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What to Do with Our Girls.

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looking up and discovering young
lady in the apartment.
II would Ike to show you work
which I am selling" she began, ''and
am sure it will prove both interesting
and instructive
What's it abous?' asked the horse
reporter.
1.-The book continued the fair cam
vasser, s'is by one of our best known
writers and speakers, and is entitled,
what Shall We Do With Our Girls?'
The question is certainly one Of para
mount Importance, and -
'Are your girls bothering You much.
this season. inquired the friend of
Maud S.
"Why, no, said the young lady,
| blushing violently ''that is-why, of
course / haven't any daughters.
| 20, you're out on the road telling
people what to do with their girls be-
fore you're even married, let alone the
mother of few visions of lovelinessp
| Well, that's all right. Some of our best
cook books have been written by peo-
| pie who didn't know gridiron from
the Fifteenth Amendment.
s'But this question of what shall be
done with the girls is really an import
ant one," continued the young lady,
shave you ever given it q thoughtP''
II can't say that have, = replied the
horse reporter. II suppose we might
tie 'em up in the back syard when q
circus comes to town.
II hardly think you comprehend the
question in all its bearings. What is
/ the legitimate sphere of woman; in
what field of action can she best display
and make use of the God-given talents,
attributes of mental force, and physical
grace with which she is endowed These
| are living, burning issues, and must be
fairly met. When we SEE
s'All right, said the horse reporter,
s'you can meet them ii you want to.
Woman's sphere. SO far as have been
able to discover, is to never have break
fast on time. 1t is no doubt some
what limited one, but she is gradually
reaching out into the great unknown,
and will eventually grasp with her lily
white fingers the black demon of in
| justice that has so long oppressed her,
and strangle in. the very stronghold of
his power the great wrong which for
/ centuries has baffied her efforts at adj
/ .yancement along the great highway Of
progress.
.tNhy, that's loyelyr' exclaimed the
young lady '.You believe IN lady suf-
frage, don't You?n
i Lady who?'
ssLady suffrage-beHeve that ladies
should vote. and have all the political
privileges thatare accorded men. That's
| Just what this book says. That chapter
| is perfectly sweet. It's just lovely
II presume so. But how about the
chapter that says women should not
cramp and distort their bodies with
eorsets and their feet with tight shoesf
The gaunt demon of unrest that turks
| in the maternal bunion may, IN the child
of that mother, become an ever -preseni
monster of PAIN
20, those chapters are horrfd What
the world is interested in are the noblel
attributes of woman-her soul ant
heart
i Eyes, the soul-and- d-heart business il
all right, but you must remember tha
the humble liver, working away un
ostentatiouslY, is also q pretty goot
scheme, and without health woman car
never attain success. The deadly clasI
of the steel-ribbed corset and the fata
grip of the cleaning garter are hurry.
ing to- early graves the women OF on
land. The beautiful eyes that shoulc
sparkle so brightly are dull and lustre
less, the cheek whose whiteness SHOULD
be. relieved by the rosy blush Of healtl
, is sallow and wan. and the faires
temple ever made is rendered ghastl.
ruin by the one who should take th'
greatest pride in its beauty,
s.And will you buy a book?' asked
the young lady. .'l'm sure you tall
beautifully
'.No,n replied the horse reporter. 8
cannot buy book, because action
speak louder than words, and do no
!. wish to disturb the dramatic critic VIII
is in the next room trying to write sou
without q large S. - Chicago Tribune
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