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Show GETTING CLOSE TO THE TRUTH Mandarin's Ladies May Be Said to Have Made a Mighty Good Guess. Judge Mary Cooper of Beloit, Kan., is the only woman probate judge in the United States. She performs more marriages than any Kansas minister. This is because she always omits the ward "obey" from the ceermonyan omission that pleases the Kansas girls. Judge Cooper believes in the capable capa-ble and strong woman she thinks that the day of clinging, helpless women is past. She said in a recent re-cent interview; "In the strong and independent woman's hands, in the fighting woman's wom-an's hands, our sex's future rests. There is more than a little truth in the episode that a Chinese mission ary once related to me. "This missionary was ' taking tea with a mandarin's eight wives she was of course a female missionary. The Chinese ladies examined hei clothing, her hair, her teeth and so on. but her feet especially amazed them. " 'Why,' one cried, 'you can walk and run as .well as a man!' " 'Yes, to be sure,' said the missionary. mis-sionary. " 'Can you ride a horse and swim, too?' " 'Yes.' " 'Then you must be as strong as a man?' " 'I am.' " 'And you wouldn't let a man beat you not even if he was your husband would you?' " 'Indeed, I wouldn't,' said the missionary. mis-sionary. "The mandarin's eight wives looked at -one another, nodding their heads. Then the oldest said, softly: " TsTow I understand why the foreign for-eign devil never has more than one wife. He is afraid.' " Detroit Jour nal. I - |