The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-10-04
WHAT THE NEW WOMAN is ABOUT.

A young woman who was a witnes!
in the trial following a noted murder
tragedy tells a newspaper reportel
that liberty is bad for girls" She
herself was spoiled child who wen
to parties, balls and theaters at the
age of thirteen seems to have wan
dered about loose wherever she liked
with youths of her own age and Older
ones. First her school lessons inter
fered with the social goings on ther
the lessons were neglected; ther
next this precocious girl child aban-
doned the high school, where she
would have graduated in a year more,
to "have fun" From her own ex.
perience the shallow Drained, vain
creature utters the dictum that Glib.
erty is bad for girls Well, it de-
pends on the girl and her mother.
A babe, a lunatic or an idiot must be
restrained to prevent self injury and
hurt to others, but even girl of thir-
teen who has ordinary common sense
and has been properly taught is safe
from all harm. A girl who has the
right kind of mother knows the fol-
lies and the dangers that beset young
women. The schoolgirl who has
brains, too, will be protected by her
love of study or favorite pursuits from
running after boys to have brain
less, harmful "good time" If a
mother is sensible an d intelligent,
she is not restrained by what is really
impure prudishness from properly in
structing her children and if such a
woman's daughter has average good
sense, that daughter, though only
thirteen, can be trusted to go around
the world alone. If, however, she is
of the idiotic sort of the 17-year-old
experienced young woman who laid
it down that liberty is bad for girls"
then the parents of such fool should
restrain her, by force if necessary,
from running at large.
This morning 1 saw we'll dressed
young woman go out through the
door of restaurant and walk along
the street chewing toothpick !
1t is curious to note how many
English writers there are, from Ouida
down, who indulge in i'll natured
filings at Americans whenever posi-
Bile. Sarah A. Tooley, for instance,
describing in London periodical the
crowning of certain queen, says,
"She had what our American friends
call most elegant coronation" F."
Sarah, from her superior height of
knowledge of the English language,
would criticise such incorrect use of
the word elegant" as specially
American. If Sarah knew as mnch
as she thinks she does, she would be
aware that this sense of the word ele-
giant is not American at all, but was
brought to us originally by British
-'.hjests thes.seei--~s,. III w11S.t, jsass
ing from her name, was her own ma
tive country did Sarah never hear
mentioned "an Elegant wake?"
Clara Barton, the original Red
Cross army nurse during the civil
war and the American president of
the Red Cross society, seems endow-
ed with perennial youth. In Cuba
with her nurses, doctors and supplies
at the time of the war there, in Texas
after the great storm devastated Cal
weston, she journeyed this year to
far St. Petersburg to attend the Red
Cross conference, where she has late
1y received an ovation that must have
warmed and thrilled her heart. The
Spanish delegates to the conference
We'd with one another in
to her because of her kind
ness to their fellow countrymen in
Cuba. By nature Miss Barton is of
delicate build and rather fragile look
ing, but her enthusiasm for her be-
loved work keeps her young and
strong.
Whatever important step we take,
we generally wish we had not done
it, for awhile at least. Still that is
how we learn things.
The Chinese believe in reincarna-
ton. A China woman who died not
long since and knew she was going
out of life expressed the earnest wish
and hope that in her next incarna-
tion she might be born an American
woman. But American wome
themselves do not seem to appreciate
this priceless heritage.
A woman in an address has made
this gorgeously intense statement:
"There is nothing this side of heaven
like the beauty and power of conse-
Grated womanhood." I wonder if
she lives up to it.
Miss Mamie T. Daniel, a young
lady with strong, fine, intelligent
face, is second vice-president of the
International Brotherhood of Book
binders.
Mrs. ]. G. Laughlin of Seattle has
manifested business talent that is re-
markable. She had first to lose all
the money she possessed before it oc-
Cured to her to manage her own af-
fairs Manx1 a ru0naat1 1u0i11d haue