The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-28
MIRANDA GIVES VIEWS
UPON WOMANS SPHERE
AND ITS LIMITATIONS
By DOROTHY DIX.

de eookin' stove, or waIzin' baby Eid
de collie. or dom sOmeIhin- else dat he
don't want 10 do I bet dat Father
Vaughn wouldn't lax 20 have a picture
Of hisseif a hoein' corn or diggin' po-
fatOes, or drivin' q fcur-horse truck IN
stead OF standin' up in de pulpit a-Orat-
in 70 women about how grand dey looks
at de wash tub
7 done thought lot about dis heah
thing dat folks talks so much about,
an dat dey calls women's sacred spear
At fust / couldn't make out what hit
was, becsZs hit looked 10 me dat any
BOdyS spear was 10 do De Wuk dat lay
closest 20 deere hand. an dat de Good
Lawd give en- de talents 10 DO, an sent
en- into de world 10 do
Hit seems lax dat hits all right for
man TO do dat way II a mans got de
OF git up on de plaJfirm an make
speeches don't nobody think dat he got
out OF his spear because he amt
bricklayer- OF q nodcarTier- Nawn dat
dev don't but when a woman what's got
brains, an talent does anythin' bur
have babies, and stew over de cOokin'
stove. den ev. ybOGy holds up dere hands
in horror, an lets out howl dat she s
done busted out Of her sacred spear.
Then She's Out
Of Her Proper Sphere
Oats what mixed ne up about dis
spear business. but 1 done hggered
hit ali out now, an L found out dat
des as long az woman does de kind
Of wuk dat z man don't want TO DO.
an dat amt got no pay to hit much,
den she's in her sacred spear, but dat
when she gifts a good Job Wild q pay
envelope to hit oats wuth tOttin home
OF a SaTu'day night den shes got OUT
OF her spear, an eVEDOdy JFEln 70
shoe her back into hit
'TaSSum, whenever man gets rSat
het M an excited about fragile fe-
male strainin' her delicate cOnstlIu-
ton by DursOOin' some career you can
Jest bet ye last dollar dat dat woman
is a-hoIdin' down some place dat he's
got his eye on for hisselt, an dat she
. me kin money hand over INST 1od
don't take notice dat no man IS
a-Iosin' any sleep becaze some woman
is a-ta kin in washin' or standir over
a cook stove OF Walkin FORTY leFeh
miles a day a-pushin' q baby peram-
s'Yassum, OATS So De only labor dat
men thinks dat women Is too feeble 70
il IF I was tO-ax for job as ponce
man everybody would shrek out DAT L
was a 20. weak feeble woman, cat
warn-t ftten by nature for de place. an
Wit I bet dat I is walked mo miles
] round an round my cook stove an
! wash tubs ev'ey day dan any cop on DE-
! beat
Ike Takes
/ Different View.
''Ef I was to AK for a place as a
/ watchmaa, ] wouldn't get hit becaZe
men would be 50 sorry to think Of a
! delicate female havin' TO endure such
\ long hours an Wit Use lost mo sleep
/ with teethin' babies dan any night
watchman has ever done a-punchin' a
| clock
| ''Yassuu, hit don't never strike Ike
dat dere's any hard wUk IN coOkin' an
washin' an ironin' an scrubbin,' and
&c only time dat he's ever moved 70
/ save me any steps IS when he says dat
/ he Jest meandeE round 70 de ladies'
/ what I does &c washin' for an collect
J oe mOEey DAT 1ey owes ne
/ -'TaSSum, I spects dat Father Vaughn
/ did make a ten strike Wild men when he
| says dat woman at de washtub is q
grand an noble sight OATS what dey
ali thinks becsze she's out OF de-e way.
an a-dOin' sOmeIhin' dat deTe amt
! enough money n tc interest dem, an
! dat dey don't want 10 90 noWsy-unIess
dsT-S Chinese. an specs dat de Chinks
I gifts VI n meetin' an PASSES resolutions
/ a-Sayi1' dat wousan's sacred spear amt
/ even IN de wash tub"