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tered upon industry here, it was 1876, and
in 1870 it was 1915. Clearly, a smaller mum
Der Of women in proportion to our entire
female population entered into marriage in
Massachusetts in the latter year, after
forty years of the development of the in
dustrial employment of women here, than
is found at the beginning Of the period.
Bearing in mind, however, that the mum
Der Of women married to each 1000 Of the
female population in the state at large was
1853 in 1900, we find the corresponding fig
ures for Fall River, Lowell and Lawrence
each, cities in which large numbers OF
women are industriously employed, to be,
respectively, 1913, PIP and 2O.4. In Holyoke
the figure was IA, and in Boston also,
where large numbers Of women find remu-
n~erative employment, the figure is oil.
The general rule seems to hold in Massa-
chusetts that the number Of women mar
ried out Of the entire female population is
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marriage relation will need to go deeper
than the mere question Of marriage rate.
A scientific comparison, which would con
clusiyely determine the factor which the in
dustrial employment Of women plays in the
case, would be a comparison Of the mar
rage rate among immigrants devoted To
agriculture or merely household employ
ments before coming here with the rate in
the next generation, under a general indus
trial environment, or a similar comparison
in a stable population, II such could be
found, OF the conditions existing before and
after Industrial development. II is, how
ever, impossible to obtain data at hand for
such comparisons and it is a sufficient pres
ent answer to yOuT question to summarize
what | have said in the sentence with which
! close. ! can find no evidence that In the
Industrial development Of Massachusetts,
the presence in industry OF women has
operated to lead them to remain single.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-30

vicious or savage, but it offers a very good
opportunity for the development of both
qualities, and this Is the only phase of the
game which it is to be hoped the American
girl will avoid. or course, there is "A list
of rules as long as your arm which forbids
all manner of holding, hitting ar other
rough tactics, but the very %rapidity of the
game offers a thousand %loopholes for escape
after the seemingly innocent execution of
such acts, and players with a streak of the
barbarian in them, which most athletically-
inclined persons possess, generally have the
perception to see them and the desire TO
take due advantage thereof.
Men, especially, marage always to do
more or less so-Called dirty work in a
hard fought basket ball game. and the las
sizes with the gentle features have the same
bunch now and then. Very vivid are recol-
]lcctions Of one varsity player, captain of
the first girls team for several seasons,
who played a forward and a fierce one. She
was tall, muscular and 1.-the. and combined
the flGsh-like rapidity Of a panther with
the accuracy Of a machine.
The most promising player Of the oppos-
ing team was always the object of this
young wOman's attentions. Charging full
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-30

1871 game OF basket pail IOf women Is
EG&a6 a matter open to debate; as d
~ curative for wifebeating its ef-
ticiency is beyond challenge. Not that the
merry maiden who starts in to lain strength
and ether desirable physical and personal
qualities through the medium of this
p.stime has in view the training CT her
muscles to a point where they will insure
her immunity from all pending domestic
tr,ubles. Far from it. In the first place,
sne has at that period of her life no faith
.l t.e inevitable. Again, if that purpose
we're uppermost in her mind her muscles
would assume far more startling proportions
than they do, because of the strong inlu-
ence Of suggestion in such matters. The
laborer who digs bitches all day long does
not get as large or as shapely sinews as the
athlete, because the latter is thinking every
minute he exercises of how his muscles are
growing and what he wishes them to be-
come, while the workman has no especial
interest in his bodily efforts other than
that they bring him a living. The mental
attitude counts for much in such matters.
So with the basket ball girl. Feminine
phenomenons of Sandow build would become
the common product of gymnasiums were
self-defence the motive for indulgence.
There are many phases to this game as
a wOman's sport and its effects upon her.
There are also vast differences in the at
titude Of mothers and men toward it.
Neither Of these latter two classes, and
more especially the men, likes the notion
of dainty white wrists and ankles wrenched
and strained, swollen and discolOred. And
when it comes to skinning pretty, rounded
elbows, to bruising knees and shins that
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should be immune, to bruising heads Gov
cred with precious ripples Of hair and even
to blackening dreamy eyes and causing
piquant noses to bleed, mere thoughts Of
such calamities fail net to elicit a shuddar
and a prayer. And these things certainly
come with basket ball and infreQucntly
even more serious woes.
Brings What Others Admire.
But these same fond mothers and adorine
men admire nothing so much in the world
as a girl of grace and symmetry, of bright
eyes and clear complexion, with every
physical possibility fully developed, a girl
who walks as though her feet did not hurt,
who knows how to run and who is as nimblc
and sure of herself as a man. These char
acteristics, too, come with basket ball and
probably more surely and quickly than in
any other way in which convention permits
women to cultivate them.
1t is certain that basket ball is fulfilling
a mission in the development Of women that
no other athletic sport for which they are
eligible has ever been able to accomplish.
This relates chiefly to the traits of self
reliance and ear-headedness. A hysterical
girl who plays basket ball is a quantity
difficult to imagine, for the game is the very
essence of emergencies and rapid changes,
which demand a cool head all the time and
a quick brain.
Golf and tennis are good, but a great
many very helpless and ineffective women
play both, while you do not find that kind
mixing in basket ball trays. The difference
doubtless lies in the fact that the latter
game alone contains in addition to all the
strain and agility incident to nervous
muscular action commOn to the other the
subtle element CT personal contact which
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Cumstuck- Names

is so vital an influence in athletic compcti-
ton. This flavor is the enc thing that
makes foot ball what it is. the master sport,
ana basket ban in a mildcr way embodies
the same pulse Of actual personal combat,
man against man.
Another OF the Benefits.
Combativeness may be offensive at times,
but it is at least always self-reliant, and it
is only fair to presume that the women
extract the latter essence to the full with
out absorbing at the same time the more
dlsagrceable feature. Anyway, it is that
personal strife that makes the basket bail
girl independent, calm, quick and hardy
as well, and as a feature to be found only
in this game this component should be
given due prominence in the catalogue of
the virtues of the sport.
Modern aesthetics have decided that
physically. a woman's dignity consists not
in commanding stature, nor in Teutonic pro-
portions, nor in habits Of statuesque sedatc-
ness. They have determined, On the con-
trary, that with a woman, from whom s.
much is expected in the way of carriage
and front generally, dignity lies all in
poise. That any quality SO basic and essen
tial as this of dignity, which as far as the
wIrld at large knows is superiority itself,
should be prodicated on a feature so en-
tirely external may seem strange and even
incOugruous, but it is so and, on the whole,
it is eminently correct that it should be so.
For dignity is an objective matter en-
tirely, no one being dignincd unless other
people think he is 50. This must, there
fore, depend largely upon first impress
sions, and thus the physical feature pre-
l.,s,,t. NI,r.,,..r - 4; lfH3.,IN f@r
those who are physically inferior to feel
superior, and the latter attitude comes
naturally and strongly to the physically
perfect. a sense of being man to man mas
ter of situations cannot but give rise to an
easy dignity, which expresses itself in the
one condition so aptly described as poise.
IIrinGs Also POise.
This poise is probably one o. the great
est things that basket ball does for women.
Compelled to use some scores of muscles,
while other women exert only about five OF
six all their daily lives, these basket bal
athletes learn what a wonderful thing
they possess in their bodies and how mar
velously they may control the treasure il
they will. They have about six times the
use Of their limbs that other women have
and are well aware of the contrast, Taught
also to carry the weight or the BODY wei
forward On the balls Of the feet, with in
natol chest and erect head, they thus as,
sumo by compulsion a posture that is tn,
whole framework Of dignity, and the men.
tai attitude and all the other accompani,
ments follow.
To see young girls. or older ones, beinl
instructed in such modes Of walking and
standing is a JOY to man, and the habits
learned then will stick to them all through
life, An era now Of feminine basket bal
players means a later generation Of su.
perior-looking women and a continuation
of the practice will in time work a com
plcte eradication of the opposite types nov
so familiar.
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tilt across the floor, she would pun la *
and stumble and apparent do everything
possible to keep from tclcscoping her OF
pOn,nt, but was always unable to stop in
time because of her own Roadway and tn
slippery floor, and after the collision thu
fatal elbow or knee had done its intended
work in the vulnerable spots which women
know women to poss, SIS. Then, of course,
it was always p%rofusc apologies and regrets
ana solicitations and couldn't stop to save
my life, - but the other girl meanwhile was
out of the game, with some substitute to
take her place. And If it did not work the
first time, this lady would deliberately try
it again till it did or the ump r. 20
busy.
But that's all in the game, and the gins
know it. A basket ball contest is not a
dancing school, nor yet a class in etiquette.
and those who 90 in for it generally want
the full limit Of all prerogativos Of person
and elasticity of rules. Anyway, II it does
not teach them to stop and say, Excuse
met" before relieving an opponent Of the
ball and "Forei" before throwing for a fed
goal, it at least gives them health, strength.
poise and royal Independence. and that g.
all the game was ever meant to do.
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~0HIEF of the Massachusetts Bureau
Of Labor, II. c. Wadlin, finds that
- the entrance of women into the
lESS4I various industries Of that state
- does not decrease marriages and
presents the following statistics in support
Of his conclusions:
The state Of Massachusetts, is a stage
upon which every scene In the great indus
trial drama is being enacted. Here the
evils as well as the benefits of the indus
trial revolution should be plainly seen. But
to answer your question statistically from
data in this commonwealth-and it is solely
OF this commonwealth that l am speaking
we cannot rely on the general marriage
rate, which is figured on the population as
a whole. AS We are dealing with women
mainly we must take the women as a class.
The number Of women married to each
1000 women living in the state was 1853 in
1900. In 1860, when women had hardly en-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-30

S AN ADJUNCT to the acquisition
of culture the necessity of the
game of basket ball for women is
a matter open to debate; as d
rnraIiNp for withdrawing its Il
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-11-22
We Wonder

If the people who say "onvelope"
for envelope, know that they are
not using good English, accord
ing to Webster's n-abridged
dictionary?
If the women who wear such
extremely straight front "affairs'
and walk as if they were about
to tip over, are really comfort
able?
If the time will ever come when
it will be useless for an intemp-
crate, immoral, unreliable man
to seek the nomination for an
office of public trust.
If those who are the most ener-
getic during revival services,
ever give a thought to the saving
of soul, after the meeting is
over and they have settled down
to everyday business life?
If the man who expects wonder
full returns from about fifty cents
a month, spent in advertising,
ever figures up what returns he
gets on the money spent for about
three small bottles per day?
If there ever was a newspaper
published anywhere, which
pleased everyone, all the time?
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Fine chocolate and home mad
candy at the Anadarko bakery. CAT
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Office west side of 5th street be-
tween Main and Broadway. 46tf
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90-4t
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-11-22
Are You Thankful.

If you are especially thankful
for anything, you will certainly
feel inclined to be liberal on
Thanksgiving day. The ladies
of the Aid Society of the Chris
tan church have made arrange
ments to give you good oppor-
tunity to display your liberality,
by attending the Big Thanks
giving Dinner at McAninch Hall,
Nov. 27. If you are not espec-
tally thankful, come anyway, and
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Get your bread and cakes of the
Anadarko bakery. 64tf
The incest assortment of fruit in
the city at the Anadarko bakery.
64tf
The rooms occupied by the
Democrat" are for rent. See Per
ry IL Farmer. 37tf
Go to the Pioneer drug store for
school books, states and pencils.
63tf
Attend the Southwestern Normal
College at Anadarko Fall term
opens Nov, 4, 36t26
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Ballinger & Sturgis,
LAWYERS

The Southwestern Normal Col
lege opens its fall term Nov. Ath, at
9 a, m, in the Morgan building.
Enroll with the Southwestern
Normal College for a business
course. If
Prepare for business by taking
the Commercial Course at the South
Western Normal College which
opens Nov. 4th at . a. m IN Nor
Gan building. 55tf
Rohr's Rock Island Saloon has
added to its many attraction first
class cafe where everything in the
eating line can be had at all times,
day or night. Come and see. 56tf
House to rent on Main street,
between 4th and 9th. See j. M.
Youngblood. 67t6
Call up No. 1872 and the Law
ton wagon will come for any kind
of laundry work. 6St6
Be up-to-date, and have the
Lawton Steam Laundry estab-
lish their towel supply service
with you. Phone 1872. 68t6
O. H. Geagon &c Co. Real Es-
tate. Accomplishments, school
land, city property, rentals and
collections. 9th street between
Broadway and Main. 6Stf
New, clean towels furnished
every morning at a cost not ex-
ceeding the laundrying of your
own, is the proposition of the
Lawton towel supply. Phone 49,
este
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Notice.

The A. O. u. w. will meet in
McAninch Hall, Friday evening
at 1870 p. m. All members are
urged to be present.
A. R. SMITH,
90-4t Recorder.
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Thanksgiving Dinner.

At McAninch Hall, Thursday,
Nov. 27. Served by the Ladies
Aid Society of the Christian
church. You are cordially invit-
ed. 71ti
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when you see the tables heaped
with roast turkey, chicken, Eng
lish plum pudding, cranberry
sauce, and a dozen other good,
old fashioned dishes, you will
certainly have abundant cause to
be thankful to the ladies for furn-
ishing such a bountiful supply of
good things for the moderate sum
of 80 cents. Come and get a
good dinner and help a good
cause. 74tf
Mrs. Millie King, a widowed
lady of Anadarko, was the vic
tim of bold hold-up at the Rock
Island passenger station last
night about 1890 o'clock.
Mrs. King, with her three little
children, was coming from Ana
darko to Chickasha to make her
home, and had just alighted from
the train. She had her pocket
book, containing S44.72 and two
baggage checks in her hand. She
had scarcely gained the platform
when a man snatched the purse
from her hand and made off with
it in the darkness. Mrs. King
screamed and three men who
who witnessed the theft ano
attempted to follow the highway
man, but he escaped them
Chickasha Express.
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Wanted.

A girl to assist in kitchen at
the home bakery and restaurant.
Good wages and steady position,
72t1
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Stenog-apher.

Persons wishing the services of a
competent stenographer or wishing
typewriting done call at the South
western Normal College. 6Otf
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Farm Loans.

Money advanced to prove up
with. When you get ready to
prove up come and see me.
LEE n, WALLIS
Office west side of 5th street be-
tween Main and Broadway. 46tf
For poems, novels, go to the
Pioneer drug store. G3tf
Fine chocolate and home made
candy at the Anadarko bakery. 64tf
Furnished Rooms-Desirable
rooms in the Edwards building for
rent 6Otf
Go the Reece Agency for farm
loan, for help in building homes, for
insurance, for school furniture, for
leases on choice land. 62tl4
The Reece Agency is buying
school, township and county war
rants. 62t7
Parties wal'ting money. to prove
up on farms should call an L. d,
Williams, he will save you money
and write your insurance. tt
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LOCAL NEWS.

This paper will be read by 1000
people.
Buy your coal at Missouri LUm-
BER co. 70tf
Born, to l.. Hamilton and wife,
Nov. 20, 1902, a daughter.
Prof. Looney, of Apache, is in
the city today, on business.
Fred Pfaff returned today from
a business trip to Oklahoma City.
We want your coal trade. Call
us up, phone 80.
70tf MISSOURI LUMBER Co,
That cold wave is coming, bet
ter buy your coal from MISSOURI
LUMBER &C. Phone go. 70tf
Byrne and Beebe are agents
for the Deming loan and Invest
meut Co. Tiff
The usual services will be held
at the Baptist church tomorrow
by the pastor.
Charles H. Pruitt recently sold
lot 13 block 81, to j, H. Pruitt.
Consideration $1,000.
If you want financial aid in
building soon, see the Reece
Agency today or tomorrow. 70t2
Better Anadarko's Fire Depart
ment by purchasing a ticket to
the Masquerade Ball. 71tf
Charlie Kamm has the only
Anderson Egg coal in town. Or
der while it lasts. Phone 43. 1876
For Sale Cheap-A bran new
wagon. A big bargain. See P.
H. Keck the wagon maker. 70t5
Mr.. j. F. Moore of Ison, Okla. =,
and Mr.. C. w. Robbins of Ard
more, |. T. were transacting bus
mess in the city yesterday
See Byrne and Beebe if you
want to borrow money on your
farm or to prove up on your claim.
72tf
For Sale-My lease on ten
acres of land and improvements
adjoining town site. Enquire at
Democrat Office. 69t6.
Mr.. H. p. Newton, of Ft. Cobb,
a brother of Prof. Newton, of
this place, is visiting in Ana
darko this week.
The Commercial Club will meet
at 7:30 p. m. next Tuesday, at
the court house. All members
urged to be present.
Just received another car of
Anderson Fancy Lump coal, bet
ter have your coal house filled.
70tf. MISSOURI LUMBER Co.
For Sale Cheap-If sold at
once, nice neat rubber tired bug
gy nearly new. Apply at this
office. 7Oti
A good claim, two miles from
Anadarko, for sale. Will take
some city property in part pay
ment. See Perry g. Farmer. t.
C. D. Withrow, and Cora NJ
Brice, were united in marriage
by Rev. Lille, at the NJ. E. par.
sonage, at II a. m, Nov. 81, 1902
T. j. Holdridge, Vice Pres. anc
manager of the Pond Creek Mil
G. Elevator Co., is in the city OF
business this week.
If you want to please your wife
order Anderson Fancy Egg coal
No dirty hands in handling Al
dersonl egg. c. H. Kamm, phon,
43. 73tO
Mr.. Byron Roberts, Pres. o
the Aetna Building and Loan AS
sociation, who has been inspect
ing property here, left this morn
ing for the north.
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-N'N 49, VI nj
key. 7ltt
X. p. Lodge No. al, meets
every Thursday evening at 8
O'Clock, in McAninch Hall. Wis.,
iting members are invited.
E. B. WIDAMAN, c. c.
b. H. RANDOLPH, K. r. S.
The Thanksgiving services will
be conducted by the Ministerial
Union of Anadarko, Thursday
morning at II o'clock, at the
First M. E. Church. Rev. Fait
will deliver the adress.
Mrs. M. n. Gish was seriously
i'll yesterday, but is considerably
better today. The illness is said
to be due to heart trouble. The
Democrat sincerely hopes she
will speedily recover.
The Democrat force greatly
enjoyed a serenade by the Ana
darko band, this afternoon. The
Democrat extends hearty thanks
for the lreat, and here's three
cheers for the ANADARKo BAND.
We are informed that the night
school has a good membership,
and that great interest is mani
tested by the pupils. This even
ing session is a fine thing for
clerks and all others who are en-
ployed through the day, but de-
sire a better education.
Cumberland Pr shy t eri a n
church-Sunday School at 2:30
p. m. Preaching tomorrow at
$3.50 p, m. by Rev. r. L. Phelps.
All are cordially invited. The
Cumberland Presbyterians people
of the town are specially urged to
be present tomorrow afternoon.
NJ. A. Hahn, Geo. Moore, and
Mr.. Mcdowell, of Sickles, are in
the city, with five wagon loads of
broom corn. This part of Ckla-
homa seems to be a good broom
corn producer, as the supply is
greater than the demand, al
though we have a broom factory
here which employs 6 men, and
turns out from II to 16 dozen
brooms per day. This would be
a good location for a broom corn
buyer.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.-The SER
vices at the McAninch hall to-
morrow will be union, and the
preaching will be under the man
angement of the uniou meeting.
The regular Christian EndeavoT
meeting at 3 o'clock will be con-
Quoted by L. B. Grogan, pastor
Christian church.
Subject: Thanksgiving and
Thanksgiving, Prov. 116:12-17
and James, 1927,
Other Scripture references.
Gen. 32:10. Ps. OLA. Ps
68:19.
Ps. sol. Ps. 92:1-4. Ps
103:1-5.
Isa. 63:7. Dan, 1923. Acts
2 40.
Heb. 13:15-16.
All are invited to attend these
meetings, especially the young
folks.
Visitors from other states, who
have often heard that Oklahom;
is a sandy, drouth stricken coun
try, are very much surprised t.
find that the rainfall is create
than in many of the older states
and the soil, though sandy, i
very productive. In conversation
with a gentleman from Iowa, re
: Gently. he remarked that he di,
not "like the looks of that re,
? dirt" But we are of the opinion
that after he saw some of tn
of the mammoth vegetables, an
: the fine grain which were tn
nro6uo+S Of thiS Erad dirt'' n
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-11-22

For poems, novels, 60 to the
Pioneer drug store. G9tf