The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-02-07
WOMAN DIRECTS
HOME PURCHASES
Quick to Recognize Genius
and Sensible Men.
HER WEAKNESS AS A BUYER

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Looks Than We Have In Our Laws.
Men Alluds to Them as Weaker Yes
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copyrighted, 1914 by Thomas }. Sullivan !
Women have more strength In their
looks than we have IN our laws and
uiore power by their tears than we
have 10y our arguments Women are
quick to recognize genius and to listen
when wisdom speaks They may chat
ter In the presence uf fools, but know
aud appreciate the value of earnest.
sensible men
II Is assumed that the Almighty
made mnn Us his masterpiece. and.
cOncelted being that he Is. man accept.
ed this statement as n piece of truth.
That the earth aud al IL contains
were made for his special benefit. that
woman wns created solely for his com
fort that the sun was lnnde to give
bin light 10y day aud the moon to Ell.
able him to tnd his way home nc night.
that the heavens were hung with re-
srlendcnt curtain ~ stars aud the plan.
cts sent whlrling through spuce In
majestic dance about the god Of day
simply TO ntford him matter for won.
der and amusement ideas Of this sort
evlnce nn egotlsm that ,1n only he nc.
credited TO mau.
Masterpieces indeed Why. God
uiade man and. finding thnt he could
not take care of himself. made wO.
man Co care Of him. aud she is dis.
charging her heaven Urdahied duty In
an artistic aud capable manner.
Are Women the Weaker vssssls7
Men are fond Uf alludlng 10 women |
~ "thc weaker vessels" and Pope calls |
mnn the great lord of things" Men |
rule with rod OF Iron the creatures
or the earth the sen and the air. They |
hurl defiance In the face OF kings anu
presidents. They tread the oceans
foam beneath their feet. they harness
toe Imperial thunderbolts 10 the Jnuut.
Tug electric ear aud even succeed In
mounting the storm and flying upon
the wind. but the bravcst ~ them
tremble aud lie like Cretnns when call.
cd upon by their wives 20 explain some
Or their extavagant purchases. aud for
this reason many men delegate their
wives ns the official family shoppers"
and thereby shift the responsibility TO
them
More Good Sense Than Men.
Women have more good sense than
men. they have fewer pretensions.
are less Implicated In theories aud
Judge Of values more from their im.
mediate and involuntary Impressions ON
the mind and therefore more truly
aud naturally II Is said "men have
sight. women Insight" For these aud !
many more reasons women mngr bet. q
Ter shoppers than men.
Women regulate their purchases al. [
sethcr by the. amount they have 20 4
spend. men by the amount Of credit
they eau get. Women like 20 put their
money where it will do the most good.
men where II will make the greatest q
show. Men are usually broke" wo a
men very seldom. All OF which goes
10 show that women are the stronger
after all. l.
Women Are Prone to Bargains.
WOmans weakness rs a purchaser
lies In her pronounced susceptibility
10 bargains No man ever followed
freedoms nag for patriotism with
half the enthusiasm that woman will
rail the red. white and blue that con.
,titute the banner Of the bargain coun-
er. And therein lies her temptation.
This trait Of wOman's nature Is
by thu mail order aud retail
catalogue houses 60 the extent that
nearly all OF their misleading circulars
md pictorial catalogues are addressed
o the women. And the women. true
o their natures. respond with many
,rders go
Their Spirit Of Loyalty
But if women are prone 10 bargains
hey are also possessed with the sense .
Iud spirit OF loyalty TO their own town
md community when once they come
o a full realization OF the injury they
IRE working both TO themselves and
heir home merchants by sending their
money away 10 some large corpora
ion IN "A big city for goods that they
an buy as cheaply and OF much better
,ade AT home aud without the incon-
enlence necessitated by long delays
yhen ordering from out OF town mer-
hants.-
The Slogan Of Woman.
Women not only make the home
worth while. but they make the local
own. the countryside and the whole
0mmunity worth while. Wherever
here Is found movement on foot for
he uplift and betterment OF com
nunity interests and conditions wom-
us power and woman's influence can
lways be found behind H. Woman's
logan Is. "Purity of home, purity OF
ommunity and the h0me town and
Onle merchant forever"
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