St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-07-19
WOMAN IN WATERBURY,.

of that town addressed ltstli 10 the
subject on the 9th OF July in care
fully considered article, in which the
disposition OF the average man to
speak fippantly OF the new woman
and make jokes about her is graveIy
rebukcd, and the suggestion is offered
that it might be good thing to
leave off frivolous illusions to hair
pins, chewing gum, bouquets, moth
ers.in.law and the other temlninltles
which constitute the staple OF the
paragrapher's fun, and occasionally
look at things in general from
woman's point OF view. The editor
looks with approval upon the
wompn's editions OF newspapers,
which are becoming somewhat the
fashion in small towns throughout
the country. II they were more com
mon it is thought that the existing
style OF Jokes would take on a new
character and possibly be severtr on
the sterner sex. 1t is lntimated that
the men who talk politics in groups,
each blackenng the character OF the
candidate whom he opposes, would
receive some attention KS well as the
sewing society that it would be dis
covered that cold feet are not absO-
lutelv confined to the female sex, and
that the man who blocks the way at
the ticket office window will be ridi
culed into better manners by the
press. This is the hopeful view OF
the cheerful philosopher OF The
American" 1t is a calm survey OF
the situation, in which there are no
evidences of unusual excitement.
On the same day, however, THE
Waterbury Republican" printed an
impassioned leader on the woman
question, from which we inter state
OF affairs in Waterbury which de-
mauds something more than calm
discussion or philosophic treatment
from the merely academic point OF
view. The article is entitled stop
1t" and opens with the rather start
ling explanation OF the headline, 1--WE
refer TO the shooting OF women in
Waterbury," Last week, it proceeds
to inform its readers, woman was
shot in the breast while watching a
passing procession from an upper
window, and on the evening previous
Gully A. "a woman walking on one
side OF the street was shot in the
neck by fellow walking ION the
other side" 1t is not known, the
editor says, "whether the shooting
was the result OF devilish intention
or dtvilish recklessness, " but he says
such crmnalIy reckless use OF fire
arms must stop right of" Things
have come to pretty pass" he con.
tlnues, If a woman can't watch a
procession or walk the street without
being liable to get bullet in the
breast or in the neck" And il
seems to us that he is quite right
about it. Ii the practice prevails in
Waterbury OF shooting women at
upper windows or upon the street
on the slightest provocaton, or no
provocatiOn at all, we believe all
rlght-minded men, whatever their
views on the woman question,
would agree that it ought to be
stopped right off, even il it became
necessary to appeal TO the courts
1t is difficult u conceive OF a more
reprehenslble practice or more
demoralzng habit.
To woman herself it must be a
much greater annoyance than all the
tllppancy OF the photographers about
hairpns and chewing-gum and sew
ing societies. In fact, 1t almost IN.
trudes on the domain OF morals. As
to the contention OF THE American
concerning the emancipation OF
woman from the cruelty OF the stan
dard halrpn and chew,ng-gum jests
by putting her in charge OF news
papers with ull power TO make fun
OF the idioSyncrasles OF the tvrant
man tbSlN ma ' DC ulllCI GUCC vi ODlll-
ion, but we do believe that the con-
sensus OF opinion is overwhelmingly
In favor Of II not III unanimous
agreement with, the attitude OF The
Republican, toward the practice OF
shooting women either in upper " in.
dows or on the street. That sort oI
thing would be intxrusable even in
Danbury, Conn, where, it is said
large numbers OF women have band
ed themselves together under sol
emn agfeem,nt not to marry any
man who drinks. Woman III the
abstract is more or less dangerous
The Connection legislature has late
ly decided that She would imperil fire.,
institutions IT permitted TO vote
Hut She is really not so dangerou
when SIMPLY looking at a procession
or walking the street that male cit;
zens should go a.gunnng for her
and outside OF Waterbury the pra,
tice has not generally obtained. W
sincerely hope that the protest q
THE Republican, editor will be tffrC
tive, and that it will be "stoppe,
right FIN. Y, Tribune.