The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-30

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WASHINGTON, L. s, December
2s--Many things in these United
States cause establishment to one
journalist in France. II Is thrice diff
cult to comprehend all of these things
at the one time, Everything is SO
fast, so quickly disappearing! How
shall Judge OF them with the justice
Yet l shall tell my countrymen the
truth. as it appears to me, beg my
friends in the France to remember that
the truth moves more swiftly In these
United States, like everything more.
She does not wait! always II is hurry
hurry, to overtake the lie, The lie
travel by automobile: the truth follow
quickly. The lie that abandons auto
mobile and jumps to that airship; the
truth follows. breathing more hard.
the lie follows to wireless telegraphy;
the truth gasps, and throws up tne
hands!
/. too. am ready to gasp, and throw
up the hands Yet l must be calm!
....... There are problems. ,.,.,,...
What, for the illustration, shall
say Of those American women? Sacre
bleu. This is one terrible problem
Those women are as everything more
In America-they are so quick!
cannot understand those women. 1t
is yesterday the doll. today the divor-
Gee, tomorrow the fourth husband
Those women take all the money for
themselves, yet cry for more! Always
they talk Of the clothes. The woman
in America is everything. The man
bah! He is nothing! If he will keep
shut the mouth and hurry 10 make the
money. very good! But if he will try
to tell his wife something it is the d.
vorce for intolerable cruelty and the
grand inability to make enough money
quickly. II the husband disobeys
the wife, those people call him the
monster. If he obeys her, he is called
the shrimp. Always it is worse for
him.
Those women in America are very
tall. very strong. They can dance with
out fatigue all night after the spending
of money all day. Yet one dreadful
Illness all women If they do work in
the house. 1t is the nervous malady
Only one cure has been found for that
strange Illness. Those women must
wear out the nerves by shopping. II
they do not, they are lost. All women
avoid the nervous work at home So
they have the good health and grow
taller and bolder every day.
am intimidated by those great
women, those terrible tall girls, At
the ball tn reception. the dinner
everywhere they are so bold. There
is no escape if they see the man first
At one reception given by ny dear
friend NJ. Fairbanks, one beautiful
girl did actually pat me on the bald
head, I was furious. but always
polite. With exquisite sarcasm I said.
You each ne many droll things. Mile.
...t"
The reply; oh, you follow me. Mr..
Clam, and I'll put you wisz."
Follow her? For what shall follow
her? Although she does pat me like
a dog. l am again furious. but I
remember 1t is the America. In the
France I should look for her brother
to kill him instantly in the duel. Mad
ly look for her brother. When ] find
him We take the highball together. af-
the style American. Yet I think dag
gers, scorpions, sepulchers,
. . =
In the Utah State many women have
one husband. yet each woman mas the
vote. Now they pass the law against
housework for women. The husband
must make the money for those wivas.
yet he must wash the dishes also. The
new law will soon pass making the
trial marriages for women, the life
marrige for meni Those Mormons be-
gan the numerous wife habit with the
grand pleasure, but that retribution
Is terrible. One Mormon man NJ.
Smoot, is A senator in Washington.
Those women try hard to put him back
to the Utah, so that woman shall be
the Senator. But all men in the Sen
ate say to their wives: my God, we
cannot punish NJ Smoot 50 much,
Have pity"
In Washington life is not 50 bad.
There is no vote for women. Those
men are glad to go without the vote
If those women will not agitate for it.
l have seen here many men who are
the cooks the laundries, the nurses:
but all Is not lost. Those women Of
the high world make but little dis
turbance to the public. They remain
always in their clubs, smoking, drink
ing and debating those problems of
clothes, race suicide, aIimony. trial
marriage, bridge whist, and one mys-
terious thing called poker. In those
clubs no men are seen. No one knows
what these women will decide. Yet
fear is widespread among the men.
Already the highbal, the cigarette,
the dinner down town, the late cab,