The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22
Men, Woii1e1i 80
and Things

oAAN j SSszsSS
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins stetson Gil
man, whose, husbands have been q
source Of considerable bother to her,
not being used to team work, has been
occurring. By way of preface it should
nave been said that Mrs. Charlotte
is the newest woman that has ever oc-
CURED yet, and there is nothing that
she does not know She knows the
why's and Wherefores Of everything in
the world, in the heavens above and
the earth beneath, and it is very nice
OF her togo and lecture and thereby
disseminate her great erud1tion. But
MIS- Stetson- Gilman is very radical,
as are all great persons, and many
OF our c1t1Zens are not yet educated
up to her. Hence there is a good deal
OF discussion when she lectures because
she Is sure to elucidate some great
truth which has never occurred to am
ateurs. For Mrs. Gilman is profess
1onal She speaks Of what she knows
andshas actually experienced, and when
she announced in her Brooklyn lecture
the other day that home is not Wom-
ans sphere, an actual shudder ran
through the audience. They had al
ayS~fhought it was, but when Mrs.
Gilman made the statement it came to
manyNWith shock that home is not
a Womans sphere any longer. 1t used
to~be before woman was enancipated,
When She had children and not dogs
put now the whole world is her sphere
and Mrs Gilman does not care who
knows it.
She told her audience that women
work at home just like the antedilu-
Wan squaw, only that I'VE have more
convenient utensils than squaws."
Come to think of it, the audience real
lied the burning truth of the speakers
words. She continued: I'VE have pre-
served the primitive egotism of the
animal largely by maintaining half the
world to be the servants of the other
half. That's a fact, so we have She
continued by saying there was no more
reason Tor Woman'S staying at home
all the time than for her to stay in bed
all the time. OF course not. She said
further that the home was the cradle
OF love but the death-bed of indus
try. Now that is one way to look
at It, and many a tiInid woman might
have thought of that, but did not like
to say it. To read that lecture Of
Charlotte's is an intellectual treat
Woman VIG,I +! is certainly overworked
enough she says,0'but she is not ex-
erclsed enough, and the higher her de-
Velopment and education todayF the
| more she rebels at spending her time
IN these inferior domestic duties" Of
course she does.
Charlotte advocates public day nur-'
sery for the babies of the rich; :" the
modern mother is no more able to give
to per baby what it has a right to re-
quire than to gvie collie
giate education to her college
age. sons and daughters" This
lecture should be printed in pamphlet
form and sent to every man; that can
be reached-if he doesn't dodge-and
tits certainly a splendid argument
against domestic drudgery for women.
What can a woman do who has to stay
at home and look after her babies :?
Nothing for the higher life, nothing
for literature and art She should
send her children to the public nursery
and get out for the good of humanity.
The Appendices Fed.
g. A-syoungs San Francisco woman has
added somewhat to the gayety of ma
lions by giving an appendicitis din
nef, to which only those were hidden
who could affirm with ,uplifted hand
that they had parted with the FESTIVE
little ,zanpendiX for Which there seems
no reason and which is constantly get
ting us into hot water and hospitals.
Some of the very best people of Cali
1orn1a were present and, as the society
columns have it, much, enjoyment was
had" Now, If some ST. Paul maiden
should essay function in the shape
OF dlnner to the appendixless, she
would either have to enlarge her house
or hire hall. For in order to find
person who is not eligible to the affair
one would have to go out into the high
ways and byways and bring in those
who<do~not know they have about them
such an article as the Eermi form APP
apendiX. After the new hospital gets
-
less be difficult to find an appendix
within the city limits. Indeed, those
now possessing them arex1EeFy rare and
II any one desired to give a small and
really select dinner she should Invite
only those who are still the possessor
OF that useless little article. <.
'Miiliohe for Education.
The efaze-fer giving large sums to
seats of learning continues, and the col
leges of the country Will have all the
money instead of the trusts But our
young men must be Educated, and It is
Wen known how many glorious half
backs and shortstops ihave come out of
Harvard and Yae.5 They may have
rtotous misunderstanding in college, and
come In close proximity to the police
While vindicating their divine right to
do as they please, but on the whole we
have nothing to be ashamed of in our
eoucdteu youln. tInelf pfOWeSS on the
track and field is pknown In England
and the fame of their high jumps and
high jinks has penetrated even for
etgn lands. Though all the money in
the country should be concentrated at
few universities and colleges in view
of the fact that the Drawn of our grad
yates has attracted the attention of
athletes the world over, we can afford
to skimp along and live on the greater
glory Of our reputation for speed.
1t is understood that there will short.
ly appear in pamphlet form a summing
up Of, the recent encounter between
DR.. Ohage and Engineer Rundlett I'M
der the title of The Red Patch of
Garbage"
ST. Paul March % 1ao9