The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
D0BLEY TALKS TO HIS WIFE.
SAVES hER FROM THE CLUTCHES
OF THE ADVANCED MRS.
SCREECHER.

FROM the New York sun.
Are you aware" said Mrs. Dobley 10
her husband after dinner. THAT the Amer
lean eagle is a hen?"
MIR, Dobley looked over the top of the
evening paper in some surprise at his wife,
who was looking very superior.
Il can't say. Mrs. Dobley, that have
ever considered the sex of the noble bird
How did you discover it?" .ls
The Emancipated Woman's League held
a meeting at the Hyphen Hotel this AFT
ernoon and ] happened to be there and
Mrs. Screecher invited me In to hear her
address on the subject. She proved con-
clusively that the American eagle is a
hen eagle.
How very remarkable" said Dobley.
In what way did Mrs. screecher draw
her deductions?"
We'll, you See" said Mrs Dobley. tri-
umphanty. the first one must have been
a hen"
Yes, yes said Dobley with troubled
look, quite so, but what OF it?"
why, it is just one of the reasons that
women should take a more important part
IN the affairs of the nation. We are cred
TIED with being unpatrioic when really
women are the greatest of patriots. But
convention keeps women from giving any
visible expression to their emotions We
must be repressed and polite We musn' t
cheer or applaud or-or-"
Throw up your hats with the boys?''
We cant do anything. We are down
trodden and oppressed. We have no voice
IN great events or happenings"
Mrs. Screecher manages to keep her
sell IN the public eye pretty constantly, I
notice What is she after now?''
She is a noble woman. John, who is
working for the advancement of her sex
She says that she wants the twentieth
century woman to be free from shackles
and from whalebone. She thinks that we
should assert ourselves in national affairs
ana rise from the mist of prejudice into
the clear day SO that men should realize
that we are no longer either slaves or
dolls"
my dear hate to hear YOU ouote the
Screecheresque IDEAS with so much en-
thuslasm. You'H be carrying a black flag
ana a song ambulance umbrella and yelling
LOT womans rights in time if you keep on.
women have got a snap every way YOU
look at IL. Here in America women really
boss creation"
HIN. How about the Dewey celebra-
tionF Have we been anything but ignored?
Are we to be on any of the platforms
or In the procession, or at che banduets?
Are we to ride in any of the carriages
that will follow the nations hero?"
i suppose Mrs. Screecher wants to car
ny banner in the parade. Is thar it,"
No, but the Emancipated Woman's
League has applied for place on the pro-
gramme. We want TO give a reception 10
the admiral at the Hyphen Hotel. We
simply object to being left out in a matter
of that sort, where the Whole nation is re-
joicing over victory that means so
much"
Women are taking a most important
part in the welcome to Admiral Dewey
my dear, a part far more in keeping with
the occasion than the pouring of tea or
the munching of sandwiches or buns in
honor of the nations hero"
why, / am sure Mrs. Screecher would
know about it, John. She belongs to every
one Of the important woman's clubs. and
she is foremost in everything. Her picture
Is in the paper every few days in connec-
ton with some noble work that she is do
ing for her sex"
Women like Mrs. Screecher, +" said Mr.
Dobley, impressively looking at his wife,
for he was much disturbed by those indi-
cations of progressive upheaval in Mrs
Dobley's gentle disposition, will have no
part in the beautiful, poetical tribute which
as a sex they are paying to Dewey"
out l am sure the Emancpated League
would disrupt and join the SisterhOod of
Female Independence if Mrs. Screecher is
sllghted In any way"
"Wen a row vii be nothing new In O
woman's club" said Dobley. Every or
ganization of women should have a scrap
book among the archives"
Saying these horrid, mean things about
women isn't at all nice of you. Besides
that you haven't told me what part we
are 10 take in the welcome to Dewey"
"You have no doubt noticed that a mag
nihcent arch is being erected upon Fifth
avenue in honor of the admiral" remark
ed Dobley.
Eyes, of course: but women have moth
ing to do with It,"
Everything Mrs Dobley. everything"
"How?'
THE most striking figures on that mag
nifcent arch will be the figures Of women
They will be of immense size and win
stand out in bold relief from the solid por-
tons of the arch. The figures will tyn-
fy Victory, Minerva, Peace, Olympia and
others, all having a meaning bearing upon
the event that the city will celebrate. "
Eyes, but Mrs. Screecher didn't mean
anything like that. You see"
mo, because Mrs. Screecher never does
mean anything like that. She means a
lot of hens gathered together around a
Tea NdDie hflD a lOt vi ldih anu GdCkl6 anu
fuss and always Mrs. Screecher first, last
and all the time. That~is the way in
which she would honor the return of a
hero"
"She has done a great deal for her sex,
Mr.. Dobley and think YOU are very un-
just to talk about her that way"
THE only way in which the Mrs.
Screechers of the world benefit their sex
Is furnishing an example of what women
ought not to do" said Mr.. Dobley. stern
~ "On the other hand-nice women
women like you" CHe paused slightly,
giving Mrs. Dobley time to blush and smile
while her brow was stiH frowning) "Wo-
men who don't go prancing through life
meddling with matters that they don't
need 10 soil their hands or minds with
women who care for their children and
their homes and incidentally their hus-
hands-are all typifed in those beautiful
figures that are to adorn the Dewey
arch"
Mrs Dobleys lips we're about to frame
a question, but Dobley proceeded clio
quently
1.-THE most exquisite part Of the matter
is said no "tbaf each figure repraea,afq