The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-21
THE NEW WOMAN.
She IL q brave Worker and Helper Of
the Race.

She IL q Brave Worker and Helper Of
the Race.
A woman's ideals of herself at differ
ent ages are interesting. The ideal of
the sentimental. old time girl was TO be
the center of a group of admiring men.
all signing for her favor, all ready 10
fight for her or commit suicide. accord.
ing to temperament. A little later in
life, when the old woman was married,
her ideal Of life was TO have husband
worshiping at her feet, providing her
with every luxury and carrying her
through life on a bed of roses, she never
even having an anxious thought or lift
ing a finger. She, she herself, was still
the center of the universe. When the
old woman became really aged, her ideal
| changed once more. She was to sit in
| corner and have her children and grand
| children wait on her and make every
thing easy for her. Still she herself was
| the center Of everything, and all must
| skip about to take care Of her and make
things soft for her This was her ideal,
still having her own foolish vanity fed.
None of the sex ever attained it, but ii
| fingered always in their imagination.
Idleness, luxury and having their
vanity pandered TO was their idea of
earthly felicity. Many an ignorant, TO.
mantle girl of 10 20 IS cherishes the
sloppy, sentimental ideal of lovers still,
being dead sure TO have it dispelled by
a lightning stroke before long. Men are
not around worshiping girls and flying
at each other S throats for them in these
days when women are so plenty. and
quite right they are too. Now, the new
woman ideal of life is totally different
from that of the old woman. Instead of
being waited ON and petted through life
and fiattered she considers herself as one
born TO help with the worlds work.
Life TO her means serious business. She
is born for some useful purpose. She il
here for what she can give TO the world
Of good, not for what she can get out OF
it. She is here not to be ministered to,
but TO minister. If she is poor or if she
is rich, she does not sit with folded
hands and whine about what she would
do if she were a man. She just goes on
and does it anyhow, man or woman.
She knows that for the courageous and
the industrious of either sex there are
rich prizes to be won. Women who sit
still and tell about what they would do
If they were men are only making ex.
cuses for their own laziness They could
do just what they liked anyhow if they
had any pluck. The woman who plays
the part Of being helpless and dependent
and waited on ought to die and leave
the space she occupies for one who is of
some use.
Mrs. G.. H. Rosenfeld of New York
city is editor of a useful paper just
started. 1t is in magazine form, is is
sued weekly and is called The Universe.
Its object is to give the news OF each
week in condensed form, but also in
form which makes it attractive and
easy reading. Its news embraces events
happening all over the world, and Mrs.
Rosenfelds easy, simple literary style
especially fits her TO be its editor
Miss Martha Darlington is assistant,
clerk Of the court of special sessions,
Brooklyn. She is an accomplished
stenographer, and this fact, in addition
to her knowledge of court hsages and
documents. secured the place for her.
You man, how do you know what is
or is not suitable for woman to do
Were you ever woman
Mrs. Helen Campbell is dean of the
Kansas State Agricultural college and
professor of household economics and
hygiene in that institution.
Miss q. Mead of Mcdonald, Pa, took
very thorough course of instruction
in architecture and housebuilding some
time since. She is now manager and
chief estimator of the Mead Construc.
ton company. In this capacity she late
ly closed contract for the entire work
Of building the new Christ church. La
crosse, Wis. Miss Mead did not sit
down and wish she were man so she
could become an architect. She just
went on aud became an architect.
Miss Lillian Small, only 10 years old.
is the government observer on Cape
Cod She must watch the ships that
pass in the day, make out their names
through her telescope and telegraph
news Of them to the chamber of COM
MERGE OF Boston. She also sends news
to the Boston papers.
Here Is an editorial remark from Miss
Helen M. Winslow's handsome paper,
the Boston Clubwoman, which is par.
ticularly to the point, "Why is it that
a spirited, not 20 say rancorous debate
In a woman's" club or organization
causes so much astonished newspaper
comment. whereas a free fight in the
French chamber Of deputies. the Aus
trian reichrath. the English house OF
commons or our own august senate il
looked on as something to be expected
and NOS at all worthy Of animadver.
sion?" ELIZA ARcHARp CONNER.