Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1867-11-02


they have never used their power be-
fore her.
There are some things that women
dislike. They dislike necklaces of the
hues Of the rainbow. A plain black
suits ninety nine women out of hun
dred best, because the latter gives one,
to some extent, the air of a mantle
former the look of fop. They have
contempt for man who spends more
than very small amount of time before
the mirror, or takes look at the hang
of his coat or the fit of his gloves and
pantaloons as he walks down town.
They can do all that is needful in that
line. They expect to lean upon men,
strong men, therefore they dislike those
who are obliged to lean upon canes or
lamp-pos for support. Men who use
canes, other than because they are de-
crepit, should get some nice, strong
minded woman to lean upon, W hose arm
they can take. 1t is to be hoped that
employers will notice this growing weak
ness among young men and give them
longer mornings for rest. Women dis
like smoking no matter how mush some
young ladies affect to enjoy cigar smoke
and ''haven't the slightest objection" to
mems smoking in their presence. All
men have not learned that women say
a great many things they never mean.
Women, with their tact, are about as
opaque to men as smoked glass, while
men, with their frankness, are about as
transparent to women as window panes.
No clean woman would ever kiss a wo-
man who smoked, for any amount that
might be offered her; nor would one
ever kiss man whose mouth was like
a spittoon in hotel, did rot his sex
shield him. Give men the same attrac-
tions-one smoking and the other not
and in hundred cases out of hun
dred she would choose for husband
the one who never used tobacco.
Women despise swearing or vulgari-
ty, the twin sisters of profanity. No
man whose lips are furnished by such
language should never be caressed by a
pure woman, or by little children. Such
lips, like lunar caustic, discolor all they
touch. Men who tell obscene stories,
or talk in innuendoes, are not worthy
to be the pride or strength of any wo-
man.
Women hate a man who drinks in
toxicatiug liquors, whether in the shape
of choice wines in dainty cut glasses, or
poor brandy in earthen jugs. You
will say that the scenes enacted at Sar-
atoga this season have given the lie to
this, that drunken women were almost
as common there as drunken men. 1t
is sadly true that some women, with a
desire to be brilliant before men, to be
genial and friendly, with but little re-
spect for themselves and less for men,
with tight dresses and loose morals,
make themselves beastlike. Much has
been said about women being examples
to men in this respect, bnt if men are
the head and women are to look up to
them for protection and knowledge,
then they must expect that women will
copy their doings. When, in thus i'm
itating, wives shall be drunk every 9TH
er night and every alternate spend in
the unhallowed embraces of some friend
of their husbands, men will begin to
open their eyes upon the wreck they
are making of society to-day. 1t is true
that wine has been offered young men
by the delicate hands of women God will
never forgive such, but if men half
knew their manhood they would have
power to refuse, and be doubly respect
ed. Men seem not only unable to re-
fuse, but unable to refuse their own
sex; or, if refusing, do it with "Not
this time, thank you'll" or, 81 am too
busy just now!' SO, living lie, and
killing their influence over those par
ties at the same time. There is some
appreciation of right and truth in this
world, but little brave standing up and
doing better for it. Colonel Clarke,
Professor of Amherst College, whose
name was honorably known ir the war,
did noble thing at a large dinner par
ty given by Edward Everett. Being
offered wine from that gentleman's own
hand be refused it, to the surprise of
all present. If if was open rebuke to
them, it was only adhering to the right
To such an act, by whomsoever per-
formed, all women feel like kneeling.
Women dislike men who match pen
MES, play mumble-peg and marbles Gall
three may be classed under the same
head), as much as men dislike women
who play with rag dolls
Women have the most thorough con-
tempt for man who, on any occasions
that offer, tries to caress her or slide
his arm about her waist, or kiss her af-
ter he has waited upon her home. Such
a man would steal her virtue if he dar
ed, and, in majority of cases, goes
where those things are purchased rath-
er than stolen. would as quickly brand
as villain young man who took such
a liberty with sister of mine, as one
who had openly insulted her. Indeed,
this is an open insult, and when lady,
through fear of losing his friendship.
or from affection for him, receives it in
wardly ceases to respect him, saying,
with truth, "If he caresses me unlaw-
fully, he does so to all others whom he
can" If a woman does allow it she
must be verdant or else she is not to be
trusted; but men have learned this and
never marry girl they can fondle be-
fore she is their own.