Josephine Dodge Daskam, Fables for the Fair — 17. The Woman Who Caught the Idea (1902)
“ She cannot Criticise, Thank Heaven, but she can Cling. I will Carry on my Work, and she will sit in a Low Chair with a Basket of Little Clothes and the Lamplight falling on her Hair in the Good Old Way. And if she Cannot Understand my Work, what of that? I can. A Man wants Sympathy, not Criticism. ”
Josephine Dodge Daskam, Fables for the Fair — 17. The Woman Who Caught the Idea (1902)
“ I had to Sympathize with Someone, so I have Taken Up a Work of My Own. Judging from your Tone I think you Would Fail to Comprehend it. The Century is Progressing and Things can Never Be as they Were Before. ”
Josephine Dodge Daskam, Fables for the Fair — 17. The Woman Who Caught the Idea (1902)
“ THERE was once a Woman whose Fiancé had a Decided Theory regarding the most Desirable Characteristics of the Sexes. This Theory, in a Word, was that a Woman should be Like a Clinging Vine, while a Man should Resemble a Sturdy Oak. ”
