Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-02

cashierL' desks.
On the other hand, women are born
smugslers. and count It unto themselves
fer rieh eousness when they can chea. the
government out of the price Of postage
stamp, The majority of them see moth
ing reprehensible in bribery to a.d a good
cause.
The most angel-faced maiden can tell a
Perfect whopper of a fib without batting
an eye. Few women have any sens ct
the sacredness of their pledged word and
mothers In Israel. whose virtue is as in
corruptible as the Ten Commandment
have no hesitation in using the arts and
wles OF n Delilah to get what t.ey
want from men.
Men profess to find this curious lop-
sided feminine code of ethics inexplicabl>,
but it really isn't hard to und ersta1d at
all. It's the direct result of women hav-
ing been a subject people for centuries
and centuries. until they have developed
the vices and the virtues. and the poiat
of view OF the slave.
, Until this present generation of self
supporting business women. every woman
hes been dependent on some man. She
has had to wheedle what she wanted out
lover, and the amount that she got de-
pended upon her finesse and chicansry
and skill in working him.
The only people in the world. men as
well as women who can be fearless an
frank and honest and sbove-board are
those who are financially independent
and In power, The courtier must fawl
and flatter, the suppliant affects humiI-
ity. the man whose bread and butter de-
Ponds upon his Job must seem to agree
with his employer.
That has been the case with women.
, The domestic woman has never been
given anything as her right. She has
never had any independence She may
:. do the work of half a dozen sar.ants,
>@ut she is not rated in the cens9s re-
port as among the women who follow
gainful occupations. On the contrary, she
is said to be supported" by her hus.
band. .
She has no pay envelope. She has no
money of her own. She has only what
her husband chooses TO give her, or
what she can cajole out of him, or some
times what she can get from him by
stealth by going through his pockets, or
raising money on the grocery bill.
Now experience has taught women
that the easiest way to get along with
men is by jollying them along and play
ing upon their weaknesses. and this has
made the sex adopts in all the arts Of
double dealing. Women have found that
flattery is the open sesame to men s
pocketbook's, and this has taught them
insincerity. They have daily occult evil
dence OF the fact that men actually en-
joy being bambooEled by women, and
this has made them expert liars. for
there Is small encouragement Is being
Truthful Jane In hand-me-down raiment
when Mendacious Sapphire is dressed
like Solomon in all his glory.
1t isn't fact that reflects any credit
on either sex, but It Is a fact, never
, theless, that no woman can be perfectly
truthful and frank with her husband and
keep, out of the divorce court. Said a
Irrespective mother-in-law to a bride on
her wedding eve: my dear. have just
got one piece OF advice to give you:
Never argue with John. Never try to set
3 him right when he is wrong. Just agree
with him outwardly.
You can hold your own opinion as
y much as you like. I have known three
, men Of this famlIy-my father-in-law, my
H. HSSSoho anu my sun lney nave all Doch
brutal to every woman who differed with
. them. but they are kindness itself as long
as you jolly them along. So If John says
TO you that a tree is growing upside
down. Just reply. Why, so It Is! / never
saw one grow that way before SO shall
you have peace and automobiles"
Not very exalted matrimonial plat
form on which to live. Is it9 But the
trouble with the advice Is that 1t works.
, The woman who has to flatter her hus-
Z band into giving her a new dress; who
has to bride him with a kiss for the
price OF hat; who has TO cover up what
the children do TO keep him from flying
into rage add making a scene; who has
10 fib about the price OF things TO save
herself from being reviled for her ex-
. travagsnce u hardly responsible for not
+ being strictly truthful and honest
She knows she Il being treated IN
. Justly ana unfairly. and she Is taking the
(. means that comes handiest to protect
herself.
~ When women are no longer subject
20 men; when they have political and
J financial freedom. these faults will auto
. matically correct themselves and wonai.
will be as frank. as fearless and as hon
. cradle az man They will add the Lesser
10 the greater virtues and be such women
he weird has never known before.