San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-11
THE NEW WOMAN.


the dead cat and stale egg argument is
used against ii, that cause may be con-
sidered as won. 1t was so in the case of
the abolition of slavery in this country;
1t was so in the case of the American
Revolution. and, with due reverence be
it said, IL was so with the establish
ment of Christianity itself. When the
Declaration of Independence was first
read to the public in Philadelphia, the
upper classes" were dead against it.
One Of these fine gentlemen stood upon
the outer edge among the crowd of Ia
borers and ragged men who listened to
it and went away and sneeriDgly wrote
of the scene, "There were very few
respectable people present" And the
conduct of the clergymen Of the church
Of England and of other alleged gentle
men graduates and undergraduates Of
the university of Cambridge justifies
the sure prediction that ere long young
women who have finished with honor
the course of study required at that in
stitution will receive the same degrees
that are bestowed ON young men.
1--WE have passed our examinations, |"
gently and respectfully petitioned the
young ladies. "Give us the degrees you
bestow on young men who have done
as much" "No, we won't" answered
the regents. "Why?" said the girls.
For answer the opponents mounted
aloft the effigy of woman in boomers
upon a bicycle. "But we have our liv-
ing to earn. The diplomas will be of in
estimable value to u.s." still gently
pleaded the young ladies. And their
opponents dubbed together and bought
a great store of bad eggs, to use in case
the girls were successful. A dummy
woman in boomers and bushel of rot
ten eggsl These be the arguments adj
vanced by the clergymen and other
graduates and the students of Cambridge
university against giving women college
degrees. ''These ancient seats of learn
ing for England's upper classes must be
protected" quoth the London Times
approvingly of the university mems &C
ton. Just so. Bad eggs as a weapon OF
offense and defense recall the favorite
Chinese method of warfare 1900 years
ago. They were frightful, those old
stencil balls, but they had to give way
before lead and gunpowder. Meantime
the new woman marches gloriously on.
She will overcome with her strong will
and dauntless courage even the thugs
and blackguards" of Cambridge univer-
sity, as the Boston Herald calls them.
In an apartment house where an &C
quaintance of mine lives in New York
city three families have been obliged to
move out in the past three months be-
cause they could not pay their rent.
The families were all small, the largest
numbering only four persons. In each
Of them there was a man breadwinner
in good health and in the prime of life.
In one of the families there were two
men in good health. Yet none of them
could earn living for themselves and
the two or three others in their house
hGld-. In the same -apartmerf>ha use lives
a woman breadwinner. She, too, has
had family to support During all the
years of depression since the panic she
has toiled ON and earned a thoroughly
comfortable living for her household
and has paid and is paying her rent
every month in advance, with the pros.
pect of continuing to be able to do SO as
long as there is any need. How is this
in connection with the much vaunted
superiority of the masculine sex?
There is something peculiarly pleas
ing to the mind of man in the though
that some woman is praying for hin
day and night while he goes on anC
commits all the sins he wants to.
American women glory in the fac
that Miss Cora b. Hertzel, attorney a
law, has been appointed assistant cor
poration counsel of the city of Chicago
with pay of So, 500 year. Corpora
ton Counsel Thornton chose her for n,
sentimental reasons whatever, but sim
ply because she was the best person h
knew for the place. Her time will b
chleny spent IN preparing prlels an
opinions and drafting ordinances. Mis-
Hertzel is a graduate of the Chicag
Law school and .:ss been in practice i
that city ten years. IL securing such a
appointment because she was the perso
best fitted for it Miss Hertzel has achieI
ed great step forward for her sex, an
the sex thanks her.
Two young women in New Jersey al
both claiming the same round shou.
dered, green looking young man &c
their husband. From the looks Of hi
picture in the newspaper should thin
either one of them would be ashamed
own him.
DR.. Mabel Spencer is health officer I
Riley county, Kan.
| DR.. Louise A. Murray has been al
pointed public vaccinator for the cit
of Syracuse.
An orator in endeayoring to pa
Washington the highest complimel