The Cairo bulletin., 1905-07-23

iMdys nave favorable opportunity 10
marry. | have observed that when she
takes lantern and goes looking for a
man he is about as easy to find as po-
litical Office"
DO you refer to my candidacy for the
office of mayoress of sQneiunk?" asked
Mrs. Atehitt. 1T is well known among
my friends that have made no personal
Effort TO secure the Office; and although
didn't get il, / came next to il"
Yes you got next by marrying the
man who did get it. said Mrs, Van Bib.
That was your way of getting nexs"
It was very good way" remarked
Mrs. Wells, who rarely opened her
mouth except to make peace. and when
she did so, invariably put her foot in it.
i should say it was most ingenious
way, and that Mr.. Atchitt really didn't
do nearly 30 well as did Mrs. Atchitt"
There were sundry mods and smiles,
and dubious expression on the coun.
tenance of Mrs. Atchitt
why do women work for smaller
salaries than men do?" queried Miss
Thomas
Because they hate money, explained
Miss Hett. and the suffragist made A
pencil memorandum of the statement
They are not qualified for strikes and
riots and they take what they can get
because they have to have it. The
butcher. baker and candlestick maker
with one voice decry the encroachment
Of women upon the wage fund, but
never heard of one of them canceling
Or reducing bill for woman as tax
on his sex or tribute to hers"
Harry says that wages are de-
creasing," said the little Stride, land
that it is due to the competition OF
women"
Il should say" replied the presi-
dent, that the decrease is not SO
much due to the competition Of women
as to the spread Of education, the col
lege mans aversion to manual labor,
and the curtailing proclivities OF
trusts. Individual profits, for that
matter, are not what they were 50
years ago"
How well you remember" ex-
claimed Mrs. Van Bib.
Miss Peppert laughed.
The audience caught its breath.
1T is not that woman has taken
| anything out of mans pockets that he
| weighs less observed the president
wounded, but not unto death, his
| market value has deprecated"
1T is not true that women are
crowding men out Of Offices" said Mis-.
| De Waite; 1T is just the contrary
In large business houses, government
and railroad Offices women clerks arr
being replaced by men, not for thu
purpose of securing more etficien
| service, but because the salaries ar
too good to be wasted on women
| Women and Cinnamon, it is under
| stood, have no use for money"
do the Walliiowers In business oh
| ject To woman's work or her wagc2
asked Miss Palette and would nav
said more, but her voice trailed ava
In q wave of seif-consciousness.
| Decidedly her wage, answered tn
| president. Women has Away
worked. She always win. Her Crea
tor gave her hands, so she could; III
gave her needs, SO she has to-"
/ lis 1t your opinion that a woma
lessons her chance to parry by tallin
an active part in business inquire
Miss De Waite, little anxiously.
1T certainly lessons her inclina
tion," said the president. Il believ
1t lessons her opportunities. A ma
likes business woman for chun
the same as he likes business suit t
work in. When he wants sentimen
and affection he adorns himself in
light tie and conventional apparel an
HES him to the parlor of papa's ow
girl, who entertains him with gus
and twaddle that he finds enchantln
until he is married to 1t"
Men should not despair" said Mis-
De Waite. If, like the horse, the
have outlived their usefulness co
lectively, they are stiIl interesting, II
diyidually, and when we get the ba
| GICe OF power We VIII mar y cficih On
make a good living for them, and
shall be the business Of our lives
help them be ever SO happy, even I
it is now"
Il got it at bargain sale" the Ii
tie bride was telling Mrs. Van Bib.
did you, dear? How perfect
charming: and 1t is SO becoming" r.
plied Mrs. Van Bib. Did you mai
1t yourself?"
II dote on those pastel shades" e,
claimed Miss Thomas. vHow beaut
h,l whole suit of that would be for
rousseau" AS she passed her lie
hand over the silk large solitaire
her third finger conveyed the desire
information. Y sE8 4s3f
~ think we may disposeof the que
tion before us" continued Miss Hei
J tapping for attention, But the ladi
had gathered around Miss Thoma
II think we may dispose Of the que
ton" she concluded, and offered h
. Fluctuations to the lady Of the so
taire. Kansas City Star,
Greatest of the Great.
She lat the piano) Who, In yo
estimation, is the greatest living cor