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Woman's 'J'hc Comsopolitan is running puce. artiHes by a man and a woman on the position women should occupy in the economic world. Its the same old story, womans "Sphere and all that sort of thing. There seems to be woa vigorous effort to "enfranchise man, "elevate her, "strike from her limbs the shackles forged by man and all that sort of thing. Now as a matter of fact there are not as everlasting many women who Most of want to be "enfranchised. them are satisfied with their lot. which really isnt as bad as painted. Because the authorities who assert that man holds dominion and all that sort of thing are not good. They are usually old maids, or married women whose contours aresuchthat cottonforms a good share of the ordinary make up .They are childless as a rule and childless women are always disappointed at something. This something is neverdiscovered, but they always go along through life organizing some club or association which has for an object the uplifting of women, and nights and afternoons they meet and talk about the evils which come upon the sex, because of the presence of man. It is seldom one of us poor fellows who foot the milliners bills pay the dressmaker, standoff the butcher and grocer and fight it out with the landlord, gets any credit at their hands for what he does, although that Ancient Dame, Colonel Susan B. Anthony, did condescend a day or two ago, to Poor old soul. Much she knows about man. except what she has read from her books, r life has been a stormy one and now that it is neat ly dosed she can look back over the past and ask herself what good she has done. It is true that in a few states women vote. Perhaps she helped this result. They go to the primaries and hear us rough fellows cuss each other; attend conventions where the husky and ill mannered delegate next to them expectorates on the floor, and finally vote, in most cases as their husbands. The strong minded woman never does anything her husband suggests. She goes the other way, even against her own judgment, just to show what a self willed creature she is. But to return to Colonel Anthony. She dies soon with nothing in the shape of posterity to remind us that she lived. Like Kate Field, she will sink into her 1 1 grave and be forgotten. Kate was a woman iconoclast and rattled and banged away at everything in particular all her life. Living single she acquired an acidity of temper w hich at times was by no means womanly. A good healthy husband and a set of twins would have done much to beautify her life, but she elected otherwise. The woman who makes the success in life is the one wTho adores her husband and is adored by him. Who raises a family of children and teaches their little feet the pathway of truth. 'I'ruly the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world and not that of the unsexed who mount the rostrum and urge their sisters to abandon their home ways to enter the field of politics and fight and scramble around in the filthy pool. It is said women purify politics. Not a bit of it. They In this land only get besmirched. women are well treated. Nowhere is the deference paid her that she receives. That is all right. Man was made for woman's protection, even if she was the Creators second thought. She ought not even be a bread w inner, if conditions were all right. That is for the stonger being. Woman's place in society is at the head of the home circle where her VOl-.l- l. No. I 'I beautiful iullueuro maybe best felt; not ranting ammd the country endeavoring to overturn conditions, It takes time to better the surrounding one has. Time was when women in this country wen not as well off as today. But time in its changes improved her and will continue to do so without the aid of any revolution inaugurated by tin, childless females of the nation. . con-itio- saib n. 'There is a movement on Obxrrt atur. fn()l j() mnrc rigidly CllforC(! the observance of the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday. As may be surmised those who are church members are foremost in the plan. It is a fact that of late the churches have been losing ground on Sabbath Day observance 'l ime was when it was a crime to ever kiss one's sweetheart or wife on Sunday. But now we have Sunday base ball, bike races, picnic parties, bathing, boating and fishing to say nothing of other pleasures. 'The church people claim this is a descciation of a day intended to be one of prayer and worship. 'They claim it is a violation of the Divine injuntion "Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy. But it is noticeable that when- ever any action looking toward checking Sabbath breaking is contemplated the Divine law is laid one side and the Revised Statutes relied upon. Laws against Sabbath breaking are on the statute books of every state. But they are honored more in the breach than in the observance. Custom, the mother of all, seems to be gradually relegating Sunday laws to the rear and custom is the most inexorable code know n to mankind. As to whether it is really wicked to break the Sabbath by games and other sports it is difficult to say. The Commandment says "Six days shalt thou labor and do all work. 'That is mandatory in its character and might be construed as demanding that a man work six days even though he might finish in five or four. It continues that on the seventh one shall do no work, neither his manservant or his maid servant etc. But there is no injunction against playing. So, taking advantage of what |