Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1914 — PARADISE FOR SUFFRAGISTS. [ARTICLE]

PARADISE FOR SUFFRAGISTS.

Comer of the Sahara Where Feminism Is In Full awing. A French explorer jost rataMM from Africa has addressed aa opaa letter to Ml’.e. Laloe aad to tto woman doctor Him. Pelletier, the great advocates of women’s rights, advising them to leave at once for the Sahara, or rather to that district Inhabited by -the tribe called Tuaregs. The Tuaregs, says the oplorer, am crafty, cruel ,aad treacherous, hot they are ardeat apostles ot feminism The Tuareg women are Indeed prtvt. leged beings. They have camels of their own, which their husbands are not allowed to mount, aad thair hones hold duties are, so to say, ML They s*re allowed to have aa admirer who saddles their camels and runs errands for them. ’ According to the Gentlewoman, the attitude* of *tftdd hdmirer must remain strictly platonic, for if he starts making love to the lady the husband flies into* tamper, and an angry Tuareg becomes a dangerous creature. According to the laws of the country the Tuareg woman need not follow her husband unless she wants to do so, nor is she compelled to serve her * spouse. She is educated, for she' saa read, and this accomplishmeat. not shared by the other sex, gives- her a privileged position in so far that stomachs as judge or arbitrator in all dim cult cases.