New-York tribune., 1907-08-07

c,aes If little folk in an English elementary
school were recently asked to define "a lady WIN
curious results. The definition OF t'i"Zie' , aheu
- ,riI1 strike a responsive chord In the heart
oe the Fusv v Woman. and shows that Lizzie must
he an observing person. "A lady is something hAs
,,,or says Lizzie, but she's got long halF anu
~ ' ~. a diNPerent face and different clothes. ana
eha,s got a lot of work to do Harry. hlso dbeu
seven thinks that "a lady is mAd ana SOM SOM,
t{nes cook that cooks tho dinner Chaihe' aEtd
civ ts impressed by the difference between t"e
seyas "A lady" he finds to be "diireht rom d
- because a lady has difrent clothers from
nan q lady has Diffent eyes from man d, anu "a d
Iadv has Diffent body from man ana d iauy . I
Diffent shoes from a man. Jack, aISI 80 So 80
that "a lady has dress ana man IL itaS., 1 :, -
,nor has ton hat and lady hasn't ho"aIu'
oad seven gets at the same facts from a dlerell.
Dofn+ Of view "A lady" he says. has not got
pom pom tureera W hut \ man has got trowsers
A second Jack. year older thail tne MS MS o.'u, b
thrss that "a lady is nice woman oecaus0 s.t
don't have torn clothes. and she mas "oo" WIN
ber and she has n chane on the "och'
.Consistencv. thou art a Jewell Not long ago
| q hill was introduced in the tnghsn louse ~ -, W
| 7 IorSs +o oIloV, women 10 sit on local goVerhlhe
| to5tas rbe argument OF Lord Halsbury' one oL
| the statesmen who spoke against IT. "as as - 20
women were too hysterlcai 10 JOIN l" ~
/ hat county councils ,,.,ou
had for its subheading. women rant ~.
ful ner1Isal of the Item disclosed the ld't t,'
| vi, one woman became unconscious. and that
| she was knocked into that condition oy men VINO
| trampied her in their wild struggles 10 get
| out of the car - ;,
| Some person of investigating turn OF NINA
OUGHT 10 trace TO its source the theory that women
are emotional delicate, fragile. prone TO tears SIu
| svoons and Mysteries every proVocatlon, ana
that strong. calm. brave: reasonaole. etc
| some men have the later qualities. some women
| the former but women have poise and sense
| and men can be both coWardly and foolish This
| trlism has been proved frequently that 1t lS
| strange the old delusons have survived so long.
| Every day the go proving that the MEM
| bers of both human beings and share the
| same qualities in the mass. but the world has got
| its notion of what is masculine ana WhAl Is
feminine" and such notions die hard.
| Il sometimes think want 10 attend an
| othe~ ball" said a girl who has a tender heart
| along with various othe~ charms 'One so
| much suffering balls. Oh. it's suffering con-
CO aed under smiles. but It's suffering all the
| Balls all very well for popular girls. who get
plenty of partners and seldom driven to deco
| rate the we'll. bat there's much fun in them
for the girls who sit Ii out. It'S queer.
but I'd rather almost be caught in a crime than
| Inundated And men. dancing men. l mean. are
so scarce these days that girls have got TO be
| left out. And who isn't girl can know
| how a girl feels who is habitually left without
| partners. Accounting to her nature she feels sad.
or bitter. she hates the popular girls It's sad
strain on girl friendships.
! There's another thing | hate about balls
They give such absurd and perfectly fictitious
value I've seen boys in jackets. whom
| a summer resort: I've seen little wizened men
half as tall l am, fat and pompous middle
aged bores. smiled and narJered IL they
| were the pick OF the SEX and all because they
were bail where tE---s sixty women TO
| thirty men,