Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-09-14
A WOMAN'S RIGHTS.

$50 you don't believe in woman
rights, said approyingly.
"Oh, but do, +" she answered promptly
"Ihen why do you condemn the ladie
who advocate thems That's a bit inoon
sistent, even for you, Cis
ION, those women, said she, tossing
the paper scornfully aside. "They're ut
terly absurd. What's the use Of votes ant
clubs and short hair and bloomers-ugh
and all that sort Of thing They're The
wrong rights, but woman has plenty OF
right rights, as you'll find out, sir. -
Don't try to look majestic, you little
goose. | could put you in my overcoat
pocket, remem ber-nearly.
YOU'D be taking me out every minute
to look at me-"
Il dare say l should, and putting yor
in again whenever you were tiresome."
She lay back in the corner of the bis
armchair and laughed with great amuse
ment
you poor, misguided young man
4oull find out some day! If your pocket
were as big as St. Paul's, you couldn' t
and you wouldn't You know you
wouldn't"
Because of the innate goodness Of
man?'
No, because of the innate niceness OF
me-"
Am to understand that right, No. 1,
is not to be shut up?''
Can't be shut up" she corrected.
Never could be shut up; never can be
shut up. For women never, never, new.
err -
"The tune falls flat without an accom-
paniment.
"A male one?'
Certainly, a subsidiard male accom-.
paniment.
suppose woman can't get one?"
She always can, if she's nice. ;"
Suppose she ism 't?'
Then she doesn tcount But all women
are nice in some way to some one That's
right, No. 81
Won't nice woman 'obey?' Vide
marriage service, which, understand from
your brother, you've been studying"
No need, my dear boy. I've known il
since was 10.'
Don't you accept the 'obey?"
Certainly. You necdn t look SO anx
ous."
"Woman's right, No. 4, is evidently to
be inconsistent.
"That's merely part of the great right
to do as she pleases. +"
Glow do you square that with obcdi-
ence?'
Doesn't obey mean obey some Or
der? !"
"Ye-es, 1 suppose So" I'm always
suspicious when u woman gets to logic.
well if nice woman doesn't like an
order, she manages that it ISM given"
but if it should be?" l began to get
triumphant here.
"She gets it rescinded. Cts is really
beyond all argument sometimes.
"That doesn't give her authority over
man, anyhow"
"The queens wish is command"
$50 is the kings"
"If-if she let's him wish it,
"Look here, CHS, you didn't give me fair
of your tyranny. I'm half in
clined to back out"
ooh, you ungrateful man! am COM
pletoly spelling you. Didn't let you play
football yesterday"
Because you like to see the game. 3"
81 don't much like to see you play"
"That's rather uncomplimentary. am
generally reputed to play pretty we'll
" You know that don t mean to attack
your play. The report says that you"-
Probably written by some one who
didn't see the game"
Nonsense! l meant that you might
get hurt"
II can take care of myself" Sometimes
The papers say I'm too rough but those
,onfounded reporters don t understand the
game.
but you have to take care of me-"
is that another of your rights?"
"To BIO taken care Off"
"Great care Of corrected.
" If you please. 4"
II do please, very much, but rights
,annot be matters of favor
Yes they are-women s rights. y
Mere favors?"
Compulsory favors.
You are marvelously illogical, CHS. "
An undoubted right
But the other rights, CHS? If they de-
bend on mans granting them, how can
| woman be sure of thcm?"
"Will you9''
"Tho question is, Will men in general?"
mo, no. l don't care about men in
general The question is, Will you refuse
hem to me?"
/ fancied there was bit Of q firm set
bout Cis' mouth for all her smiling, and
didn't smile at all. "Do as she pleases, y
s rather large order, but, then, Cts
would never please anything very dread
I'll. (
~ expect not, said /, with half sigh. [
IN sure shouldn't refuse her anything (
hat could possibly help anyhow Then |
We sat quiet for few minutes.
"Jack?"
"Well, Cis2"
'If you were clever, you would ask me
question"
"About my rights, if any?"
"No. III tell you something" she said |
n a very confidential way. So I went |
nd sat on the arm of her chair accord
ngly.
81 meant shant ask you for all my
ights-not to do just as pease-if you
ont want me to" She had grown sud
emily big eyed and serious, and there was
little-ever such "a little-quiver about |
er mouth.
"Then it isn't a question Of rights" |
taking hold of her little hands.
NO" she said very softly, mot between
on and me.
But I believe she will do just as she
leases notwithstanding.-St. Paul's.
The Bad Boy.