, 1875-10-31
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES,
Mans Incivility to Woman An
Answer to Miss Dickinson.
a Lady's Toilet in the Time Of George
1V.-~-The Champion Shopper.
A Scene in the Mammoth Caye.-.The
Begun OF Bh0pai---" Come,
Birdie, Come !"
MANS iNclytLsTY TO WOMAN,

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MANS lhClVtLsTY TO WOMAN
L. Quad, in the New York Graphic, sara:
hare great respect for Miss Anna Dickinson.
True, she can't bake q loaf Of bread, darn q
sock, put down carpet, or slit pumpkin, but On
the other hand she refuses to wear hustle. il
not affected. and agrees with mo that goats ara \
great nuisance in cities.
I saw the other day an assertion BY Miss Dick
inson that the present generation OF men, bott
married and single, was terribly selfish genera
ton, and she added acomptaint OF q general lack
Of ciyilitY taward unprotected females. don'
want to deny that I am man, nor yet deny Hias
Dickinson's assertion. want to explain.
When got into an omnibus in Chicago one
evening not long ago to change over to another
depot, some one's maiden aunt Was my fallov.
passenger. She had three or four bundles and
trunk to come by the baggage-wagon. and she
was not q handsome woman nor young woman.
II was to be put on oath I'd swear that she Was
one of the homes'est women ever saw, and I've
been all over NJ. Jersey and Indiana.
knew the woman lad to change cars, and
knew she ought to be glad Of q htslo help so I
slid along the seat and asked, ''Goiug east2"
She didn't reply, aud, thinking she might be q
HkLle uaa1s l. C&lkeu OLE AGAIN:
"G0ing ea9t?"
She whirled around, gave me look Of rage
and contempt. and hjssed OUT:
II know You, young man! and il you speak
to me again III have you jailed!"
There WAS, trying to be civil zud obiiging
the woman took me for pichpocket or q
murderer! I mada another effort when We
reached the depot, saving:
MADAM, ! am going east, and II you take
the same train III cheetfully show you to the
ticket office and help you 10 get your baggage
checked"
"lll help you it you don't SO away from me-!
she suar1ed. and she added shat il Justice we're
done I'd be in State Prison.
She 20: confused in the crowd, failed to find
her trunk, and, when the train went out, she
was canteriug around the depot With Certainty
another train. could have had her aboard
the :train with five minutes to spare, but she
wouldn't let me; and / expect she will soma day
publish an assertion that men are unciy1 and
selfish.
When the clouds gathered the other night and
the rain came pouring down, had IN umbrellas
This may secm incredible to umbreila-ownera,
but am on oath. Remembering Mies Dftkln-
son'e assertion. and oysrtakiug lady with \
nav hat and choica ralmaDt on, said:
"Aladam, I shall be glad to loan you ny UNI
brelia. You can send it to NE in The morning."
"les, know you would !" ehe snsried In
reply.
'rake it, please, and save your now hat'
She halted, turned around, and Ehen aud there
remarked as follows
''Itfa mona O your business about my hat, and
II you don't leave me TIL haya you arrested
Now, I nav be ugly in look, bEt she coutdn't
have seen it on account Of the darkua1s, and no
one tla , right to jq5ge Of peoples motives By
8 l'-: ejc1 or loW-keyea voice. I wanted to be
evil and oblicing; and would cheerfuily hare
a,1ffe n f;y;Ts in n
raiment, but she wouldn't lot me-
Two OF three weeks a9o as sat in = pasaen-
with y1n" 'n:ly in the seal next
ahead; I suddenly Ee3.~ .aered that the magazine
which Lad finiahad q. 4,,a! baiore might help
10 relieve the monotony OF her journey. pass
cd it over with ths remark:
Perhaps this may help you to while away the
time"
She turned square around, her eyes flashed,
and Ahe sEAtafu by hissed:
''How dare you speak to me ?" II
There had it, but am naturally obstinate,
and replied:
Il merely wished to be courteous"
She turned around again. and again her eyes
flashed as she said:
If you speak to me- again I'll tell the con-
luctor."
Now, then. assert on my solemn oath that the
girl had over 100 freekles On her face, stub I
nose, red hair, loug, bouy neck, and two Of
1er front teeth we're gous. She couldn't have |
essoned that WAS struck with her beauty, or !
Eqs about to propose an elopement or intended |
o follow her and carry her OF to some cave, just |
8 novelists have pirates end brcands do Ia |
ike Miss Dickinson to explain why she wouldn't
ct me be obliging and civil.
These are not the onty cases. I've been re-
uffed 30 often that now when | SOS woman
auoping around the dapot to fall over satcheis
nd run over trunks Ii her wild efForte to find
Ter missing bundles Tn secretly glad, and e1s-
estly hope she'll miss the train. II cit in y
ar and hear th-m an1iously asking each other
it is the right train I hope it isu't-hopo
hey'n get carried Thousand miles out OF their !
Dute. II notice one trying 70 put dowu the
ar WINDOW and it refUes to budgs, look tha
ther way. and hope the cold stream Of air will |
ire her the quick consumption, and dovastate
appy hearthstone. Let Miss Dickinson remem-
er that wanted to be courteous, civil, and
b1iging. bet that her sex drove me- into being
sldsh and meau.
g.: A lADVS TOILET. TEMPO GEORGE ~.
At 10. after her "dish OF Bohaa, az it w4G |
lied generally tskeu before rising, the lady
ranged herself in muslin peignoir, or wrap
,r, and had regular reception Of her friends,
bile, with her hair disheve1ed, she wss submit
d for the first time in ths day to the hands Of
II hair-t1resser; for usually she dressed four
five times day. Her hair, dragged off her
ce, covered with powder, plastered with poma-
m, and frlz2ted IN stln curls was rMsed, bT |
cans Of gauze, feathers, aud flowers, into
edfdce often equal to her height. -Four
Is Of gauza have been contained in some
these erections, with butterflies, birds.
ID feathers introdnced-the last Of the
ost preposteroua height Of, it is recorded, ,
out yard. After an hours plasteriDg and ,
zzing, the hair-dresser's task WAS ever, aud
,ary one it Was, though enliveaed by the ami
a1sd conversation Of the yisltors. Tho re- :
Rindar of the toilet WAS finished, tho most im-
rtant OF which WAS the arrangement Of tho
tohas-a point Of great interest These were |
ade Of black silk. Rummed and cue into stars. t
sscent, and OTHER forms. Patches had origi-
ted in France under Louis XV., with view y
show on the whitennsa Of the complexion, | '
t they were never worn By women OF | L
rk ekins. Great was tho art in plac-
: these patches near tho eye, the cor
+ OF the. mouth, the Forehead, aud the tenn 9
J. 4 lady OF tha world would wear aeyen or =
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