The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28
Anonymous Advice Given
to the GenfIer Sex

Her Brothers Letters is an anony.
nous arraignment of women who
thrust themselves ikto the public eve.
either by adopting a,en's traditional
methods or in more feminine ways q
attracting attention The sex is ad.
Within the protecting shadow of the
nome, 10 discard the peek-a-boo waist,
70 abstain from reading papers" be-
lore Women's clubs, TO stop meddlinE
IN municipal affairs, to cease making.
emotional idiots of themselves over
popular human idols and to avoid mar
rylng men whom other men dislike
less logical reason, but of them all only
The one that treats of stunning" is
worth quoting. Here is a bit of it:
AS matter Of fact. you dear goose
OF sister, this stunning business is
pure nonsense It is profanatio of
the word charity and is followed only
Dy women OF oVerWeeningf vanity or
prurlent curiosity or hystefical seni-
mentality. And do you fancy for a
minute that this submerged tenth"
as you choose to call it. relish this in
vasion upon their privacy bv these
foolish society girls and idle women?
Let me tell you Il story that did not
sel IN the papers, for we who were
part OF the incident never told it IT
happened at the Clarke Uptons' last
winter. very jolly dinner party. When
We we're three-quarters through din
her Mrs. Upton gave scream and
cried TO her husband, Clarkei" We all
looked up to see-not Mrs Upton. but
there IN the parted portieres stood a
young fellow, the very picture of a
Bowery tough He had the typical, ap-
parently Nunshaven, face Of what we
men call a "bruiser." He stood there
calmly surveying the scene looking
first at the dinner party, then around
the room, with an expression appar-
1f q 1yo fr,ka
two nunkies who We're waiting on us
and the head butler made a concerted
move move toward tie man Hold or came
from the bruiser; i know what I'm
about, and he shot a look at the SER
wants that held them.
Clarke had by this time pulled him
self together. We'll. then he said,
suppose you tell me your business.
''Oh: I'm just looking around to see
what can see. that's ALL" he replied in
an easy, perfectly-at home here
sort OF way, and then, seeing that we
were getting ready to do something.
he said: one minute, gentlemen. be-
fore YOU so too far. 7 am or was. a
prize fighter and can take care of two
trouble, l have little business with
Mr. Upton Now. ] have a right here
just as much right: sir as Mrs. Upton,
and that young fellow (pointip~ to
Boyce Price, had in my sisters room
this morning. lie did not have the
manners to take off his hat in that
room. and the reason I came here to-
night. sir. was simply to return the
call OF Mrs. Upton and her party at
my sisters house IT your wife and
her friends feel that they can come to
my sisters house without an invitation
and without much as knocking at
her door and see her at her washing
it seemed to me that I was Just as
much entitled to come here without
asking your leave and see you at your
dinner. If the poor are to be stunned
by the rich ] can't for the life of me
see why the rich shouldn't be summed
by the poor"
The letter goes on to say that the
visitor then apologized for his intru-
sion. asked Boyce Price to do the same
to his sister and further explained that
Mrs. Upton had proffered a IS bill to
his sister. who was not q needy person
at all, but woman who lived in 2
cheap district and did her own house
work. Further developments proved
her to be quite as much of a LADY as
Mrs. Upton. and the visitor turned out
a writer who had assumed the part to
teach meddlers a lesson.