Show 1 j WOMANS WOMAN'S CODE OF HONOR 11 By HORACE VACHELL Let us tread very Delicately Far be It from me to contend that thata a womans woman's code of honor is less high than a mans man's but It Is in so soman man many ways Nays different For instance take cheating at cards In a mans man's manse e eyes cs this is the unpardonable sin to many women it is a venial of offense of- of Was not a famous duchess once known to high so society lety as Ponte old oldbridge bridge and then thOen alas alas' as Citta Vecchia pronounce pronounce pronounce pro pro- cUta citta as aa cheater Men on the other hand are lax concernIng concerning concerning concern concern- ing the breaking of of the seventh commandment Cheat at bridge you are kicked of your clubs Bolt with your neighbors neighbor's wife and everything everything- is said and nothing doneA done A woman is t scrupulous in paying her weekly week bills to needy tradesmen tradesmen tradesmen trades trades- men a man boasts that he pays debts of honor before he thinks of settling his tailors tailor's long outstanding account Let it be remembered here that a tradesman can put his cus customer cuss tomer into the county court a debt of honor cannot be collected legally le legaU legally le- le gaU gally Women used to cheat at games particularly croquet when long skirts w were ere worn At girls girls' schools today cheating at games is anathema ma Probably the code of honor at Rodean is much the same as at Eton Fifty years ago a a. boy was taught that lying might be Justifiable justifIable justifiable Justi justi- if It the lie was told to help another Young joung girls were encouraged encouraged encouraged aged to fib to help themselves Would a woman be posted at her club if she refused to settle settle a bet with another woman I dont don't know In my opinion a woman dishonors herself hersel when she brings a each breach of pr promise mIse case But men mens honorable men often otten claim birds out shooting that they must know are not theirs Most women Introduce unwarrantably unwarrantably unwarrantably unwar unwar- sentiment into into business When I was engaged years jears ago Inthe in inthe inthe the sal salt and subdivision of large tracts of land in California It was my duty to make out and enforce our agreements During the boom women bought land for a rise pa paving paying pay pay- ing a small sum down and signing an agreement tomake to make further payments payments payments pay pay- ments till enough was paid In to Justify the execution of a deed se secured secured secured se- se cured by mortgage Many women women very few men repudiated these I agreements but we did not put them into court because our legal advisers assured us that we should never get a verdict against a woman woman woman wo wo- wo- wo man In the Golden state And the women knew that The wives of the pioneers had faced so Valiantly all dangers and tribulations that they were reckoned to be above the law Perhaps Perhaps' it is In the keeping or giving away of a secret that a an womans woman's n code cede differS differ most from a aman's amans amans amans mans man's A woman pledges herself to keep a a. secret t. t Somehow Y V she aPpears appears appears ap aP- ap- ap pears to believe quite sincerely that I she is relieved of that pledge the moment she discovers that another person knows that secret She ex- ex exclaims ex cx- claims Oh yo you know then we this can talk it over together On account many men withhold confidence confidence confidence con con- from women dear to them and the women resent this bitterly not understanding the reason that underlies such reticence In regard to ill natured gossip gossip- and nothing can be more dishonorable dishonorable dishonorable dishonor dishonor- able or dishonoring women dishonorIng women are assuredly no worse than men Women Women Women Wo Wo- men are more unscrupulous bargainers bargainers bargainers bar bar- gainers in small things but would a a. woman rig a market or try y to ld corner wheat imposing black ruin on thousands I believe that the the- happy day is coming when the same code of I honor will apply rigorously to both sexes |