The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20
Modern Woman
Where Women Did Not Become
Hysterical'-Iwo Level Headed
Girls Save Thirty Others From
Being Burned to Death :: :: :.

though. who were not sheep, but de-
veloped human beings. These two
rushed from window to window, call
ing: Don't jump. girls. Well get
down by the fire eScaper' They caught
| the feminine sheep by the skirts and
held them back from jumping. In
stinctively the sheep recognized their
leaders. and the panic stopped. Then
the two human beings among the
sheep led the WAY to the fire escape
and saw tho frightened creatures one
by one descend the fire ladders to the
ground. Flames and smoke were
pouring Oft of the windows from ev-
cry floor as they passed down. Wrap
your skirts around your heads as you
go down. girls" WAS the order given
to the sheep by the two who kept
their heads on. The sheep obcycd and
were thus saved rs they went down
from being Scorchcd or from brea thing
the smoke and fame. Last of al the
two girls who had proved themselves
developed human. beings went down
the fire escape too. Splendid ehcG"S
greeted them as they landed 1t was a
noble eXhieition of feminine presence
of mind. only the newspaper Young
men were quite cheated out of their
favorite headline announcing that THE
Women Became Hysferical."
| have found out when people begin
to get old. 1t is when they cease to
learn anything new.
| have been much interested in read
ing of the wOman's colony being estah-
lished in Kefugio county. Tex. by
Mary L. Hayden. She has already
bought there Il tract of 5000 acres
farm. orchard and gardening land, to
be distributed among LOCO women.
more or less The women may have
husbands if they 50 desire, but all the
farms must be in the Women'S names.
and women must have the manage
ment. of the colony affairs forever
Why not? Men have had the manage
ment of all public affairs since history
began. and the mess they have made
of them proves it is time now for wO-
men to have Il chance. The leaders OF
the enterprise viii try to get the Tex
as legislature to grant suffrage to the
colonists. One of the commendable
features of this woman scheme is that
it admits men as residents. though not
as Bosses. of the colony
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Note what Y. c. Whitney said in
Washington When he was secretary
of the navy, y don't believe there is
job in this ci'.t, from the presidents
down. that some woman cannot fill
and doubtless will some day.
A prominent London club contained
one member noted for his gossip and
base innuendoes concerning women in
Englis4 society. Most men scandal
mongers exceed women when they set
their heads to the slandering businesses.
but this one in London was most par
ticularly virulent. Some of the club
members who remembered that their
mothers We're women investigated and
found the scandal mOnger was retail
ing lies of his own invention. They
permitted him to resign, which really
was considerate of them; then, watch
ing when he departed, twenty of them
lined up on the stairs, and each gave
him parting kick to speed him on his
way. Probably that man will talk no
more about women.
1t is conceded that the best art pho |
tographers in this country are women.
Some of them receive very large sums |
of money for their artistic photographs.
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Some years ago a beautiful girl in |
professional life was married to a |
young man in the same occupation as
herself, only his education was not yet !
finished. The young wife worked on
and gave him money to complete his |
studies in Paris. Thus the husband |
was enabled to become highly accom-
plished and command large sums of |
money in his profession. Then sud |
who had made his fortune, neglecting |
her for other women and spending on |
them, not for her. the money she had |
enabled him to earn. She was sur
prised. Why? The wonder is that she
anything else. The man who
will let woman work for him is gem
orally of that sort.
l don't know how it happens-per
maps some man can tell-but the hand |
soonest women among the Indians Of |
southern Mexico are those descended |
from the ancient tribe of the Zapate-
,os, and these handsome women have
supremacy over the men
Of their tribe ever since history knew
about them. The strong. handsome
women are it in tlieir tribe They |
lress picturesquely and artistically
md transact all commercial and other
outside affairs, leaving their men to
lang around the house.
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.
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