Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-12-21
6LSNDe OR BRuNETTE2
The Blessed Woman Held Her Own and
Proved Herself In the Right.

There was no doubt about it, q
feminine battle was to the fore. The
blonde sat and looked at the brunette
with stare that would have done
credit to Japanese doll. The brunette
asserted emphatically, "A woman can
| do everything man can do, and do it
Just as well. For instance, look at the
women doctors"
yes" answered the blonde, "look
at them. They don't walk the hospit-
ais as the men do. and the consequence
is they only see one side of the ILL
nesses of life. and they are utterly in
competent to treat nybody except
from their point of view. Now, when
God made men and women he made
them assimilative, and it is necessary
to understand the diseases Of both be-
fore you can practice on one."
But" spoke up the brunette, think
OF the women lawyersm
think of Them" responded the
blonde, "for they seem to have precious
little to think with. They jump at a
conclusion with womanly instinct,
while man has reasoned up to it.
and the consequence is that when they
argue they work like crab-back.
ward!"
Then" said the brunette, "see the
women writers!"
Yes" groaned the blonde, "see
them! AS long as they put their
womanliness in their work they are
successful, but the minute they tackle
what is really mans prerogative, the
power, and not the fancy, of the pen,
their work is not good, for it hasn't the
strength of manliness nor the dainti-
ness of femininity."
"Then," said the brunette, show are
they as actorsp"
very good, indeed" answered the
blonde; that is because acting comes
natural TO them. A baby girl of two
years will play the coquette with her
father. and right straight on through
life she smiles when she has pain at
her heart, or acts in some way. l
agree with George Moore; acting is
not an art, for the child can act when
it could not paint picture or write a
book. To certain extent my fox
terrier can act; consequently the
mimetic power is born with people,
some having it to a greater degree than
others, and of course it improves by
cultivation"
well, what about the dressmaker?"
queried the brunette.
$50 into your wardrobe and inquire, I"
came the blondes answer. "a man
made your riding habit; man made
your cloth gown; the most noted of
French dressmakers made your dinner
dress; the most aesthetic of English
diapers made your tea gown; your fur
coat was made by men; it is possible
that your lingerie was made by women,
but ten to one man took the order
and suggested the designs"
After this the brunette very weakly
ask ed, "How about the hairdressers?"
Then the blonde laughed. Your
hair and mine may be dressed by q
woman, but every year there is con-
clave of men who meet to decide the
styles, to suggest improvements. and
the one before whom they all bow, and
the one who for ten years has fought
against the bleaching Of the hair is q
man."
But there are ministers" responded
the brunette.
"Oh, are there?" Indignantly asked
the blonde; would you feel married
if woman performed the ceremony
St. Paul knew what he was about when
he objected to this"
But cooks!" pleaded the brunette.
Cooks" indi gnantly answered the
blonde. when you have eaten dread
full messes, when your clothes have
been worn by kitchen ladies, when you
have received impertinence of every
sort, and the police have been called
in to remove the offender, don't you
turn with intense delight either to a
French chef or Chinaman? My dear
girl there are three professions in life
that women can fill to advantage, IN
which no man can equal them, no man
can come near them; they surpass him
beyond everything. He bows down
before them and recognizes their
superiority in them. They are daugh-
ter, wife, and mother. And no mat
ter how advanced we may think
women are, these are really the only
professions in which they rise superior
to men. Whether you are convinced
or not. it is true. So come along with
me and have cup of tea with the
babies"
And the man who listened to all this
felt wild inclination to get up and
hug the blonde, and the only thing that
prevented him from doing such an en-
thuSiastic thing was-that she was his
own wife.