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Ime AtEmmGn 0Wo NmRUfNDnt 1oNterN WNnNmn
Ars rt Pr~-ept Aete.tine Her
Underrtand that Louise r. ten years older
than am; that she has well-to-do 10 humdrum
husband. who is alarRs manufacturer Of wall
paper. = anon-sssertlve. smiabie. and domestic
person thstshs has three robust children. and
IL a sister Of mine only In the large sooioloei-
cal sense II you saw her In full feather ron
would ssy "shs IL nne-lookine womsn"-if
you are man and II you are . woman you
would say "she is Just lovely" But being
without the prejudice OF q man or the weak
ness Of my own sex for accommodation
phrases. I will merely remark that her lIps
are a trine too thin. her forehead too
square at the corners. and her nose
Just the least bit two csrtilseinous TO
make her q type OF beauty. Dut for all that
she IL very much loved and admired, for she
has been In the past an exemplary mother. an
eetimable wife. generous hostess and dis
creot friend.
In word. she lived and enjoyed comfort
able conventional existence Of humdrum
duties. moderate aspirations. and modest
luxury till about two years ago. when she
made what think IL fearful discovery.
She found out by some means that she had
been loving her husband for ten years In the
most subservient way; that he had been 40
ceptinR II quietly a. his psraulsite. without
ever making any other than the conventional
return Of loving her In his honest but ineffeo-
tual MASCULINE simplicity. and providing her
with the means to entertain his friends sump-
tuously and bring up her children properly.
know the very day that this awful secret
was revealed to her. had gone over there TO
get some dolly patterns that she had prom
ised me. and noticed the new downtrodden
look in her eyes she said that she had - de-
scended into the depths OF her sslf-conscious-
ness" When mother who has got three bounc-
ing children on the surface OF things. does
that, you may know that \ crisis has arrived
and she is trying to "scrute the inscrutable"
From that day Louise began to discover all
sorts OF things IL was not long before she
took to contem plating her prehistoric sisters.
much to the neglect OF hor contem poraneous
offspring. And finally she made the fatal dis
oovery that she was burdened with sex.
Now have always held that mother Of
three children. all growing. has NO crank
rights. and so I determined to give Louise .
talking to- She said to me one morning:
Yes. my dear. want to talk to you. for there
arc times In all women's lives whom they must
drop the grosser adjuncts Of life. and dnd
spiritual freedom in kindred intercourse"
This sounds so like the Boston Arena that I
think one may safely call Il q Flower OF Speech.
Even In your life." she went on. there
must be moments whom your soul threatens
to break away from the trammels OF sex. Yea
sex. Always sex. When will the time como
that We shall be honored and respected for
qualities that are far removed above sex"
am that stupid. don't you know. that II
somebody should say to me. "0h. whom will
tho glad hour arrive In which We can have .
here without there. and bask In the insffsbls
freedom Of o now that hasn't any thenw
should be all tangled up and would probably
blurt out. "Alasl never. neverr'
Louise must have seen my eonstsrnstion
and confusion. for she said:
But forget that you are In the bonds Of
youth and iniauity!"
"Iniauity, Louise2 Oh. come nowT
Certainly. iniauity. The iniquity Of sex
and undevelopment; the supine iniauity OF
being good looking woman. content to enjoy
your slavery; the iniquity OF having your ca
reer fixed for you By man. always inside the
limitations OF sex. And race struggling all
the while madly for the light What can do
for the racer"
Here she doubled up her fst and struck an
attitude. with her wedding ring In the air. It
was pretty: as 10 the Graccht instead OF Ajax
were deiyinG the lightning. All could say
was:
:, My M dean ear you can take care of your part Of
What is my part Of it3 Housewife: sutier:
the , broad cali Of duty In this sxigent hour
How is one 70 respond from the nursery to the
iet tho youre, ones' rsspond." said;
But she went right on: Ho wsend back the
words q cheer to the battling n hS.tsr N .",,
How is one to lend spiritual sympathyto
the uncatiOn Of the race ace when one nHss Hn be
one 10 live for humanity when ono must live
than nVmsoIS ONE mas. '2o you aYa Know % You dont ~
No. indeed. but for all women"
MY perverted nature Handed down to me
.e for hs9s psn the
sense Of shame. / haven't with ali my strus.
giles. yet overcome the contemptiblo and
the uoH eoiofs ns that he likes best some nobler
faculty In me protests In vain. ! hear
asispsrins HS erin Within me- Does he dress him.
self In your colors when ne comes to din.
1sa Rs' =. s
Kind OF stockings he must wear for you The
conscious over-wom.n tells me i would be
cit down at that dinner table clad. in the sim
pie majesty OF superior Teetitude to 6e ad:
mired io55 the intrinsic and ssxisss qualities OF
tried for momsn. to picture my friends
:" II understand you. your ovsrsouI objects
to your being attractive to the sye of9ne man"
attIaciss ssFP's IN shas sne SaI Sats
riaiism. II puts things on the plane OF the |
SOs.yss and .nd ssir.s Es s5s
the implieAtion that when We cease to oe & e..
dear. We must escape from all these conyen- |
tionk Have you read Helen II. Gardinerr
NO. Who L. sheP'
You should read her vigorous. protest |
against Home and Love. and Mother; |
phrases invented and circulated By men. OF |
course you have read Sarah GrAndr"
No. Louise. To be frank with you. read |
men in preference tn women. lts so much
easier. and they are so much more discreet"
You'll pardon me. put you are not abreast |
And / hope you will not be offended II I |
tell you that don't want to be' 1t makes one
but you are so Intelligent and bright Kate.
that you mqst have senssd the thought waves |
OF the period"
Done WhatT |
"ssnssd the thought wavss-obssrvsd the
Oh. don't. Louisel Wherever AnY one be- |
gins to talk about the trend I've shpdder- |
Ing feeling that the next thing will be the |
Transition period and then we'll come 70 the |
'Altruistlc' and shan't be In touch Did you |
ever read BrAndsr hattheWsp