New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-30
The Woman Bully,

The Woman Bully.
The person who has been brought face to
face with q woman bull yWill, IN nine cases
out of ter. SAYS the Liberal Recielc, most
certainly decline to believe in the alleged
teebieness OF what is facetiously styled the
weaker sex. Indeed, it is highly probable
that he will be confirmed in previously
held opinion that many ladies are intel
lectually more aggressive. as well as more
pertlnacious. in the obtaining of their own
way than are their masculine counterparts.
AS rule, an old fogy is disposed 10 take
things easily, SO long as he is not exposed
to emphatic contradiction. While fond of
laying down the law to his Juniors, he is in
the abit OF doing SO III heavy, ponderous
and goo0-humOred manner, which is not
altogether disagreeable. He placidly as
suInes lis own superiority, and as long as
this is not combated he is content with oc-
casionally reminding other people OF their
inieIiority to himself. doing SO in gracious
fashion which indicates that he believes the
interiority to DE owing to no fault Of theirs.
His neigh bors affairs do not much concern
lin, and consequently, unless compelled
by his innate egUtism, he fails TO talk about
them 10 any great extent; indeed. almost
the only time he does descant upon them IS
when lie IS DESTROYS OF advancing HIS own
importance il the eyes of oDlookers.
Under these circumstances II is not sur
prlsing that it is the easiest matter IN the
world to maintain the most amica5le rela-
tons with him. i o one being so easy to
bamboozle as vain person. lie is generally
easily twisted round ones finger as one
chooses, and while he is doing precisely as
one has been working in order 10 make him
perform. he may be led TO the conclusion
that he is acting entirely Of his own free
Will, and completely in accordance with the
dictates of his own Judgment. Notwith-
standing all this, ne is supposed to belong
to the stronger sex, by which the world is
often irritably stated TO be ruled. The lady
bully is a being of very different mettle.
and tactics which may be successfully en-
ployed against the old fOgy are useless when
she is in question She is not satisfied with
considering herself among the salt of the
earth, which she does in very strong de-
gree; it is not enough for her to be lett IN
peace to grow lat upon her seltconceil.
She seems TO deem it her duty to claim an
enormous amount of credit tor herself, and
at the same time to be continually exposing
the weaknesses and foibles Of her neigh
borS.
She possesses the remarkable talent of
being able to see through things almost as
dense as stone walls. and prides herself up
on her habit Of saying precisely what she
thinks. Naturally it is disagreeable to have
much to do with her, and so people who
value peace and Guietness may be recon-
mended to shun her company SO far as lies
in their power. In the matter of temper.
she is what Is described as uncertain, which
simply means that if you are ia her society
tor day, or. at any rate, two days, she Is
bound to expend an amount of acidity upon
you. No one has ever associated with her
for any length of time without coming to
the conclusion that she is personally con-
WINGED she is not only able to take care of
i,r,-o of la will a,1 CT
themselves under her patronage and pro-
lection.
The lady bully belongs to the leather
lunged order OF beings. No matter where
she is-whether she be in the drawingroem.
the street, or private conciave, she makes a
point OF talking in a loud and aggressive
voice. When she announces that young
Brown is making a bad match in marrying
Miss Smith. she does so in a manner which
plainly indicates that she deties eontradic-
ton, and that no amount of persuasion
or argument shall induce her to mod
ify her opinion in the slightest degree
Her views upon men and things are,
IL a general way, decidedly eccentric
Young women are, according to'her aspect
Of the case, something very much RESENT
bling simpletons, and require to be carefully
watched at all the various stages OF their
careers. Young men, who do not possess a
large share of this worlds goods, on the
other hand, are, in her eyes, monsters on a
small scale, seeking whom they may devour,
or, in other words, trying what we'll
lowered maideEs they can entrap into
marrying them. Strong adiectiyes are
things for which she has special affections.
Let any one make statement in her
hearing, and the probability is that 1t VII!
be stigmatzed as "stuff and nonsense"
or something of that kind. Let any young
person attempt to bold his own against her
and he will undoubtedly be dubbed an up
start, while an individual as old as hersei1
who attempts to do this is sure to be made
victim upon whose character or INTELLECT
most serious reflections, couched in the
plainest possible terms. will be cast. To say
that people lack common sense is mlldness
itself compared with her sledgehammer
speeches in reference to objects OF her
wrath. 1t is a notorious fact that she
fancies she knows great deal more about
everybody's business than they do them
selves, and that she is cogDizant of every
mistake which they have made in the con-
duet OF their lives.
She will inform you i'll what respect
Jones' whose children are turning out badly,
has failed in his duty in reference to them,
her invariable conclusion being that if he
has not been fool he has been knave, |
and that he is, therefore, doing nothing more
than meeting with his deserts. She will tell
you how Smith, who has become bank
rupt, has brought himself into his trouble
in such disgraceful or dishonest manner
that he is not worth an atom of compassion,
which he will most certainly tail to let from
her. 1t is a striking trait IN her character
that she never believes in people who are
"down." These she deems it her duty to
speak disparagingly of behind their backs,
and to snub, not to say insult, when they
appear before her. All things considered.
it is not surprising that those who are
brought across her path for the most part
endeayor to shrink into obscurity when she
heaves in sight, and are content to let her
have ner say unchecked. ..s -
When two of these female DULLES meet,
the spectacle presented is, indeed, edifying
in the extreme. They rave and shout in