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Show Tfcs Wcikcr Sex" d riixncatr. V .There was a long-distance swimming race at New York recently ana two girls outswam their competitors.,,' ' ' A "'' Aew days ago Louis Gladder,' a young man of Minneapolis, won the first prfze for embroidery at the Minnesota State fair.;. His exhibit was a doily so beautiful and cleverly "worked that none of tthe . handcraft of the women could approach it. ' ; ' Etidently the time is coming when "the weaker . ss-x? will be a misnomer. While w do not think embroidery will become a masculine fad, we believe ' that the women are becoming stronger and the men , weaker. The men are kept busy making money for . the women to ?pend. and they have little time for 7 athletics or physical culture. They have hurried vacations,' and come honie morev tired than when they went away. .Men are more frequently victims -' of nervous prostration than are women. - For a number of years women have been going in for th6 outdoor life. They play golf and tennis, swito, ride and become strong and healthy. They have plenty of time and plentyvof money and worry is not their portion. They leave that for the men ' r$Vomea,have become a factor in the business . worid.They have shown themselves fitted to move affairs of magnitude. They make efficient employees. employ-ees. They are strong enough .to compete with men. - .- . rthe relations of the sexes are certainly .chang-",J .chang-",J tog.' Voia Is no longer the "clinging viae", of ' half a century ago. She Is typical of the country. The' American girl is the most glorious creature in - the world because she Is asserting herself and oc-"cupyb oc-"cupyb tcr proper place. Ehe la no longer play' thifl cr a toy, but a forceful, Intelligent being, ca-v ca-v pable cf taVlfig cafe of herself and of others. There i little need to fear for;the future of tbe.Nation7 when it will be ia the hands of the-sons of such woiea. ' " . ' , |