The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-01-26

over ! clipped column In this depart
ment a few days since, but ! do not
plead guilty to the charge OF regard
ing the feminine mind as the inferior
OF that of the 'sterner sex" The Cd :
jectionablc Implication of measuring
the calibre of woman's understanding
and leveling the measure to her ca
pacity was not done with premedita-
ton. IL was the result In the makeup
room Of q mechanical effort TO get the
proper amount OF alphabet In.
There are a whole lot OF popular err
rors extant concerning the minds OF
the two branches OF the human FANNY.
some of the "sterner sex" are from
time to time awakening to a realiza-
ton Of the truth of woman's mental
size and the awakening Is not pleas
ant to them. Did you ever notice how
a child sometimes wakes up from q
sound sleepf How he frets. and frowns
until everything Is adjusted and the
dreams are scattered by the real about
him? Well. that Is what man Is DOING.
He is waking up to some facts ABOUT
woman. II hurts at first But he gets
used to IL.
II the fles OF these columns were
looked over and an investigation OF the
subjects considered fitted for Feminine
Minds" II would be discovered that the
list IL a creditable one. The women OF
Alabama have concerned themselves
with some weighty problems during
the past ten years, and many Of the
successful important moves have been
inaugurated by them. and have been
worked into good shape before passing
the over to the lords OF creation
for approval and the finai sanction OF
the voter.
Speaking of woman's mental size and
the eject OF her intellectual attain
ments on man, a very up-to-date and
charming woman who is now visiting
MONTGOMERY tells an interesting story
Of school boy and girl and his at
tachment for her:
II have a friend" said Mrs. Kelle.
who, with her daughter. Miss Helen
Keller, is the guest OF her daughter,
Mrs. Warren Tyson, ''who is n teacher
and in her class Of literature IL her
nephew. Another pupil In the same
class is an attractive young girl for
whom her nephew has a very strong
attachment. He shows his esteem in
many ways. but has never reached the
point Of being willing that her mark
in literature should be as high as his.
The teacher is watching the case and
says that whenever his affections
stand that test she will consider 1t has
reached the pivot point and viii think
1t her duty TO inform her nephew's
mother. She says she will regardit as
danger signal
versation on the subject of higher edu-
cation for women. one on which she
talks well. In speaking Of her gifted
daughters Harvard diploma, she said:
They insist on calling Radclin the AM
mex and though the course Is the same
at Harvard and the examinations are
the same, they refer to the young wo-
- - ~
graduate,' though her diploma reads
Harvard. I"
When asked what she thought OF CO.
education as she found II in the East
ern colleges. Mrs. Keller said:
u think 1t good for the boys. but not
for the girls. He gets through his as
ISOLATION with his women college-mates
some feminine influence that betters his
nature and character, but the masculine
qualities she absorbs does not tend to
add 70 her attractiveness. She becomes
his chum and treats him In hale fell
low manner that detracts from her wo-
manly charm.
"of course" Mrs. Keller said. THE
Radcliffe girl while she takes the
same course, has a separate institution.
II has a woman at the head, though
the same professors lecture to both
Harvard and Radcliffe. That Is. some
OF the same. Many of the most prom
inent professors refuse to lecture to
the girls, so the young woman who ac-
complishes the feat OF going through
college there labors under some DIM
culties. She must take the same ex-
aminations without the superior ad-
vantage OF tuition from the biggest
tutors Of Harvard"
Those in Alabama who are so deep
ly interested In the movement to pre-
serve the forestry would enjoy speak
ing with Mrs. Keller on the subject
She talks Interestingly of the care of
trees in Massachusetts,, and of the
State road that reaches through the en-
tire State; of the fact that II is not
there left to the owner OF the beautiful
trees the question of their preservation.
The law enforces the care, and q tax
levied for the purpose pays the ex-
penses. She laughed and said:
''Oh. believe that in Massacuu-
sets one would not dare die Of any
disease save Of the one prescribed by
law. II statistics say that q certain
number OF persons die each year of a
certain trouble. and your case Is need
cd to bring up the average. you are
doomed and must abide by the law"
r =
Speaking of college women. A party
of Montgonerians were entertained last
summer by the American Womens Club
the members OF which have given S15.-
900 towards the General Federation
scholarship In some English college.
This association Is composed of about
500 American women living In Paris,
and the purpose OF the organization Is
to keep in touch with American inter-
ests and TO extend hospitality to Amer
leans travelling abroad. They have
magnificent club apartments in build
ing in London and there they enter
tain visiting Americans with charm
ing hospitality. The mebershlp IL
composed Of the representative Amer
ioans Of London and 1t is an organixa-
ton OF power and influence.
Miss Annie May and Margaret DIM
mick spent some time abroad last
summer ana with them was thety
friend. Mas Elizabeth Moore. Of St.