New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-10

I 60 noc wonder that men speak q horse sense
VIZ SUCH respect said woman few days ago
as s1s Tercrec Al express truck trying 70 get m
Ger ne elevated roac- Mans sense seems 10 be Of
pretty p0o- quality judging from that idtotic per
torIa1ce'' The truck vas laden with trunks
and OF them were piled Bicycles baby carriages
and rocking chairs. a. evidently Just from the
s-1-EeT vacation The Wanting ambition Of the
teac-s-e-s who loaded Il had scared 70 such z
height that when The truck was Passing under The
structure me chairs. carriages and wheels be-
cane SO mixed Up Win the tracks that retreat and
s-Fa1ce seemed equally impossible Finally, By
desperate @Ccr- TIE horses pulled ths truck
around and emerged OF tho same side as they
entered, 5U- a-as for the baby carriages exc
Tie lockers wondered what the owners would
say when they Jaw The wrecks. and what explana-
uon vas offered b the Ele- who were SO lacking n
horse sense"
mere De many women Of t1qulrfng minds who
are asking, What IS sUPerf1oZz woman % said
IIs-1ess woman with every census and a. multi
tuci-ous times between The cry arises So many
thousands q gups-fuOUs women" Editors dis
clss TIE causes gravely alleged hUn0risrs retail
lae-r little Jokes upon The theme. but nobody ex-
pains what constitutes z Euperhuouz woman Il
Seems % BE taken entirely for granted that the
woman w5o has not q husband Is -guperauous'
ma 70 71e stops 10 question IL Reduced 10 the
IS l--zyss what does thar mean but that woman
happiness And what Is thai but the idea eX-
pressed Il the MzLCUerzn's heaven
y.
s-rsy g tine that prophet should arise 70 call
-1--eots q repentance and reform How sublime
es---t- now supremacy cruel are the men II
80 OK T-1 remain unmarried while twenty
-.e -no1s21c 'super1uous' women sit around long
* -of II opportunity 70 enter, or, still worse,
t---y-7-y believing themselves fortunate n not
-ev-lg entered the heaven q uEL-iEloly. Surely
@--.S rsso-Idlng voice must arise cry ! the
SL..cer1=zs q bachelor apartments warning TO
20 selfish labira1rs. As II o-den days he4thens
~sEs o@D4zed turO orthodox Christianity At The
go-1t q -ae spear and edge OF the sword let the
E---gL- Grant bachelors sally 1Ortl 70 save these
s-Per-lIoIs women cy marrying them even against
t1s.- VIII
Since the fart that the average unmarried
woman Is self-suppCrrtug and frequently supports
Z I-ats family n addition witness the many lit
e 2-ot1ers aid sisters often fathers and mothers
-ei51 -Cr ~ young women counts Tor nothing
e-- re Circumstance that much u the best brain
Nprk q The age IS being Gone By unmarried
"-i-7E IS q force, II seems 2 pity LhaL ne
sSD--Il Minds OF cannot devise some use Tor
L-7-I- = they were voters for instance, what q
I-fc-1ric1 Il CRY government those TWENTY-FIVE
70 -sa1c women might effect Lawbrea1ers might
Dc cisco -zs<eC. even when n Uniform and hnl1ln$
once. and laW-abictne citizens protected Men
I-s-- ~ arrested as well as women IoF slIL9l4+E
-leneeE- Honesty might be hoIoreC instead o.
1---e--e-. What CgerLUTLllg Wo4ll Dc PosElD-e
= rlCse twenty-five thousand super1Uous women
~ NeW-Eork could be made uSerG4, poor Things!
1Ic then they would cease 10 De EUperfluous. as
me sucerIuOus Il the unnecessary ana tfl5 us-L14
cannot BE that. But the world does move ..---u 4
Li--e may come when the woman VINO eAes-t4s l4
I-er N numbers shall NOT Be deemed 'superluo~s'