Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
WHAT is POOR WOMAN TO DO?
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Says She is
Self Conferred.
HER SYSTEMATIC LIFE TO BLAME
Occupation and Amusements Keep
Her Independent OF Mere Man
and CeaseIessIy Active
at Work.

~ ANaAs
1 at Work.
"The American woman Is the most self
conferred creature In the world" Is the
opinion OF Mrs. Wilson Woodrow expressed
in another chapter OF her discussion OF the
foibles Of the sex in the current Delineator.
The reason, she says, that the American
woman ~unflaggingly keeps up her amuse-
ments independent OF mar lies in her en-
ergy and her restlessness. In the flrst
place, she realizes quite clearly that her
husband will not participate in the various
pursuits which take up her daytime hours.
What Is she to do? She is extremely
systematic and executives; her household
affairs are quickly administered HOW
then, is she to occupy her time? she can
not possibly spend a morning IN the
flower-garden shipping dead blossoms from
their stems and finding excitement III TURN
ing innumerabie leaves in the quest lot q
possible slug, after the manner OF her
English sisters.
Neither can she put in her time manu-
featuring wonderful blouses and DAINTY
neckvear and lingerie from carefully pre-
served and exquisitely mended DTS Oh lace
as does the Frenchwoman Nor can she
OCCuDY nATHElL blbNAAnf 6@RN6f
and darning in imitation of the German
hausfrau.
The climate, or pehraps her own tempera-
ment. drives her to a display OF ceaseless
activity; and, as she is intensely practical,
she wishes to see some tangible and def
mite result. She is enormously occupied
with the machinery OF life, and she wants
the wheels TO whiz as fast as possible. ]
have seen a woman having her hair waved
ana her hands manicured at the same time
while her secretary read aloud the cream
OF various literary journals for her en-
ployer's edificatlon.
In consequences, she lacks greatly in q
certain wistful charm Of hesitation, a dell
cate and courteous Difference. She Is 100
assured. She stands out with no softening
and mysterious shadows Just as she VIII
wear her clothes better when she torgets
that she wears them better than any
woman in the world. so she VIII be lnilh-
itely more delightful when her beloved
CULTURE becomes some integral part OF
her soul and not a banner to Haunt on
her outer walls.
she is. this American woman, the most
self-centered creature on the race OF the
earth and she would not know how not
to be assertive. 1t is a matter OF rellgloh
with her never to get off the pedestal, and
the well-trained American man dutitully
khangs thereon the yotive wreath and burns
Incense before her. She never doubts that
her proper place is the pedestal and she
takes Il for granted that you are inter-
ested solely in herself.
was travelling with the usual American
husband and wife. He. the man OF affairs
absorbed, somewhat melancholy and silent
she. restless, hard, ambitious, feverishly
pursuing some, to her, important social
campaign with a thousand side interests
1t seemed a sadly typical case. At last,
one day, when my sympathy flowed to this
lonely, neglected man, he opened his soul.
isn't Emma q ~wonder2' he chuckingly
remarked. "Tll tell you, there's one OF
tho most remarkable women on earth
She's got a head for anything. Never saw
such a head. 1 get all the fun In the world
tust watching her to see what she'll do
next And she always gets there The
insffable pride Of his tonel
The whole explanation Of the whole thing
FLASHED upon me in an instant. The bubble
burst with the report OF a motor tire. The
bond between the American husband and
wife which enables each to go his own way
with perfect satisfaction is-the game.
what gamer Why. the pursuit, interest
enthusiasm, whatever 1t may be, which
completely absorbs ones faculties. 1t Is
that respect for each others game which
creates the unseen, often unsupported, tie
between the American husband and wife.
No matter what his achievement In art
science, letters, war. they do not interest
her. He can win from her but one COM
mendation. "A good provider,"
The phrase is typically American, tinged
strongly with New Englandism- 1t repre-
sents perfectly the ideal Of the American
woman, the standard which she demands a
husband must live up to. AS he measures
to the phrase. so he is Judged. BY this he
stands or falls.
Cake Maker to Kings.
Almost daily for the last ten years there
has gone out from the pretty little home
OF Mrs. Elizabeth Lyle Wilson in Nash
vile, Tenn, a package bearing the address
OF possibly a president Of the United States
or a cabinet minister. the u-npronounceable
name OF some Russian princess, or maybe
It was England to which the package was
b~ound-direct to the court OF st. James, OF
again TO the court Of Vienna, or to some
faraway spot in South America or Aus.
tralia. Removing the neat w%rappings OF
one Of these mysterious packages, a light
wooden box, or-lf going across the water
~ a sealed tin one. Is found, inside of which
eare layers OF White tissue paper, then, be.
meath a fold Of paraffine paper. is found