The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16
A Sander on Woman.

months-old child to the tender mercies of an ignorant maid, and, dressed according to the dictates of this higher civilization, so she suffers every time she draws long breath, she will ride around fondling a Pomeranian pup Wha wrote that? Some English newspaper man7 Or is 1t . passage from the new book of some foreign tourists who spent two weeks in New York city and Boston Studying the Americans? Strange to say, the excerpt is from a New York newspaper. Mind you, the writer does not say "some American women'' nor ''the wo- | men of the Four Hundred" leaving the 1 inference that his characterization ap- plies to the average American woman. Which Is . patent slander. The average woman of this country
 does not neglect nor desert her child in order to parade with . pup. 1 On the contrary l The average American wife and mother | not only yearns to have children of her ] own, but her devotion to her flesh and
 blood s limited only by her physical
 strength and heart power. 1 The American woman lavishes love on her offspring and stints and sacrifices herself for the sake of her little ones as much as any woman of any nation on
 
 1 the earth.
 Of course we have freak women | And in many communities there arc l American women who, through mistaken
 devotion to public service or desire for
 society, somewhat neglect their children
 for attendance upon women's clubs or | lodges or what not But Think of it!
 | Does the description printed above fit your wife or mother or sister or daugh- l ter. MT. Man? Or does the description fit I the wife or mother or daughter or sister | of any man in your immediate neighbor- hood?
 The average American woman of the
 average community Is the salt of tho i earth. No woman on this earthly root
 stool makes 8 better mother. 1 Your mother and mine-God bless theml
 need no vindication from the islander
 of a provincial and unpatriotio New York ] writer who does not know what he Is 1 talking about
 But 1t stirs ons's righteous blood to read
 this reflection on the beautiful name of l tho American woman. A Success Story. l It is . long cry from redskin's tepee l to membership in the United States sen- I ate.
 l Of the many 'ssuccesT' stories now cur rent this one about Senator Charles H. 1 Curtis is surely worth the retelling. l Whom the civil war broke out Curtis
 was . year-old Indian papoose tied to a board and slanted up against the center
 pole of . wigwam of the Kaw tribe. Ills mother was 2 sQuaw of the kaws | and his father . white man. 1 The mother died when Curtis was l years old. The boy lived with his Grand father Curtis at Topeka. | Used to the free. open spaces. the In- l dian youth was Nike . cagsd animal. He played truant at every chance. He ran
 away from his books and began selling
 newspapers and shining shoes for . live Nhood.
 Young Curtis was accustomed to loaf l about q certain racing stable, where he i came to be a jockey. He was daring
 rider and won many races. l One day Curtis was the mount of @
 vicious horse that flew the track and
 threw his rider against . high board fence. That came near ending the boy's $ l life It ended his racing career. Afterward he became a hack driver and ], at the same time got an appetite for an
 education.
 In this respect Curtis was like that
 other brilliant senator, Thurston of Ne
 brssks. who got his education while driv- l ing an Omaha hack. Studying law when he was not collect | ing fares Curtis was admitted to the bar l when he was only z7. At A he was coun- ty prosecutor.
 He went after criminals as the Kaws used to 10 after the Chsyennes. Wlthal he read everything worth while,
 and hs is today an unusually well edu- catsd man.
 He ran for Congress and failed the first ums. His next oarnpaign was suc- cessfui, and its whirlw1nd character is | tradition to this day. He served three terms in conyrsss and than went to the 0enaAa. Curtis is . streus rartisAn, but bril- liant man, and has devotsd faithful sf- forts toward tho bsttsrment of his rnoth- ere peouie, The much abused and long ohAaksA Indian has an sioauant champion iu osy4is.
 Ysuas rnao- Don't ssy you havs no chance. What ohanoe haA the orphan half-brsed who a4 U knsw only ths unosuth speech ef an InAian Ale1eete Iu the bs3ght laa1eon of youth cd 1s- tarmlna<isa n ed lApe< hAAk may hs . unlReguity,
 Crying Dshies. Fhey took the baby to chHB6h. M to vesv unusual h ths slty to ta1rs beby Ap tha church. and the baby, or dipapslY gnod hnnorad, began to be fret 06 an1 sgpsk Ue ltd net lihe hls sus-