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Show 1 THE PRIVILEGES OF WOMEN. B Ono Member of the Fair Sex Satisfied H with Her Position. ' H Mr. Stead says that thero nro only H threo privileges of my box namely, H that in going In or out of a room tho H woman goes first; that she Is served JH heforo man at a mcnl (a stntcment B tiuiuru 111u.11 iti. u im-'ii v." nuiiuiuuiib nejr which is qutto wrong, by tho way, H only ono woman at table having thnt H distinction, tho ono on tho host's M right; tho other guests, whether malo H or female, in ovory household abovo W mero mlddio class being served in Ea regular rotation), and that in a train M a man gives up his seat to her. I H could glvo Mr. Stead many moro. Our bills aro paid for us whon our malo H belongings havo any money to pay I- thom with; wo aro mado lovo to, which may bo despicable but is dls- I tlnctly onjoyable; wo aro admired, H which iB no doubt foolish but nono . K tho loss gratifying tb us. In spite of tho preponderance of our sox the majority ma-jority of us nro so pleased with ourselves our-selves that wo havo no deslro to visit tho republic in tho neighborhood of tho Mountains of tho Moon; and considering con-sidering that wo can do anything wo liko in this year of grace and that wo rule all your sox as It is, dear Mr. Stead, why call us "despised" and rail at tho world for not making us "supremo," "su-premo," when it had never occurred to ub that wo woro anything olso? "A Countess" in Reply to Mr. Stead. |