The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-06-17


serious depreciation in their cash val.
ue." The writer says, III passing
forty IL to knock considerable sum
on mans living or perhaps to deprive
him altogether Of chance OF earning
a living. I have not the slightest doubt
that great number of men will deem
II wise 10 remain at thirty-two or some
such age until they are too old to
summon enough breath 10 gasp out the
lie." Goodl Now let the masculine sex
as well ns the feminine wake up to
the disgracefulncss OF growing old. The
notable point Of the quotation from
the English paper In that the article
from which It Is taken was written by
a man.
In Switzerland a German noblewom.
an, Princess Gertrude Philippine Alex.
andra Marie Augustine Louise Won
Isembourg. .Buendingen. Waechtersbach.
has failed for $4,000. 900 and gone into
No wonder!
The recent antiquated vote on the
women taxpayers bill In the New
York state senate shows Its members
TO have reached that age where they
might with advantage be oslerized.
Nice civilized country this! The limb
on which negro was hanged In
lynchlng some time ago In certain
locality has been cut from the tree and
made into little relics and curlos" by
an enterprlslng genius who will sell
them as souvenirs to all who wish to
buy. VIII the fair ladies Of that region
presently be wearing these precious
souvenirs attached to gold chains
around their snowy necks1
The funeral Of Mrs. Brown, widow
Of Peter Fllklns Brown, will take
place Thursday at II O'Clock at the res
Idence Of her son.in.law, Joseph Jen.
kins Jones. Esq" Poor ''relict!' She
was merely Peter Filkins Browns
widow and Joseph jenkins Jones
In every stage Of life
she was only an appendage to some
man, not even allowed TO have a name
OF her own! One mans widow. anoth.
or mans mother.ln-law-that was all!
Really. Is a woman anybody
Mrs. Charles Warren Fairbanks,
wife Of the vice president, makes pub
lie speeches. and excellent ones, too,
thus setting an example which other
women Of high social and oflcial sta
ton will no doubt follow. In a recent |
address to a woman's club Mrs. Fair
banks said: II believe women should |
yet an example Of loyalty and patriot |
Ism In the home. There Ia no better
way of showing your devotion to your
than In helping to purify poll
tics. am in favor Of politics for wo- |
men"
Lately millionaire fell In love with |
/ telephone girl and married her, He
was attracted to her hrst by her |
sweetly modulated voice" over the
phone. This Is good news. Now we
may hope that the present anatlve vo-
,allEatlon Of some of the other tele- |
phone girls will become sweetly mod.
llated.
What a sight for gods and men It |
must have been-General Llnevitch in |
passing along the lines OF |
bis army, kissing every soldier In the |
-anksl
Queer kind Of upside down, wrong |
md foremost ways this feminine world |
iasl At the time q woman needs to |
brace up and summon all her energy |
md grit In the supreme effort to keep |
TOung and maintain her activities, men |
tsl and physical, to the end Of her days. |
1t that very time her own children |
come around her and begin to drive |
ier out Of life. She's too old to do this |
,r that, she needs rest, she need not |
,are any more how she looks or what |
'he wears and at her age this or that |
hing Is not proper for her. The pity |
of It Is that many a time the mother
cts herself be governed by the crude,
lelfish lnexperlence Of her children and |
gives up all that makes life |
worth living at a time when her pow
Frs of body and mind are yet In their
prime. II ls nothing short Of crime |
FOR children thus TO drive their moth
srs into dreary and useless old age. II
ooks as II the children were trying to |
coddle and 'shoo" their mother out Of |
The world instead Of trying to keep her
young and active. So. mothers, what
ever else you do that you shouldn't
ion't let your children boss you at any |
lge.