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I I I I Kennett Harris I I I I IThe The Woman oman Who Talks of Horn Hom Dress Dressl Scandal and Then Reads a Paper About tl tin Higher Plane for r Her Fer er Sex was 8 a great ru rustling t ny of of silk silk- kIrtS bobbing of of plumes andl and antI l of f f S Jewels wels In the richly carpet i I 1 l room ante ll r om to lo the club cub U It I i t. t though though th the ti-it figures emphatically I the figures rom from a lol hook book of or fashion i haul hates had 1 been lc 1 La I J delicately perfumed generally I II I I 1 endowed d with speech and u assembled for rrt the of mankind Bull ut utI utI I there ti were were no 10 men there I At 1 the thc 8 secretary's 8 Chippendale e. e cil lyre lore torp e a I woman v with wih Ith a rather Hushed flushed rave PC an and an nit excessively polite polle manTer man maii- rei Ter as wis HI hol holding ln a u slip ship of In her lud pudgy white gloved glo hand and talking talk talk- tali- tali I ing im-ig IlS animatedly to lo the secretary tar Her Tier hand hon trembled The The secretary lar l I with much sweetness as she Khe replied In Ina I a l low lou lo loto to he of or volca to whA the middle middle- I aged Ct woman Id said sh She was also ahw ii I ling Jn slightly t I Oh Ohl VE very well wel U wild said ull Lh the m midie- midie Idle Idle- I I n ned ct wom woman Ul with wih an ln elaborate bow I will wi see ee tu to It I. I And Anti I thank you for or you your CI obliging reminder I Pra Pray dont don't I mention menton it H it sl said the I I secretary suavely I The Tue middle aged woman turned J away and antl greeted gu-ceten a stout matron In a tightly lilting silk sik gown and apoplectic tic collar My I dear I haven't for foi nl a ages cs sh she SIt said It somewhere some seine lome- lome where mid have u a n IL little visIt Ht i before we wo cOlie come to hI ii order Did you U hear that Mrs ii Ir Callow Calowa ay dunning me mc for Cor m my dues due Most unladylike I An And I 1 ha haI had I I no flu Id Idea a tin tin-it 1 I was Vas behind She says she seit sent notices As If It I were bound boun to lo dro drop everything e of Importance to attend ut- ut tend it to hc her notices I T dont don't se see wh why they ever made her hel secretary I would never nt er have voted for ftH her If Ir Mrs SOI Sum Som- ers rs ha hadn't nL uste asked mu mo to a as a n particular favor ra By the thc way vay Mrs lr Dixon Dixon Somes ha has a asked kea Bertha antI and antIm m me Inc to her tier house patty party T I was a little to toll toil tol the truth that she shedid did considering those poor girls ot or other others I hers her though of course Its It's Is I's nice nicefor for Cur dent deai lertha 1 really i-eally fuel feel sorry SOlY for Cor those girls of hers hers su so unattractive And nd dresses re es Did you OU notice that salmon sal sal- sl- sl I mon pink WOe last hut 11 it 1 was vas positively ghastly the way vay way she looked hooked In If Ie And the loveliest lovelest old olda va- va a on It It It I seemed a 11 shame I dont don't think that thal a girl oven even as old as should wear any anything thin so But lul Mrs Sommer Dixon Sommers-Dixon Dion hasn't nL very Yen good taste She's a dear but hut jou know they Y 8 say she was WOH a waitress In a Q railroad restaurant he be- be tot tore she married mart an and that his hi people made an awful fuss s about it H. hats bothering me inc now Is what Bertha will i wl wear Mr 11 BIrgess eR Is so unreasonable about such mch things He lie sa says that he cant can't afford to spend I any more noie money lot for such unnecessary I foolishness 8 and that Bertha anti and I ant should keep within our dress u s allow allow- alow- alow I ance Ill I'll In ha have 1 to tJ have the ad and anti let on send end him her bill LUI Hes He's worrying about Jack Jace now and so am i 1 I. I 1 I thought ht Wh when l that boy lJ went to college he li would make male somo some good social connections but his father rather Deemed seemed seem Deem I ed cd to think that he went to study and ant took tool him ny is when hen he found he wouldn't and put iUt him In tho the found found- ry Isn't It Il awful 1 And nd t o my ny 8 second maid Is going to tol l l t causo her room room ha haU hab r L enough I light y to suit uit her and anti I T n asked ke t do olio nile or 01 two little extra things thing these girls disgusting I Now I Ivo u 1 got Kilo IIla gUn Standish my niece slaying claying with u. u us UJ Sites She's a bright rIght girl but bul there thIc Isn't ISIt much style tI to her poor thing thIng thIng-jus jut graduated from Wesley She copied cOllet out this paper parler that hint I am alit Ing t to read reitl afternoon for tor me mc end nl nd gave e me an nn Idea Iea or two for it IL I Ladles lAmpS said the thc president of or the tue club climb an un hour later laler Mrs BIrgess Is I going to 1 be e good enough h to read us a paper O 01 on 1 The 1 he Twentieth Century Woin Women Wo Wo- o- o in men c a 1 lher here was WU Wt applause When hen hen I It hind had hul subsided Mrs AM aro aroc c and in iii a alow low ow quavering voice olce he began n The twentieth lh century omun Is 19 fl no longer content to LQ to-be to ba be u a weak clinging cling lu ing dependent enl un on man the and anti ilous minister to hl his f sI selfish h comfort anti ami childish h sh she ha han ban become independent self self-ie- sIC Ic a lant-a lant a comrade anti and helper lo to the mate she has chosen She enters s sympathetically sym m pathetically Into ii li his is plans antI and ambitions ambi lons without sla ihl slavishly merging lieu her Identity In hi his hlf In of merely pretty accomplishments she sIte has haM practical UC- UC heal Ideas Ideas She h has learned punctuality punctual punctual- ity Iy antI and bu business 8 Ik like habits habis TIer Her ler purely feminine charm churm i Is 18 supplanted b by hy dignity dig dig- th the higher education has hag opened to h hOt her r granil gratl tas Idas In the fields of or art artand artand ant and It literature she can take lake a t broad and Intelligent Interest in the politics of or the day ay and l where whelO she has been granted n u political equality her disinterested disimi- disimi and minded high exercise e nithe ot of the has put pUl the masculine voter to th the blush Her conversation converston is no longer lonC restricted to to tJ the lie small smal h beer icci l chronicles 8 of oC the homo home home dress ress scandal nl seran servants nn and babes she meets man upon hl lils wn plane al ally Th There re was Wa more moie mort of ut It It At t the lie conclusion of the paper l' l Mrs I BIrgess sank santi Hushed an and fluttering Into her seat and anti amid a perfect of pale patted palms Ladle Latet said t tle e president rapping on oil her 1 desk esk to subdue the tho buzz bu of comment nt I I really think that we wo owe Mr Mrs h BIrgess ess a u vote ote of thanks thank Shu Slum has shown us most lucil lucidly an and eloquently elo clo do- do what the Ow twentieth century ur woman should be bc |
