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("Instinctively we think of woman as a creature to be coddled, and not to be excited emotionally."—Editorial, Brooklyn Eagle.)

I my cook a creature to be coddled, To my laundress I know just the things to say, And my bearing to my scrubwoman is modelled On the bedside manner of a better day. To the women in my factory I mention What divine and fragile flowers women are, And my constant intervention spares my typist nervous tension, And my switchboard girl has never known a jar.