The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-02-15
WOMEN.

)ut we claim I'D tnlS aTtlClc w dSS""'
certain feeble prej,,dices in favor OF
women which have their foundation
upon romantic rigmarole.
For instance, where is there a greater
fallacy than in the belief that women
weigh nothingq Yet in romance, even
of this modern day, we read constant
ly of heroes magnanimously rns' ing off
with fainting maidens from blazing
houses, or more feloniously "carting"
them on their shoulders for purposes OF
revengefnl abduction. Let any one
ont of training, or under six feet of
height and with proportionate strength,
attempt to run away with fairly we'll
composed girl Of eighteen or twenty,
and gives us his opinion of the powers
of these vaunted knights. A woman
weighing one hundred and forty
pounds and every ounce dead weight,
is not to be cIucked over ones arm
and carried off in the smoke; and a
hundred and forty pounds weight OF
kicking womanhood is not to be car
red off at all Even a light girl will
weigh hundred pounds, and Rudolph
or Horatio will stagger under her love-
~ but cumbersome figure if he break
ont of q staccato walk. There are
plenty of buxom girls who weigh up to
hundred and seventy pounds. and
it is not given to every man t" "hurry
off" with sucl, baggage. When the
victimized Squallina taints on the stage
the robust baritone takes care that the
reimbursement shall be accomplished
as close to the wing as possible. He
knows what La Squalline weights by
the sad experience of rehearsals. Let
any of our readers carry his sister Che
will probably prefer his cousin) NJ
three flights of stairs without stopping
and forward to us his sentiments on the
occasion. Women weigh good man!
pounds now-a-days, and their airnes'
of fabrication is fallacy.
Another popular beliefs that womer
eat nothing. 1t is, of course, conceded
that they sustain life by the consnmp'
ton of some article Of nourishment
but eating, in the wholesale acceptior
is supposed to be foreign to female ma
ture. This fallacy is founded and sns
tanned by women themselves, who
during the affected period of their lives
cultivate small appetites as being
CONNIE IL taut and sign of semi-angel
ic construction. When this perniciou
nonsense is conscienticnsiy carried out
the results upon the would be angel
are squalor, red noses, certain loss q
vigor, general limpness. and som
other unpleasant spquelae. But, as
rule, the smallest appetites at til
fashionable tables are exhibited b.
those shrewd girls whose natural an
healthy wants have been thorough
appeased by secret stutfing. Need "
refer our readers to the historical poer
, concerning Violante in the pantr!
gnawing of Il mutton bone, or remin
them how she gDawed it how sll
! clawed il, when she found herse
, alone? All this is direct deceit, how
| ever, practiced npon unsop.listicate
bachelors, who, when they have mad
). the dainty creatures theirs, find out b
proof what sturdy trencher wome
: they have married. Watch a healtl
girl at supper during the intervals
dancing; she consumes by Instalmen
tour times as much as her partner, al
seems, and is, none the worse for
3 Our experience tells us that women e
I. in proportion to their weight, as mn'
y as men, and are no more fairies in til
e respect than in the matter of weight.
e Other rallacies regarding women AZ
e that they must always have the fro
q seat; that they may strike m;
brutally without retaliation in kin,
that a man must ride outside vehit
IS in drenching rain to "oblige" her, S
" being robust, hardy fabric, and
If perhaps, a consumptive, cold-catchi
"a subject; that she may cheat at car
), and not be turned out of a game; tn
;, she may lose her bets but never be {
-, pected to pay that she may be m
liciously rude to the opposite sex, wit
- out having her ears soundly boxed
it; that she may put questions to thu
, regarding private and special matte
;, without being considered impertinel
- in brief, that she may enjoy all
~ privileges of men Mountaineering
II attendant responsibilities.
o. Men are good-humoredly conten,
NJ to endure gross injustice from WON
i because they are aware that they hs
m brought the punishment npon the
~ selves by permitting latitude
.,o feebleness; weakness INDUCED becor
a bully and tyrant, and in the f
A of this universally acknowledged f;
some of MS are content to be overl
den by butterflies and crushed by +
~ mics. 1t is pleasant enough to pr
- ~ aud tn fnto1, onI no