The evening world., 1900-04-26

IL columns OF debate over two questions
@l>l concerning wOman-"Has she sense OF
humor?" and Can she reason7" Argu-
ment negative and affirmative has approached the
line OF invective. and has not infrequcnty s,rsyed
from the boundaries of logic experience ane COM
mon sense. But now, calmly regardless Of all
dispute regarding the qualifications Of her sex In
general. arises lawyer Kate Kane Rossi. of Chi
cage, TO demonstrate that in her own mental per
son at least are comprehended both the sense of
humor and the power to reason
Surely nothing could be more deiiciourly humor-
Gus IN these days Of woman's Increasing cry for
equal opportunities and equal wages than Miss
Rossfs plea before Jury that the weaker SEE
was created to live like the lilies u the field toll
Ing not nor spinning. And surely nothing could
be more logical than her idea that such plea was
exactly the thing to ring effectively upon the
minds of twelve carcworn men OF family 10 whom
the opposite view Of womans rights and wishes
had become familiar Miss FOSSILS putting of the
case worked a. she srpsctsd The woman ellen,
was acquitted Of charge o. vagrancy Ana W.
doubt not for moment that she saw the Joke as
fully as did her clever lawyer.
When We come down 10 tacts, all this arguing
and theorizing as to the mental equipment OF
woman may be likeued, so far as man n con.
cerned. to that sort OF exercise known as "spar-
ring for wind"
The woman who thinks things and says thing,
and does things is very much with us She has
both fun and reason among her resources She ia
more IN evidence every day Her presence is dis
puted only by men whe remember when she ex.
listed merely as rare specimen and who have
been caught mapping In the late years suddenness
Of her rush.
She Ii not the new woman" She il the real
woman coming to light. Proof OF her develop.
ment and her importance is of daily revelation.
DO you suppose for an instant that II she were A
mere pretender TO reason and It's accomplishments
abe could have occupied. as she did last Tuesday
who's days session OF that grayely deliberate
body. the Bcumenical Congress with It's delegates
from all over the world!
Readers of The World do no, need to be remind
a how the Wit and wisdom of women have come
to b marked In the progress Of journalism.
In the pulpit the Rev. Anna H. Shaw. Rev. Caro-.
line j. Bartlett, Rev. T. Eugena ST John. Rev.
Mary A. Sanford and many Others have exhibited
. the scholarly eioquencc Of their sex.
In various works OF intellectual reform Susan
B. Anthony, the late Frances r. willard LADY
Henry Somerset. Laura 0rmiston Chant. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton. the COUNTESS Of Aberdeen and host,
Of dignihed. able workers have come to show the
force and dignity Of womaniy convictions.
In msdcine Or. Mary Putnam Jacob, DR. Eliza.
beth Garrett Anderson. DR.. Sophia lex Blake. DIR
Mary A. Dixon Jones and others form an interna.
tional company Of scientific stars
In literature Mrs. Humphry Ward. Mrs. Hods.
soa-Burnett. John Strange Winter tIlenrie,ta +.
" stannard). Mary T. Wilkin. John Oliver Hobb,s
tMrs. Craigie) AID hosts Of other writers hay. 70
vealed the finest humor and the closest apslvti.
cal knowledge Of their fellow men and women
women like Helena Modjeska. Clara MORT,
ullen Terry. Duse. Bernhard. Georgia Cayyan
Julia Msrlowe and Mrs. Fiske have shown m.
pov>r Of brains upon the stage
!. n n 10 Objected that the few names here rIvsn
~ thvse Of leaders. and. therefore uf excepon,i
uaDben 0f their sex. the answer In thai were
( the5e n0ne TO follow there would be none 10 cad
Ine presence o great captains In such Interests
{ = 0one mentioned IL a guarantee OF standing
~ b11lnd. And In other associations educa-
1p1lable and social tmsrk the brlIlIsp,
Ifha - HoEore Paliasr by inteuect
~ uo1ofH II the women are legion uhoxe
vrrGs and deeds prove the folly If
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