Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1912 — Woman Much Mallgned. [ARTICLE]

Woman Much Mallgned.

WHEN A WOMAN has a guest she Teels greatlylfiSentod to tne friend who will ask the guest how long .she intends to stay. In this Way the hostess gains information that assists her in preparing her entertainment timetable, which could not be otherwise obtained without embarrassment. A caller asked this of Aunt Cordelia Updike, who is visiting at the home of Lysander John Applet-n and Mrs. Appleton was thus furnished the information she wanted, and by hanging arpund when Aunt Cordelia unpacked her trunk she was further enlightened. - When Daysey Mayine goes out of town to visit she always puts a party gown in .her trunk, even though her errand may be to attend a funeral. ‘‘There is no telling what may happen, and joy so often follows grief,” she will say, putting her party dress at the bottom; "I will at least be prepared.” Aunt Cordelia had no party clothes in her trunk, chiefly note books, and Mrs. Appleton gathered from this what kind of a time her guest expected, “I would suggest to you,” said Mrs. Appleton, ‘‘that instead of preparing papers on sights of historic interest, to read before your literary clhb, you take down no tbs of what you hear me say, and elaborate them into articles for the women’s magazines. “Woman has beeq maligned in the press so often you could stir up the sisterhood all over the world by coming to her defense. For instance, whe in the world is as economical as woman, and who gets so little credit? “AU my life I have been the soul of economy and never got credit. There was never a night I didn’t save the little dab of potatoes left from dinner, and I will wager there isn’t a housewife in this broad land who hasn’t a' dab of cold potatoes in her ice box at this minute. True, we always save this dab of cold potatoes .oyer night and throw it out next morning, but don’t we save it? And do the men give us credit? No! “And women are so misunderstood. If wotoan; in- dire poverty , ~ir~ given a cow and trades it for a cabinet organ, every man abuses her, but I contend she is right. There la no uplift In the presence of a cow and there Is In a cabinet organ and she has the future of her children to consider. If any of her children are destined to become great organists, would that talent develop In keeping a cow? "Not enough is written, in the magazines warning wives about this double life the men lead. At one time Lysander John kept a dollar for himself out of his week’s wages, and after deliberate reflection and long conferences with other wjrfves I reduced It to twenty-five cents Why? Because as long as he had a dollar a week to spend, I couldn’t be sure he wasn’t leading a double life Men are weak, and it is the wife’s duty to guard her husband against. temptation. “Just keep your note book handy,” concluded Mrs. Appleton to her guest. “I can furnish you with things to write more interesting than these tablets marking where Washingtor. stood, slept, or used his fountair pen.”