The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-01-01

man IS one OF the mcsC puzz IN af
| American problems, and in attempting
IAN illustration. presents hitherto IN
published version Of The Roosevelt
lStOTer incidentt
| Washington. December - MANY
things in these United States cause as
Punishment to one Journalist Of France.
ut Is thrice difficult to comprehend all
EOf these things at the one time. Every
tthlng Is 50 fast, SO quickly disappear
rng How shall | judge OF them with
lche justiC? Yet | shall tell 10 my cUun-
Iuymen the truth, as she appears u nl-.
Il beg m friends in the france IL e
member that the truth moves swiftly
in -bese United States. like everything
more. She does not wait. ALWAYS i
ls hurry, hurry, 10 oveTtake the lie The
HE travels by automobile, the truth
follows quickly The lie abandC1s thar
Iautomobile, and jumps 70 thai airship;
the truth follows, breathing moe hard.
! ne lie Mes TO the Wire. e.ass teleGraphy.
the truth gasps, and t1.ows I'D the
Hands,
!, TOO, am ready 20 9asp. ana throw
up the hands: Yet / must be calm,
There are problems
| What, for the illustration. shall
say OF those women Of America? Sacra
bleu' This is one terrible problem
nose women are as everything NOR
IN Amerlca-they are so quick | can
InOt understand those women. II is ve>-
terday the doll, today the divorce TO-
morrow the fourth husband Those wo-
men take all the money for themselves
yet cFT fOT more tlHays lhev -aih Of
the clothes. The woman in America
Ils everything. The man-bah, he j.
nothing, If he will keep shut the
jmouth and hurry to make the none,
very good. But if he will try to tell
ms wife something. it is the divorce
lIoT lntolerable cruelty and the grand in
la0lllty 10 make enough money 0uicKIv
| II the husband disObeys the wife. those
people call him the monster. If he
lobeys her, he is called the shrimp Al
ways it is wore for him
| lhOSe women in America are yerv
Itall' very strong! They can dance with
lout fatigue all night, after the spend
llnS OF money all day. Yet one deaCIv
!lIlneSs attacks all women OF ,bev d.
"ork IN the house. 1t is The nervous
naladE. Only one cure has 0cen f0unr
Tor thar strange illness Those women
| InluSL wear out the nerves by the shOn-
lplhS. II they do not, they are lost. All
I"ollen avoid that nervous work at
nome. so they have the good health
iand grow taller and bOlder every day.
am lntimidated by those great wO-
imen, chose terrible tall 2ils, At the
Ipal !, Ine reception, the dinner. eveIN-
I"Here they are SO bold! There IS no es-
Icape II they see the man first. AZ one
PERCEPTION given by my dear friend N
r alrpanks, one beautiful girl actually
tpaC ME on the bald head. / was furi-
lous but always polite. With exquisite
sarcasm | said: You teach me MANY
idron things, Mile -
| The reply: oh, You follow me NJ
iClam, and II put YOU wise,"
Follow her? For what should fol-
low her, although she does pat me like
1.-THE dog? | am again furious bul re-
member it is the America. In the
ifTance | should look for her brother
10 EIIl him instantly in the duel Mad
ily | look fo~ her brother. When ] find
|h1h, we take a hiShball together. af-
tier the style American Yet | think
id3Sgers. scorpions, scupulchers,
nose American men do not say
lnuch OF the danger Of women | think
ithey have the ckagrin. ahe great appre-
ihenslon. Already, in sCme states there
flS the sex war. These women say:
1--WE have all the wrongs, We shall
have all the rights" They have seized
the ballot in some places, Ia the Col
oEado state those women are in that
legislature, chewing the tobacco. with
re heels on the desks. swearing at that
governor,
IN the Utah state many women have
one husband. Yet each woman has the
vote. Now they pass the law AGAINST
houseW0"k for women. The husband
must make the money for those wives.
Yet he must wash those dishes also,
Ihe new law will soon pass making
the trial marriage for women. the LIE
marriage for men! Those MOrmCns be
gan the numerous wife habit az he
j,Is. with 2ranG pleasure. but that re-
is terrible. One Mormon man,
NJ SmOOt, is a senator in Washington
Those women try hard to put him
back 70 the Utah 50 that woman
~haH be the senator. But all men IN
the senate say 10 their wives NJ
sod. We cannot punish y. Sm-Ot 81
mnch. Have pity,
IN Washin'Gn life is not so lad
Ihere is no vote for womtl. Those men
are Glad u 3 without lie W.. # ,h..4
women will not agitate fot II. ! have
cen here many men who a. the cooks.
he IaandrieS. he nurse: IL al is not
ost. Those women ci chc hi2n world /,
make little disturbance i The public. :
They remain alwaEs in their clubs. /
smoking. drinking. and daharins those .
problems Of clothes, race suicide. All !:
nony, trial marriage. hrids. =, his. u..d {,
me mysterious thing called the poker. +.
n those clubs no men are seen N
1ne knows what those women will de-
Il de. Yet fear is widespread amonc .
men. Already the highball, the cigar |
.tte, the dinner down town. the late
ab. the latch key-these have beer
eized by those women. What shall be |
he next?
When / arrive in Washington look