The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-12-19
A Woman's Ideas of Men.

mrh are IOng. Ihty do things and
don't mind ii. They can open doors in
the dHmprs' weather. They can uns,rap
trunks without breaking Flood vrss.i.
turn keys in n moment which women have
lost their temper and lampd their fingers
over Tor halt An hour. look down p:eci.
pices and not b. DIZZY. knock esch Other
prosIra,e and not be stunned. You NAV
shike them wi'h all your might on the
chest, and i. doesn't hurt them in ,he
least, Il mean if you are woman y
lhey never grow rer' Gus and cry. they
90 up stairs three ri \ time. They III,
one hand IN y foIr rail fence and lean !,
without touching. In shorr, they do ev
ery'hIng easily which women try 10 do
aud cAnDor.
Morrover,men are so "easy toget alony
with.' They are good natured and con
Venently blind ami benevolent. Women
crl'lclse YOU. not urJustly, perhaps, but
relen'esslY. They judge you in detail,
men only in the whole. II your dress is
neat, we'll flung and well-toned, men
will not notice it.. except few man mil.
liners, and n few others who ought 10 be.
and to whose opinion we pay no regard
1t YOU will onIy sit still, hu!d up your
head. and speak when spoken to, you can
be very com nrrabe.
do MT me IN ha; men cannot and do
not appreciate female briIliancy but il
you are good lis ener, and ~ the rertp-
tive mood, you can spend an honr very
pIeasan y without il. But woman fines
m IL. l..
fringe on your dress is no match. In
tour, she has discovered that the silk OF
your sleeves is frayrd AT the edge; in we,
;ha, the binding Of the heel of your boot
il worn out. BY the six h, she has salts.
iac'o'ily AscertAined, what she SUSPECTED
The hrst mUmrnt she "set her eyes on
you.' that you lrmn ed your bonnet your.
self. The sew, y,nth assures her that your
collar is only "Imi arion - and when you
part At the end VI ten minutes. she has cal.
culated with roIerabIe accuracy the cost
OF your dress, has levelrd her mental I'VE
glass a: all your innocent little subter.
iuges, and knows to n dead certainty your
past history, present circumstances and
iuIure prospects.
We'll, what harm If she does ? Nome
in particular. 1t is only being sire, G. Ell
on the rack a little while. You have no
reason 10 b- ashamed and you are not
ashamed. Your boots are only be.in.
ming 10 he shabby. and we all know the
transiIorv nature o. gRlloon. Your fringe
Is TOO dark but YOU ransacked the city and
did your hes "angrls could do no more"
You rlmned vuur bonnet vour,eli. and
saved Nv" dollars. which was Just wha,
you intended to DO. The means wer.
worthy, and the end was won." Your
lace is not real, according to The can; Of
the shoI keepers but il is rr4l-real cot. /
ton. real linen, real silk. or whatever the
material may e.and YOU never prerpnfed
ii WAS Honi'on or poin, and II lace ,s
80 and white and fine. and sets off The
throat and wrists preltiiy. | do not see
why 1t may not u>t rs we'll De- made in
America tor Two cents yard, as in Paris
for Two dollars. or TWO hundred. |
In iact, tins whole matter of lace is
something entirely be, ond ny comprehen.
>ioa. Why, have seen women who N
The ordinary Atf,irs OF lie were neal to a
iaur, tall down and worship biz of din
gy old yellow lace that looked fit lor
nothing but the washrub aud when re.
with. will excu>e themselves
by saying. "Why, il is fifty or FIVE hun.
dred years old :" winch may br very
lucid explanation. but ] cannot say Il
'nIIv understand and appreciate IT, Gail
HImiktOn.