The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-22
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Metz 6Z)omon's
Up b er e
q SINGULAR case Of attempted
ID robbery occurred not long since.
Two young women were riding
In q cab near the dock of one of

"a Two young women were flu1ng
In q cab near the dock of one of
| the great transatlantic steamer lines In
! New York. Wagons, street cars. peties
| TRANS and carriages were mixed up in
| inex tricable confusion. The two young
women We're richly and showi!y dress
ed One of them, ungloved. displayed
| the fingers of each hand loaded to the
| knuckles with gorgeous rings. They
were so numerous and they glittered
so they gave the impression that the
| wearer had borrowed them from jew
| elry shop in order to show them and
| herself off to the miscellaneous crowd
at the steamer dock. The carriage con-
| tanning the women was stopped by
blockade of vehicles. The beringed
| one rested her hands most compliment
ly and admiringly in position where
| they would be visible to all the world.
Suddenly boy of fifteen sprang at
her with large, open knife. He grab
bed one Of the hands and slashed the
| fingers across, cutting a tremendous
| cash. 1t is horror to write and think
| of. but the young fiend was trying to
cut her fingers off so he could get her
rings. He was prevented before he
| finished the deed. but he came very
| near 1t. For the moment the sight of
those gems. richer than anything he
had ever seen, so close to him madden
ed him. dreadful wretch? Oh. yes
of course. But what of the girl who
made the tempting display merely to
| crafty her own vulgar vanity? For
it is the extreme of vulgarity and i'm
perfect breeding to display load Of
| valuable jewels outdoors in a miscel
| laneous herd of mortals, aside from the
danger of it To wear outdoors in
public crowd any garment or ornament
that glaringly arrests attention is in
| the worst possible taste. and it is some
thing no high bred woman ever does.
certain woman Is traipsing up and
down the land lecturing on Home Is
Woman's Place" Then why does not
this woman stay there7
disgruntled thinker says that man
! is a bundle Of prejudices and woman
bundle Of superstihons.
There is no shutting or lodging in
the attitude of President James Of the
| Northwestern university at Evanston in
| the matter Of coeducation He comes
| out calmly and candidly In favor of it
and says the American policy Is to give
woman as full opportunity as man for
higher education. Then he calls atten-
| ton to the necessity for two entirely
| separate and equally equipped sets Of
| college buildings, where the sex line Is
drawn among students. He says it will
be a long time ere the American people
can afford to erect two such sets Of
buildings for every scholastic institu
| ton; then he adds. Nor will such a
duplication of educational facilities
ever be justified by the fancied evils of
coeducation." Let US not forget that
President Edmund j. James. Phi. D..
LII D., of the Northwestern university
is in favor of justice to women and
says Sc $3.50
Here is precisely what might be ex
pected in city like New York. whose
mayor and superintendent Of education
distinctly discriminate against women:
An order was, issued that high school
girls who wished to enter the training
school for teachers in Brooklyn should
be subjected to physical examination,
that it might be ascertained whether
they were healthy enough to under
take the profession they proposed for
themselves. And the physicians that
were to examine them were to be men.
Now. how does this strike the really
enlightened portion Of the American
people. who are mostly outside of New
York city?
| An interesting discussion has been
started on the question. Shall wives
forgive deserving husbands? Here Is
the correct answer: LET each deserted
wife find out for certain whether her,
husband would forgive her and take
her back in case she deserted him for
awhile. Then. If she is dead sure he
would. and IL she still is fond enough of
him to try him again. let her forgive
him"
| 4 tightly laced woman cannot stoop
over to put OH her own overshoes?
| Well, neither can fat man. have
| watched one try 1t.
Whenever you see the name Of Unit
ed States Senator Teller of Colorado.
recall that he was nominated fer his
/ high Office this time by woman mem
Der of the legislature in state where
women vote for every officer. presiden-
tiai electors included. and that the
woman who did it is Hon. Alice NJ.
Ruble.
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Many women have sort of warmed
over tone in their voices when they
| ondooror fo hn nolifp and cordial to