Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-27
MANA BUFFER

"Old woman, old woman. old woman,
said |,
WHITTIER, o whittier. @ whittier $,
high 4"
ITO sweep the cobwebs off the sky.
And | will be with you. bye and bye.
AS ] read this classic. 1t seemed t,
dawn upon me that this Easter edi
ton waved II beckoned me TO tax.
a swipe at one huge dangling cobweb
that for centuries had hung owe
woman.
| All over this land today male mer
Will fill newspapers with jokes or
Easter bonnets and hats.
Woman's extravaganza will form
the theme of many supposedly funny
paragraphs. Perhaps in all this coun-
try the Albuquerque Morning Journal
which has a circulation of 1000 COP.
ies) edited by Albuquerque women
viii be the only paper thai will con-
tain TO such allusion, and will offer
opportunity for woman's defense: nay,
more. for the exposure of that great
est of all living bluffers-man, who
for centuries has covered his own
ffallties and extravagances by at
%tributing them to woman.
Woman's curiosity, woman's talka-
%tiveness. and above all. woman's ex-
travagances. has been the sweet NOR
sci he loved to roll under his tongue.
So repeatedly have we heard and
read of this thai we wonder we were
not ourselves convinced of the charg-
es.
Bnt our knowledge of history has
saved us; not only history, but biology.
The history of all species bears out
our statement.
Is IL not the male bird who struts
around in most gorgeous attire. sing
ing and doing all the stunts To attract
attention to himself, while his plain
little mate sits quietly at home look
ing after the babies?
Now, my sisters. wouldn't that bring
forcibly to your mind some men YOU
have known?
Did not the prehistoric man bedeck
himself in all the finery he could
lay hands upon. making for himself
necklaces of bone and ivory? Didn't
he strut around in furs, most likely
sealskin, and then taking his bow
and arrows go off on hunting trips,
while our foremothers, poor things,
in the smoky old cave and
the furniture and hustled
generally so they might keep
No furs for mama until papa
had all he wished.
wv NAtAAA IN atA0NAAt " ttAiAS
ex%travagant, which is the only good
word we can say for him. He seemed
to be such a weak man. doing things
and then blaming his wife-howeVer,
his taste in dress seems TO have been
and transformations
The history OF early civilization
shows us that the Egyption. Assyrian
and Babylonian kings bestowed most
their time and attention upon their
adornment. The boards were so
carefully and. / presume they
.housht. beautifully arranged. that it
must have taken hours, and they must
lave endured fortunes with the curl
ng iron in the hands of professional
dressers. They even dyed them
gold and braided gold threads into
hem. In the middle ages boards
we're so deliberately dressed that they !
to wear wadded beard caps to
leep them from getting mussed al
light.
Vanity. Vanity Thy name is
IAN.
And this. my sisters. Is the strong
nan for whom we are supposed 10
axe a back seat because, forsooth. h
las brains.
Even wal was a signal for all kinds
4 extravaganza.
They literally dressed 70 Kill and
he saying has come down to Us
through the ages.
And yet they call Us vain and ex-
.raNagant'
Al the meeting Of Henry VIII. and
!. OF France. the Frcnchmcn
tells us put all their estates
their backs 10 rival the jewciled
atins and Nelvets OF the English.
o extraNagant was the display tina,
"a Enrrs rranrnI rtra4 49,. - -
ONE dow TO us through history as
he Field OF the Cloth OF Gold
No mention is made. my sisters. Of