Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-12
Outside Point of VIEW

Outside Point of View
The resident OF the. Atlantic sea-
board who does his travelling eastward
toward Paris misses the opportunity Of
learning that the far-western woman
dresses with a much taste and : win
somely as women anywhere. Her talk
is entertaining and witty She has ali
the better ones of those qualities which
are commonly spoken of as breezy She
discusses politics. a part OF every west
erner's religion. She knows the vital
themes Of the daI--and this without
apparent neglect of children or family
responsibilities. She has inherited the
spirit Of her pioneer ancestors. CHAR
acter building race that had the saw
ing grace Of hunor. The culture Of the
average western home has not infre-
quen-ly surprised the guest from Phila-
delp!lia or Boston-no. in Denver,
Portland. or Los Angeles. where one
expects to find finish. but in Cheyenne.
Fargo and Helena. The cowboy con-
auered the Indian; the school teacher
has conquered the cowboy. and he soon
will have bowed his way out of the
overworked pages Of fiction. His lariat
is skipping rope for children. with
present more full Of vitality and a fu-
ture more full of promise than that
of the average child In the more
crowded east SO writes one of The
editors Of Golfers.
Not so long ago. one Of the up-to-
date lawyers OF Iowa made the fol-
lowing remarks: II take regularly
four daily papers. I'll confess I don't
read them. All do is 10 skim them.
But ! take al of these dailies home
and my wife reads them. some sub
ject was mentiornd az home the other
evening. and to my surprise my wife
advised me 10 read the editorial page Of
the Since then have and do
YOU know. that I have jast found out
my Wife i actuallv better posted on
Iowa subjects than I am. She has been
reading and I've been skimming." This
scribe wishes he could congratulated
the three Interested parties. First the
LAWYER that is not ashamed to own
up secondly the wife that has post
ed" herself. and thirdly the editors Of
:he paper mentioned.
And nut now comes to mind another
case, this time Of 4 farmers daughter.
an Iowa farmers daughter that mar
ried farmer. but both moved to town
about the time the children began to
attend school The man became very
busy in town. worked hard and his
reading was that OF a cry tired man.
every evening "glancing" over the town
daily. But the wife read" that daily
clear thru. Perhaps she read the deaths
and maria ges first. then society news
and then she read the paper thru"
She also "read thru" the Woman's -
She Joined a reading club. She actually
attended the missionary meetings OF the
church. And about this time. the chill
dren began to bring their books home
from school, and her evenings were
many times occupied in helping the
children get their lessons for the next
day. Gradually those children brought
home books and questions that re-
CURED study and thought on the part
of the mother. and pride made her get
the lesson In reality she took a
graduate course from the coun-
try schoolhouse, all the education she
ever had. Meanwhile the husband
"skimmed." "glanced" over the papers.
The result is today she's we'll posted.
better educated woman that some OF
our young women college graduates.
The man is above the average reader
Of daily papers, but when the boy asks
one Of those unexpected questions at
the family table. we'll the mother an
swers as frequently as the father.
And now follows the point OF ali this.
We lords Of creation" must immedi-
ately adopt and assume the attitude
and action of the lawyer heretofore
mentioned or we're going to get left. +"
In fact some Of US have got left" If
you doubt this statement. start some
thing" at the next sensible gathering
you find yourself 1t will be just as
well to listen while. OF course you'll
hear a lot OF foolishness from several
women present. but you will also hear
some talk that will cause you to "sit
up and take notice" Also notice how
many men present are silent and look
wise. ITO close these few remarks"
it should be added the writer has no
sympathy with women's rights 80 call
ed, doesn't believe in woman suffrage
is too lod to indulge now or elsewhere
in the 'taffy act" but claims to be able
to see remarkable change going on in
the education of the sexes. After all
it's a matter OF general congratulation.
The next and coming generation will
get the benent Of this mothers educa-
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