The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-02
Feminine
Snapshots
Respectfully Commended
to the Careful Consider
alton of American
WOmanhOOd.


W0rnanhOOd.
wonder II the women Of this coun.
try have read the bill which passed the
United States senate for the admission
to the Union of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory as one state. to be called
Oklahoma. That bill provides for the
calling Of a constitutional convention
for the budding state. male citizens
Of course are eligible as members OF
the body, likewise-note and remember
indians over twenty-one years OF
age" Some Of the most intelligent wo-
men in the land helped to settle the
wild lands of Oklahoma. They were
noble and brave young wives, they
were schoolmistresses, stenographers
and clerks, pure minded, aspiring wo.
men who by their very presence held
in check the lawless element that
haunts new settlements They endur.
ed every hardship that white men pio-
neers did and more than any shiftless,
idle Indian ever did. Yet now these
shiftless, idle Indians may be members
of OklahOma'S constitutional cOnven.
ton, while the women who largely re
not! Nay, the Indian has not even
now sense enough to protect his own
rights as citizen after he gets them,
so this perspicaciOus and paternal gov
eminent Of ours inserts in the bill for
statehood especial provision protect
ing Indians in their rights" while the
refined, noble women pioneers are left
without any rights at all. L wonder
that the congressman who thus insult
ed the womanhood of America can 60
home and look their wives and mothers
in the face afterward. Believe me
and know it-a time is coming when
there must be reckoning for such In
justice and insult as the above.
A man was arrested recently ON the
now not at all uncommon charge
against men, of bigamy. When the
deceiver of women was hailed to court
wife No. 2. one Of the irrepressible
emotional idiot kind. ran to him, hug
ged his head and between sobs assured
him of her unsuitable faith In him
though there In court, too, was the
real wife. Then wife No. 2 right be.
fore all the folk took a pocket CONT
from her hand bag and amid snickering
spectators combed the bigamist's hair
and arranged it carefully. And, alack
and alas, the fool killer was nowhere
around there!
Feminine styles and stunts are crop.
ping up with the spring blossoms, nu.
merous as dandelions.
The woman who tries to make her
self over into an imitation man Is the
worst failure Of her sex. Emancipation
and enlightenment for woman mean
the appearance of an entirely new ele-
ment in the worlds civilization. the dis
tinctively feminine 1t means courage
and strength of character quite equal
to any ever manifested by man, but
with the strength and commanding
force a womanly refinement and SYM
patty that will draw the race toward
gentler manners and purer morals.
The decadence of football is a sign that
already these gentler manners and pur-
er morals are making their way.
Strength and fearlessness shine bright
est when united with helpfulness and
courtesy. Sometimes women imagine
they are emancipating themselves when
they initiate the bad qualities Of man
instead Of the best ones. That is what
the savage does when he tries to imi-
tate the white man.
Self conceit Is the sure sign of igno-
rance.
A woman lately writing a sneeK
against woman suffrage spelled the
word suffrage wrong. Exactly.
That is what one would expect.
DR.. Ludwig Fulda criticises wo-
men bitterly because they have fall
en- away from the lofty ideal Of kitchen
and children. Dear, dear! Isn't it
quite too bad?
Some persons are so engrossed In
schemes for improving humanity that
they forget the common courtesy and
kindness due to those around them
every day. BY virtue Of ourselves be-
Ing human we owe service to every
other human being. Even If we cannot
serve in any other way than in merely
putting out sympathy and good will to
all, these must be ever on tap. We can
manifest them by letters to friends
and acquaintance when they are in
trouble, by words of praise and com.
mendation when they have done we'll
For one thing, I am sure we don't
praise and encourage one another half
enough.
have read lately Of wise young
woman. Her aunt died and left an es-
tate Of $2,OO0,0OO. The girl was an
heir to the money, Of course, but there
were family skeletons of large size and
likewise other heirs. Instead of drag