THE NEW WOMAN.
Oil, the End-of-the-Century Girl, What a wonderful thing sne will be, She'll evolve from a mystical whirl, A woman unfettered and free. No corsets to crampen her waist, No crimps to encumber her brain; Unafraid, bifurcated, unlaced, Like a goddess of old she will reign,
She'li wear bloomers—a matter of course, She will vote not a question of doubt; She will ride like a man on a horse, At the club late at night she'll stay out; If she chaoces to love, Bhe'll propose; To blush will be quite out of date; She'll disease politics with her beaux And out talk her masculine mate.
She'll be np in the science of things; She will smoke cigarettes; she will frown If the servant a dunning note brings, Or the steak isn't served up just brown. No longer she'll powder her nose, Or cultivate even a curl, Nor bother with fashions or clothes— This End-of-the-Century Girl.
Her voice will be heard in the land; She'll dabble in matters of State; In counsel her word will command, And her whisper will laws regulate, She will stand 'neath her banner unfurled, Inscribed with her principles new; But the question is—what In the world "The home and the baby will do?"
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 99, 27 April 1903, Page 2
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209THE NEW WOMAN. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 99, 27 April 1903, Page 2
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