Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-26
"She Drives Her Husband to Work
More and More and More"

ner youth, but she ages quickly ant
becomes clumsy and heavy of figure
The Frenchwoman, like the Viennese
is more slender than the EngIishwom
an and has easy, birdlike movements
and mobile face.
The French and Scandinavian WON
en- are the finest intellectual types OF
Europe; but their intelligence is diff
ferent-the northerner is deep, slow
laborious. given to wrestling with
| problems; the Gallo woman IS quick
speedy. calculating and spiritual
The American woman possesses
none of these types of intelligence. She
| looks out with clear eye and is prac-
| tical-much more practical than
aesthetic. What other woman in all
the world would wear such ugly shoes
as she does, although they are the
most convenient? Who would wear
such abominable hats with uncalled-
for plumages? The American woman
dresses with taste-that cannot be de-
nied-but it is Europe that is copied,
and the Anglo-Saxon style, SO 1t is not
individual.
She knows how to dress extensively,
is up to date, European, original, but
whether the dress fits the spiritual as
well as the physical form she knows
nothing. She just dresses. And here
is where her lack of individualism is
apparent.
At first it is incredible, but when
you begin to know New York it dawns
upon you that the declaration OF lib
erty is only: The best is to be re-
served for me-"
Mind your own business" is written
ten around the helmet of the statue
OF Liberty, and the women are the
first to remember these words. Fur
thermore. they remember them SO
well that they kill real home life.
Praise for American Man.
America is lacking in what we IN
Europe call culture. but 1T has what
We with all our proud possessions OF
art. literature and music, we with all
our history and all our genealogical
pride do not as yet possess-a cult
waited man.
You always feel safe in the COM
pany of man of the American cul- |
tivated class. He has too much re- |
spect for himself and his own man.
hood to allow any brutality to appear |
toward women. This is not only the
case in society, but also where women
work with men in an office.
But even If he never forgets the |
manners of gentleman, the question
remains: HAS the gentlewoman the
right to try him so severely"
The flirting of the American woman
lacks refinement. 1t has nothing of
the femme" of the Parisienne, moth
ing of the esprit of the Viennese-it
is unintelligent 1t is only an entic-
ing figure, slender waist. a fine neck
with a peach complexion often pro-
duced with the help of the beauty
doctor and his concoctions.
In spite of the golden throne that
the American man has set up for the
American woman, in spite of the car
pet Of alteration and standardization
ne has spread out for her, she remains
In the same class as the harem wom-
an. One has feeling that she has
been forgotten as human being.
Rich Woman Criticized.
The rich American woman Is not
On the contrary she is h
'reer than any other woman. She is
not kept down merely to home duties
Or motherhood. She chooses the lat
.er as she pleases and the man ac-
luiesces. Yet she is in his house for
lis pleasure, his enjoyment. his lux
Try. [
She wants money. She drives her /
husband to work, work more and
more and more. She wants to travel |
ust as much as the next mans wife, /
he warts just as expensive dress /,
is other women she knows, and she s
wants just as fine an apartment as
Ter friends. FL
She wants to reach the highest rung /
n the social ladder. higher than her 4
riends, SO she constantly commands Q
er husband to earn, earn more;
york, work morel IF
And the husband does 1t deprives | r
i'm of all the opportunities and of all s
lie time to complete his education. to
njoy reading or to travel He ele-
ates her above himself and cuts the
ltellectual tie between them.
This is nothing to her. All she :,
ants is that he give her fine dresses. !
iorn her with jewelry. provide her
it'll all that life has to offer.
Have Their Own Secrets.
But an American married couple do
1T possess each other as we in Eu-
'pe think that married people ought
. Here the woman knows nothing o
the mans thoughts. his business.
s plans. his difficulties. she is Aat-
fed without knowing. e
'rssz is the greatest danger for Z