The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-13
"She Drives Her Husband to Work
More and Moro and More"

"She Drives Her Husband to Work
More and Moro and More"
rope is fiery, impulsive, alluring in
her youth, but she ages quickly and
becomes clumsy and heavy Of figure.
The Frenchwoman, like the Viennese,
Is more slender than the Englishwom-
an and has easy, birdlike movements
and a 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 oma possesses
zone of these types of intelligence. She
looks out with a 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 1t is Europe that Is copied,
and tho 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
we'll as the physical form she knows
nothing. She just dresses. And here
is where her lack of i~ndividualism 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, n the women are the
first to remember these words. Fur.
thermore, they remember them SO
we'll that they kill a real home life.
Praise for American Man.
America is lacking in what we in
Europe call culture, but it 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 a 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 m This is not only the
case in society, but also where women
work with men in ar office.
But even ii he never forgets the
manners OF a 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-1t
is uninte!ligent. 1t is only an entic
ing figure. a slender waist, a fine neck
with a peach complexion often pro
duced with the help OF the beauty
doctor and his connections.
In spite Of the golden throne tina,
the American man has set up for the
American woman, in spite of the car
pet of alteration and standardization
he has spread out for her, she remains
IN the same class as the harem WON
an. One has a feeling that she has
been forgotten as a human being.
Rich Woman Criticized.
The rich American woman is no,
hampered. On the contrary she is
freer than any other woman. She Is
not kept down merely to home duties
or motherhood. She chooses the lat
ter as she pleases and the man &C
qu1esces. Yet she is In his house fol
his pleasure, his enjoyment, his lux
ury.
She wants money. She drives he
husband to work, work more ant
more and more. She wants to traye
just as much as the next mans wife
! she wants just as expensive a dres,
as other women she knows, and sh,
wants just as fine an apartment a,
her friends.
She wants to reach the highest run,
on the social ladder, higher than he,
friends, so she constantly command,
her husband to earn, earl more
: work, work more!"
i. And the husband does. It deprive,
: him of all the opportunities and Of al
l the time to complete his education, tt
: enjoy reading or to travel. He e1e
Yates her above himself and cuts thu
intellectual tie between them.
This is nothing to her. All sh,
wants is that he give her fine dresses
adorn her with jewelry, provide he,
with all that life has to offer.
Have Their Own Secrets.
But an American married couple d,
not possess each other as We in Eu
rope think that married people ough
to. Here the woman knows nothin,
OF the mans thoughts, his business
his plans, his difficulties. She ia sal
isfled without knowing.
J. This Ia the greatest danger TO