Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-04-05

Her Age.

"And what is your age, madam ~ was the at
torney's question.
"My own," she answered promptly.
II understand, that madam, but how old are you"
II am not old, sir" with indignation
81 beg your pardon, madam; l mean how many
years have you passed ~
"None the years have passed me-"
"How many of them have passed you ~
"A never heard of them stopping"
MADAM you must answer my question. want
to know your age"
II don't know that the acquaintance is desired by
the other side"
II don't see why you insist on refusing to answer
my question:" said the attorney, coaxingly." I'm
sure would tell how old l was if l were osked.
"But nobody would ask you, for everybody knows
that yon are old enough to know better than to be
asking woman her age, SO there"
And the attorney passed on to the next question:
Detroit Free Press
Kate Field When virtue pays better than vice !;
when sweating shops are abolished; when public
schools teach girls to their own living rather
than to despise labor and walk the streets when
alleged good women to cease to welcome libertlnes
and cast stones at every possible Magdaen when
these same good women decide that there shall be
one code of morals for both sexes when, in fact,
the followers of Christ practice what they preach,
the social evil will disappear-not before. Laws are
worse than useless in the presence of ignorance,
poverty, selfshness and undisciplined passion.
The insanity Of Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe has
reached such state that it exasperates her to have
anything said in praise of "Uncle Toms CABIN"
whereas previous to her insanity she bad always
been proud of that book The large sales of the
book still attest the fact that it was Of the great
est books of its kind written All hopes OF
Mrs. Stoves return to sanity have been given up
by her physicians and her friends.
Mrs. Mary E. Haines, of Augusta, Kas., in per-
sonal letter. says l am thankful that have had
my eyes open the Republican party in its true
light l am true.bue Prohib., but would like to
see the reform forces all unite. Well, the aw-mak
ers did nothing for the othsr half of the citizens OF
Kansas. We will just have to begin over again and
work along educational lines"
Gov. Morrill, says he is going to educate the poo
pie of Leavenworth and other rebelious cities up to
the enforcement of the prohibtory law and that he
will gradually get rid of the joints Educate intel.
ligent people to obey the law, indeed If he will
give the rebels good dose of the law ITSELF he will
do more to educate them than in any other way.
Governor Budd, of California, has decided to az
point woman as his executive secretary. She is
Miss Josephine Tollman, graduate of the Hastings
law schools 1t is said that the politicians have OPP
posed her nomination. Gov. Atkinson, OF Georgia,
has also private secretary who is woman.-The
Champion Of Progress
Recently, three North Topeka young women walk
ed six miles into the country to attend suffrage
meeting at country school house. After the en-
tertainment, they walked home again, reaching
there between II and o'clock.
Thirty women delegates to the Republican
convention at Oathe out of SO delegates.
Two thousand five hundred and twenty women
registered in Topeka this spring.
Four hundred and sixteen women registered at
Ottawa