Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-09-13
Modern Woman
Flat Failure Of British Possesses to
Make Dove Pardes" Popular In
London Only American Women
Thoroughly Enjoy Such Gatherings

II Thoroughly Enjoy Such Gatherings
A curious difference has developed it
self between the feminine sex of Amer
lea and their English and French sis
ters Perhaps the difference may be
called psychological, perhaps not. Al
any rate an attempt by English host
esses to popularize in London society
the women's luncheon party has re-
suited in fat failure. British society
women fight shy of it as deadly bore
while American women find they never
have so much pleasure as in unconven.
tional gatherings of their own sex
where they may be their true selves
free of the sometimes embarrassing
presence of man. An interchange OF
wit and entertaining information not
gossip or scandal either-with music.
dainty luncheon and recitations and
sometimes dancing of the high kicking
order, just among US girls, as 1t were.
constitutes programme that Ameri
can women get sincere pleasure out of
1t seems the women of European SO
ciety consider there can be no good
time without men around to fattef
them and be attentive to them. It is a
sign of the growing brain breadth OF
our women that they are fond Of and
interested In their own sex. Life is
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and the fact that they find SO much
happiness in one another's society,
meeting upon the common ground OF
united sisterly interests, shows how
much liberty and opportunity have
done for the sex In America. A. new
spirit among womankind has develop
ed, and those of other lands can only
stare stupidity and wonder how women
can find one another so interesting
b b
Mrs. Harriet Edwards Pages ex-
presses in the New York World her
conclusion that the old idea is fast
dying out that women who wed may
not continue to earn money after mar.
rage. She says girls are inclined more
and more when they fall in love to
marry their sweethearts, take a short
honeymoon and return to the remunera-
tive trade that was theirs previously.
Mrs. Pages asks this question: Need
we, just because some man loves US
sufficiently to marry US, allow him to
support us when we are SO eminently
capable of supporting ourselves r
Lately heard pleasant story that
illustrates just what we are coming to
when the new woman takes her right
full place. A young man was soon to
be graduated from college. He wrote
his graduating essay as carefully as he
could, then sent it to his mother to
criticise. The mother, herself college
bred woman, naturally, with her years
of experience In reading, writing and
thinking, was able to suggest various
improvements IN the young mans
thesis. So it viii be everywhere when
woman is walked up. She will keep
ahead of her children in knowledge
and culture and hold always their re.
spect intellectually. That is something
quite different from the merely animal
affection which most children now feel
for their mothers.
Another clergyman has put himself
on record in a gratuitous siur on WON
anhood. Like SO many of his cloth, he
has fallen unconsciously into the hab-
it Of looking contemporary on WON
en- Intellectually and openly fouting
them. 1t is taken for granted WON
en- will stand that sort of thing, as
they always have done. In this the
deriders of woman will find themselves
mistaken one of these days. The cler-
gyman in question, speaking Of feeble
minded, cut and dried, useless and
1uiceless" graduates Of theological sem
inaries, pronounces them s'fit only to
comfort sisters weaker than them
selves The useless and juiceless the.
clog is absolutely no good, according
to the reverend speaker; nevertheless
his constituency is composed of WON
en- even weaker and more no account
than he is. How long will woman
meexly put up with such sneering ut
terances, resenting by no sign these
slurs on womanhood?
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Extract from editorial in New York
American:
Husbands should wear big golden
wedding rings, just the same as their
wives do. Is there any reason why a
woman should go around with ring
on her finger saying to all the world:
4 am disposed of. Don't look at me. ]
belong to a gentleman, and il you
show the slightest interest I'll call the
police, unless her husband does the
same? We believe that it would be
even better for men to wear wedding
rings than for women to wear them.
For instance, the ring would save q
lot of explanation when sensible
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