The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-15
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

flies of the little isle. She wears gold coins for
earrings.
Mrs Farnan is her husbands secretary and
has already installed her typewriter in her room
at the Hotel Aston. She conducts all his
spondence and looks after the business end of his
affairs generally.
at is the custom, oh, yes" said She "In
France the women do so when their husbands are
in business In England when woman marries
she thinks to keep her house. In France she
thinks to help her husband to make money in his
business It would be very dull for me, oh, very
stupid to think only to dust my house and order
the dinner and things like that [ cannot see how
that could occupy the mind of intelligent woman,
an educated How such a woman
cupy her time with her house alone unless she has
society? But not society people at all,
life would be very dull for if I not in
business.
81 should think it very strange, indeed, if when
my husband comes in he should have to talk to
me about house or servants Instead he talks to
me about the business-yes, about the invention
about the science about the progress of the flying
machine the contracts the possibilities of the future;
yes. 1t the same with the motor cars. He was
in the motor business before he began to work on
the flying machine. It is generally SO in France.
Almost always the wife is in business with her hus-
band, and if she is left widow she often carries
the business herself, and carries very we'll,
too and makes money. [ think it is much better,
don't you for the husband to teach the wife she
can take care of herself and the family if he is
taken away?
mo, have been up in the flying machine.
Only did my husband take any up
with him, because when the machine comes down
and lands it is not good to have too much weight
in it. My husband has promised me I shall be the
first woman to go up. Will women operate flying
machines? Oh, I think not for long, long time
1t is very different from running motor car 1t
is not to be merely mechanic. A child of nine
can a motor car, if she has been properly
taught and has clear road But with the airship
one must SO thoroughly understand the winds, the
air currents. One must know instantly what new
air current striking the side of the boat will do,
and must act instantly too. 1t is more like
handling sailing yacht than motor car, only it
is more delicate, much, much delicate Only
with much practice and thorough knowledge of the
whole subject of aerial navigation could one feel
safe, and would have to have great self-contro
not to get or lose ones head at ALL don't
think it takes any pluck at all to drive car I
can drive a Pouf! What is r" and Mrs
Farmans long slim hands grasped an imaginary
brake in front of her. "It does require so much
pluck and GOODNESS as to ride high spirited horse
But the airship-that is quite different. don't know
f [ shall have the nerve for that
"Femininsm? Not the English kind no suffra-
yettes-no, no. no, no. pa taper first finger
waved to and fro in emphatic negation. "But in
4rance-I don't know. The women do so much in
france, they in business SO much-when wo-
nan IS in business she ought to have all the rights
nd powers of a in business oughn't she? I
hnk the laws and rights should be the same for all
ersons in business matter if they are men or
women For politics, I don't care-no don't care"