The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09

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| power in their own hands. If they
would come out square and say, "We've
got the power. and we mean to keep
it, one could have some respect for
their honesty at least. But when a
city board of education gives among
| its reasons for steadily discriminating
against women in the distribution Of
the higher and better paid places for
| teachers that women are unwilling to
serve under women principals and ST.
| ,perintendents this may be considered
little too much. Plainly. as a gen
eral statement, it is not true. If there
ever was q time when women had this
haremlike jealousy of one another,
that time is happily gone by. Women
now know that the advancement and
happiness of each depend upon all Of
them standing together as one. Il
looked and saw that all the women
held one another by the hand" says
Olive Schreiner in one of her marvel
Gus mystical "Dreams." With here
and there lone, blighted exception,
women are standing together, They
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and friendship are priceless to women
themselves. Wherefore all women of
heart and brain rejoice every time one
of their seX is advanced to q post Of
honor and emolument. Each knows
that in such a case her own chance for
promotion and better pay in every field
is by 50 much bettered. Women teach
ers gladly serve under women super
intendcnts and principals, phcy know
that thereby they are uphOiding the
banner Of the splendid advancing army
Of WOmanhoOd that army which shall
draw all the world after it into the
kingdom of peace and justice. Beside
one of the glorious BrunehildeS of this
coming army the petty, spitefui woman
who opposes the promotion Of q single
one of her own sex becomes a hideous
black dwarf.
Beautiful garments were meant orig
inally to adOrn the body, but in ali
cases to be secondary to the body's own
beauty. Many women appear to have
lost sight Of the original intention and
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instead, Of merely the means. So long
as they have the clothes, everlastingly
the clothes. they apparently consider
that any sort of an old body will do to
hang these on. 1t is the worst mistake
that even a woman can make.
IT wonder" said the absentminded
professor, what is the reason women
don't marry nowadaysT' They don't
have to-" promptly responded the girl
bachelor.
The more splendid. and beautiful
clothing there is piled upon an ugly,
ungraceful body the more hideous it
looks by contrast. If women, cared less
for elaborate clothes and more for
beautiful bodies to hang them on, the
human race would rapidly grow to-
ward perfection. Every woman not
positively deformed can make her body
beautiful and graceful by industriously
and perseveringly using means within
the reach Of all. Natural and hygienic
physical culture is the means. Ameri-
can women are born queens, and they
ought to look it ..s-. - -
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Do something. Be of the noble army
of those who do things.
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Women sometimes call themselves
"criticar when they are only fault
finding. There is difference between
the critical faculty and the fault find
ing one. .T@
Now 20 outdoors Get the sun and
rain in your face, the wind in your
hair.
A young wife lately tried to commit
suicide because for the first time her
husband stayed out late one evening.
Never mind, young woman. Just stay
in the flesh five years longer, and then
you won't mind it. p There are wives
who feel like committing suicide be-
cause their husbands do stay at home
nights.
Many American young women are
studying Egyptian and Babylonian
hieroglyphics with the view of becom-
ing professional! translators of these.
Professor Hilprecht considers that here
women will find an attractive and
lucrative occupation. In America in
various museums are over 10000 HER
oglyph bricks waiting to be read.
Professor Petrie's chief assistant is
lady, Miss NJ. A. Murray, who Is now
in Egypt with him. making excava-
tons Miss Murray has written and
published hieroglyph primer, show
Ing how the glyrhs may be read.
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Mrs. John Mitchell Clark, a musician
and musical composer of New York.
has invented for the piano sounding
board which adds greatly to the sweet