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Brisbane, Arthur, 1864-1936

"Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers"


There is a kind of small-fry man who dislikes the idea of mental
development among women. He is a mouselike kind of creature, so
thoroughly conscious of his own smallness, so thoroughly in love
with his own importance, that he dreads the intellectual woman,
who makes him feel microscopic.
Despite the protests of such men, some of whom are editors, women
are making progress. When they shall give to science, especially
to astronomy, the passionate, devoted attention which they have
given for ages to the care of children, they will rank among the
highest on earth.

WOMAN'S VANITY IS USEFUL
We'll waste no time in proving that women, from the cradle to the
grave, at all hours and all ages, are sincerely interested in
their personal appearance.
No man should object to this--the constitutional guarantee
referring to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness covers
the ground fully.
But it is not enough for men NOT TO OBJECT to woman's various
innocent vanities.
Every man should be delighted that women are vain. Each man
should do what he can to keep the vanity alive.
FOR WOMAN'S VANITY, DEARLY BELOVED, IS THE ONE AND INDISPENSABLE
PRESERVER OF HER HEALTH.
A woman cannot be pretty, according to her own notions, unless
HEALTHY.


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