Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-14
woMANs WORLD N PARAGRAPHS.
Have Men still Few Rights That Women
Should Respect?

WoMAN's WORLD ~ PARAGRAPHS.
Have Men still Few Rights That Women
should Respect?
In my Judgment they have. Therefore
l here take my stand for mems reserved
rights. A young gentleman who has
been to church bazaar says he likes
sometimes to make presents to lady
friends when he is especially fond Of
them, but be does not like to be dragged
up by the ears, so to speak. and openly
and shamelessly nagged to buy gifts for
! girls he has no interest in. The young
man is right. One of the elearest Of
masculine prerogatives is to make
present to girl Of his own free will
without in any way being constrained
or even hinted at. Seriously, the girl
who asks man to buy her a present or
accompany her to any place Of amuse-
| ment where it will cost him money
commits great error, to call it by a
mild name Such an incident is perhaps
a consequence of the financial slavery
in which women have been kept for
ages, but that financial slavery was un-
speakably degrading, and the results
that flowed from it are degrading like
wise. 1t really looks better and more
delicate, if woman wishes a gentleman
to accompany her anywhere, for her to
invite him and pay the bills herself than
to invite him to involve himself in ex-
pense on her account Oftentimes she is
better able to stand such expense than
he is in these days, when girls wages
are constantly on the up grade and new
occupations open constantly before
them. If a gentleman is in the habit Of
calling at a lady's house, and she gives
up her time occasionally to him, then
! he will make delicate return for the
pleasure her company affords by invit-
ing her to an outside entertainment oc-
casionally. But that is a thing that his
own sense Of justice and courtesy should
suggest and very different from having
hints, fuggestions and even PROPOSE
tions to that effect thrown at him. If
his courtesy and delicacy do not prompt
him to make such return for the priyi-
lege Of making pleasant visits Of an even
ing. then he is not desirable caller and
is to be politely got rid Of. That is how
this question looks to me on both sides
Of it.
1t is narrated that the Vassar girls
very much desired to wear uniform Of
plain black gown and cap. This was in
tended mainly to do away with the hu-
initiation the poorer girls would expe-
rience in being unable to dress as well as
the rich girls The motive was to put
all these fine girls on an equal footing.
There was besides something taking and
classic in the simple black gown But
the president Of the college is said to
have sat severely down upon the move
ment, saying the girls should not wear
the gown under any consideration. 1t is
a question whether a college presidents
authority extends to the point Of pre-
scribing what dress the students shall
or shall not wear. What right has a
simple hired employee Of board Of
trustees to say that the students whom
he was employed to teach shall not dress
as they please?
One Of the brainiest, pluckiest young
4 newspaper women in America is Mar
gherita Arlina Hamm, editor of the
New York Journalist. Miss Hamm Wis
tied China some months ago, and her
quick eyes found abundant journalistic
material there. Besides editing The
Journalist this busy young woman is
the correspondent Of various newspa-
pers- One Of the best features Of her
work is that she constantly says kindly
things about women.
The Rev. Dr. Parkhurst, in an adver-
tisement, writes that be has some very
important things to say to women.
The man who opposes woman suffrage
cannot possibly have anything Of impor-
tance to say to women. He is not capa-
Bile Of it. Therefore l am at loss to IN
derstand what the Rev. DR.. Parkhurst
means.
The woman Is column Of certain dai-
ly paper gives directions to women how
to win mans love and keep it. The
directions are sotedious, wearing and diff
ficult that woman who had any sense
would rather do without a man love
than try to retain it at such cost.
Equal suffrage resubmission clubs are
now the fashion in Kansas There viii
be resubmission, and it will be a go.
The captain Of the steamer Natchez,
running from New Orleans to Vicks-
burg, is Mrs Leathers.
Mrs. Florence @. Ives is acting as lee
ture agent and manager this year. She
has arranged a series of lectures on Eng
lish literature for Mrs. Abby Sage Rich
ardson.
do not think this looks well some
how: Professor Nellie S. Kedzie,
Household Economy and Hygiene, Kan
sas State Agricultural College. How
would it sound to say Professor Johnnie
Fiske?
hope with all my heart that the
staff Of women whom Lady Carlisle is
training to take charge Of her estates
will be a great success.
Miss Elizabeth Bryant Johnston, the
historian, will have for the 4th Of Feb
ruary new edition of her admirable
and beautiful book, George Washing
ton Day by Day. 1t has cost her sew
eral years Of painstaking labor, labor
Of love truly. For every day in the year
there is chronicled some event Of Wash
ington's life, accompanied by brief, fit
ting extracts from his letters or sayings \
1t is especially intended for birthday
book, and Miss Johnston dedicates it to
the boys and girls of her country. Pro
fessor Harris, United States commits
sioner Of education, declares that the
book ought to be i'll every school in the
land as a reference volume and basis
of patriotic talks for teachers to give to
nhiIdran