The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-14

- N.io" JUST as much about the topics of
one gay one thing gets me. You take
si1 woman earning her living in this
CITY, and the average man looking AT her
suspiciously if he hears that she li,,as
alone. That makes me tired. A woman
VINO IS capable Of tipanciering for herself
Is capable of taking Veare of her morals
ana II she wants 10 take an apartmaut
ana live alone where she can do her work
more quietly or have things her own vav
When she comes from business she has
Just as much right to do so as a. bachelor
II a woman is good woman she will re-
main good alone; If she is bad being sur-
rounded and overlooked and watched and
guarded and ehaperoned by a hundred old
women in a boarding house won't make
her good. This applies to society women
| as Wen as to working women There are
pad women In every walk of life. but most
women are good. What we want 10 do
| IS 10 give our women even more liberty
| IMAM they have. Let them do any kind of
work that they see fit, and if they do il
as well as men give them the same pay.
Grant them the same privileges in their
nome life and club life that men have and
we will see them grow and expand into
lar more beautiful and womanly creatures
| than they are already"
| You must believe in dress reform for
women" suggested the reporter. Don't
| you disapprove of the tight corsets and
| shoes our women wear?''
| None of this Indian squaw business for
me" and it was Buffalo Bill who spoke.
Il IKE to see women laced up enough to
| look trim. and l like TO see them wearing
these plain, close-fitting dresses without
any frills 1 hate these new-fashioned
bounced skirts. L don't think they are at
| all suitable for the American women of
| to-day. She has too much to do and they
| are in her way, The new skirt looks to mo
as if il pointed to the return of the hoop
skirt. l wonder what the bicycle girls will
do if hoops come back. For my life
cont see how a woman in hoopskirt can
ride wheel or play golf or take part in
any of the outdoor sports that have done
so much toward her physical development
in the last few years These big hats the
women wear are very ugly too When
two ladies arrayed in these new founced
skirts and mammoth hats come floating
down the avenue, / have to move out of
the way with my sombrero; they require
the whole pavement, These big feathered
hats are very ugly to start with and they
are always in somebody's way. / was glad
when the crusade was made against the
ladies for keeping them on in places of
amusement When man goes to the the
alter or a concert he wears his dress suit
and takes off his hat. Why should wo-
man be allowed to keep on her hat any
more than a man? If woman is going
to do a mans work and have mans privi-
leges, she must take off her hat in places
where 1t interferes with others.
THE women seem to be about as much
interested i'm the impending war as the
men, continued Col Cody. 81 see by the
papers that in some of their clubs they
are passing war resolutions, and I notice
that some Brooklyn women have organ
lied. So if war comes they will be in
readiness to go out and nurse the wound
ed. The women can do a great deal in
the event of war, even If they can't or
more accurately, if they aren't allowed, TO
shoulder a gun and shoot. But let me tell
you one thing: If war does come between
the United States and Spain the women
of Spain will do just as much as the wo-
men of our own country. As poor as
they are, the women and children, as we'll
as the men, will give their last cent 10
their country, and you can bet your boots
and socks, too, that the Spaniards amt
afraid of us. l admire their grit, if l
have got personal grudge against them.
what do 1 think are the prospects of
war? They seem pretty good just now,
but this is the way I feel about it. We
ought to be dead certain that the Maine
was blown up by the Spanish government
remember, some Italians were killed down
in New Orleans a few years back; but
Italy didn't go to war with us about that
Our government had nothing to do with
the killing and disapproved of it, So the
nation was not held responsible for the
act of individuals. So it ought to be in
our case with Spain America certainly
ought to recognize Cuba, and Cuba should
and will be free, but if a Spanish crank
blew up the Maine we shouldn't fight her
for that But if that battleship was de-
stroyed by the Spanish government we
ought to give it to her and give 1t to her
rough
LAS I said have little grudge against
Spain. The bullfighters tried to kill me
once l was in Barcelona with my show
One evening after the performance l got
into my carriage and drove to the various
newspaper offices, and had this postscript
added to my advertisement: Il will wager
any amount that the people in my show
can lasso and ride any bull in Spain
didn't think it necessary to tell my inter
prefer that I had done this, and l went
home and went to bed. l was stopping
at the House of Four Nations, and 1t was
built in a square and had large, beauti-
full court in the center. Very early the
next morning my interpreter and agent
came rushing into my room, crying:
Get up! Get. up! Dress at once.
They are going to kill you
"'Who? I asked.
1.-THE bull fighters they answered
breathlessly. Peep into the court below
at the maddened mob
81 did, and, by jimmy, it was sight!
The court was damned with men as mad
as so many mad bulls, and they were fly
ing here, there and everywhere, threaten
ing to tear me limb from limb. / dressed
leisureIy and put a Colts revolver in my
hip pocket-1ust to keep me company, you
know-and then went downstairs. l got
the interpreter to ask them what they
meant. Their spokesman demanded to
know why had put such an insult to them
in the paper, and at that ever matador of
'em brandshed a morning paper. told
them that had merely made that wager
and was ready to stick TO it. They then
asked how much / would wager. Now,
the people of Spain are distressingly poor,
so | Offered to bet 100000 pesetas, for /
knew they couldn't cover it. This crazed
them, and they tried to get at me. In the
meantime my agent had gone for the
American consul and police officers to pro
tect me and queil the riot, and saw had
10 talk for time. began to drop offer
ing $4,000 pesetas, and 1 had got down to