El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-12

EkT7iE woman's cry is the l0udest
thing in the world TO-DAY" said
- r. r O'ConnOr; yes. ard the
most noteworthy"
Had the irish genius OF observation
pursued the subject he would doubt
less have added that. Ike vne Infants.
the woman cry would not cease until
she had obtained that Tor which she
cried w nat IS the trend Of feminine
psEcnoiosy2' demanded lawyer. Men
know tlat the entire sex IS In q state
OF unrest and disQuiet and dissatis-
1action. but we don't know what is in
their minds because they won't tell Us
They don't seem TO want us to know"
1naL eminent lawyer is farther from
the truth than he has ever been in
all Of his long career A woman may
not choose when she is in the sulks,
to tell her husband or father OF brother
that she Graves a new hat or gown.
Perhaps she has learned, through
many household scenes. that the sub
Jet is a sore one. Or she may not
cOnfide in him the secret that she has
Quarreled with her neighbOr. and her
reticence is justifiable. for such mis-
takes and tumults Of soul belong to
the sacred reserves, if she wishes there
to place them Men do not vaunt their
weakness nor advertise their mistakes,
and If Mrs Brown does not wish to tell
that she has had back-fence argu-
ment with Mrs. Smith, that is her own
affair.
Are Women Subtle and Secretives
But che idea that women are subtle
and secTetiVe; that they are beyond
understanding and past finding out,
mas been OYeTWOrkeC- In trivial mat
tiers, the purchase of a purple flower
for her mothers bonnet, or adding to
the allowance Of her son at college q
few dollars from her own. she may be
a bit secreuve. Granted, for sake of
argument that woman is something
Of magpie in hiding secrets of this
sort usually they are Of no more con-
sequence than the bits Of cOlOred glass
the nOn-cOmmlttal bird places IN q dark
corner and covers from prying eyes.
In regard to the large issues Of her
life a woman wants to be frank, and is.
The WOmans cry. that thread-lIke So
pranO piercing the chorus Of all the
world, is for a larger more rounded
and useful life The sum of all her
demands is to be an individual of more
worth to her family, more value to so
ciety and more satisfaction to herself
To the end Of this desired state her
cry is for a full right to her own prop
erty, whether she has earned it by her
own effort, or has earned it by help
ing and urging her husband to save it,
or whether it has been hers by the ac-
cident Of inheritance.
The cry Of woman is for an equal
standard Of morality for the sexes.
living. She does not want to bear alone
the white banner of chastity. She
wants to see the man Of her affection
marching beside her in the path OF
purity She wants TO wreck the fool
ish old traditions of license in conduct
for the other sex. to Overturn all the
barbados Of privilege and preroga-
tive by which he has defended his dali
lance along the broad way.
Devices That Make Housekeeping
Easier.
Her cry is for simplified living, that
she may have time for mental growth.
She welcomes the devices that make
housekeeping a briefer and easier task.
She wants housekeeping to become not
an absorbing, exhaUsting occupation,
but a pleasant, daily incident She
wants the kitchen to be a subordinate
element not the hub around which the
household revOlves. She wants palmer
eating and better thinking. She cries
for this because it viii give her more
time to read time to reflect, time to
talk with her family about more vital
matters than beefsteak and fried pota-
toes. She wants to develop the new
art for women, self-reliance. She begs