The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-03-18
The Mannish Woman, and the Woman
iSh Man.

I doesn't take a person of very keen OBJ
servatlon to note the great change which
has occurred In the matter and manner of
"fashions for men, and the magazines which
were formerly devoted exclusively to the
''styles for women" have, after several tenta-
tive and modest efforts, finally adopted a sec
tlon Tor men, and we have notes on the latest
things IN vests, ties, socks and other haber-
dashery. We are shown the newest wrinkle
In the Improvement belt" for men, which is
nothing more nor less than masculine cor
set We are shown pictures of dinky little
coats that 60 In at the waist, spring out over
the hips, droop on the shoulders, and are as
"strai ght- front" as ever the corseted figure
Of woman could be.
On the other hand, we have been treated to
some recent photographs of the successor to
the militant" woman who had been burning
and destroying, melting to riot, doing stunts
to keep her In the public mind and make Of
her, collectively, a buga-boo that would
eventually get her what she was doing the
stunts to get-namely, the ballot.
The mannish woman, as an offset to the
womanish man, is making hybred product
which will be the wonder of the ages to
come. The mems fashions are showing so
keenly and plainly the tendency to feminine
frlppery, and the mannish coats, short hair,
ing toward the masculine, one is prepared
for the topsy-turvey conditions which are
known to exist and which primarily had their
origin IN the crazy agitation for the vote.
The recent conventions which have been
held IN many of the larger cities, to promote
better understanding between the teachers Of
the public school, and the parents of the
pupils therein, have resulted in some very
outspoken opinions by those in position to
know whereof they speak-the teachers. In
nearly every instance, the woman whose paper
excited the strongest approval and interest,
was the woman who had given thought to the
child question, and who had at her finger tips,
the statistics which proved her points.
Truancy was one of the great problems to
be discussed, and one woman teacher said it
was amazing to know of the utter lack of
knowledge some parents had of their children,
once they had fed and dressed them for
school, In some instances, boys and girls had
absented themselves day after day, and when
inquiry was made at their homes, the parents
were dumbfounded to learn of this delin-
quency on the part of the children, and in
some instances absolutely refused to believe
it, until the indisputable facts were laid be-
fore them.
The lack of interest was felt in other ways.
The unpreparedness of many Of the pupils,
showing the lack of home study, retarded the
advance of many children of parents of the
better class-parents who had the time and
the brain to aid their children, but who re-
fused to be bothered, and whose excuse was
that the child should not be given any work
for home, and the hours of study should be
confined to the school.
In other instances, it was shown that
parents had little interest in the personality
of any with whom the child came in touch,
while from home, and making the trip to and
from school The Mmovie0 theater had been,