The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-17
Modern Woman
Daughters o.. This Republic Who
Are No Credit to It-Amencan
Womens Schemes to Get Into
London Society. :: :: ::

| VII American WolIen ever E.:Irl
that their highest honor is TO be cit
zcns Of this republic - if they ars
worthy. cultured ones. that is: Th,
! queer and desperate tricks some
them resort 10 to b. introduced to Kill:
Edward III London a;lst get their ll;ilIe
mentioned along with the nobility
somehow make one horribly ASHAMED.
of them and for them American Wo
| men have advantages over those of ii
| most aly other nation Oh the earth
| They have only to love their country.
| educate and refine themselves make
the most and the best of the rare gifts
| nature and environment have given
| them: then if they respect their OWL
| dignity and worth all the world will be
at their feet Why American wo!nel,
| should be so crazy to get into the Eng
| fish court circle anyhow is one of the
mysteries: If English writer's them
selves are to be believed. that circle ex-.
| lists largely on the foundation of social
blackmail i'll which rich Americans of
| both sexes are the victims because they
have money. Money spending is the
foundation on which the social fabric
is built, SO it's said, and Americans
must spend millions before they can be
| asked to dinner parties attended by
King Edward. They must submit to
| snubbing and humiliation and eat their
hearts out in many hours of disap-
pointment and bitterness before they
achieve the goal. Is it worth the trou-
bic? Indeed. 1t Is not. A refined, cul-
tivated, clean and wholesome republic
an society is as far above that OF Flu
fopean. courts as the sky Is above the
ground. If we Americans would build
such beautiful society, all the world
would come to Us.
In New York city subway train |
heard man, Enthusiastically pure Yam
kee, exclaim in high. shriH tones Of
whitening contempt "A lot of old VIM
min tryin' to run the ahmy"' He was
talking Of the pro and anti canteen agi.
tatiOn. What does the term 'oid wo-
man. stand for in the average mans
row. unreasoning prejudice. with
tendency to boss affairs which the aged
one, owing to her ignorance and prcju-
dice aforesaid. is not capable Of boss
ing. Let every old woman therefore
take off her blinkers. look around her
and, in sympathy with all that lives.
learn to see the world both as it is and
things so that the world will use the
expression "old man" instead Of "old
woman" as term of contempt. if there
really has to be term of contempt
Men of great affairs in the CONNER
cial world have found that capable
woman makes better confidential
secretary than a man does, because
she has more tact and is Influenced al
ways by her natural desire to please.
Girls entering the business world
through the gate of stenography have
great advantage. They learn business
methods: they see how men in the
girl stenOgrapher who keeps her eyes
open can do likewise. Opportunities
lie all around for her to grasp.
The right and the only way for wo-
men to destroy sex prejudice against
them is to go into business for them
selves. Let them study their ground
thoroughly. then establish enterprises
of their own. They can carry such en-
terprises through as well as anybody.
No fear of that
In Il recent speech to the Daughters
of the American Revolution Hon. John
Barrett told them that women may be
forced in spite of themselves to be-
come full fiedged suffragists, because
their votes are needed.
SS
In 1908 the National American Wo-
man Suffrage association will cele.
brate its sixtieth anniversary.
Miss Mabel Camp of New York felt
somebody grab her watch in street
car. She looked up quickly and saw
the man who snatched it. He jumped
off the car. She jumped off. too. and
gave chase She ran like deer and
overlook him. She caught him and
held him till the police got him. She
says, when caught up to him | just
slapped him good in the face"
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The most disastrous forlorn hope Of
an enterprise on which woman ever
embarked is marrying a man to reform
him.
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