The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-06
AUNT TRuDY,s LETTER.
she Attacks Popular Practices Of
Women
Button Rose Cottage, oct. 8. 1900.

Button Rose Cottage, Oct. 6, 1900
Dear State Journal. I've been a
thinker I am 4 warren my welcome out,
a written you q Iettar every Satterday.
an every SatteE1ays an that bes put
this oil iuk-boCI o. mine back on the
top shelf O the pantry fsEgawhilz- Purity
soon I viii. any way. II sumethius don
cum up that Jes has to be rft-
Jane Starr E0ggy an jeS meut TO
hav a good ol-faSheued visit today, 1t
was so plesent fur October out On the
porch, bur We eoodn't seem to git eny
arguments started that would. hoI out
First I sed- Isn't it geLtiu' Offei the
way children an folks, too, are a loosen
Their revre1cs thas days. ReVrenc usto
be somthen that WIS tot Us. an we WIS
boun to sho It TO CIR elders. whether
we RELY felt it or not" Yes, sed Jane
Starr, but tia reVreEcd the rod more
than they did tbos elders. mostly Yes.
but It looked reel nice, an sh0d good
braeden II tha didn't aIIus feel IT. % IS.
but wasn't II a teehen them To " an
deseev an 10 ulake-bleev %
Jes didn't think Of eny other pint
then, SO I sed. Most yong folks I no
are reel geEooine. thes daze, Insted o
the tips Of a GLOW. an a Ganseu MASTER
bough. I get q harty, lOvln' Hello.
AIlrtvss spoken in soft vote that lest
maehes a good look in the briIe eyes. an
q warm hand grippE on nay Oh arm an
most likely q Hussen-up hugl An even
the boys come rite up an talk, an seem
to have q reel feeIin fur you'll Now T
no I would q bin afeard to apr0ch
Ienson I0oken d lady, like 7 am vC1ldn {
you, Jane starr when you WIS yQngl'
Yes. but I thot ven was a sayen tina
Isxt REVERENCE Well ravreue an
aexooina feeIeny are dapret things unless
the youEg folks now no better how %
dizgiza there fealens. Bless there ferveut
harris. they have 10 ldee how CHEEKY they
make cur 81 lives. nor now much store
we set bv there words when are
alone
All the worlds a gettin' sensibler tstss
cry, sed Jane Starr. w omen havn
worn gl0Vs these two summers, when IL
WIS hoe- not even the richest onesr' NO,
but some what WIS putten Up pesrhes
an grapes wished they did. tho"
Well. they WIS 10 blame fur igner-
Snce- T0margs or 0ZalIck asld would
take them staues Of A fren OF mine was
Chrlschen. Sieccis1- an she WIS
teIIin hoW she WIS scrapin' yong pota-
tos, an her fingers got brown an she
the she would JeS think they WIS not
brown. an went rite On peeliu' her tou1a-
tas ar sure e1uE they WIS very white
when she dressed up
Gstly women don't care now Tor
brown hans. nor Worly hans ether"
The men are the feartiesr ereeters- tho.
theza for warren 4 cote when It $ rosten
hot. but If they even slSplshen one lIrle
whiusy ereeser Is trownen at them for
taken It OF they Z suffer rite en-
Yes an another foolish thing women
wouldn't do. Is to be allus a Kitten there
hats 20 there 1rens o. the street But
ladys teeh them 70 do thar In skooL
Ell, ct corse. the ladies' are tol to tech
IT. by some hord Of eg1casEen man
They could be Jes Al puilire by les bowen
As women dc"
An men would shc a. hoI lot more IN
dependence, # they would jes' keep there
vensIenaIIry. fnsted Of taken them or rite
ia the face OF Gods MATERIAL lows o.
Yes. an another brave thing Some. wo-
men are dom is not co put on hevy
morning when trends die The true
n1oruin. cant be put On. but comes out
sted u bein' parakied on the streets One
class O. people 10 adverr1z there loss
YES. an another thing I'VE seen lately
makes RE 5es creep, Ike my teeth was on
uurses rite cut OF the hOspttei, on the
street ears. an down town shopper in
there unitornas--yes- even there white
aperFs an caps y Lney We're 50 da1lLy
an SO cut o placet / d1dn'E no how they
could bare to be stared at so. An then it
made most Of Us think OF things we
would rather forget
II would ies Ike to no If they 50 back
To the sick room with the same white
acorn an the same dainty dress they
wore n al the dust. an smoke. an-au--
I1zas-tp tobacco On Kansas avenue -
% no they wouldn't do that. The
nurses costume IS Ike our home dresses.
seems TO me- made for the ones We love
an serve. an not for the streets" The
doctors say there's notes We can't seer
Then We DISGUST the ladies who sweep the
sidewalk an Crossinss with long. wooden
skirts aItho they haven't strength enuff
10 sweep the kitchen at home
dzslklS our own LatIs TIE hezt Ifle We
visited together. 7 told Jane Starr I had
pronnisE you pIctur when got one
taken an she les set an stared at ne.
an was 50 tux bak I felt foolish an
haseued to say; T won't do It. tho. un-
less the ATTEST does a good JOB in taken
out rinkIes. an IN maxim necessary re-
pares" But she stfu shook her he'd in
an SO you need not be a Z
ali sure about IT, Mr.. Editor, for I aIIus
set 3 heap Of store by the fdees Of Jane
Starr F'0ggy, an depea' rite smart on her
Judgment Goodbye.
AUNT truly.