The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-04


The height of coquetry is achieved by
her apron. Miss Wisdom knows petter
than to wear silk or a lace one, put
she chooses big muslin one having d
hin and nockets. ruffies and strings AS
n deluded bachelor eats the lobster la
Newburg. as he notes how the Oil ana
vinegar are blended on the green salad, as
no realizes that the coffee is as black as
bades and as strong as love, then MS
ewes stray to that apron, and he WISHES
that he were the string about the waist.
He absolutely envies the little gold pins
that hold up the bib, and he believes
infatuated creature!-that he would like
to be small enough to be put in one
pocket. And Miss Wisdom cooks and
laughs and makes him realize how charm
ing he is, for nothing pleases man so
much as that, while she tells him how
she finished up an Englishman the other
might.
'.Impertinence," drawls Miss Wisdom,
sis something best met with impertin-
ence. Now, you know that my great
grandfathers were gentlemen when his
were fshmongers, and yet the very min
ute he was introduced to me-that is, as
soon as Tie OIuludIy SICClihSS "SAS WV
he announced in the most insufferable
manner, DO you know you are the first
American have ever met who has not
fired her card at me with an invitation
to come and see her? / raised my eyes
and said nothing. Evidently he had not
heard my name plainly, for after silence
that seemed like year he inquired, is 1T
Miss or Mrs? Then I just said, polite
or not, 4 don't see that it makes the
least difference, inasmuch as l have no
idea of firing my card at you or asking
YOU to come and see me- So, you see,
another American woman conquered
England" And Miss Wisdom laughed,
and the bachelor laughed, and then it
was time for him to go home. And
when he got to his hotel or his bachelor
apartment he kicked things around and
cursed everything, and before he closed
his eyes he said to himself about forty
times, Gall the fine furniture in the world
doesn't make a home unless there's a
woman in it"
TRAITS TO BE CAPITALIZED.
And this is how Miss Wisdom to-day
achieves her desire and makes man,
whom Woman with capital w calls
the tyrant, realize Of how little import
ance he is before the eternal feminine.
Miss Wisdom's method is a better way
than that adopted by the suffra gists, be-
cause it's woman's own way, and tell
you a woman's way is not to be scoffed
at.
But I do wish, instead Of telling wo-
men how to appreciate Art with a capital
A Nil ftoI
G and how to grow Manly with a capital
M. some very wise teacher would tell
the average woman how to make life
happy by Love with a capital l., how to
make home pleasant by Consideration
with a capital G, how to make man
happy with Tenderness with capital
Il, and how to use every weapon to make
life sweet with all the capitals in the al
phabet. Every woman is a diplomat,
and woman who realizes her power as
mistress of the house and who caters
to mere man through Cooking with a
capital G, through that tie Of affection
the baby, all in capitals, and through her
own wifely devotion and wisdom and
care, which there are no letters big e.
nough to describe, is the woman who
is going to rule the world. To steal from
the suffrage people, "She is the coming
woman" But she will not come accom-
panied by a brass band and with shout
ing and screaming, but her influence
like that of all great diplomats, will be
quiet and intense, and she will succeed.
Don't you stand ready to greet her? OF
course you do. Every man~alOes-that
| is, every nice man, and it is the nice men
IN whom write nv letter and sign with
capital B the name of Bah.