The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-08-08

masculine vanity she was able TO
crafty her own vanity. As usual with
women Of the oriental type. her aspira.
lions were toward the noble height OF
costlIer clothing and more display OF
mere vulgar wealth tnan her women
acquaIntances could afford. She told
me OF some young canary birds that
she had allowed 10 take their first
flight from their cage In the dining
room. Her husband was present on
this important occasion and she said
to him: lust see! You can tell IN a
minute which OF these birds is the
male. Look az hlml There he goes, as
II he owned the earth--strong. fearless.
proud. wanting to fight everything and
everybody-whlle the little female Is
ms meek and quiet and peaceable as
can be. ready to give up everything 10
him. AIn't 1t natnrnl-likeY Where.
upon the Infinitely gratified and infi-
nliely gulled husband declared that II
was just as natural as life, so It WAS.
for that wife herself had the brains
OF q canary-no more. II she had had
the brains Of a fully developed woman
she would not have tried to wheedie
her husband into extravagant spending
In the frst place. and In the second
place she would not have had TO re-
sort 10 the tactics OF slave or dog
10 obtain what she needed.
Kindly note these recent items: The
lovely. famous and fascinating Count
css Of Warwick lately toured England,
making campaign speeches In the In
terests OF organized labor and OF wom-
ans rights. One OF her demands Isl
a vote for every man and woman over
the age OF twenty-one. Item second:
Miss Ruth Belle Young has won a
prize from Columbia university for an
essay on the subject Of the relations
Of the United States with the Latin
American republics. (Women cannot
understand polticsl Item third: One
Of the Infamous "mashers" for whom
New York city Is notorious the other
dny walked up TO a strange young
woman and threw his arms around
her. The girl turned Ike lightning,
hauled of with her fist and hit the fel-
low blow that knocked him down,
he falling backward and fracturing his
skull against the curbstone, and the
Judge said she served him exactly
right.
II Is very satisfactory TO know that
In our republic girl may still work
her way through college and be liked
and respected by all her classmates.
even though some OF them are million
aires daughters. That ls the case
with Miss Lucy Esther Macdonald,
who was lately graduated from Smith
college, She was class president dur
Ing her senior year.
There can be no 0sler club formed
among women, for not enough women
can be found to acknowledge they are
over sixty.
Chief among the blessings OF the
feminine sex today Is that II has play
for the powers II possesses, whether
they are small or great.
II you are obliged to say disagreed
bic things to either grown people or
children practice the art Of saying
them MS gently as possible. Respect
the human dignity in all that wears
human form. Think Of the manner In
which you would be willing to have
others speak to you under such cir
cumstances.
One OF. the important movements
among women at present is the very
general organizing into unions Of those
who work at trades. When women in
the trades organize and hang together
as men do the wages OF the feminine
sex will rise all along the line. The
Women's Trades Union league Is doing
brave work In this respect One Of the
newest trades organizations among wo
men is that OF the finishers and button
hole makers on garments of all kinds,
A club Of fine old boys has been or
ganlzed In Brooklyn to prove DR.. oslel
wrong in his alleged remark that q
man should be put gently out, of the
swim after he is sixty years old. The
club admits no man under sixty, and
its members expect TO prove that fine
young chap OF threescore and past Is
as good man us one Of thirty, Well
It's time men were waking to the I'm
portance Of keeping young. There Il
no more unpleasant sight on this plan
ct than decayed and decrepit olt
man.
Mutsuhlto. the wonderful emperor o