ENTERPRISING WOMAN.
tlidi-v-The proiimienti part women . taken in tho jB.-' encouragement.of 'ariatipn proves that thoj aio pwlongwg : :to ijoin-. in it :Kctivcly,.thems<ilvcs (says : ?/ ■ a" London /.writer).- '.-..They .*have '.done-, much -..for. ■ |:'.Mballooning,' and neroplsomg: will.not fad .them. ?■& 'behindhand- 'It,is curiensthal for centuries a pj iiwomani wai suppose 1 to hare no head mr high .places, - .' and . when \ she put .: the curtains up the ;£.,i whole family:expected lier4o fall. off. <tho, stop-. , YwlSdder,.while lt.sfce.crosstd & plank budge, with-. ;l> out -losing :her .wayookedlttpon is a, t*/" mifacle Bordering 1 on the unffmuime'" 1 ; •••. Yet look at tho record '.of.: women in- mounand. ballooning Irln-the,former theji have: frequently been:record-breakers '.as well.. as. : irfirecord-makew, Mrs. Billloclc--AVorkman:i.:#ad. ■. Mrs. Ailbrey Io Blond, for .instance, uieedviiot is. v.' bhnk .an «yo before ■ the whole of the Alpmo ,-As;<Club that! refuses them admittancobccanso.ihoy i";i are women.: - Surely: if ev<rr : an - occupation were, feK-.-imporsOjial and had nothing .to do-with sex, it is j.o, pountamaenng; :<■ S)r">diltord *;Allbutfc. has .do-: - polarod s that it., was. in ;the; sAlpj' 'that,women, ■'?-loarlit. eniancipatio'n,r»and>admitted '.that, whoro, fehe had expected to sen th'em : pulled up the moro •difficult' slopes by guides,' tboy -Struck out indo; ",-a ;pondentJyiand pukmanjaiualo-mountiiinecr ,v». ■ .-■•"J-'.-vA: daily: papcr-.'.saysi-jather'sarcashcallyjthat •.0.. although . oiily ' fonf #omen :h!ifo flown: so.ifar, m» costomo 1 foi: flying .is-'ilresdy, blinder, ■ •v. s ,tion. lmParis.-,'-As soon as -woman hai> anything ;v. .to -do with it, dress mnst enter into tho -ques■ws. tion."'.Erery jew occupation: that anscs, .wopon ; !:«:• ?ro» told' they cannot .'inter nto jtv beca-usa. of > . !i,."-their,'dtcM. .-'Tlwt fer ; mßtot.'Or- ■ K ii-'chlisb: or ;fl}' or play hockey- et -feneei;:becatiso Mi-wof -,tihaife.' ineonvemealt^fikirts.-^: The difficulty 1 is h'iißjjnet by an.appropnato costume ■i u? as soon?' as may be.: -That women are already thinking of a eomfortrtle dress-to fly in,- beffcrt • fr-. j /theii' husbands haTe-coinplettd'an. aeroplane'ifdT ■ p<,f-1 them :,'to ißy on. m, safety,,:ie, only.' another «S-, i:: - an!plo ef Jhe eternal.pr«niredness of the,-imman . i.v;.nDQ linpreparediloss i>li the raan: ■ -A man seldom jr.i j&p.nta his jfloyes on . till. - the. .wait* sbegins. Men not manaja time well; the, woman-who works |..?K>kn6W3 mote about nunntes, than'sny man.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 658, 8 November 1909, Page 4
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344ENTERPRISING WOMAN. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 658, 8 November 1909, Page 4
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