Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-09
IN FAIR W0MAN'S DOMAIN
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO MAID
AND MATRON.
Two Things Witch C"ntinualiy IInr-
rusH the Modern Busy WOmnn-I.css
Of the "WOmun observation-disclosures
NcedlcwOmen.

Russ the Modern Busy "OmNn-Lcsh
Of the "Womnn Quc1tiOn''-I'nris
Mediterranean.
The busy" woman of the moment
is the busiest creature in existence
She is really dreadfully ovcrworkcd and
pressed for leisure. Two reasohf for
this are assigned by the NewFSh DIRK
Times. One is because she is Still,
while poking her obtrllsive little nose
about in mems work, full of her fem
mime traits and characteristics. In her
heart Of hearts she has never quite
given up her liking for dawdling; she
hates to be ready on the minute;
things are wearing that have to be
done on Friday absolutely, instead of
"Wednesday or Saturday, if she feels
more like it. And, besides, she is wife,
mother, hCusekeeper, neighbor, friend,
lady of the house, nurse, counselor,
contidant. and half dozen more things
all the time that she is the business
woman" Her confrrrc, the business
man." gets up in the morning, eats
his breakfast, puts his morning paper
III his pocket, kisses his wife and babies
and slams the front door on all do
nestle cares till evening. The business
woman does two or three hours work
in the way of getting children off to
school, ordering meals. planning sewing,
! writing family letters. seeing trades
men, Supervising a household III its
many details before she. too, takes
train to the office. If You watch her en-
| route you will see that she does not
let her newspaper, if she reads one at
all. absorb her, for she frequently lays
it down. and if you are another woman
! you will know by the quicker in her
| forehead and the compression of her
/ lips that she is still full of home cares.
The business woman, pure and simple,
is not quite developed. And, as has
been limited, there are some reasons
| why we are in no hurry that she shall
be. The second cause for the busy
WOman'S want of leisure is her want Of
system. This is not wholly her fault.
She is not born with it as her brother
is. Generations Of business men have
implanted hereditary business instincts
|-punctlallty. system, prOmptneSS, APP
plicatiOn, pcrSevcl1ncc-and they quick
ly develop in most young men. 1t will
take generations Of busy women TO give
them the same chance.
Less of "the Woman Question:
"Whatcvrr amclior;tion the condition
Of women may need to-day" says Helen
WattcrSOn in Tho Forum, 1T is not
10 be accomplished by going into rhctor-
zeal or executive session about it. The
individual wrongs from which individ-
ual women are suffering are not, alas!
tG be rightcd by Eapl rs in congresses,
and the sex wrongs from which all
women are supposed to be suffering are
only aggravated by being made the
subject Of excessive consideration. Take,
for example. the enc wrong of Which
women complain with most sharpness
ard most Justice Unt quail payment for
equal work. Anything that helps to
emphasize the fact that women are
newcomers in any field Of work tends di-
rcctly to lower the wages for that
work: anything that helps to arouse the
prejudices of men and so keeps up I'M
fair discrimination against women
workers tends directly to depreSS
wages; snytbing that Introduces 4 false
distinction into wOrk--and the sex dis
| tinction is Il false one--will lower
wages; any sentimental consideration
that serves to cLtrude the fact that
women are not equal to men in units
of horse power is sure to lower wages.
The fact is. women workers are at
a considerable physical disadvantage in
comparison with men. and the less said
about it the better. The less said in
declaration Of wOm"ns rights and in
glorification of her achievements the
better for both rights and achievements.
The strongest assertion of a
right is the assumption of it, and the
OILY proof Of equality of work is equal
ity Of work. Now, all these and many
other things like them are the stuff
Of which wOmen's congregational dis
cusSiOnS are made, ED they I'LL serve
charmingly to keep alive that intangi-
be something called the Woman Cues
tion," Of which men are already very
tired, and of which women ought to
be. For men have already risen. with
the wonderful multiplication within the
last few years Of powers and activities
common to both sexes, to recognize the
| fact that work is a neuter noun, and
that so far as women workers are con-
ccrned the chivalry Of disregarding their
sex is greater than the chivalry of rec
ogniZing it. Both men and women were
equally culpable in the sex-conscious-
ness Of two centuries ago To-day it
IS women and not men who are resDOn-
sible for it.
| PhOtOsrapltinE Beauty Asleep.
1t is an undispUted fact that pretty
woman never looks so pretty as when
she is asleep. Beautiful woman, recog-
nizing this truth about her appearance
when she is asleep, is now taking advan-
tage of it in a marvellous way, and the
latest fad is the photograph of her.
self in the arms Of Morpheus. Usually
she rests on a divan, and the clever
photographer arral ees the pillows un-
der her head so that not single beau
ty is forgotten by the sun, while the
human artist will cleverly enough blot