The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-30

United States. which. to a European,
seems most admirable. Her richer
sister has a maid and footman. in
Europe; she has a nation in attend.
ance. I'm society she holds a court,
with every man listening to- her, de-
f"rring to her. rejecting her. Per-
haps the American woman nay he
unconsriously eNacting at times-it is
the penalty of absolute monarchy:
perhaps tho men exceed in Difference
when they allow the woman to read
for G and think for them in ev-
"rything except politics-this il the
drawback of hereditary loyalty. The
American queen might complete an
almost perfection by granting her
subjects an occasional experience of
equality. pom which they would
never think Of trading. Perhaps the
American loyalist might do his ruler
true service and safeguard her from
Se1tishnoss by an occasional and quite
limited assertion of the rights of man.
1t remains. however. that it must be
good for a strong and restless people
to be possessed with noble ideals of
woman. and from tho poorest to the
highest man to he engaged and sworn
into hcr service. Tho woman cult i'm
the states is in itself a civilization
and mex door to a religion"
h London ""rimeS'' has been suf-
friently Interested i'm tho subject to
publish a number of articles upon
tho American woman. One article is
gwen to n comparison between Eng
liSh and American girls. i'm which the
writer. whose name is not given. says
of he western girl:
Her conversation is usual brill
liant, especially as she always possess
Scs that sense of duty to herself and
her hostess which causes her tn exert
every faculty in order to show her
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has the infinite capacity for taking
pains in her dress. which amounts i'm
this case to positive genius. Her
English sister. with considerably
more natural possibilities. such as
complexion. hair. and general health.
lacks the realization as a duty of good
dressing. with that attention tn small
details which go so far to max up
the general appearance of a WE'LL
dressed m
ut Is Il curious and notable fact
that in the greatest democracy in the
world tho trend of feeling is far more
~tndividualistic and local than collcc-
tive and national. There are very
few links, usually none. etween the
American girl and her frllow-citizcn.
She has her WI set. but the lower
rlasscs--So tertncd--hardly come
within her horizon: at any rate. far
less so than is the case with her Eng
liSh sister. in whom the fcudal idea
is so strongly implanted that the
wcll-heing of those who were and arc
still more or less subordinate is Il
matter of genuine concern.
"Ry nature. the American girl is
colder and less emotional than the
English girl. and her attitude to-
wards men is II of unfailing good
comradcship. Yet. at the same time,
women are considered as a race apart
who must he placed upon a pedestal
and propitiatcd by much attention
and MANY offerings.
I'm England. before marriage the
man II the girl see comparatively
little of each other. but after mar
riage the common life is d necessity |
and the woman must be prepared to
study his interests and to make them
more or less her own. In America.
before marriage the man n the girl
are excellent friends and comrades,
enjoying much freedom in their in
%tercourse; after marriage the two
seem to lead separate lives. The man
is wholly wrapped up in his business.
and the IN when her work in
the house is over, devotes most OF her
energies to the pursuit of social pleas
urcs. In fact. they cannot really he
said TO lead "a romno life. To a
large extent his is the mans fault.
for he. as a rule. considers his wife
such Il delicate subject thai she is, so
to speak, put under a glass case. and
all cares and worries. and even right
full responsibilities. are carefully kept
! from her.
Ssh takes no active part in the
mans everyday life, for she is often
completely ignorant Of the financial
| position. and is absolutely dependent
upon him for every penny. The idea
of marriag e settlements or adefinite
allowance Is ahhorrent to the Ameri-
can mind, and yet. when all is said
and done. the American woman. with
all her independence. is the most de-
pendent of women. for is not he who
holds the pursc-strings, after all, her
real master?
"1n no other country docs one feel
So profoundly that women are what
men have made them. 1t is probable
that the large number of divorces in
; America are due to the unconscious
desire on the part of wonen to find
n real partner and comrade in life,
instead of tho mere financial agent
tina, tho average American man is
contnnted to be-" =.
With all this great variety of eX-
preston. in regard tn the women of
our country. one conclusion may be
deduccd. The woman question: in
its large meaning. not in its minor
political s~ignitication, is II vital sub
iect. and is not confined to II one
land, but is the expression Of n dis
tinct forward movement in civiliza-
! ton. and, whether or not any par
/ ticular individual is interested and
sympathetic. or critical and annoyed.
the movement will go on Just the
same. If it results in more intelli-
! gence. more ability, more strength
and power. even more independence.
society will he so much the richer by
70. .,-t -r -,o,,o, hoe ,.aI11I- oairnI I
OLD MAN WANTS WIFE.
Minneapolis. Jan. ga. w. Graves.
aged IS. who says he mn from
Peterson. Mimi. wants a wife and to
obtain one he is advertising in local
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