Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-18

that there were so few opportunities
to wear their summer finery. The ex-
cesslve heat may be welcomed at some
of the lakes, where 1t has been so dis
agreeably cold and wet, but in the
cities suffering humanity Is trying In
vain to escape its discomforts. What
an ever present topic the weather is!
The man or woman who deliberately
and unselfishly puts aside his or her
own happiness for the sake of the best
welfare of someone else, has reached
the heights called noble.
MAN works from sun to sun;
Womans work Is never done"
With what a painful realization this
rhyme comes home to thousands OF
weary women. But the hardest part OF
1t often Is that the ceaseless routine OF
work without which the machinery OF
the home would stop, is so belittled by
overbearing or unthinking heads OF
households They too often forget in
the overshadowing Importance of their
own work, to appreciate the efforts,
wholly equal in their different way. of
their wives and mothers. Nothing In
the world Is such an incentive to most
women as love. while appreciation is
to their natures as meat to the physi-
cal body. To others ambition Is the
controlling motive of their lives, and
only success can give them perfect
Joy. altho 1t is doubtful If there ever
was woman, who II approached III
the right way by the right person.
would not admit from the depths OF
her heart that her highest and happiest
calling was that of homemaker. But
since these homemakers must be
home keepers. help them in every way
possible and be not stingy with words
of kindness and appreciation.
Women may be poor weak creatures,
anyway 1t Is the saying handed down
for ages, but why then. are they en-
dowed with the most precious respon-
sibjlities of this life? Woman. 1t Is
again said. bears more burdens than
any other creature, and we believe 1t Is
so. In the beginning of the world she
was blamed. and the habit was evil
IDENTIFY fixed then for all time. Now
when she is entering into so many var
led spheres Of thought and action, will
her burdens be left behind. or will 1t
only mean an increase of responsible
ties?
Susan B. Anthony's sentiments re-
earding the method of reform are so
concise and sane as to occupy an I'M
portant place In the worlds thought.
We are told that at the National Suf-
frage Associations convention IN
Portland, she insisted on the value OF
special education and special training,
because 1t is useless to attempt to
reform or to elevate business or Gus
toms that we have not thoroughly
studied. Miss Anthony concludes.
therefore, that when In ignorance. we
try to set right and to help the. world,
we do more harm than good. We make
fools OF ourselves" II more people
who are not equipped with this spec
| ial training" would seek to reform
themselves, there would be less in the
world needing someone to set 1t
right"
Iowa girls, at least, need nc longer
seek the famed Dakotas and similar
fields, with matrimonial aspirations.
Someone writing from Webster City,
proclaims fair Iowa as the mecca for
spinsters, and points out that the CEN
sus statistics show that the men out
number the women in this state. by 49,
900. This same precious correspondent
goes on to remark:
No wonder the girls in Iowa are in
dependent and naughty and have culti-
Gated the marble heart along with az
fecting the straight front which makes
them aueenly. For, curious to relate.
there are 10000 more men in Iowa than
there are women, so that while her
beauty may be the colder, the greater
the victory when the Iowa swain does
win. her heart amid such great compe-
tition. Out Of thirty-nine counties
whose census has been complied by
the state bureau, only two show =
larger number of women than men,
These two are Floyd and Des Moines.
What women have seen in either coun-
tv to induce them there more gener-
ously to bestow their presence is not
revealed by the hard, cold and some
times brutal census cards. But Appa-
moose. Sioux and Kossuth counties
may prepare for an influx of New Eng
land spinsters as soon as Director
DaV1QSOu Ol lHc CS1iSuS Jul SeAu A1>A'
completed his little billet deux dis
closing the sad disparity between the
number of males and females in those
counties. For it is serious. The whole
census bureau has marveled greatly at
figures and has wondered II they could
be right.
How much longer will dainty" as
applying to refreshments, be tolerated?
is a question that it seems must be
brought home to the women who en-
terrain. OF course courtesy smothe:s
anv considerable comment from che
men. we say "men" because never, IN
our knowledge at least, has dissatis-
faction on this score been expressed
nv the other sex, whose tastes may nat
urally be more dainty" however. II
seems that the complaint comes not
onlv from the man whose appetite has
been tantalized, altho all of them, hap
nily are not thus affected. An Iowa
editor has recently rebelled against the
descriptive word dainty" and whether
| his rebellion really extends to the re-
freshments themselves is matter OF
con lecture. His plant is couched IN the
following terms:
"The editorial brother who will sug-
rest two or three appropriate and eu-
nhonious synonyms for the word
| dainty" as applied to refreshments,
will confer an everlasting favor on
MANY of his suffering fellows. Of
course we are familiar with light and
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