Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-05-01
"She Drives Her Husband to Work
s1 More and More and More"

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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.
4 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 woman possesses
none 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-
gnied-but lis Europe that is copied,
and the Anglo.Saxon style, SO It 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 indiyidualism is
apparent.
At first 1t 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. d.
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 a real home life. VI &
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 culti-
waited man. I
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 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. It has nothing OF
the femme" OF the Parisienne. moth
ing OF the esprit Of the Viennese 1t
lis unintelligent. 1t is only an entic-
ing figure, a slender waist, a fine neck
with peach complexion often pro-
duced with the help Of the beauty
doctor and his connections.
NJ 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
he has spread out for her, she remains
in the same class as the harem wom-
an. One has a feeling that she has
been forgotten as human being.
Rich Woman Criticized.
The rich American woman is not
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 ac-
quiesces. Yet she Is in his house for
his pleasure, his enjoyment, his lux.
ury. y lts.
She wants money. She drives her
husband to work, work more and
more and more. She wants to travel;
Just as. much as the next mans wife,
she wants just as expensive dress
as other women she knows, and she
wants just as fine an apartment as
her friends. r
She wants to reach the highest rung
on the social ladder, higher than her
friends, so she constantly commands
her husband to earn, earn more;
work, work more!"
And the husband does. It deprives
him of all the opportunities and of all
the time to complete his education. to
enjoy reading lor to travel. He ele-
Yates her above himself and cuts the
intellectual tie between them.
This is nothing to her. All she
wants is that he give her fine dresses,
adorn her with jewelry, provide her
with all that life has to offer.
Have Their Own Secrets.
But an American married couple do
not possess each other as we in Eu-
rope think that married people ought
to. Here the woman knows nothing
Of the mans thoughts, his business.
his plans, his difficulties. She is sat
isfied without knowing.
This is the greatest danger for