The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-21

The young man, no longer able
to cover all his shortcomings with
a dress coat and to obtain absoution
for every offense by the simple pen.
ance OF paying for it; unable really
to do much that was wrong for the
lack of the old opportunity and the
old incentive. constantly helped and
inspired by the friendly presence OF
honest and earnest womanhood
would have all the force Of natural
law to lift him up instead of pull
ing him heavily downward, as 1t
does now" d"
The girl OF 1850 is to have ca.
reer Of her own She will engage
in some work, profession or trade
and be responsible for for her own
bread and butter, always independ.
emily OF husband. or father. or btoth-
er The prophets all seem to agree
on this point, whether it is H. c.
Wells, or August Bebel or Mr.. Gil
man, or any other seer
As consequence" thinks II. G.
Wells, the fear that often turns
woman from beautiful to a merce-
nary marriage will vanish from life"
Her education is the same as that
of man, except where the difference
of sex makes deviation from this
rule and special treatment absolutely
unavoidable She develops all her
mental and physical powers and ca
pabilties under natural conditions Of
existence: she can select such fields
for her activity as her wishes. tastes.
and faculties may direct She works
under exactly the same conditions as
man Having performed her share
Of social labor I'm some branch OF
Industry, the next hour she becomes
educator. teacher, or nurse, later
on she devotes herself TO art or sci
ence. and afterwards exercises some
executive function She enjoys .amuse-
ments and recreation with her own
sex or with men. exactly as she
plrascs and as occasion offers. In
the choice Of love she Is free. just
as man is free. She wooes and is
woocd, and has no other inducement
TO bind herself than her own free
will"
The girl Of 1850 may or may not
become cook, according to her
tastes, but If she chooses to be a
cook she will be "A professional, an
expert, and a scientific student of
foods. The small private kitchen in
the Individual household will pass,
and with it will pass the present
waste in time, power and material
There will be large, central kitchens
in the future.
The picture of the room in which
the girl Of tomorrow will sleep:
There is on the wall thermome-
ter beside six switches. One warns
the floor, which is not carpetod, but
covered by a substance like soft oil
cloth; one warns the Mattress
which Is Of metal with resistance
coils threaded TO and fro In it; and
the others warm the walls in various
degrees Flush with the ceiling
noiseless rapid fan pumps air out
of the room. The air enters by a
shaft. There Is recess dressing
room, equipped with bath and hot
and cold water.
"A cake Of soap drops out OF
store machine on the turn OF a han
die, and when you have done with
1t you drop it and your soiled towels
and linens, which are also given by
machines, into little box, through
the bottom of which they drop at
once down a shaft
The room has no corners TO gather
dirt, wall meets floor with a gentle
curve, and the apartment could be
swept out efrectually by a few strokes
of a mechanical sweeper.
"The door frames and window
frames are of metal and impervlous
TO draft Before leaving the room
the birl of tomorrow turns n handle
at the foot OF the bed, and forthwith
the frame turns to a vertical position
and the bed clothes hang airing.
Not a minutes work remains for any
one TO do"
with housekeeping sImpllfied and
household Industries given to the
keeping OF scientific exp rts, either
men or women, little wonder that
the girl tO come will intaraSt her.