The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-11

Mere Woman SHOWS lElm Rls PiOture and
Defends Business CIrAs.

To rRE EDIToR OF The SuN--Str; Mere
Woman acknowledge with humility tnat
she u not as Intimately acquainted win ooos
Intentions AZ Ill. D." who speaks ~ though
he had been taken into the confidence OF the
Author OF the universe. Mere woman
greatly handicapped BY being able only 70
get an Idea Of what Gods Intentions ars by
observing his works. she feels that svery
creature was Intended to do what II can DO
The nsh can swim and obviously was IN.
tended to swim. The worm can crawl ana
obviously was Intended 70 crawl. The Hon
can roar and Obviously was Intended 70 roar
and men can speak foolish things az nsoanceo
by Ill. D." and obviously were intended
10 speak foolish things.
Tho root of the love Of womane subJuGa-
ton lies In tho love Of power. The love OF
power seems to be Inherent In every man.
II he DO a great man. bis greatness puts MIN
above his fellows, not only his fellow women.
but his fellow men: hence che really great
man Il not DESTROYS Of keeping women IN
their place" HIS love OF power IN amply led
by the tribute which other men pay 70 MS
superiority. The mediocre. the small man
also has the love OF power; but because Of his
mOdiocrlty, his smallness. he cannot exact
tribute nom his fellow men and therefore looks
70 exact II from his fellow women. And u
IL here that the shoe pinches and here that
the sting lies when small men complain that
women are going out OF their proper sphere.
And the sting b not the less that the cause
of Il must Do carefully concealed.
Mere Woman" has been In business for q
number OF years and she has yet to see the
nrst woman who has had 70 leave her desk
TO 90 around the corner to see q man or
who has solaced the tedious hours OF business
by putting q cigar into her mouth. her feet
on the desk and exchanging anecdotes with
her fellows. She has seen . great many men
-.-1.N-- -.-.. h.-l 4. Nha. -na TkAlH nARnA
10 legion.
As to the shallow. efeminate. weak
minded business man who desires to employ
women to do his work and amuse him. will
ILL. D.. show Mere Woman. where that
pan isl. Nero Womsn's- experience teaches
after the dollars and 4 he did not and \ 70
his business interest to employ women, II he
slSSSaiG the more %sn d%.%psSS 1aS lsaHss IL %Ssid % s%.
SSs,' the weak minded bushes; mar who
gel, there. SUCCESSFUL business man who
employs them.
nowadays absolutely refuse TO marry women
who have zone to business The writeT
RUBBED rub SspH Into Us that the tact that S a girl earns
money makes her Indifferent to. the charms
to learn that the business girl ultimately
becomes coarsened By business associations.
Her experience is that the sweetest, most
charming women are found in the business
world, the klndest. the broadcast. the fairest
minded. the least gossipy. the most Attrac-
their engaging and frank business manners.
Well may they hold their heads up and refuse
to say Yes" to the man whom they may
consider beneath them, They may thank
God that they are not driven to marry him
for the sake Of support.
AS to the reverence and alteration 40
corded women who remain in thetr. sphere,
the writer has only to say that the less said
about this the better. More than once ste
has relinquIshed her seat In a street car to a
woman carrying a child In her arms (who
conspicuously has not deserted her sphery)
when the car was crowded with men eager to
reverence and adore" such women.
Mere Woman" takes the position above
outlined without the least feeling Of bitter
ness or vindictiveness toward men. On
the contrary, she believes that men are es-
sentialy we'll meaning and fair minded. And
the great work Of the world has always been
done by them. Il Is men who have hewn
the forests. redeemed the desert, built tho
cities, sown the crops. fought tho battles.
sailed the seas-in other words. who have
subdued nature to the service OF mankind,
They must still do the hard work. They viii
still achieve the great work. why, then,
this petty pickering about women IN the labor
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