The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-06-30
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BY Eliza
Ar=:5ard Copper.

lagos of the United Kingdom are small
private libraries. Reliable individuals
may borrow from them one book and
keep it a week for about cents. One
may subscribe for year to- the library
for 50 and take out book as often as
he likes. BY paying So year he may
during that period borrow six books at
a time if lie likes. The libraries con-
tain 200 or more books, mostly novels.
The English people are insatiate novel
readers, probably because there are so
many women among them. In addi-
ton to her circulating library, the mis-
tress of the place has on sale newspa-
pers, magazines. stationery, etc. Now,
1 wonder why bright, intelligent wom-
en- and girls could not get their living
from such libraries in this country too?
1t is true we have in America many
more free libraries than the English
have, but they do not contain so much
fiction, being devoted largely to books
that improve the mind strictly. Fic-
ton men. and especially women, will
read till Judgment day. A well selected
collection of books, say, first always
fiction, then travels, poetry, biography
and history, need not cost a great
amount of capital and would certainly
pay if lent out at 10 cents per vol
ume, or perhaps even 5 cents might
pay, to he kept not longer than week,
or, if so kept. TO be paid for at the rate
of cents additional per day. That is
how delinquent borrowers are managed
in England. Keeping such a library
would be very pleasant occupation, re-
munerative. too, in conjunction with
the stationery trade. Books could be
kept on sale as well.
1t was considered a fact of sufficient
Importance TO cable across the Atlantic
that society lady tainted at horse
race. She was probably laced too tight.
Jewish ladies are very frequently SUI
perintendents of the Sunday schools
which are now commonly maintained
for the children of their race. Mrs.
Octavus Cohen of Bayonne. N. j., has
filled such a post with brilliant success
for a number of years. Why are not
Christian women oftener Sunday school
superintendent? They are peculiarly
fitted for it.
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Pitiable indeed is that woman who
can find nothing to love but cats.
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81 came that ye might have life, and
have it more abundantly," said the
Founder of Christianity. l wonder how
women who squeeze the life out of
their bodies by tight clothing and out
Of their souls by pressing them into
the iron mold of conventionality can
call themselves Christians?
'gThe truth shall make you Free" Do
your own thinking; don't accept anoth-
er's authority in matters of opinion.
Dress as you like if you would find out
what the text above mentioned means.
81 am for men," said Henry George.
And l am for women, say.
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The archbishop of Canterbury says
the church needs a married clergy, be-
cause often a minister's wife does more
good in the parish than he himself can
do. Yes. archbishop of Canterbury.
But do you know what a dead give
away that admission Is on you and all
your men preachers? If women can do
more good than men, then why, by all
that Is reasonable and Christian, can't
you ordain women as clergymen and
do the thing directly instead of indi-
rectly? All, that's something else, is
it?
Paris has at length one woman's
club. What an American girl who
marries a Frenchman may expect can
be judged from the fact that no wife
can belong to even that one modest lit
tie woman's club until she has obtain
ed her husbands written permission to
do so. She must send the letter of per-
mission with her application for men,
bership. That is how it is in Europe.
But we need not boast ourselves over
much. Not even In America has a
man got beyond the notion that he
GOWNS" his wife, that she is his to
treat exactly as he likes, and this no
ton has wrought to women woe unut-
terable.
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In an English magazine Mr.. Arthur
Brice issues a cal. for women to mi
crate with their brothers and men rela-
tives to the new colonies. He argues
in favor Of this on grounds moral. ma
terial and social, Women. and women
only. strong armed practical workers.
can make homes for the lonely from
tiersmen. Pioneers in our own land
have felt the need of. homes so sadly
that they have frequently rushed rash
ly into marriages with Indian women
and regretted it ever after, Mr., Brice
is right. Women. brave. helpful and
CHEEKY not the feeble and the winners.
should accompany their men to a new
country. 1t viii be good for both.
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