Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-01-17

Women are cruel sometimes through
thoughtlessness. Dear sister, during
the holiday season, won't you try to
exercise that consideration for the con.
venience Of others which is the truest
index of refinement? For instance, don't
wait to do all your shopping at the last
minute. If there are some last pur-
chases to be made, don't scorn to carry
the parcels home with you. If your
position can be injured by carrying a
paper parcel, that position doesn't
amount to much. In sending gifts
away by express or through the mails
get them off early. By doing so you
will give the postoffice and express
employees an opportunity to enjoy the
holidays. Sometimes the pressure Of
work Is such that some of these can't
get off even on Christmas day. II
they are rushed and worked overtime
during the preceding week, they will
be too tired to care whether or not
Christmas comes round. Also have
mercy on the hard worked grocer and
butcher and baker. On the day be-
fore holiday these dealers are always
rushed to death. Don't expect them to
travel mile. or two to deliver the
pound Of raisins OF the bottle Of va
ni1la that you overlooked In giving
your regular order. Have mercy on
the hapless drivers, compelled to be
out in the cold until late at night on
thankless errands. Have mercy also
upon the weary horses, forced to stag
ger through snowdrifts or beat their
way before the binding winter blasts
to your door.
One of the alienists at the notorious
Bradley murder trial made the state
ment that he believed the prisoner to
be suffering from mental arrangement
and gave as one of his reasons for
thinking so that she was interested in
politics. Said this sage, "She was an
intellectual woman This shocking
charge was followed up by the state
ment: And yet she included in her
duties that which We do not expect
women to be interested in. She was
interested in politics, and I think that
was evidence Of an abnormal condi-
ton" Women members Of civic clubs,
the thousands of women who belong
to political organizations and suffrage
societies everywhere, will please take
notice and retire to sanitariums as
soon as they can get their affairs In
order. Just why politics should he
more upsetting to the female than to
the male brain the gifted alienist did
not set forth. Under this ruling such
women as Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, Miss Helen Va
rick Boswell, Mrs. Jane Pierce, Mrs.
Clarence Burns, Mrs. Harriet Stanton
Batch and hundreds of others must be
classed as "abnormal,' which, accord
ing to this person, indicates toxic in
sanity" whatever that may be. Won
ems interest in politics an indication
Of insanity! 1t is amazing to hear
any perfectly sane man of good edu-
cation make such silly remark.
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oranda of household expenditures reg
ularly each week and notice how the
various accounts stand. However, 1t
is easier to determine the value of any
disbursement few months after than
on the day when it is made. Often in
the interests of economy housewife
will find it desirable to make a large
advance purchase, and were such trans
actions to be charged against the week
~ or monthly account she would seem
spendthrift, while in reality by buy
ing a large quantity for cash she has
been enabled to make a substantial
saving.
A New York woman appeared before
a magistrate with complaint against
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