Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-23
PLEASANT 10 READ AFTER.
Our Man Bippus Again Occupies
Space IN the Paper He Admires.
he Editor OF the Optic.

To the Editor Of the Optic.
PUEBLO. Colorado. September 18th
1S97.-The ladies Of the city are abou
to formJa woman's league, whose OBJ
ject, so far as can now be learned, vii
be to assist the local labor unions il
their work. The woman of to-day
seems to be in the service and the old
fashioned women that fiourishedl il
our graudmothers' days, are but
"reminiscences. In those halycon day
of simplicity and hard work, the chic
end of woman seemed to be to stay a.
home, look after the old mans stomach
and wardrobe, spank the rising genera
ton into a proper state of obedience,
and submiss ion; and let her lord and
master run thi ngs to suit himself.
A change has come over the spirit OF
woman's dreams since then. Lovely
woman does pretty much as she pleases,
only more so! She no longer submits
humbly to the old man; for she has
trained him to do the submissive act
in the home. She votes, runs for Of
fee, and elecnoneers IN a way that
makes US lords of creation stand
aghast with envy. She rides a bike.
and takes kindly to boomers, instead
of the time-honored mother hubbard ;
yet she is not happy, but like a spoilt
child, she wants the earth, and then,
woman like, sits down and has a good
cry because the earth is beyond her
reach. She has made wonderful pro-
gress in learning, in science, il music,
art, and 10 many occupations that gain
her an easy and honorable livelihood
but for all that she still sits down on
the middle of the floor, when she wants
to pull IN her stockings!
The CAiettain of this city does not
often make d bad break nevertheless the
young man who wrote up the American
biscuit company, of Pueblo, IN q re-
cent issue cf that paper, got himself
in d peck Of trouble. In describing
the candy department OF his firm, n
the young ladies who do the work, be
wrote: "The girls, arrayed as they
are in clean aprons, look decidedly
neat.n That knight OF the goose
quill and paste pot, has flown 10 the
mountains, where he will remain Sc
qus stored until he grows a full beard,
and a large sized Cl~evelandian
stomach.
The democrats held their county
convention here, during the past week,
and put a ticket in nomination. which
is considered a weak one. The re-
publicaDs will see to it that it does not
gain IN strength, and after the election
they propose TO give DR.. Collins. the
nominee for coroner, on the demo-
cratic ticket, q chance to hold an I'M
official inquest on the political re-
mans of his fellow candidates, and ex-
plain to an ever listening public just
how the thing happened.
The divorce mill has ground out
three divorces during the past week,
and several more cases are awaiting
judicial action, among them being The
application of Mrs. M. Sawdy, who
formerly resided in Albuquerque,
where her worthless husband deserted
her ia order to become a member Of
the ,in.horn gambling fraternity at r
Paso.
The Mckinley boom has not struck
Pueblo yet, but eV ry observing man
must admit that business of all kinds
is picking up wonderfully, and tbs
number of unemployed men who are
bona fide residents of the city, is
much smaller now than fur months
since, which in itself is sufficient cause
for rejoicing The wave of prosperity
which is now heading westward, vii
reach us in good time; and then, ever
the chronic calamity bowler must cease
his yawp. and admit that the u. 0. P
is equal to the emergency, every day
in the week, including Sunday
Wnen we read the news that THE
Optic had capitaliza I'd as a company
with its old chief as president, man
ager and principal s~tockholdef, anc
that the sum Is $4,000. we felt glaG
all over in spots the size of a dinner
plate. WhyP Well, because WI
always like to see THE OPTiC prosper
besides we shall one OF these days re
turn to New Mexico, and her If W,
strike the editor for the loan of
quarter, he cannot, in the face of tina
$40. 900, plead poverty. It's an j
wind that blows no n good, 20
know.
Lake Minnequa, the beautiful sun
mer resort, near the southern cit
limits, claimed its first victim, yestel
day. Joseph Adametz, an employe Of tn
Pueblo smeIter, went out on the lax
in q row boat, yesterday, to enjoy a
afternoon fishing. BY some means th
boat capsized, and before assistnnc
could reach him, MIR. Adamelz wa
drowned. His body was rescued la'
this afternoon.
Booth Tucker, the commander {