Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-04-24
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The mines ran only four days last
week as Saturday was payday.
John Hamlck left for Nashville sun
day where be will spend fewdays with
his son who is train dispatcher there.
Miss Mary Mason and Mrs. Melton
Jones went to Chattanooga Saturday.
Mrs. James Foster, of McNabb Mines,
is on the mountain this week.
Misses Nellie Hartman, Of Kelley's
Ferry and Hannah Cummins, of Look
out are spending the week with rela-
tives near Chattanooga.
Wesley Hicks says be will be mar
ried man in less than three weeks,
Miss Lizzie O'Neal was the guest of
Mrs. Beard McNabb Sunday,
| wonder if Tommie McNabb likes to
see his birthday come. How many
strokes did you get, Tom.
II you want to see Tom Sexton frown
ask him who he loves the best.
Ask Tommie McNabb if she is pretty
and see him laugh.
II you want to hear Yves Xix snort
ask him what she said
Bill Cragging and Bob Smith went
turkey hunting Friday night but did
not find any,
Tom Hamrick and wife of Antioch,
Tenn, we're visiting relatives at this
place few days ago.
Ask Miss Emma Cagging If she ever
got letter and who it was from and
who gave it to her.
Miss Lizzie 0,Neal looked happy
Sunday after being SO sad all day.
Some one came that evening and cheer
cd her up, think it was the Dr.
1t has got pretty we'll noised around
the world that American women are
more interesting than others. This
statement is not made boastfully but
simply as market quotation as one
would say. They are sought for; they
rule high; they know how to be fascinat-
ing and agreeable; they unite freedom
of manner with modesty of behavior;
they are apt to have beauty and if they
haven't they know how to make others
think that they have. Probably the
Greek girls in their highest develop
| v,ant yynra not az atfrootiyo No H. A
merican girls of this period, and If we
had Phidias who could put their
charms in marble, all the antique gal.
leries would close up and 60 out of bust,
ness. 1t can be said that everybody il
interesting to certain degree. Some
are intereting for five minutes, some
for ten. some for an hour, some are moi
exhausted in whole day and some are
permanently entertaining, The trou
BILE of this world is that there are moi
more people who are entertaining com
rades. Day in and day out for life
lime our women have national dis
ease--heFVousness,
what follies2" you ask. Here are 1
few of them. Rushing into business
social ambitions, unhealthy literature
bad thinking, over eating and unwis'
eating, insufficient rest, lack of fresl
air and want of exercise. Our womeI
young and old have mania for rush
ing into business OF one kind and anoth
or. Women are not intended for bust
ness. 1t is disgrace to our civiliza
tion that women should jostle and ell
bow at the door of public office. No
that her mind is not equal to master
ing details, on the contrary she ca
learn Choctaw and master mathema
tical problems, but that is not he
place. / do not refer to the exception
al womaR where nature has shown
strong bias in favor Of one distinct lin
of work. 1t would be absurd to let til
matter of sex interfere with the az
complishment Of special mission, BIT
the crowd Of wretched, anaemic typ'
writer's, clerks and saleswomen fghtin
always moral battle because of mad,
quate, wages, physical unsoundnei
and contiguous temptations. 1t me
ancholy sight, it is a condition that
hope in the future rational social Gu
tom will set right Women need exc
else and pushing around a bargai
counter or humping typewriter
not exercise. Wear a pedometer du
a day SPENT in this way and see no
many miles you have gone for the r
! sult Of your WEAKNESS,
II YoR want to hear a certain gi
sing Just get W. Il. tc be present
PHOENIX.