The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-10-18
WRITES OF WOMEN.
Rex o'Rell on Their Work in Life
Their Rights.


Southern women knew but little
Of the art of self-support. There
is nothing new or startling in this
statement, as the subject has al
most been worn threadbare, but
from the shreds and tatters that
remain there is enough left to
even over-supply me with mate
rial to write about.
Meeting a friend not long ago
who had often before supplied me,
by her caustic tongue, with some
new inspiration, ! quite innocent
ly asked her of the news, the latest
gossip of the day, about Joe and
the baby.
Oh, they were all we'll! The
baby wasn't at all well, but the
doctor hoped be would be better
as soon as his teeth were through.
Eyes, indeedl His gums were
awful-yes, Jennie was still cook
ing all right-wish you would.
Joe would be SO glad to see you.
mo, indeedr" IT didn't go; too
much style out there. It's funny
to me-that women would trapes
around a "Horse Show" with
evening gowns on.
81 don't care if it is; styles one
thing, the sense and looks Of the
thing is another.
Then ! said just as meekly as
possible.
II am in such dilemma, dear.
Have to write an article for the
paper and feel SO stupid. Give
me some idea of a subject won't
youp
"Subjectl You writer's make
me tired. If you women would
stay at home more and work
about you wouldn't have time to
be going around asking what to
write about.
Do you know really forgave
that women for wounding my feel
ings, my vanity. Following in
the footsteps of Martha of DID,"
what did she care for inspirationsG
If at the end of the month her
allowance Tailed with the bills of
the butcher, the baker, and candle
stick maker, was not her mission
in life then fulflledg
However, having expressed her
self. ! shall now give expression
to my ideas Of women choosing
for themselves, regardless of pub
lie opinion 1--WE all know thst pub
lie opinion is neither a philan-
thropist nor a charitable friend)
the best, at the same time the
most agreeable way of self-sup-
port.
When God made the Garden Of
Eden he made perfect nature in
its wonderful beauty. Then he
made man after his own image
and put him there to enjoy it all. |
Still there was lacking in bis work |
that soft, sweet harmony of tone
that he desired, so he from the rib
Of man created woman, and gave |
her to him that they might enjoy, |
not only all the glorious beauty
that surrounded them, but also
that sweet companionship that
fills place in the heart that moth
ing else can occupy.
That harmony prevailed in this
wondrours garden is not prov
en- truth. That woman was the
accused and man stood as her ac-
cusor, is an established fact. That
God in his wrath drove them from
his presence, out into the world,
to suffer and to die, is true, for he
tells us 80 in his book, the Bible.
So from that day TO this woman
has been called the ''tempter,n be-
cause man listened to her and be-
trayed the confidence of the great
benefactor, the great God.
Seldom, however, do we hear
that he fell from his high estate,
simply because he was the weaker
vessel of the two that the will of
the women made she the master
made man the slave.
Does It seem strange, then, that
after countless centuries have
passed, women who have the am
bition, the will, the intelligence,
thn nanaritv II accnmnlieh their