In a recent magazine article Mrs. Roosevelt, the wife of the President of the United States, denies emphatically that she believes in any' such thing as "a woman's attitude in regard to any public question, -as distinct from a man's attitude." Who can doubt that in all that concerns human welfare men and women, when they get down to the honest bedrock of their hearts and minds, think alike?
Lady Mary Wortley Montague writing from Italy in 1754, towards the end of her life, to her married daughter in England, said: "I have never in all my various travels seen but two sorts of people, and those very like one another—I mean men and women."
That forgotten man, the ex-Kaiser, used to be fond of proclaiming that women's place was the home and that there were only three things about which a woman could rightly concern herself; namely, children, cooking and the church. Men who have made such confidently dogmatic utterances about women have not usually been understanding observers of women's characters and minds.
Women are not naturally less serious than men, any more than men are naturally more sensible than women. Nature is not so foolish. flowers are easy to make and a discarded felt hat may supply material for them. From white felt can be cut wild-rose, marguerite or dahlia petals. These can be arranged as a garland of petals or whole flowers can be cut out and with a few small gilt or silver beads for centres be made to form an effective collar-like trimming.
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