The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-14
THE NEW WOMAN.
At Any Rate, She Does Not Resort to
Falsehood.

At Any Rate, She Does Not Resort to
Falsehood.
Characteristic of the old woman is
her steadfast efforts to inject her own
narrow prejudices into other peoples
lives and opinions. l have lately been
considerably impressed with two of the
old woman's attempts in this direction.
Shortly after the death Of Miss Willard
a specimen old woman wrote sketch
OF her in New York paper. 1t was
mostly glowing eulogy of her, as in
deed it should have been, for Frances
Willard was one of the noblest women
OF her century. But after mentioning
the chief events of the temperance lead
er's life and her salient characteristics
the typical old woman who wrote the
sketch remarked, "With it all, Miss
Willard was thoroughly domestic in her
tastes and not the least of new WON.
an" Now, if Frances Willard was not
new woman in every real sense of the
word / should like to know who was.
Her attention had not been called to
woman suffrage strongly when she first
began temperance work. Very quickly,
work which involves influencing the
people widely women must have the
ballot. She saw this and said so bravely
at the first opportunity, and from that
day to her death woman suffrage had no
more eloquent or earnest advocate than
she was. The woman suffrage conven.
ton in session at Washington held
memorial service in her honor Frances
Willard sought 20 years ago to have
women admitted as delegates to the
Methodist general conference, and her.
self was sent as delegate and turned
away by the high nosed old bigots in
the Methodist conference of that day.
Frances Willard also learned to ride
bicycle after she was 90 years old, and
wheeling had no more enthusiastic de-
voice than she. Now, once more, if this
was not being new woman I should
modestly like to ask what is. A little
while ago l read sketch written by
some old woman about a friend of my
own, plucky young lady lately gone
to the Klondike with her husband The
young lady has been associated with the
progressive thinkers of the time ever
since she was grown and is herself,
while one Of the gentlest and lovablest
OF women, a thorough radical in her
ideas She is century bicycle woman
and rides a mans or diamond frame
wheel in a divided skirt. Yet the old
woman who wrote the sketch of her
sweetly informs the public that she, too,
is entirely "womanly, "being in no
sense new woman. Once again |
should be glad if these old women who
write such stuff would kindly inform
us what new woman is in their judg-
ment. They at length weary me.
Why the hullabaloo about the lively
and thoroughly nice girls that take part
for charitable purposes in negro min
strel performances blackening their
faces and wearing short skirts furnish |
ing great entertainment to their audi |
ences with their songs and Jokes? Are
negro minstrel performances forbidden
anywhere in the Bible?
Miss Grace Barton Allen, the gifted |
young water color artist and designer,
has lately published little book on |
" Water Color Painting" 1t is designed |!
as textbook for beginners in the beau
tiful art OF water color painting. Miss |
Allen has herself shown the possibilities |
that lie in this field Of art. The chan
tiers OF the book among other things |
treat OF monochrome, of fruit, flower |
and landscape painting. Color washes
are described, and richly tinted ex-
amples OF the washes are shown. Miss
Allen is "a teacher in the Dunlap School |
of Applied Design For Women in New
York city
Miss s. M. Burche and Miss "Mamien
oh, Mamie-Fossett, year ago an
pointed deputy United States marshals
In Oklahoma, are still doing active field
work III execution of their official du-
ties. One of their trips this winter has
been into the Indian Territory to serve
subp9nas on witnesses wanted I'm
murder case. Besides being well armed
with pistols Miss Burche took her shot.
gun along and killed quail and other
game on the road.
One of the large purchases of beeyes
Tor feeding purposes in Texas was made
some time since by Mrs. Anna Martin.
The cattle numbered 5000, and Mrs.
Martin paid $50, 900 for them. She ex.
pected to clear $50, 900 on them when
she made them fat and put them on the
MARKET ELIZA ARcHARD CONNER.