The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-12
Modern Woman
What Makes Grown Women,
Especially Clubwomen, Squabble
and Quarrel Like Pack Of Street
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do not understand the quarrels of
women. l never could understand
them. This do understand, however
harmonious action is absolutely essen
tial to the progress of women, discord
death and destruction to it. Here, for
instance. is a large ands Furnishing
club of ladies. All are intelligent and
refined-on the surface. Three wo-
men. let us say, are candidates for
the club presidency. Again permit me
to say l don't understand why wo-
man wants to be club president. If d
member of woman's organization Is
a sweet tempered. strong, brainy, dig
nifed person. understanding parlia-
mentary usage, the club presidency
will naturally seek her without her and
her friends sQuabbling disgracefully
for it and making of themselves spec
tacle for gods and men. Say there are
three such women, why cannot the
friends of each vote for her In peace
able, decent manner and then render
loyal allegiance to the one who wins?
What real difference does 1t make any
way which one of the three good look
ing, intelligent, courteous women acts
as president next term? All will serve
equally well. But here these silly,
frothing, tuning, excitable females
Lash themselves into a fury over moth
ing and then after a contest of heart
burning anu fighting the chances are
that a defeated candidate may cock
her nose in the air and march out and
form a new club with her particular
followers because of the Injustice
as she calls 1t, that has been done her
Where IL the injustice in one woman's
getting more votes than another? 1t
lie shameful. this squabJling of women
over trivialsties. over nothing at all,
when by harmonious action they can
do such splendid work for womanhood.
Let us have peace.
In the New York legislature during
the debate on the bill to equalize the
teachers an amendment was offered
making provision for the protection"
Of the men high school teachers from
the women. Yes, let us protect the
menl DO!
am glad to learn that there Is alb
soluteiy no truth in the story that
Missouri woman became insane be-
cause she could not be society leader
In a little town. Women are weak
enough In the upper story sometimes,
but
Rev. John L. Scudder, pastor Of the
First Cohgfesa tional church Of Jersey
City, says business women make the
best wives because mercenaTy motives
are less apt to enter into their mar
riages. They know they can take care
OF themselves, therefore are not anx-
i0us to marry for home. Mr.. Scud
cility and cowardice is passing away,
and In Its place we fnd new age Of
well rounded. exalted womanhood."
Hear, hear!
The town of Client, Belgium, has
now atty uniformed women regularly
on Its police force, especially to look
after girls and children. There ought
to be women police In every city.
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Richard Hodgson says in one of the
messages given through Mrs. Piper
that when he attempts to communicate
with earth people he feels as II he
were In q stuffy atmosphere Or enter
ing q place OF bad smefls. Shouldn't
wonderi
Over and again we hear OF men
whose wives have been the making OF
them. Sometimes there il no great oc-
casion to be very proud OF the Job.
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In the popular mind such deadener
to love and romance is matrimony that
husbands aud wives as stage lovers are
never popular. Emma Janvier. speak
Ing of this says: II never could under
stand why an audience doesn't like to
see a husband make love to his own
wife. but it's fact"
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One OF the most tragic episodes OF
modern life lately occurred in scene
where divorced husband and wife,
who had not spoken to each other for
years, met at the deathbed of their lit
tie daughter One stood at one side OF
the bed, the other on the other ssld
watched life flicker out OF the sweet
child face, but neither spoke to or look
ed at the other. When the little one
was dead they passed from the room
as they entered teach without q |
word or look at the other. Is any Of
the events of this brief life. no matter
what worth cherishing such bitter. |
venomous enmity over? To think that |
we human beings. who might make