What a Woman Can Do.

Northland Age, 13 September 1904, Page 3

What a Woman Can Do.

(She can say “No,” and stick to it for all time. She can also say “No” in such a soft, low voico that it means “Yes.” She can sharpen a lead pencil if you give her plenty of time and plenty of pencils. She can dance all night in a pair of shoes two sizes too small for her, and enjoy eveiy minute of the time. She can pass a display window of a draper’s shop without stopping—if she is running to catch a train. (She can walk half a night with a noisy baby in her anus without once expressing a desire to murder the infant. She oan appreciate a kiss from her husband seventy-five years after the marriage ceremony has taken place. She can. suffer abuse and neglect for years, which one touch of kindness or consideration will drive from her recollection. She can go to church, and afterwards tell you what every woman in the congregation had on, and in some rare instances can give a faint idea of what the text was. She can look her husband square in the eye when he tells her some cock-and-Lull story about being “ detained at the office,” without betraying in the least that she knows him to be a ’colossal liar. She can—but what’s the use ? A woman can do anything or everything, and do it well. She can do more in a minute than a man can in an hour, and do it better. She can make the alleged lords of creation bow down to her sweet will, and they will never know it. Yes, a woman can do everything with but one exception; she cannot climb a tree.—“ Indianapolis Times.”