The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-07-14
The New
Woman
BY Eliza
ArebArd Copper.


9o0D 49, 60 GEnD azzED GEB0S
Yesterday, sitting under the wonder
fully beautiful green trees of Central
park, with squirrels and robins flash
Ing through the grass and with a sound
Of tinkling sweet waters in my ears, /
heard the story of how a handsome
and now successful young newspaper
woman lived five days on "a cents
Women heroes are around us today.
and we never suspect them. This lady
was a talented and successful writer
at her home in a western city. She re-
ceived an offer of $50 week to come
to New York and do certain work In
her line. The thing looked so dead
easy that she might have suspected
something would happen to break her
luck, but she did not; neither did those
who employed her. Well, something
did occur almost Immediately that sent
everything overheard for both herself
and her employers, and there she was,
stranded in New York. She bravely
" SNuy anu WI llllO nCWS-
paper writing She tried it. She wrote
well, and some Of her contributions
were accepted. But before they were
printed and paid for she was down to
her last "a cents. She was a stranger;
knew nobody of whom she could Dor
row. Her room rent was paid In ad-
vance. She had a roof over her for q
~
food. How did she do it? 81 lived
mostly on rolls and coffee" she said.
Il could make coffee in my own room.
l boiled the grounds over almost as
long as they would color the water.
Meantime l bought a couple of eggs
and ate them to keep my strength up
till pay day came" Meantime also she
dressed neatly and was as bright and
charming as II she were a millionaire
girl Nobody suspected for a moment
that she was living on less than cents
a day. "And at the end of the five days
/ was just as stout as ever" she said
mournfully.
Jennie" said Papa Cornfed to his
granddaughter, don't you go bouncing
through the house like a heifer in n
tornado, Earring the furniture and set
ting everybody on edge. Go as quick
as you like, but go quietly. Don't
knock us all out of breath"
A lady asked a friend-a married
woman In OhiO-to attend to some busi-
ness for her there. The Ohio lady
wrote back: Cant do IT. The law
says married women, minors, idiots
and prisoners are not competent to
make bargains till their disabilities are
removed" When an Ohio woman's
husband dies, therefore, her "disabil-
ity" is removed. That is a new name
for a husband, however.
Coming down town in an elevated
train heard good looking young man
in front of me say to his friend, also
q good looking young man: "Ah,
there's a girl who can play golf. Did
you see this record she nader Then
in tones Of admiration they discussed
the fine points Of her game. Their re-
spect for her was plainly increased i'm
mensely by her athletic power and
skill.
Sit still, step lightly, move quietly.
HHH
The late Walter Besant was only q
little past 90, but his picture gives him
the appearance of a man of 80. Not
at all surprising. A man who is as I'M
Just and hard toward women as Walter
Besant was must necessarily look like
exactly what he is-a wizened old
hunks.
DR.. Ethel Mayer of Cornell medical
school this year received the prize of
q set Of instruments for the best work
in GEOLOGY. And otology means the
anatomy and physiology Of the ear.
If you would make a pair Of good
shoes, take for the sole the tongue Of q
woman. 1t never wears out.
Mrs. Fanny Hallock Carpenter, a law
yer Of New York and president Of the
Women Lawyers club of that city, has
won a noble victory in her profession
before the court Of appeals sitting at
Buffalo. In 1894 a man conveyed to
bis wife certain property, amounting
to $4,000. Then he was sorry he did
Il and tried to get 1t back. He brought
action to recover 1t and charged his
wife In court with dosing and drugging
him till he was out of his mind to in
duce him to give her the property.
The suit was decided against him. He
it. Mrs. Carpenter was attor-
ney for the wife and pleaded in court
her case so clearly and convincingly
that the wife won again. Now the hus-
band will have to abide by the impulse
Of generosity which he tried to crawl
out of. This case involved perhaps as
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