The evening world., 1910-12-22
''Modern Woman Studies
Morals More, Manners
L~ess-Thinks More of
Other People Than of
Being Ladylike."
So Declares Miss Kcegan,
Who Describes "Lady"
of Past as "Hopslessly
Selfish; a Soft, Purry,
Scratchy Cof."
by Marguerite Mooers Marshall.

What Is n lady?
A sufrragette isn't. according to the
League for the Civic Education of
Women. They said so after they were
vtsited the other day by Miss Mary
keegan. a pretty English woman who's
written plays and gone to prison for
votes for women.
'And l tried to. be on my very, best
behavior" r~uefully remarked Miss Kee-
gan when she heard how sentence had
been passed.
Never mind l consoled; 'just ysu
tell me what is your idea OF a lady Of
to-day"
Miss Keegan's face frightened to the
normal expression OF a pair of merry
blue eyes and a mouth with turned-up
corncrs. 1.-The modern lady, she de-
clsred, with evident enthusiasm, is
really so very much finer than the old
time conception. Because the lady of
to-day is a person vino thinks more OF
other people than she does OF being
ladylike.
'The lady OF the Victorian age was
simply hopelessly, helplessly selfish.
This 'old-time lady was like nothing
else In the world so much as n cat-a
nice. soft. purry. scratchy cat. She
loved to lie on a soft cushion by the fire
and drink cream, and when she was
petted she would purr and when they
forgot her cream she would scratch. She
was very dainty and neat and orna-
mental-and she d!dn't do as much good
as a cat. which spends some OF its time
catching mice.
Must Be self-Supporting.
PERSONALLY. / do not consider "a mod
ern woman is a lady-all that is nnest
and highest In wo~manhood-if she Is
dependent On anybody by her " tree
Will. l do not think IA woman has any
real choice between permitting her near
est relative to support Ler and going
out to work for herself. Formerly II
was considered that no gentleman could
work. Now even wealthy men are held
economically responsible for their eN-
istence by the force Of public opinion.
The timo is ccmins when the woman
who IS. a parasite. even on her father
or brother or husband. will be held to
be no lady"
"Ho wdo you think the ethics OF the
twentieth century lady compar with
those OF her prcdecessors?'
Tho modern lady thinks more
OF morals y lcss OF
The chief concern OF the lady Of
che Victorian ago included the
proper angle to hold O fan, the ex-
act degree OF AVAILABILITY to show
60 ones dinner partner, the pre-
else height to lift q train. The
modern lady II not mannerless, as
Some Of her critics asune, but sho
IL interested in 30 many moro i'm
portant things. And she gives q
mans confederation TO certain viz
tues, which she once never thought
Of. The lady OF to-day Is truthful,
broad-minded, generous and loyal"
81 will admit tha the lady OF to-day
belongs to the generation that rebels.
But she Is only In a state of transition.
and she has made a definite advance
from her position In the past, that OF
negative submission.
Romance In Reality.
do you think the modern lady stfll
finds romance in life?'
''She fnds the Test sort OF romance
which is reality" Miss KeeSan eN-
claimed warmly, Her poetry of life
is the most beautiful OF al ~poetry-eX-
quisite prose. the reai thing.
'The lady OF to-day. with her d.! ect,
sincere outlook, is discovering the real
chivairy in men, that speaks In deeds
rather than in words. The man OF
the Victorian age was continually att!-
tudinizing his gal!antry and courtesy,
Actually he vas giving women the
shadow Of consideration for the SUBJ
stance OF justice.
To-day men are at last beginning to
show us real respect. real admiration,
real service. Why, in our suffrage
working sido by side with the women.
You know now hat no woman Is per-
mltted by police guards to come any
where near "A cabinet minister, So Il
was a man who horscwhipped Winston
Churchill. When one woman ! know
was In prison her husband joined IN
a rush against Parliament and WAS
thrown downstairs and broke his knee
I. cap. Even the policemen WHO have to
/ arrest Us wear our colors, and are jus,
! as nice to MS as they can be-perfecI
dearg"
Has a Sense Of Hunor.
And Miss Keegan has been arrested by
a London bobby" so she ought tC
know! AS she paused in rapt contcm'
,lation of him, ! ventuced to remarh
that perhaps the very greatest deficiency
OF the old-tlme lady had been her lach
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