The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-28

and gave some addresses. In a speech
in Boston she said, 1--WE have found 1t
is better to fence the precipice at the
top than to wait at the bottom with an
ambulance So far as working real
reforms, municipal and otherwise, the
woman who cannot vote can now only
wait at the bottom OF the precipice
with an ambulance, no matter how ca
pab.e and public spirited she is All
the world let's her take care Of the sick
and poor. But IL she had vote she
could 90 much to prevent sickness,
crime and poverty Meantime here
are some of the things the ballot has
done for the feminine sex in Australia,
1t has established a new department
Of government, the childrenss council,
which sees that In all court cases chill
dren get justice and kindness and a
fair chance; 1t has abolished child la
Dor altogether; In the factories the SAN
itary conditions have been greatly Inn
| proved, and all the employees get
Saturday half holiday, In the postof-
fee department, where women clerks
received $500 a year before they had
vote, they now get $3.50; before women
voted women teachers In the public
schools got less pay than men for the
same work, while now the salaries are
the same to both for the like grade of
work. Since women have had the
ballot the men Of Australia have dis
| covered that the world is for woman,
too, and that women are somebody as
well as themselves Meantime, while
In monarchical Australia women have
all their rights as human beings, in
the so called free republic OF the Unit
ed States women still wait with an am
bulance at the bottom Of the precipice
everywhere except In four states
When the creative power has made
chunk Of putty into the shape Of man
or woman and breathed the breath Of
life into 1t, what are you going to do
about it? What can it ever be but a
chunk Of putty still?
Be good, sweet man, and let who will
| be clever.
| 1t Is feather IN the cap OF Amer1-
can women that the first portrait the
dowager empress of China ever permit
ted an artist to print Of her is the
work Of an American girl, Miss Kate
Carl. Miss Carl lived for a time in
Isl Ans palace ct Picking, and Isl An,
dressed In her robes of state, gave sit
t1ngs to the young white woman The
portrait will be on exhibition at the ST.
Louis fair.
! About that beauty luncheon In Chi
cago over which SO many newspaper
people have sharpened their visit Is
fine idea, really. We ought to have
such luncheons oftener. Everything
that tends to make woman care less for
mere clothes for the body and more for
the perfection and ideal beauty of the
body itself ought to be fostered and en-
Outraged
II rests almost wholly with a woman
herself whether she shall get too old
for money earning occupations. If she
controls her temper and her silly nerves
and takes care of her body and, above
all never slu1nDs down and quits, she
can continue to work as long as she
needs to- Just simply let her not give
up or heed the foolish suggestions that
she is "toO old" to do this or that. A
woman can keep young by Intelligence
and will power.
Be careful what you write IN letters.
Speak what you please, but what is
written is written. It stands for or
against you in black and white
Can you sharpen lead pencil or q
penknffe properly? If you can't, then
learn. Woman will never be mans
equal till she can sharpen lead pencil
and penknife
Grit and perseverance conquer every
time
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Why is It that wealthy women al
ways are so philanthropically and
patronizingfy anxious to have poor
girls learn to be cooks and dressmakers
and laundresses?
W .
Some women writer's and speakers
appear to think homework is perfectly
glorious-for other women to do.
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A statisticfan has found out that this
country contains nearly three times
as many widows as widowers. Is this
because the widows cannot get hus-
bands or because they don't want
them!
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If fire breaks out around where you
are, don't faint have Mysteries, Jump