Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-05-09
Father Langley's Opinion of Men and Wo-
men NOWADAYS


''Failed, has he !! l wonder that they
don't all fail. For what with the extrava-
gance and good for nothingness Of the men
and women now days, where is it all to
end? Call themselves "Sons of the Pill
grims'' to-day, do they? 1 wish to mercy
their fathers could see them They were
true grit-real hearts of oak-but these
popinjays are nothing in the world but We
neering. When was a boy, it used to be
the fashion for boys to be apprentices till
they larnt their trade; but now, they are
all bosses. There amt no boys now days.
They set up for themselves as soon as they
are weaned-know mighty sight more
than their fathers and grandfathers
can't tell them anything-they know it all.
Their fathers sweated and tugged in
corn field at the tail of a pillow, or else over
an anvil, but they can't do it. They are
far too grand to dirty their fingers. They
must wear fine cloth, and shirt collars up
to their ears-be made into lawyers, learn
doctoring, set themselves up as preachers
telling us we ought to do this or that; or
else get behind counter to measure off
ribbin and tape. Smart work for two
listed men. Men did l say? They amt
worth MORN half men. Ii we 90 Oh at this
rate, the race will run out by another gen
eratiOn-we shan't have nothing left but a
mixture of coxcomb and monkey! The
women, too, are no better-it is Just even!
They are brought up, good for nothing
under the sun, but to put in buffet
When [ was boy, it wasn't so. The spin
ming wheel stood in the kitchen and the
dye tub in the corner. They were put to
- work as soon as they could walk; they
didn't have no nursery maid to run after
them; their mothers warn't ashamed to
tend their own babies. They could sew on
patch, and rock the cradle beside. The
gals were good for something in those
times; they could spin and weave wool and
linen, linsey wolsey, red and blue, and
wear it, too, after it was DONE
They could eat bean porridge with a
pewter spoon; and they were happier, and
better suited, than the gals are now, with
their silk gowns, their French messes, and
silver forks; yawning and moping about,
silly, pale faced things, with nothing to do.
Set them to work! Put them at it early.
1dleness is the devils foreman; and no
chain is so strong as the iron chain of
habit. Folks don't stand stock still here
in this world; they are going one way OF
t'other. If they amt drawing the slab up
hill, they'll be sliding down. Adam was
farmer, and Eve hadn't no "Irish gal' to
wait upon her! What do these popinjays
say to that? Ashamed of the old folks, I'll
warrant! Adam wasn't nobody and Eve
wasn't nobody,-they know it all
But they can't work,-they are so deli
cate, so weakly. What has made them
weakly? Send off your chambermaids,
your cooks, your washerwomen, and set
your own gals about it. 1t made smart
women of their grandmothers, and if the
old blood amt run out, they'll be good for
something yet.
1t used to be the fashion to be honest! if
man got in debt, he tried to pay; if he
didn't, public opinion set mark upon him;
but it amt so now; he tries not to paw:
he'll lie, cheat and steal; for what better is
it than stealing? and the one that can cheat
the fastest is the best fellow! 1t is aston
fishing how slippery these fellows are. Slip
through the smallest hole-don't make no
more of it than weasel just as soon think
of catching flea mapping, as one of them
They drive fast teams, without bit or curb
buy all they can; pay for as little as posi-
BILE; pocket all they can carry they fail
make smash; snap their fingers at their
creditors; go to Californy, or to grass
nobody knows where: and begin agin
Good gracious! if some of these fellows had
lived forty years ago, they'd have clapped
them In prison and shaved their heads
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