The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-06-26

7 a0Qt Idnu ell nm at the OIHeE5 END o I
i the Feom--saying as she sat down
" That will learn you not to sit when
there is a as4Roman standing, you con-
temptible cfeature!" a
IA pretty girl brought the whisky
and placed it before us. MY compan-
/ ion swallowed 1t at one gulp, and
then saidss Why don't you drink p
4 That wouldn't hurt a child, it is so
i very mild" s .da ua
/ The eyes of all in the room were
turned towards ME at her loud speech.
| staInmered out that | wasn't used to
4 drinking whisky, and would prefer
! lemonade. gil
! Z" That weak stuff is only fit for ba-
bies and menl. But you can have it,
and i will drink your whisky!" she
said, swallowing the fiery liquid with
out winking, while L drank my lem
! onade. Als t9s =
! tsWhere did you pick up that grand
i mother S''T said a black-eyed young
/ girl with a pert, saucy air. M iss
) =" None OF your business Z You tend
1 to your affinity !"replied my compan-
I ion. ss's sdi ilTu9 9H-
1 I noticed that when all the women
drank something strong and did all
the talking, the men drank lemonade
and coffee, and never opened their
lips.
! Just then the door opened, and a
/ tall, pOrtly man, with a frightened ex-
| preston on his face, peeped timidly
| in, and said Sally, l wish you'd
come home. The baby is crying, and
cannot make her STOP"
A bold-looking, red-cheeked wo-
man-the same that had called me a
grandmother-who was sitting on the
knee of her affinity, replied: How
dare you come here after me? told
you not to stir from the house until l
come home. Give the young one
some opium; that will quiet her in
hurry. Start, or I'll get after you and
make you take French leavel
The man withdrew, and my COM
panion arose, and leading me, went
into the street-for the city was so
strange that l would not have found
my way home if l tried so I had to
follow her till. she got ready to take
me home. There were a very few
men on the streets, but a great num-
Der of women, all rushing in one di-1
rection. My companion asked me if
l had found my affinity yet.
"Afinity! / have a husband, and
what do l want with an affinity 2" 1
asked.
!" La, that's nothingl Some women
have husband till they get tired of
him, or he don't mind, and they let
him slide and get another. know
how it is myself. L am only thirty,
and have had five husbands already,
and now am on the lookout for anoth-
er one, as / told Jim CHATS my last
husband) to wash the dishes and black
my shoes, and he wouldn't do it until
l locked him in the closet an hour or
two. l want a man that will mind
believe your husband will just suit.
| believe I'll go and make love to
him ?" said she.
!" You couldn't get him away from
me; and if you could what would
do? 2" / asked in despair. Is ~
a" You do? Why, get anothert You
are pretty enough to change a hus-
band every week, and need not go
begging she said coolly; then ad- |
ded e WE'LL to please you, / will LET |
him alone, and find some one else to
make love to.
"Do womenmake love to the men ?"
asked l, in amazement
Certainly the women pick out a
man that they like and court him-sit !
in his lap, put their arms around his |
ueck, kiss him, and, in fact, do all the |
They propose and no |
man dare refuse. If he did he would |
be driven from the town. They are |
by a woman; and after mar
riage the man does the work or hires
some other man to do it, and goes to |
the woman for every cent of money. |
If children come, the men take care
of them. And SO it. goes on. Obi /
this is the age of progress !" she said. |
meekly said, /" shopld think it
was" AS. we turned the corner of the
street, saw a platform on the side /
walk, with a woman on it, gesticulat- |
ing wildly: and heard the words !:
g Down with the men Women the |
rulers foreverI s.-5 n2t
The crowd eheered and shouted,
and grasped my companions armsin
alright. 9
s She won't hurt you; she wants a
public office, and goes round leeturing
while her husband stays at home and
takes care of the house. We have
woman President, women in nearly
all the public offices, women editors,
women reporters, women jurors, Wo-
u1Cu CNOI WAGIC1 aS11C -oebAOs 6
I" And where are the men ?" asked
[ timidly. 80 ~
"Oh, they do all the hard work,
and tend to the children; and if they
haven't any, tend to somebody else's
children. Men are nobodies nova
days; but this is the age of progress
;ion," said The Coming woman.
" But / always thought it was not
proper for respectable women to go
nto saloons. Were those respectable
women where we were ?" I at length
aazarded.
@Oh, bless your innocent heart you
lon't know the ropes; that's where
over half the women spend their ev-
,nings. When the men wanted to go
)ut evenings, they used to tell US con-
iding women that, they were going
o the lodge, and we. poor innocents,
would believe them ; instead they
we're at the saloons, and when they
,ame home rather late, would say,
Ny dear, the lodge had important
business to transact, and l could not
ret home any earlier? But now wo-
nen attend lodges and afterwards
pend two or three hours in the sa-
oon, where we have a jolly time
Come, let us have another smile, for
I'm getting dry, and then III hunt up
N affinity for you. But here he is
low. John, this young woman has
allen in love. with you, and wants {
,ou to escort her. home" she said, as
! tall, slender man stopped IN front of
IS, And he put out his arms as if to
,nfold me-. 49,. - h, ...-.s..g sass
That was enough. 1 turned and
led; and as l was crossing a street,
ny foot slipped, and I-awoke to find
NY husband lifting me off the carpet,
IN which / had fallen in my sleep. |
Where is she ?" l asked bewil- J
Tered. - /
" Where is whoP You have been {
sleep, and just now fell off yonr
hair" said my husband, 81
Then it was all a dream and there
9 no woman President, and women
10. not go into saloons and take q