The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-10

Is alluded to the debu.of a new opera star. she reminded him Of the
nl Tor Besses singing lessons. Even the funny paragraphs struck
her as not half SO funny as those she had seen in a patent medicine
almanac.
In other word, WOMAN WAS JEALOUS or THE EWs
PAPER AND THE NEWSPAPER RECIPROcATED HER AN
4AIONloM Ihe dogs Of humor were let loose upon the hoop skirt.
the hustle the false hair, store teeth and the mother-nIaw Te linn
denmg artillery ofeditorals conferred its FIRE on woman's aspirations to
e+1e PaEL N the real activities OF the world Frankly, WOMAN DID
NOT KNOW NOR CARE WHAT THE NEWSPAPER HAD no
Eli VI '1HE WORLDS DOINGS, and the newspaper did not
know nor care what woman had to tell Of women,s doings. Each thor
oughy dstrusted and thoroughly misunderstood the other
Two forces are responsible for the present modus vivendi between
IS long hostile powers. The first is the department store, with its
bargains advertised IN detail Woman, unable to see Just how she was
concerned n the failure of the middle vests corn crop or a panic IN
wan street. was keenly alive to the necessity of knowing where two
cg%s a yard could be saved on cotton goods and twenty-five cents on
shksi where pearl buttons were special" and where toweing was be-.
daily paper.
The second force in this peace-maEing process has been M
Womah's Club movement It still has much to accomplish. but # has
done a great deal There is to-day no society butterfly. even in the
highest circles of b-utteraydon. Who Is not ashamed = q maa
the worlds current history. IL British soldiers are about SETTING forth
on q new campaign against the derishes, the butterfly must know It
eyeR though she be a triae UNCERTAIN whether a dervish IS more like q
oo tar te modus vivendi is a success. Woman has even discovered
tat mid scandals about people she knows make the most fascinating
srt ct reading; away ahead Of Tolstoy or Kiplng But when it comes
70 having her own name IN the papers, she still throws I'D her wings
like a frightened hen, and squawks as if she had a premonition If NE
post mortem pot pie. How much Of the agitation is genuine depends
Of course, on the woman.
"And what is your nameP1 q reporter asked . c5.rni,r nou
who had just given her some information.
Oh' don't think OF printing my name; I couldn't permit that" was
~ My nAS y ann omyth; be sure and spell it with a W."
similarly though the newspaper has not wholly gotten over its
habit Of testing about women's organizations, vet the fun has come I,
be OF a more subtle kind. Some of these organizations have tried the
exclusion Of reporters from their meetings, but the reporters learn as
much as they need. Why, for more than a hundred wears the limited
states senate in its so-caled executive sessions has been PLAYING that
same ostrich game OF sticking its head into the sand and gravdy inaein-
~ uat + Is no seen during all that time there has not been a de-
Of any significance in executive session Of which the spbstancs
mas not been told next day in the newspapers. Grave and reverend sen
to- are not unlike sweet, enthusiastic women in their tendency toll
gossip
In general it is only fair to say that the newspaper begins to ap-
pfeclate that woman s playing a real part in the world, and treats
organizations with as much respect as they deserve.