Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-12-27

world for thirty years after when
Diane de Poictiers was PAST thirfy-six-
she won the heart Of Henry IL. and he
put haii her age. Anne Of Austria was
t sllirly..elght when described az the most
beautiful woman of Europe. Mile Mar
was heralded as the greatest of beauties
! Mt forty-fiye, and Nine Recomier ,vas
at her best between the ages of thirty
nye and fifty. Nine de Maintenon yvss
fEofty-tnree when united to Louis. and
/ Iatherlne OF Russia thirty-three when
| she took seat ON the throne which She
occupied for thirty-five wears. All tbese
women Were world-famed for their
beauty and gave the lie direct to that
toothiess old saw which buzzes fhe noprar
OF sweet sixteen. The dew of yontb and
q complexion of roses it must he adj
ihitted sometimes combine in n face that
i; = u tnno Trespons1ve, utterly lacking
| III that expression which goes n tbe
making OF perfectly nodded visape =
from The Dominance of American
hemian. e ~
Woman's Right to Her Job.
In the little village of Sea Cliff in New
Jersey has arisen the old question ~ =
woman's right to hold a position which
she can fill with entire satisfaction. and
the duties OF which she has discharged
IL
turn up who wants that position. The
question is so old that it might almost
be called a relic of barbarism. Ii comes
up now in relation to the postoffice of
the village. 1t seems that Mrs Lillian
Pearsall has held the position of most
mistress, and has acquitted herself there
IN so well that so far as appears of req
ord, there is absolutely no objection to
her except that she is woman and as
such is not voter, and that she stands
IN the way of Ian who is voter GET
ting the place. 1t would seem that this
question has been passed upon so many
times, and in so many forms as to de.
talls, that 1t could not come up again.
But it has come up, and of course there
is politics in it. There always is politics
or money in the case when the question
comes up, and as rule both may be
summed up in the one word selfishness-
mans selfishness.
This matter of the postoffice at Sen
Cliff may be or very little Importance.
The office is probably a very small af-
fair. from which the incumbent derives a
very meager income. But the same cues
ton came up only few days ago in a
shape to almost disrupt the cabinet of
the President of the United States, ae-
cording to reports telegraphed from
! Washington. A woman had been en-
gagged in very important work for the
department of justice in connection with
peonage cases in the south. She had
done good work. and she had accom-.
plshed results. Suddenly there arose
demand that she be set adrift and for
the only reason, so far as was brought
out. that she was a woman and that
some man wanted her place. A man
might have been selected who could do
the work as we'll as she did just as a
man may be found who will run the post
office at Sea Cliff as well as tine present
incumbent. But the President turned a
deaf ear to the demand for the dismissal
of Mrs. Quackenbos, who had done good
work on the peonage cases and who is
entirely capable of continuing to do good
work in the same line, and there is no
reason to think that the same results
will not attend the efforts to Dust the
postmistress of the New Jersey village
merely because she is a woman.
There was a time, and that time Is
not a great ways in the past, when Mrs.
Quackenbos might have been deprived of
her position under the department of
Justice and Mrs. Lillian Pearsall turned
out of the New Jersey village postoffice
at the first hint from a political boss
that either place was wanted for a
voter or trusted lieutenant. In fact,
the time is not so far passed as to be
completely forgotten when neither of
these women would have been allowed
to hold either position even for brief
period. But woman has progressed
since that time and the entire nation
has progressed with her. Not only the
nation. but the ideas of the people and
public opinion generally have progressed
and broadened. The great majority of
the people of the country accord woman
the same right to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. and incidentally
to chase the elusive dollar so necessary
to all three, that man has, either in pub
lie or private life. There are a few
narrow minded pcvpfe In the world or
course who hold hard and fast to the
IDEAS they were inoculated with in the
dark ages, and we can not help encoun-
tering them now and again, just as in
yestigators and searchers after antiqui-
ties dig up strange reminders OF past
ages in ruins of old temples. and as
stories oe the discovery in out of the
way corners of specimens of animals
| supposed to be extinct come to light.
Aside from the Utilization of curiosity.
though these have little interest, and
really no Importance so far as the prog
ress of the world is concerned. Woman
has come into her own. and she is going
to hold it in spite of pinhead politicians.
= Woman's National Daily.
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The HOME Ideal.
| Their are disturbing indications that we
are rapidly drifting from the home ideal:
The methods of modern life are all
against it. 1t used to come first, and the
! family always gathered at lamplight,
| after work and school were over, to lis
ten to reading or enjoy each others socie-
| ty. Tho parents whole lives conferred IN
| their children, and the children helped
| them and each other, and went out INTO
| life men and women fitted TO meet ITS
/ ,oI and farm now homes 0f their own.