The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13
CHAT AND CHAFF.

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Why, a Journal editoriai!
| OF course, was surprised that any
body should be Indignant at Journal
editorial. They are such harmless, fun
ny little things. Journal editorials.
IL would never occur TO me 10 take
one OF them seriously.
Unless IL was evidently and avowedly
written to be humorous and so placard
ed, as 1 am informed one occaslonally V
is.
Then l know l should take IL very Sc
riously, perhaps even 10 the point of
indignation, IL ever discovered that
IL was meant for funny.
If Journal funny editorial is as SOL
emn thing as a Journal serious edito-
rial is funny it must be funereal in
deed and no doubt would be found to
contain germs calculated TO spread an
epidemic of protest and possibly even
indignation.
Since penning the above lines with
my fair correspondents message of
protest on one hand and pipe of ex-
cellent tobacco in the other, il has oc-
CURED 10 me 10 look up the editorial of
which such grievous complaint is made
And. just as / might have suspected.
the editorial which my correspondent
takes so seriously was meant 10 be
funny.
or f'course. 1t isn't a pit funny 20 any
body but the editor of the Journal.
L ra -. 4,
his sides had pains as he entombed his
thoughts in paper and ink and how he
still more heartily laughed upon being
informed that the proof reader was
moved TO tears upon being compelled 10
read the same on a small salary.
The editorial in question is a delicate
little bit of vealy humor at the expense
OF the Lowe family. of Atlanta. Ga. an
idiotic effort at joke about women's
clubs and damphool collection of
chestnuts as 10 the new woman
whatever she is otherwise than a ready
subject for last century wits.
The text Of the Journals editorial
is the statement that Mr.. William Il.
Lowe OF Atlanta is dead and, while
doubtless man OF some parts worth
mentioning. is noticed in the "orbit-
uary" as "the husband OF Mrs. Lowe,
the president OF the national federation
OF women's clubs"
Tie idea that the obituary of a man
should distinguish him as the husband
of a woman who is we'll known strikes
the Journal editors sense of humor
right in the stomach.
Thus he says. sis man deposed
from the proud eminence which he has
so long usurped. Mr.. Lowe is just the
husband OF Mrs. Lowe"-and so on. ad
nsuseurn. Ha. hal You can readily
grasp the tenor OF this humorous speci-
men without further quotation.
+ The last bit OF real wit at the ex-
pense OF advancing woman was said
a long while ago by the man who pro-
posed the toast 10 "the ladies'" "Once
our superiors, now our, equals
Since then further attempts at humor
in that direction have been stale and
fiat.
Woman has gone on advancing in her
various ways. The old jokes have pass
ed into history. No one now days but
a very fresh youth ever thinks ii
smart. much less novel, to write the
term new woman" 1t has even passed
from the classified list OF almanac and
minstrel jokes. And so, perhaps. il is
not surprising that this particular at
tempt to be funny in the Journal edito-
rial columns should attract attention
to promote disgust.
But there is a really funny factor
in connection with il.
That is that Mr.. Lowe is not dead, If
l am correctly Informed.
And usually l am rather more COR
rectly informed than the Journal. by
several lengths.
No, Mr.. William B. Lowe. of Atlanta,
Ca. husband of Mrs. Love- is not
alive. and being man with no non
sense in his composition he is in perfect
accord with the work OF his wife in
her distinguished position as president
OF the National Federation OF women's
Clubse
And that makes the Journals gloomy
articfe. almost as funny as the writer
OF IT thought II was himself.
Moreover while. OF course. ] don't
know how Mr.. Lowe feels about IL. if /
were he am sure should kick if /
was not given some public credit for
being the husband OF Mrs. Lowe. who
Is a handsome, brainy and brilliant
society woman OF the South and, Of
course, nothing like the absurd and
mythical creature which the Journal
always produces when II tries TO be
funny on the antiqusted subject Of
the new woman"
The biennial gathering of the Wom-
ems Clubs of the United States which
is To be held at Milwaukee in June and
as TO which much Of the Journals wit.
which made the proof reader weep. Ia