Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-02
woMANs WORLD IN PARAeRAPHa
The sense Of Hamer Displayed by Men
and Women.

The sense OF II omor a. oispiayeo by uco
and Women
Women may well envy men one quail
ity. and that is their lively. jolly sense
OF humor. No matter how hard and
stupid their work Is, there is seldom
moment but that at u flash OF humor
they viii light mp and laugh all over,
and in that laugh the WEAKNESS passes
of. For this reason l have always
liked TO work in an Office where men
are. Sometimes when am all tagged
out, and have not an idea in my head, a
newspaper man will suddenly DO re-
minded Of . joke. Newspaper mems
jokes are not old chestnuts, by the way.
either. but the best and brightest. The
man tells his story; then another witty
fellow makes some absurd remark and
q mild roar vibrates through the room.
! know it does me great amount OF
good, that minute or two Of nonsense,
and can 10 back to work again. re-
member the story. l find myself q day
or two later in q company Of women,
ready to yawn In one another's faces
for ennui. That was an intensely
funny story when heard 1t in the
newspaper Office; 1t made all Of rs laugh
till our muscles were shaken up. try
it on the company Of women, thinking
10 relieve the monotony. What hap
pens1 One smiles little conventional
wooden smile. two or three venerable
Tables eye me with severe disapproval.
and one or two probably murmur, Il
don't see anything funny about that.
The rest simply look puzzled. believe
ON my soul that after they have passed
the giggling schoolgirl age half the
well bred women in the world think ii
is not quite ladylike to laugh. Some
times don't wonder that men find the
company Of their own wives q dreary
bore. Some admirable husbands have
confessed to me that they found their
own wives rather slow just because the
dear creatures never could see joke,
and for this reason if for no other there
was a good deal more fun In . ''stag
racket" Women miss half the fun Of
the world and it is their own fault.
They often complain that men have so
much better times than they have. This
is true. but honestly believe much Of
it is owing to the fact that women are
30 destitute Of humor. 1t is something
they can cultivate. though, and they
ought to do it. Two good laughs are
better than a gown from Worth.
Not q woman ON the national commit
tee Of the Peoples party! What does
this mean? Women, eloquent, splendid
women, helped to found the Peoples
party. Where are brilliant, logical
Mary Lease and Annie Diggs, who de-
foated Senator Ingalls,? Where il Mrs.
Emery, of whose book, Seven Finan-
cial Conspiracies," Governor st. John,
of Kansas, says, II learned more in re-
lation to the financial history Of our
country during the past thirty years
from 1t than had ever known before. {"
Where are bright, gentle Marion Todd
and that southern woman, Betty Gay,
who has shown her executive ability
by the success with which she managed
her own financial affairs2 Answer me
these questions. o Peoples partyl
The Peoples party put into its plat
form the demand for equal rights for
men and women.
Gladstone's majorities in the British
elections are by no means SO large a
the q. o. NJ. expected. II serves him
right. II he had not written that letter
against woman suffrage the ladies Of
the Liberal party would have entered
into the campaign with all their WON
ans enthusiasm and helped him roll up
. great majority. AS il was, Liberal
ladies In some cases actually worked
against Liberal candidates known to be
opposed 10 woman suffrage. Women
are learning.
Mrs. Emma 8. Hutchins. a successful
artist, urges on all women who take mp
drawing the necessity Of copying from
nature alone. They will learn TO look
ON outdoor life with different eyes and
win gain richly in knowledge. To copy
from chrornos Is no better than making
tissue paper roses and Noah's ark sheep.
The only real art development Is IN
painting from nature herself.
ELIZA ARcHARp CONNER
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