Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-02
American Women spoiled by the Politeness

American Women Spoiled by the POliteness
of Men-VuIgar Curiosity of the Sex.
An exchange says, in a late issue, what
every one must feel too true:
Women have the love and admiration of
men in every country, and in no country are
they so worshiped and so INDUCED as they
are in America. We shall not allow any one
to surpass us in true and sincere respect for
the sex; but candor compels us to say that
our American women are becoming spoiled.
Oyer-indulgence is making them presump-
tous. The qualification Of all their whms, even
when they consist in rude pushing into pro-
miscuous assemb lies and indecorOus crowd
ing about foreign visitors, has made them
forget that such conduct is improper, indeli-
cate and unfeminine. The "best society"
has done all this, and is encouraged to 90 on
in it. Of course, the several grades of So
ciety below the best such as the second best
the third best, and so on down to the worst
feel justified in following so distinguished. a
model, and if the thing is suffered to go on,
we have fine prospect Of having the most
immodest and impolte female population of
any country in the world.
The custom of showing extraordinary
courtesy to women, in travelling and in pub
lie places, is commendable; and our people
have often taken pride in it as a national
trait. But it has been carried too far. Many
women now demand as a right, civilities
whose chief merit consists ia the gracious
mode of Offering them and the grateful mode
of acknowledging them. When woman
gets into a crowded city-Tailway car, and
gentleman rises to offer her seat, she gen.
orally takes it as a matter of course, with
out a whisper or a sign of thanks Some
times, indeed, she rudely pushes her way to
a seat, and demands that room be made for
her by men who have paid their fare, and
have, by all ordinary rules of travelling and
of common sense, an exclusive right to their
places while they choose to occupy them.
The most unpleasant sight that can be pre-
sented to the eyes Of a man who would like
to yeneTate the whole sex to which his
mother, his wife and his daughters belong,
is a mob of well-dressed women, all infamed
beyond all sense of propriety, by an inordi-
nate curiosity. Such sights were witnessed
during the visits of the japanese and the
Prince of Wales; not to any extent in Phil
adelphia, but 10 great and shameful extent
in other cities. If such conduct goes unre-
buked, it will be thought proper, and it is
time that our women be told, that the dis
Greet of their own sex and all of the other,
regard it as disgraeeful in the highest degree.
PARROT AT PRAYERs.-A parrot belong
ing to some friends Of mine was generally
taken out Of the room when the family as
sembled at prayers, for fear that he might
take it into his head TO join irreverenty in
the responses. One evening, however his
presence happened to be unnoticed, and he
was forgotten. For some time he maintained
q decorOus silence but at length, instead of
Amen" out he came with Cheer, boys,
cheerP On this the butler was directed to
remove him, and had got as far as the door
with him, when the bird, perhaps thinking
that be had committed himself aud had bet
ter apologize, called out, Sorry spoke"
The overPowering effect upon the congrega-
ton may be more easily imagined than de-
scribed.