Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-03-13
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Good day gentlemen
Good day. said the horse reporter,
looking Up and discovering young Ia
dy in the apartment.
Il would like to show you work
which am selling, she began, and am
sure it will prove both interesting and
Instructive
What is it abont?' asked the horse
reporter.
The book, continued the fair can
vasser, is by one of our best known
writers and speakers, and is entitled,
'What Shall We Do With Our GirlS2'
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 l haven't any daughters
'Oh, 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 a few visions of loyelneSs?
Well, that's all light. Some of our
best cook books haye been written by
people who didn't know a grid-lron
from the Fifteenth Amendment
But this quetion of what shall be
done with the girls is really an impOr-
tant one,' continued the young lady.
Have you ever given it thought?'
Il can't say that have continued
the horse reporter. Il suppose we
might tie 'em up in the back yard when
a circus comes to town..
Il 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
All right said the horse reporter,
'yOu can meet them if 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,
ard 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 strong hold of
its power the great wrong which for
centuries has baffled her efforts at ad-
vancement along the great highway of
progress
Why, that's lovely!' exclaimed the
young lady. You believe in lady-sEff-
rage, don't you?'
Lady who?'
Lady suffrage that ladies
should vote, and have all the political
privileges that are accorded men. That
is just what this book says. That chap
ter is perfectly sweet. It's just lovely.
L presume so. But how about the
chapter that says women should not
cramp and distOrt their bodies with cor
sets and their feet with tight shoes?
The gaunt demon of unrest that turks
in the maternal bunion may, in the
child of that mother become an ever
present monster of pain
'Oh, those chapters are horrid. What
the world is interested in is the noble
attributes of Woman-her soul and
heart
Yes, the soul-and-heart business is
all right, bnt you must remember that
the humble liver, working away unost-
entatiously, is alsoa pretty good scheme
and without health woman can never
attain success. The deadly clasp of the
steel-ribbed corset and the fatal grip of
the cleaning garter are hurrying to
early graves the women of our land.
The beautiful eyes that should sparkle
SO brightly are dull and IusterlesS, the
cheek whose whiteness should be re-
lieved by the rosy blush of health is SAL
low and wan, ard the fairest temple
ever made is rendered ghaStly ruin by
the one who should take the greatest
pride in It's beauty.
And will you buy book?' asked the
young lady. Pm sure you talk beauti-
fully
No. replied the horse reporter, 4
cannot buy book, because actions
speak louder than words, and | do not
wish to disturb the dramatic critic who
is in the next room trying to write soul
without a large S.