The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20

by your leave effect. We knew ne were
usurpers in mans realm and tWe couldn z
help showing n. All that. ! observe. u
changed.
You act az q you were the captain Of
your soul, an the poet says. You get up,
put on your hat. nonchalantly toas word
TO the ONCE boy that YOU will not be hack
for an hour and a half and stroll out
just like a man. In my day Il was differ
ent. We said: Please cir. by your leave -
on. Of course. have privileges, began
That's the very point laughed her
friend. You have privileges just like a
man. That's one OF the changes l am
We'll. what has all this 10 do With your
statement that man - on the way to the
ash heapf'
ia has everything in the world to do
with IL. responded the married woman.
as she watched the waiter remove their
before them. You Sc. man 10 like a
person whose attention 10 being distracted
by a hubbub In one direction while hrs
valuables are bsing quietly and deftly
appropriated IN another. The suffrA-
eettes are heating the tomtons but IL
Handy Andy act. While they keep his
attention fixed upon his beloved vote
the business woman 70 quietly and With
out any fuss apr-rr.riating one after
nOuOfMntN
prsroGatives. and one Of these DAYS Mr.
Man N going 10 wake up to find himself
down and out
The spinster burst out laughing.
For instancef' she said
On. there are plenty Of instances vas
the reply What about the hank YOU
were telling me Of that IL replacing all
men stenographsrs by wOmenS"
Probably the men have all got better
jobs, suggested the spinster AiriIy
AL Al L.
for the cOnveniencs Of men that dear old
Wall street nov has q candy shop right
In the midst OF the bankers and brokeruP"
aueried the married woman narusattnallv
You don't read the signs % the times.
or you'd perceive that this part Of town,
once the most stag spot in the city. has
taken on q distinctly feminine aspS.rt.
In my day We couldn't buy anything
more personal than a shoestring In tAlia paTf
Of the town. We had 20 make a Wild rush
for the shopping district after once hours
and usually arrived just IA the stores were
closing. And now you can stroll out and
buy anything from a pair Of shoes 70 a
lace scarf right under the moss of the
- ons of the great masoulins stronghold,
the very manifest institution in the world.
Its wonderful. and oFninousl WHY,
IL thess enOroa0hments keep on, In ten
years more thers1l be women on the ioor
9, ne ,, sI,GSn ~ -. ne gender OF Wall
I'm glad you are 90 sang'Iine. aAid the
splnstsr dTyiy.
The ma.Tisd woman Scarcely heard her.
for another contrast had como mao hsr
mind.
"hayO you happened 70 noeics tba
subtle AR o. social equality that has OTspt
Into the business relation % men and
wOmon1' she asked Ten yaaFs aWo q
man might have recognised In a business
woman q social equal, but he vas rarely
bold enough % come night out and show
lG To-day there are q Eoodly number Of
business women who are ss socially smart
a. THAR employers and are truatSd with
thu same frank recognition given 10 .
world
There 10 some truth n =ssss S0i say
admitted the spinster. NOW that Won
pnll my attention Co Il. I realize that the
business atmosphere IN q trihs more
halrny than u Was tan yaars AgD. hut
don't 49, yet what you mean by saying
that man i on his way IN the ash heap
The married woman swallowed her last
drop ~ coffee and looked Wtes
-Of courss. -hs eKplained tentatively
-the ash heap 10 q figure Of speech.-
Her Companiu1 notboed.
ITS Whsre things 50 whsn they are no