Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-22

gentleman OF taste and discrimlna.
ton as well as or an observing mental |
habit has been eniightening me ON the |
different ways Ia which men and wo-
men set about buying things To begin.
be denies that women are par excel.
lence the shopping sex He also utters
this philosophical remark; Somehow
women make more work over their
work than the work itself really Is"
Isn't that genuine gospel. now? Haven't
We noticed time and again the unneces-
sary fussing wherewith women wear
themselves out when they have any
thing 20 do. Here IL another queer
thing about women" says the phlloso-
pher. III they have a garment to buy
and find one that exactly suits them. 4
do they take II ON the spot7 No they
| don't. Instead. they leave II and x.
| all over the city TO see II they cam
hnd the same thing 90 cents chcapc,
Now. man would buy Il at once. I'm
would know that two or three hol)okl
OF time are worth more than a T.,
cents OF money. and he would take
garment and 20 about his business coui
rejoice To have got of so easily. AS loJ
suppose woman has half d..
things to buy all In one morning. nm
goes into an establishment wherlmost|
can get all OF them. Does sheoopth|
thus saving mrch nr.c,,,,. a., ng oil
wise still more precious nerveF
Not she. She wouldn't be a WIN
she did that. Only a mere mag
get all his goods at one place. one u
man would buy one article at &hree N,
then 40 10 the other end OF IN x,
the next thing and somewherE X
the next one. and so on and n, on the
had spent nearly all day serve six
car fare and worn herself to-
as women say when they
themselves out neediesslyAte lAbilitS
wonder why they. do it7' And a ~.
couldn't tell any more than the gen
man.
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Is woman the weaker sex7 Nord,
these two different dispatches froi,
San Francisco after the earthquakeu'
"Disconsolate fathers were cheered byy,
their wives and daughters. who an.
peared 10 bear much more lightly than
the men the change in their positions
which the catastrophe had wrought.
Women who had been. thrust from
luxury into drest poverty present.
ed cheerful mien." Another dispatch.
/ abiding 10 the singers OF the grand
opera company In San Francisco at the
time OF the disaster. says. '.rhe women
were cooler than the men, and most of
them saved their jewels
Norway has recognized the right OF
| women 10 sit on jury. In that far
northern land a school has been start
ed to instruct girls Ia the care of
children and the duties OF citizenship
1t Is a fact that more Norwegian WON
en- than men voted for the separation
from Sweden.
Signorlna Secchi has been asked TO
stand as candidate for the italian
parliament and has consented. The
ground has been taken by Italian In
terpreters OF constitutional law that
what Is not forbidden il permitted
therefore women may vote and hold
Office. The question Is 10 he tested
Meantime Slgnorina Secchrs name has
been admitted TO the voters lists, but
may be stricken out.
49,
Lately notice the words "hysteria''
and 'hystericaF are being applied to
i men as often as TO women Dee-Iighi
! edl Politicians who wish 10 call their
| opponents the meanest name they can
Think OF declare these opponents have
hysteria. Now maybe women will get
| q rest awhile.
With all the degrade ton and ensIaye-
ment OF woman I'm China Il IL to a
woman that the whole Celestial EN-
pire owes It's awakening aud will owe
Its power TO take It's place among mod.
ern nations. That woman Is Isl An.
dowager empress OF China.
Whenever you are tempted to say
that any woman. yourself or another.
Is too Old to learn anything. remember
that Susan b. Anthony became expert
In the use Of q typewriter after she
was eighty years old
RR
Don't allow yourself TO get into bab
It's that annoy others. Don't be like
that woman treasury clerk in Wash
ington whose fool mortal mind" has
persuaded her that she can't bear the
least bit OF air. with this silly belief.
she pegs up every window and door
and stuffs paper into every crevlce
around her desk. Those obliged TO be