Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-12-13
Boots ana Brains.

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/ has recently come under my olsserva-
/ ton. Believing it to be of interest to
the general public, as well as worthy
special notice, beg leave to cali your
attention to the case. .ll.'D' sHi AN 'so}'
LA Young I:idy of this city fell 'aslcep
while reading an interesting novel, on
/ last Wednesday afternoon, and dreamed
the following remarkable dream. can
do no better than to relate the dream in
her own v oitls: N"A sAoN 'si' iHiSUas smo-
y az dreamed that was alone and I'M
protected in the wUrld, and that between
me and 'ehll penrry' nothing but my
own mental and physical strength inter-
vened. II seemed to me that my young
er sister was also dependents upon me,
and that my love for her impelled me to
daily renewed oxerti0n.1 Ithmght that I /,
went forth among the thousands Of
thronging seekers, and asked r;work
which | knew that I could do. L
dreamed that I received everywhere
kindly courtesy md consideration, but
that L could not find work. In .r,i, All az
PIE 81 dreamed that ], was in "a mood of
sore ,perplexity, and that, finally,
came unto the sanctum II the greatest
of living editors. niThere sat the famous
MIN in his regsd chair Of states and to
his desk solemplN advanced. a. Sir,',I
said unto him, Il wish to work
"'NfadaIn, be replied. shat is com.
mendabler And then thought asked
him to- tell me Of work thsti could do {; b
and he, instead of asking me to .call
again. said, kindly hut pberly;; AL,
low me to advise, you TO give up search
ing for work. There is nothing that
you Can do Ladies can not do very
many thiiigs in this world You must II
either teach school or get married.
Those are the best avenues open to Ia
dies. No, ma Fam, I can not encourage
you. You are a lady,
d at dreamed, most singularly, that l
courtesied huinbly, said s1hank you,
. ..s.Yes,' thought /, as the bitter tears
fell upon my buttoned. shoes, which
should have been boots-.yes, l AM "ais
lady, most unfortunately psallle .ss1.
. .'Shall the time never come when q
womanly woman, . lady-hke Lady, who
has no desire, to, encroach upon the
province of man, can do work for which
She Is fitfeds 'Eis' 90 10 si-7fgs''sn ehI an
.eIs' this competition between brains
and boots to last forever? .'ia .n.n
Then it seemed TO, me that l was
struggling for breath, and l cried
aloud like a frightened child crying in
the dark-crying for light that failed
to shine-for a light whose illumining
might never come to me or to woman.
And so awoke and found myself curled
eoziE up on the sofa. Some one had
thrown Ian afghan over ME, the fire inq
the crate was burning brightly, my book
was lying on. the floor beside. nue., and
my sister was enjoying q nap on sofa
my dream can mean, but il impressed
me very Strangely" a1s'7r9 1sdiora s1ross
Having thus given the history Of this
singular dream asrelated to me by Miss
---T :, herself, | would eall attention to
a few points only.
( First, the not uncommon position in
Which She dfeamed that fate had placed
herr ssSscond, her, experiences wilhelm
search of work. and the advice Of the
world as given to her by one of the best
opponents of the ideas of the world.
Third. her philosophical meditati0ns
upon the subject. i'd $500 u 10 iaiisissl.
l have been wondering if in this dream
theses of Us who are hoping. for womans
release, not from the thousand and one
wrongs with which certain advocates Of
her cause say that She is weighted, but
from g this ion5between brains
and boots, in her work-a-day life, may
no; see glimmer Of hope for the future.
May there not vet come time when an
earnest, self-reHant woman can ind
work that she can do without entering
into this struggle against odds? Maywe
not cease by and by even to dream that
such competition has beune And shall
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