The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-27


keyed themselves TO the same pitch.
and everybody on the stage and before
the curtain was in a good humor. All
went well. and the entertainment closed
with an ovation to the American ac-
tress. in which Americans and English
were equally enthusiastic. Thenceforth
Mary Anderson was favorite In Lon
don.
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THE CYCLE GIRL:
The hammock girl is out Of date.
The carriage girl passee,
The girl who rides the bicycle
Rules all the world today.
She flashes by with graceful speed,
As II she rode on air.
And as she glides along, she finds
Admirers everywhere.
Let Bishop Doane and Bishop Coke
Abuse her as they may,
The cycle girl Is here brand-new,
And she Is here to stay.
She doesn't care how much they fuss,
For she knows she's all right.
And. even as they grumble. they
Must own she's out OF sight.
So here's to the sweet cycle girl,
In boomers or in skirts.
She's worth a dozen Of the girl
That lounges round ant flirts:
And here's a wish for Bishop Coke,
A-railing on the fence;
That he may live and grow in grace,
And some day have more sense.
-Somsrville Journal.
Il II Il
To the Pittsburg Dispatch 1t looks a 5
IL the contemporary hubbub over the at
tempt to drop the word 'obey" from the
old-fashioned marriage service was an
other case Of much ado about nothing.
TT is not in evidence" observes our
Smoky City contemporary. that the
new wives are either more or less obedi-
ent according to whether the word was
pronounced or omitted from the SER
vices that united them to their hus-
bands. During the ages that wives
were enjoined to love and obey their
lords they did pretty much as they
pleased. II they were told to do any
thing they did not like they were usual
ly equal to the emergency Of having the
order reversed, and as long as they
they were apt to yield becoming obedi-
ence. The omission Of the word from
the new woman's marriage service
will hardly make any difference. II the
/ new woman Is capable Of loving-and
she would probably resent any insinua-
tion to the cOntrary-she will be Just as
obedient to her legal spouse as her
| mother was. II there Is no love In her
matches then she had better drop the
whole marriage service as inconsistent
and repugnant and substitute a legal
contract approved by the leading law
yers."
If we may believe an "old fashioned"
correspondent Of the "Sun which shines
for all."-though why she should call
herself old fashioned does not appear
on the surface Of the views she ex-
presses-the idea seems to be growing
more and more prevalent that women
should have some specific occupation,
whether they be rich or poor, and they
are being educated with this in view.
The question Of a woman's career
should depend entirely upon the neces-
stiles OF the case. II the daughters OF
family appear to be better endowed
with the capacity for earning money
than the men, as now seems frequently
the case. then duty and loyalty should
cause them to be the bread winners.
and common sense, which Is a foster
child OF necessity, should regulate all
such questions Of need. The next
twenty-five years are going to see a
very different class OF women workers
than exists today ,and the allround
college girl Is going to wrest from her
brother the place which ne now drops
Into before reaching out for himself.
Some OF these women will be the sup
port OF families from necessity, but
there are others whose superabundant
energies and inherited shrewdness will
tempt into legitimate avenues Of trade
for the pure and simple love Of riches.
II women Of fortune can increase their
holdings by speculation In real estate,
as many a woman has been known to
DO, fs there any reason why she should
not succeed along the lines Of trade :?
1t behoOves that class Of men who at
present monOpolize the clerkships to dn-
crease their capacities In every possible
way II they do not wish to be ousted
by the "coming woman"
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For our part, however, we prefer the
opinions expressed by another Sun con-
tributor. who writes: 1T is useless for
women to claim equality with men.
They are not equal and never can be, in
dustrially. Intellectually. or tn any way
which demandssustained effort through
days, months and ye,ars. Women are
physically debarred from that equality
they love to clamor about. Then they
demand equal pay with men for equal
work. But 10 their work equal to mems
except fitfully7 For time, perhaps,
yes. But utter a little women either 60
all to pieces from the physical strain or
else q long rest become imperative to
avert an utter breaking down. Then
ever after there is the haunting, ham
pering dread Of Snother collapse. It II
true that women occasionally reach the
same results as men; but by such weary
paths! Women always do things In the
hardest possible manner, while men se-
lect the most direct snethods, and work
in the easiest way. Men are economical
worleers--womem are not. Women ere
industrious palnstaaeing. comscienttous,
fatthful In their work; but anways at .
heavy coet to themselves, whSle men,
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