Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1884 — Will Women Carry Canes ? [ARTICLE]

Will Women Carry Canes ?

Is the cane to be added to the umbrella and the broom, those special weapons of woman’s warfare? The field of the cane has usually been held by man alone, and whatever else a woman might, could, or would do, it has not been considered “womanly” for her, or perhaps she has had no desire, to carry a cane. But the times are changing, and now it is an occasional, though still not very frequent, sight, to see a woman in the streets of staid Boston daintily carrying a graceful little cane. Their numbers are increasing, too, and who can tell but a few months hence women’s hands.will be as well acquainted with the cane as they are now with the universal handbag?—Boston Globe.