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The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22
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Yes. thanks, I'll step in for
~ few minutes. Nice day. isn't it?
Folks all well?
Too badi Never try those little morti-
fcation powders? 1 would if 1 were af-
ficted in that way: now my trouble is
diferent-entirely different. Isn't it
windy? Ny heads a sight, just washed
my hair this morning.
Dinner already? Who'd have thought
II was that latei It's not a fashionable
hour 70 call, but I happened out in this
part OF town and says 1 TO myself. II ii
call on Mrs. Lane and have it done
with" My doctor says not toA worry
& bout anything.
Here I'm keeping you from dinner, go
and finish as II ] were not here
Come out and eat2 No, thanks, kind
ly. I eat only twice a day Dinner
would be suicide-rank suicide for me
now. I'm taking absent treatment; OF
course. I didn't say a word about II 70
any one. II is doing wonders, simply
wonders. for me. but II is hard that l
daren't say anything about my health
not even to my own flesh and blood
I m 70 write doctor al my teellngs, ana,
oh dear me. I feel so muchi sat UP
until midnight Friday, wrote sixteen
pages-that wasn't half. Ny, what
haven't I been throughi For six months
I lived on milk. eggs and beef Mrs
Cooper and I were just talking about It
Yesterday We were much alike in some
ways. but she didn't have that all-gone
feeling. although she was more uncoTn-
Certainly: 90 right OF and eat your
dinner. I'll take an absent treatment.
Must be alone and quiet, SOS to collect
my thoughts. If you don't mino, IN
see what's going on.
Back already7 1 fear you don't eat
enough. my dear, you're getting so thlns d.
And how fast your hair is turning. or
course YOU don't mind; I've always sald
grsv hair IS becoming. really becoming
It tones down hard features 80,
Ill declare, now what nave you
brought me? Isn't that too temptlngg,s e.
course I daren't touch the pie, put ~
drink the coffee even II Il does 80
straight 10 my liver. ,,,s.
No use mussing the napklh' ,.;ari,9
Dobbins says Mrs. SmaHey, Iignt
across from her. just presses them
over after company goes, ana puts
them back in the drawer. such noase-
keepingi There goes that man gel
ting subscribers for a literary journal
] didn't take Il. because. as I said, the
pages were not big enough 70 wrap
up apple butter crooks. then TOO
suppose there's nothing but stories.
II folks would read their Bibles more.
they wouldn't care for such ighe
trash. Our minister spoke SO pea
tifully over that text some where "a
The Psalms Life IS short and time
Is feeting" He brought II in, but we
shouldn't waste precious time in idle
talk, gossip and reading novel books.
Who's that2 Why. it's Mrs. Horner,
sure as anything Never saw her with
her hair pufed out like that. Did you
her that her Martha Kate is taking
whistling lessons IN the city, Now
what DO you think Of II? You know
what the Bible says, "Whistling girls
and Growing hens come to bad ends
When you go against Holy Writ,
you're up against q pretty big thing.
Never mind. There goes Mrs. Jones,
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Idea that they ought. That at least
is something. But the man who de-
Hberately stares at the standing woman
for he has passed the hiding-behind-
the-paper stage-is a hard proposition to
tackle.
Now, suppose that you are accom-
panied by a gentleman of this last
stamp. What are you going to do when
he evinces a strong wish to remain oy
your side, when in reality he ought TO
be standing7 Are you going to SMILE
continue the conversation and secretly
feel ashamed? Not If you are wise.
There is a little phrase Of which the
French are very fond. They say 1t IS
the first step that counts, and l agree
with them. Never allow the first breach
of a gentleman's manners to be made
without protest
You will probably lose your escort.
But, really. does it matter? feel that
a man for whom you must blush on
account of his lack OF thought for
women Is not worth much. There is
all the difference in the world between
the society snob that has an intimate
knowledge Of the wine glasses and of
the different forks and spoons and the
one who is natures gentleman. You
will never mistake them.
There are straphangers because wom-
en- have let the men remain seated
Straphangers there will be until you
awaken to the fact that in your hands
lies the power. We are told that our
numbers, at least, are equal. Think.
then, of what might be done against
the seated male population of our coun-
try!
You can do much for other women If
the leather market Is not to be cornered
by fair and despairing femininity, you
must take up the cudgels. That is, If
your muscles Of the arms are equal to 1t.
One word in parting: If in the great
desert of derbies there rises one oasis OF
a kind gentleman who still remembers
that woman is physically less able to
stand than her brother, in the name OF
gratitude, thank him!
BARBARA LEE.
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women who stand frmly-or as hrlliiS
as they cantor the rights OF woman
hood and the uplift of the race oue
who stand much from the so-calieo
superior sex.
There have been many apd varied eA-
plantations offered in extenuation OF the
growing propensity of men to remain
seated, and the corresponding increase
of standing women. Some deep think
ers believe that the equality Of men
and women that is gradually being rec
ognized as a result of the social up
heaval is responsible. You will be told
that If women must vote or must go
out into the world to occupy business
positions, or if they insist upon hover
ing around the Pierian spring, they OF
their own volition have broken down
the barriers. BY stepping into the ranks
with men they must abide by the re-
suits Therefore, sisters, stand!
/ am a straphanger. I sway to and
fro with the erratic motions of the car
Ny shoulder is occasionally threatened
with a dislocation as the public vehicle
suddenly turns a curve, but l know
that in the minds of every one OF the
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her Minnie's still up in with her aunt.
She wrote last week may she stay over
next Sunday. She's almost engaged.
A crowd is going to take a moonlight
walk Saturday night and she wants
Jemina to lend her her white silk fas-
cinator. Julia sent pink sash she'd
picked UP at bargain Lulu gave pair
of white slippers: they're one size too
small, but she thought Minnie could
stand them for a couple of hours. Much
good they'll do for mountain walk.
thought /, but, remembering that some
men do notice feet first thing, / didn't
say anything. Mary sent her feather
fan, the one she got at comm encement.
She sets such a store by that fan, but
said, Send it; If anything will bring
him around, that will" I've always
said a girl never looks so bewitching
as when peeping over the edge of a
The other girls can look out for them
selves. She always was petted.
Did you hear old Doc. Adams is free
again2 He'd gotten in with that little
sea mistress at Turkey Bend. They say
she has soft. taking ways. Well, after
he had proposed he found she had a
mother and five old maid sisters all in
the flesh; he regretted 1t the worst
kind, so he took TO swearing. Had her
out to spend a day with his daughter.
Everything went lovely until he couldn't
find his hat: then he swore and swore.
That frightened her. She said to the
daughter, Your papa must have a bad
temper" The daughter, being on TO the
game, said: "Oh my. that was nothing"
Next day Doc. Adams got letter, say
ing he would better look further, as she
couldn't leave her dear mamma. OF
course. this mustn't be repeated; he told
my sisters brother-in-law confidentially.
Is that clock right? It's my medicine
time, Could get cup of water; it
must be hot
Thanks. want to taste? It's bitter-a
tonic / feel tuckered out today.
There goes AngeliHe Turner. My, but
she's aging. Some want to have 1t
there's trouble in that family.
That so-your brother married her sis
ter? Queer I'd never heard that. Is he
the one with the erysipelas?
No better? It's an awful thing, they
nearly always die. Suppose he never
tried that pow-wow doctor. He does
for fits, too.
I really must go: have to write paper
for the club on THE Uplift of China
You didn't know? The best people in
town belong. Clouding up. Could 1 get
the loan of an umbrella? Rain spots
this goods and it's my church dress.
I feel it a duty to do my part toward
wrinkle, as we are commanded. Poor
example our minister's wife sets. She's
been wearing that old green silk ever
since she came here. Never did think II
was silk until one evening at prayer
meeting she set next me, and l made II
a point to feel 1t with my fingers. 1t
IS silk, but worn that thin.
be your Henry could come around for It
after school.
Do come to see me when you get in
our Yleighborhood. Goodbye.
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THE MINDLESS ONE

just as long as she can extract from
it one benefit more Trustees alone
could cope. with such incompetence.
She isn't Intentionally mean; it is
not her sole object in life to take ad-
vantage of her friends; but this wom-
an who doesn't know what she wants
is just as far from controlling her
actions as she is her hat-and that
would be a fright were it not for the
aforesaid milliner.
Womanly indecision this is not. but
sheer -mindedness. It is banal to
blow irrelevantly in upon busy dress
maker and circle of capable friends
taken in rotation and unexpectedly
with the prolonged and helpless cry: II
haven't the first. faint idea what / want
for summer. nor how to have it madei"
This helpless, mindless body would be
clothed even as you and 1. She would
use her best friends as Partisan model
for copying purposes only-than which
there is no meaner act in the category
of womanish crime She would borrow
exclusive, personal ideas and go forth
garbed as some one else Mark you.
without a character! And content
pick her poplins for her: she has no pref
erence. Look youl"-he presses when
she vacillates-"I've just sold three
costumes from this piece''-draping it
over his arnn-'to Mrs. Church and to
Mrs. Card Club and to your nearest
neghbor, Mrs. Suburb"-and she falls
The very butcher chokes his choice of
roast down her Sunday throat. and her
taste doesn't interfere. She has been to
church-the church of her parents and
grandparents. because their creed is
hers, and she would no more select her
own than she would decide upon an in
dividual political belief. If her mother
had been a suffragette she might even
have been that. and she may vet be-
come one. because she knows woman
who is. progressive; the very woman
whose handwriting she copies and from
whom she absorbs most of her express
sions
Books are an unknown commodity to
her. seeing them on the hurt-books
counter she bargains for two-any pair
will do. She is rarely sure which play
attracts her. and she would as soon go
to one as another; in fact. she pre-
fers the one her friends are going to
--and not particularly for reasons Of So
ciability. either. but just ''because.'s
IT she were picture buyer--but she
isn.t-she would inquire. as did Mrs.
Newly Educated on the point of a
purchase. But are these the sort they
generally hang in parlors?"
The mindless woman doesn't know
exactly whom she likes. either; almost
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shocks. shames or burdens. but only the
simple truth in language pure and fair
Of Gods love to his little ones. and the
sacred relation OF mother and child.
Just such an impression is produced as
shall prepare mind and heart for fur
ther revelations as growth shall de-
the right atmosphere for thought OF
those things-which under untoward
conditions become gross and evil. de-
stroyihg all possibility OF real refine
Never insult a childs intelligence;
often he knows more than you. with
all your superficial learning. Remember
that he Is studying yoS.. drawing con-
ciusions from premises he has never put
into words. but whose logic and force
he feels. 1t is worth your while to study
him also. He will teach you things
naught but philosophy ever dreamed Of
In the infant mind is the seed OF every
achievement, good or evil. to which as
an adult he may attain. As the weeds
spring up. II Is necessary daily to pluck
them out; TO fertilize, vitalize and nour-
ish the sprouts OF all things uSefuI.
bea utiful and wise.
Motherhood should ever stand for the
clean. the pure. the strong. Her call
should ever be to the finest qualities OF
all who dwell within her presence. Her
influence should be as gracious and
benehcent as the gentle dews OF even.
as inspiring as the soft CLEANS OF the
early dawn. as steadfast as the eterna1 |
suns as dlluIlIl[ aS the Ddlo IduAdllCc u
the moonlight. as purifying as the
breath Of heaven from DER salt seas.
True motherhood consists not IN phys
ical ministratiOns, a service that may be
rendered by any and bought at will. IL
Is unpurchasable. imperishable invfs-
ibIe, the genius Of holiness and wis
dom. 1t Is akin to that essence. IN
tangible and unnamed, which gives TO
the rose its fragrance, to the peach its
bloom. TO music it's power. to duty its
divinity When the harmonies OF life
are sounded the chord OF motherhood
vfbrates longest and strongest. its clear
sweet echoes reaching to that high
heaven where the embodiment of all
good waits and watches. where the
creative spirit of parenthood ever
broods.
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anybody will do as well as anybody
else; and when the whole list of her
characterless indecision has been gone
through, and when Christian charity
might suggest forbearance. there loom
up too many of her and we can't re-
call the condemnation. Even among
the small circle Of our own acquaint-
ance. we couldn't count her on the fin
gers of both hands.
If we are her masculine friend. we
jolly her awhile, and then when we
get tired OF her-if we get tired of her
In time-we walk off and find relaxa-
ton elsewhere: If we chance to make
a fool of ourself. we marry her. Being
her woman friend. we find her plain
provoking. and very likely we always
mean to discourage the acquaintance,
but for reasons of friendship for her
mother Cor maybe it's her brother). we
don't.
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gentlemen" seated before me there is
little satisfaction of getting even.''
Before I enter this fight. let me sug-
gest that the invalid or the elderly man
is not the subject Of attack. The big.
strong. husky man is. Do you know
what consider the cause of this al
most accepted condition of affairs? The
mothers. sisters and friends Of every
seated man!
There should be instilled in every
bow the feeling that certain amount
of respect is due. to every woman. old,
Young. OF. any race. The fact that she
Is a woman should be all-sufficient.
Men Should be impressed with the idea
that gallantry nowadays is just as
important as in the days of the tourna-
ments, when 1t comprised the education
of the medieval youths.
From childhood a boy should be
! taught to give his place to woman.
There isn't man Of good sound health
that ought not to rise and offer the seat
TO a woman as she enters the car,
train or room. In the hands OF mothers
is the training Of their sons. In the
protests of sisters there lies possible
reformation, while the disapproval Of
other women has a powerful effect on
decimating the straphangers.
Tt matters not whether the woman
has been shopping all day-that is a
very common explanation offered by
men-she is woman. She may have
been buying very necessary articles for
her home and family. It does not con-
Germ seated man whether the young
woman is returning from the matinee
or from a long day at the desk-she
represents womankind. Therefore. he
should rise as he would to his mother,
or to the one who is to be his wife.
Why, T have seen men scramble for
the window seat, and / strongly sus-
pect that they are not great lovers
of scenery-they are merely of the type
that might have to rise and give up
the comfort of sitting. They are not
utterly hopeless. There is a sneaking
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etary stamp. but the 'wife's labor -
equally important, and under the serv-
ices rendered viii balance the income OF
her husband DO not forget that there
should be a sharing Of the profits and,
Il need be. the losses Of this partner
ship The money left in the treasury
after household expenditures are met
should be justly divided and used by
each The wish Of the man to buy his
occasional cigar. without a rendition
of why's and wherefores. should give
the same opportunity for the wife to in
dulge in pretty jabot
The aba ndonment Of principles and
IDEAS IS no longer demanded Of the two
partners. | have known two persons OF
totally different opinions and beliefs live
In harmony and peace A loss OF per-
sonal identity is not a necessity.
Faith in each other IS a wonderful
asset The little jealouSies and doubts
have no place in the union It should
be clearly understood that the sharing
Of the work and responsibilities brings
two beings more closely together than
anything else. The joys and sorrows OF
marriage are wonderful factors OF hap
piness if-and that little word is a
great one in meanfn g-there be no lo-a
Of the manse and his very much less
important wife. Sincerity truth and
confidence are the watchwords OF mar
ried life Just as surely as these are
sounded and needed, there viii be a
happy sailing. No liability OF disso-
ution-no years of regret and repent
ance for real partners! II is the knOwl-
edge that husband and wife are serving
the great loving purpose OF their union.
keeping the home. the family and the
Jewel Of happiness intact, that uplifts
and inspires the partners to the noble
sacrifices and duties Of mother and
father. There must be the equality OF
partners in the successful marriage II
is a happy thought that is truly Amert-
can: and may it always be sol
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Flashing OF Jewels and futter Of laces,
Tropical odors sweeter than musk,
Men and women with beautiful faces
And eyes of tropical dusk.
And one face shining out like a star,
one face haunting the dreams of each,
And one voice, sweeter than others are,
Breaking into silvery speech
Telling. through lips Of bearded bloom,
An old, old story over again
As down the royal banner'd room,
To the golden gitterns strain.
Two and two they dreamily walk,
While an unseen spirit walks beside,
And all unheard in the lovers talk,
He claimeth one for bride.
Oh, Maud and Madge. dream on together,
With never a pang of Jealous feari
For. ere the bitter St. Agnes weather
Shall whiten another year,
Robed for the bridal and robed for the
tomb,
Braided brown hair and golden tress.
There'll be only one of you left for the
bloom
OF the bearded lips to press
Only one for the bridal pearls,
The robe OF satin and Brussels lace
Only one to blush through her curls
At the sight Of lovers face.
o. beautiful Madge, in your bridal white,
For you the revel has Just begun.
But for her who sleeps in your arms to-
The revel of life is donel
But robed and crowned. with your saint
ly bliss.
Queen of heaven and bride OF the sun:
o. beautiful Maud. you'll never miss
~ '' Nora Perry.
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beautiful hair.
Their ] o g, bright
tresses. one by one.
AS they lsugh'd and taIk'd in the cham
Der there.
After the revel was done.
Idly they talk'd of waltz and ouadriue.
1dly tney laugh d, like other girls,
W no over the FIRE. when all is still,
comb out their braids and curls.
Robe Of satin and Brussels lace
Knots OF flowers and ribbons, too,
scatter about IN every place
For the revel is through.
And Maud and Madge. in robes OF white.
The pretuest nightgowns under the
sun,
stockingless. slipperless. sit in the night,
For the revel Is done
Sit and comb their beautiful hair.
Ihose wonderful waves Of brown and
gold.
TIL the. fire Is out in the chamber there.
And the little bare feet are cold.
Then out OF the gathering winter chill.
All out Of the bitter St. Agnes weather,
While the fire is out and the house is
Maud and Madge together
Maud and Madge. in robes Of white,
The pretuest nightgowns under the
curtain'd away from the chilly night.
After the revel is done
Float along IN a splendid dream,
To a golden gittern's tinkling tune.
While a thousand lusters shimmering
In a palaces grand saloon.
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A WORD WITH YOU

YOU that this there offered group OF SUD
representing we-rounded leE
but the of the matter IN
pusal; of the phases
ridiculous by the interesting
gradations pleasurable trip, surely
This that the SUBJECTS
about only The his share
lover father husband treated with
facle pen and In various
young young married and single of
enlghten
and fail widen the mental horizons the members of circle
The of with of husband and
vital subject The mindless One" brought into the we'll
village caller knocks
and while Them there good sensible advice
growing children their childish
that need diplomatic hand in the home If the best to be deve
oped IN the of the little boys and girls
still truth 1.-THE
ALL the And of Barbara
Lee with with her characteristic of the who stands
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CHARACTER comes out in multi
tude Of ways. Telltale remarks
~ and actions reveal us at every
turn. and our personal friends are not
the only ones who have found US out.
The astute dressmaker knows US, II
we are the ''clinging vine" type. and the
keen-Sisaged milliner has seen our sort
before. and either one of them will ad-
NIT that the proper study of her chosen
profession is woman, and neither hats
nor dresses.
The woman without mind is an
easy prey for the shopkeeper. and the
parsimonious butcher has marked her
for his own.
1t is altogether possible to put your
finger upon this creature, even If you
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Even the best educated people become
rusty. and in this way renew their
studies. growing young again in this
companionship.
OF all persons in the world. mother
is the one to come to FOR consultation
and inquiry. Fix this point early and
indelibly. Great harm may be done
otherwise when the child goes to
school. since much unsettling infor-
nation gets abroad when children OF
miscellaneous types and environments
are brought into close communication.
Invite the confidence OF your children.
Do not ridicule. scorn or blame. but
listen patiently and then IN kindness
and consideration straighten out the
tangles. leaving nothing but truth to
take root Take care not TO offend the
feelings or blunt the sensibilities.
Childhood should never be made to
shrink
Above ALL never tell the child an un-
truth. 1t is not always advisable to
communicate the whole OF truth, but
let whatever fraction is furnished be
subject to no withdrawal later To find
one has been deceived wilfully Is to de-
stroy all further confidence and trust,
a loss no mother can afford and a wrong
which shoulG be perpetrated against no
child. Mother said So" should be the
highest and all-convincing testimony on
any matter. Her word. because II In
variably is the truth, must settle every
controversy with fnality.
1t Is supercilious to tell a child that
'he would not understand" Most topics
can be handled IN very simple words
The difficulty really Is to seem 10 ex-
plain clearly what in reality you do not
wish the child to understand. Even this
by forethought can be done. however
Methods have been happily changed
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AS Directed

" HE editor stopped reading and
pressed a button. The person
- wanted entered.
Here" said the editor, ''are vari-
Gus directions from outsiders as 10
See that they are carried out
And the office boy carried them out
in a large scrap-basket.
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/. NO. chivalry
is not dead-only
sleeping. or in a
very eager search
for the latest
sporting news. At
least it exists in
a state Of coma,
for the members
of the Amalga-
mated Associa-
ton of Strap
ndl46 CA . .
and grow in num-
bers-and In a
callous condition
of the palm. l
refer to t h e
swaying, cling
ing mass OF
femininity in the
street cars-the
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since the present
mothers were small
investiga { or s. A
saner view Of So
cial problems and
wholesome devel-
o p N . n { h a 8
taught Us that ig-
norance Is not in
nocence. and that
knowledge of nat
ural laws is the
best weapon OF de-
fense-
Those who have.
devoted themselves
10 child study have
found very beauti-
full ways Of salts
flying little minds
on the most deli
c a { e questions.
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