teach yourself not te drum Idly with
your fingers; not to tap tbs floor with
your toes; not to twist a bit of paper
or a string or do any of ths hundred
and one tricks that we have been taught
to. consider mere harmless indications
of absentmlndedneas. -,
"When your hands and feet are not
la use directed by your will, teach, them
to keep stllL To know how and why
and when to keep still Is mere precious
knowledge than you can begin to com
prehend until you learn from. experi
ence. - , - ,. ,.
. Tou know how disagreeable to vou are
the annoying nolaes made by even the
one you love bestprovided you can't
get away from them; but have 'vou
thought that -you may have habits that
are quite as annoying to some one else?.
One cannot associate annovlnr habits
wun great personal magnetism. It re
quires but little study to appreciate tht
absurdity of the proposition, and so the
occult reason why you should break
yourself of these habits mav not look
as apsurd to rou as It otherwise mlrht
x naa a Calcutta friend who tauiht
me that aimless actions dissipate the
magnetic xorce surrounding the Individ
ual. thus rendering It weak and lnef
fewilve. jgome-oecurr teachers- e pear of
tnia xorce as tne electricity of the body.
in persons or strong personal mag
netism this force Is strong, steady and
well directed. - Horn have It so strongly
that they can indulge In these absent
minded . performances - without much
harm resulting; but to the person hav
ing a small smount of such magnetism
ingr are harmful. . I ;
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I know one girl who was constantly
made unhappy by the knowledge that
she was not popular in the social world.
She became a pupil of this man from
Calcutta, who immediately undertook to
teach her the art or keeping still and
he began by refusing to let her occupy
rocking chair. ......
His labors were successful and todav
she is teaching his doctrines by telling
hr .friends .how she went to work te
gain her wonderful popularity.
Be still. Control yourself. Tou will
hsve to learn to do It before you can
hope to control others, and to control
Others is what personal magnetism im
plies. . ..
We pear a great deal about the hyp
notic gase and-tho ruliult sometimes
works. Tbs gaz that spells 'persona!
magnetism to the initiated is a very dif
ferent thing. It cannot be simulated
by one who has not . an honest regard
for his neighbor, for altrutam Is Its
keynote. When teaching your body .to
keep still be sure to Include your eye
lids in the part to be Instructed.' Do
not wink too often. . .
Learn the direct look of a little child.
Th la may seem -very - fool Uh ad v Ice--to
you, but watch your friends and see for
yourself If those among them who are
continually winking are ' the forceful
ones whom you consider, magnetic.
Wonderful power lies In the reposeful
attitude of body and mind when th
will directs. Dr. Ea Lara.
HOME TRAINING.
The meeting last Thursday afternoon
was one of varied interests and greatly
enjoyea oy those present .
or course, equal suffrage Is "in th
air,? so it - is trot- surprising that ; " w
should hear of It at the home training
meeting. One-pf he-ladles-present
spoke so dispassionately and wisely it
was a pity she did not have a larger
audience.
She said the suffragists were anxious
to have parlor meetings, as many as
possible, between now and the election,
and that could be brought about by each
lady who felt interested inviting her
friends to meet her at her house on a
certain day and hour, bringing their
inenas wun mem.
. The suffragists would engage to have
on of their workers there to address
the ladles. - v
This lady (whose name I greatly re
gret I did not get) remarked upon the
sflsnt and almost
prehension with which the majority of
womea regard a new idea, and said such
hesitation would vanish before a care
ful study of the merit jpfjthls particu
lar subject.
So few women recognize this trait In
their own characters It Is a positive!
pleasure to And a woman who Is awake
to Its exlstenoe and does not propose to
let it stand In the way of her advance
ment. , . .-
The paper for the meeting was by
Mrs. J. C. Elliott King, on "The Public
Entertainment of "Chtldrert.T Is inad
visable or harmful, and to what ex-
tentT asked Mrs. King, and proceeded to
answer her questions very clearly and
Interestingly.
"Baseball for boys and football games
ror all ages and both sexes," she said;
and all who recall the ecstatic delight
derived from the first circus will agreo
with Mrs. King thst children should not
bo deprived of this public amusement,
and in this category she Included dog
and pony shows.
Mrs. King was not so favorably in
clined to the 10-cent theatre; nor, in
deed, to Indoor entertainments for very
young children, partly on account of
poor ventilation and partly to avoid
overstimulation of the brain. Both the
Sunday school and kindergarten - - she
would defer to. the fourth year.
She thought very young children were
often taken to Sunday school more to
serve the convenience of the parents
than to benefit the children, and urged
a sort of neighborhood nursery arrange
ment, where one mother could care for
another's child on alternate Sundays.
... ,
Mra King remarked upon the great
reached a climax. It Is said that the
obsequies of the first wife of Hon.
Stephen -Van teensslaer cost , 120.000.
On Long Island every young man ef
good family began In his youth to lay
sslde money In gold coin to pay for his
funeral and a superior stock of wine
wss also saved for the' same occsslon.
In Albany th cask of choice Madeira
which was bought for a wedding and
uaed In part waa saved In- remainder for
the funeral of the bridegroom. -"
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After all It Is a satisfaction lo know
that eating and drinking at funerals and
weddings are not so sll-lmportsnt as
they were In the "good old colony times
when we ware under the king."
The features of tho old life that are
better than ours will some day return
to while those that are not to good
are, happily, gnne forever.
The good old customs of honesty tn
bnstnes and plenty for all ths people,
ths only ones we need deplore, will com
back. , , i ' , ' , .
numbers of children that attend Satur
day matinees in Portland, and regretted
It as subjecting them to the impurities
ot the close air and as being too stim
ulating to ths emotions a thing to be
sedulously avoided in the majority of
casea .....
Mrs. King says: "I was shocked when
my children began to demand, soon after
entering th public schools, permission
to attend these vaudevilles, because,' as
they said, all the girls go, msrema. and
I think you're awfully stingy not to
give me ,Just 10 cents.'
"It took much explanation - to con
vince the young lady that It was the
10-centness that was so reprehensible
and that a dollar could be expended far
more economically In a Shakespeare
matinee ticket than for '10 of' these
vaudeville performances. - . ,
"I cannot Imagine what the-rnothers
are thinking about to allow th.elr little
girls to go from the glorious sunlight
and fresh Sir Into' an Ill-vent Hated,
artificially lighted room where they are
entertained ' for . two hours by miscel
laneous performances of more or less
questionable character." - - ( ; .
Mrs. King thought., many out-of-door
solutions of this question could be
found If a little thought were expended
upon it by the neighbors In cooperation,
who could thus provide tennis courts,
croquet grounds and arrange for pic
nics and other healthful recreation.
Mrs. King did not condemn the thea
tre In toto, . but referred to a friend
A MAGPIE
Fine black lace ia
' pleated' and laid , over
a white glace ailk foun- -
. dation, princesa atyl
- - ind '- heavily . embroid
. ' ered down; in sequina
- and glittering- jet Th
corsage bertha la beau
; v tffuHy draped , and the
ileevea - arranged to
" "match 'in fine
lace. .
.';:V''il.
whose Judgment She greatly respected,
who regarded it as an educational fac
tor like the publl library or the dally
paper. :'.. -'-
In Germany they manage the theatre
and the -child problem differently, aha
explained. . For example. Schiller's. "Wll
helm Tell" will be presented tn a manner
adapted to the children, with a short
story of the greet poet upon the program
for their benefit, and presentations of
Shakespearean plays are also crowded
In that country, while here they can
not be called popular .
'.' . '..'.
Th ladles of ths Horn Training asso
ciation are Interested In forming clssses
for nature study through the month of
June.
Miss Bertha Chapman, director of all
such work In the schools of Oakland,
California, will come to conduct thla
work If a class of 40. or rather two
clauses of 20 persons can- be formed.
The course will consist of eight les
nnns, four of which will be out of door
lessons and the others classroom work.
Those desiring to Join such a class
can communicate with the seoretary of
the Home Training association, Mra. R.
L Donald, 4( Tenth street, Portland. -
-THIL OPEN AIR
-These sre the things 4 pilsu
And hold of dearest worth: '
Light of the sapphire skies. .
Peace of the silent hills.
Shelter of forests, comfort of the grsss,
And of the good, bmwnearth -
And best of all, along the way, friend
ship snd mirth. . ,
f -- - So let me keep
These treasures of the humble heart
. In true possession, owning them by
love.
And when st last I can no Iqnger
""" , movs -. -" " j"" : ". . "
Among them freely, ! .. " ""
Let me not creep
Into some darkened room snd hide
From all that makes the world so bright
snd dear, .
But throw the windows wide..
To welcome in the light,.,..
And breathe my body back to Nature's
' care, - -My
spirit out to thee. Ood of the open
- air; : Henry Van Dyke. "
CIRCASSIAN STORY OF A KISS.
From a New Engtandcr's Scrap Book.
Th following curious bit of literature
was sent to me by an eaatern lady. It
la a good example of the oriental dls
section of the feminine mind and shows
an Infinite resource in the management
of detail that strikes the mere man
speechless with wonder and admiration:
- A man was walking along one road
and a woman along another. The roods
Anally nnlted Into one, and reaching the
point of Junction at the same time, they
wslked on together..
The man was carrying. .a large Iron
kettle on his heck; In one hand he held
the lega of a live chicken, In the other
a cane and he was leading a rortt.
They n en red a dark ravine. Said the
woman: "I am afraid to go through
that ravine with you; it la a lonely
place, and you might overpower me and
kiss me by force."
Said the man:' "Mow can I possibly
overpower you snd kiss you by force,
when I have this great Iron kettle un
my bark, a cane In one hand, a live
chicken tn th other and am leading a
WITH THE FIELD GLASS
There was never-a bettevHrme-to-as
the long-distance glaaa than. now, when
the great" need Is to get th right per
spective. on the pros and cons. of the
sunrage situation. . ,,'.
'As if used "to be -when: theologians
were hating each-other because they
couia not agree ss to how manv.lm
mortal souls could dance on' the point
oi a neeaie. ao now there ' Is a sood
deal of spprehenalon on the part or the
antla-juad perhaps more or less feeling
on, tne part or the pros, because of their
Inability to understand each other' and
to eliminate non-essentials from the
dismission. ' ' " j
Both sides are Indebted- to The Jour
nal for Its generosity. In according them
an equal hearing, i .
' In Tuesday's paper "Rosey" gets back
at Mrs. Phelps In characteristic style.
Her. letter Is 'clsver and exceedingly
herd to answer; . tor the reaaon that
there Is nothing in.lt that can pos
sibly De styled an argument. . . .
' It Is simply a revised version of the
sams opposition that hss met women
every step of ths way from, the times
when they were playthings or chattels
up to ths present,-.-
. This opposition has always been the
EVENING GOWN.
jy' eyjr
fee .-i. fc'es. '.. fc;
result of the fear that Increased- men
tat uwveiopinent 'and a wider rsnge
would desex women and destroy that
Intangible something known as femi
ninity. ... ..".'.
There was never so groundless a fesr
as this nor one so hard to destroy.
The principle of sex Is from everlast
ing to, everlasting, and ballot or ho bal
lot, women will never cease to be fem
inine, They could not If they would
and they would not If they could; but
It's ' perfectly useless to reiterate this
proposition, for It hss been reiterated
every step of the way and at every
fresh step it hss all to be done over
again. , .
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- Go- lMu;k, for instance, to the -eight-
eentn century and ask any writer of
romance If he could make a - readable
story snd take for his heroine a "felr
young girl" who rides astride a horse.
Wears a yellow "slicker" in the rain
and a soft hat, stands guard while a
f cowboy brands a maverick" and
Vwlngs" a man with her "gun" because
he Insists on finding out what Is going
on. , - - ...
Add to this that she saunters into
the courtroom ; . tells her story to' a
"grinning Jury"- who admire her beauty'
snd. her femininity Just as men admired
the fainting feminine frallltles of
centuries gone, and what do you sup
pose a romsnrer of the eighteenth cen
tury would have aald to such a heroine
aa that? He would have in the classic
language of Dorothy Dfx "thrown a
thousand fits." .
Yet, Just this manner of heroine .wss
taken by a man writer In a recent mag
aslne, and 12 "good men and true" and
two eligible young bachelors thought
her charming.
Again, since the entry of women Into
(he world fiction hss teemed with the
grace and bennty end fascination of the
office girl, while those other conserva
tives who are now fortunately-all dead,
would have lifted up their eyes tn holy
horror at the- desexlng that would cer
tainly follow th dreadful day when
women Went Into business. .
After women have been enfranchised
all the men fiction writers will proceed
to sharpen their pencils snd fill their
fountain pens and stock up with copy
paper and tell stories that will "sell"
well and "read" well about the delicate
femininity, the grace, th beauty of fair
voters who win all hearts by that same
Intangible charm that has swayed th
hearts of men since the days -of Helen
snd sll thts unreasoning Oread of the dtp
sextng of woman and the fooltsh opposi-
goat? I might a well be tied hand and
foot." ...
"Yes," replied the woman, "but If you
should stick your cane In the ground
snd tie your goat to It and torn the
kettle bottom side up and put the
chicken under It, then you might wick
edly kiss me. In spite of my resistance."
"Success to thy Ingenuity, O woman!"
said the rejoicing man to himself.- "t
should never have thought of this or
similar expedient." i .
And when they rams to the ravine,
he stuck his cane Into the ground anl
tied the goat to It J gave the chicken to
the woman saying, "Hold It while I cut
some grsss for the goat," and then, so
runs the legend, lowering the kettle
from his shoulders, he put the fowl un
der It and wickedly kld the woman ss
be was afraid he would,
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1 r. fA'fyiit wvvrLZm
I' '
Uan-that groaa. out of It will he fur. .
gotten Just ss ths same opposition to
the higher education of woman was for.
gotten;. Just as ths same opposition to
her entry Into the business world he
been forgotten; snd the eternal feminine
still persist and prevail. Juat as It al
ways has and always will."
' ' . s e " ; ' : "
Korwlthstsndlng alt this, the present
day conservative will wag a solemn head
and say "bur thts Is different."
- To which I esn reply, It is precisely'
the ssme. . . . , - . '
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s 'But It's of no avail.' , The conoervs-tive-
revives this old antiquated dread
of the de-sexing of women at every step
In her progress and actually believes
he or she is doing something praise
worthy and original., :,"..... .'
' yt ''- -'
"Rosey," a recent writer, reminds me
pf a good conservative who lived in the
staid oldt town of Hatfield, Massachu
settswhen it was first proposed to tea
the town to provide . "schooling" , for ,
the gtrls. : i r :..s. .'. . .
When th question was under discus
sion at the town meeting, Mr. Conserva
tive arose and bursting with righteous
Indignation ejaculated: "What! . Hat
field school the shesT Never!" -
He wss certain that to "school he
shea" would unfit them for the sphere
which- men and providence designed
them to fill. Whst would he have said
to the women's colleges 'of todsyT
- And sttlV girls continue to go to oi
ler and then go home and fall in love
and gH married juat as they did be
fore. - How strange. .
But ths conservatives will never learn. '
: - s .. ,,..?
-"Rosey" saysi " "Just let me whisper
In ' your sar: If eaob woman would
stay at horns and hold court tn her own
house with her own Children, terseit'
ss Judge and Jury, and teach her boys
good morals and goon principle, mere
would be . no need for other Juvenile
courts and there also would be no men
to reform."
Evidently "Rosey" thinks it Is a fsr
lighter task to "teach boys goo morals
and good principles" than It Is to vote.
Whst does she mean by gooa princi
ples?" How csn a womsn tesch her
boys to discriminate between good and
bad political principles when she doea
hot know herself?
Of what . use is It to tesch "good
morals" (whatever that may mean) to a
bov when he muat go out Into a world '
and live his life In the midst of sur
roundings thst make "morals' a practi
cal Impossibility? ' . - -
Tet the mother must bo silent regard
ing those conditions. - To wsnt to vote
to change them would be unwomanly. '
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All this talk of a hard and -fast
division between the home and the
political and Industrial activities and
conditions of the country is simple im
becility first and last.
There is no such division. Political
and Industrial conditions and influences
react on the home with a thousand
times more force than the horn can
bring o bear upon them.
The home of every poor man every1
working man In tho land Is the poorer
for the present monopolies of the neces
sities of. life snd women are equal '
suffers with men. - - - - r ..r.--
Every household In th land is dark
ened by the debauchery and degrada
tion and treachery that exists in the ,
legislative. Judicial yes, the executive
branches of our government and women
suffer from fliem hot a whit less than'
men and have therefore the ssme rea
sons to wish to assist in: their re
moval, and will be accorded the right -to-do
SO. , . i, . f "
BABY'S THUMB.
I know a bewitching small maiden.
With a second birthday yst to come.
Who thinks that life isn't worth-living
Unless she can auck her wee thumb.
And when she is weary with playing, '
And her senses begin to grow numb.
She rixcs-her mouth Juat to hold it. ,
And slips in one little pink thumb, '
Then the look of supreme satisfaction;
It would strike any artist dumb
With despslr, for he never could paint it,
Thst look when she first tastes her
thumb, , .
She would tell you-that barley sugar.
And the nicest kind of a plum.
Or the choicest of French confections)
Were not half so sweet as her thumb.
That taffy and honey were nowhere, '
And the best grade of white chewing
gum , , .
Tou couldn't be hired to look at.
If you once got a taste of her thumb.
There are people brimful of dark say
lngs. Who prophesy evils to come :
If mamma don't resort to harsh meas
ures. And embitter or tie up that thumb.
All these prophets we know mean kindly.
So we listen with gravity mum:
But mamma couldn't be ao hard-hearted
As to cut baby off from her thumb.
Indeed, alt disconsolate mortals.
And good folka Inclined to be . glam.
Might learn a lesson in wtsdnm
From this baby girt , sucking her
thumb. ' . '
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When the world seems absurdly noisy.
And hollow ss any bass drum.
Then I say "Let m keen forever '
This baby that sucks her small
: thumb. "
What ilghtaiag Ukee.
.From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat..
A Oermsn statistician announces that
marl has twice the attraction for light
ning, which chalk has, and that sand lias
nine times and clay SI time as much.
Moreover. 64 oak treea and It pin trees
are struck for every beech tree that the
lightning touchea; ao that. If one I
caught out In a thunder storm. - and
must stand under a tree, It Is better to
stand under a beech tree which Is rooted
in chalky ground than anywhere else.
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