The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-11-19
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MANS 1NcIH1LIT1rY 70 WOMAN:
N. Quad. ii III. New York Graphic,
says: l have great respect for Miss Anna
Dickinson. True, abe can't bake loaf
OF bread, darn sock, put down carpet,
OF silt pumpkin. but On tho other hand
she refuses 70 wear . hustle, is not affect.
ed, and agrees With me that goats are
great nuisance in cities. I'D RI. !
l SAW the other day IN assertion by
Miss Dickinson that tho present genera
ton Of men, both married and single, vas
aterribly selfish generation, and she I'd.
ded complaint Of general lack Of civil.
ty toward unprotected females. I don't
want to deny that I am man, nor yet
deny Miss Dickinson's assertion. want
to explain. .#=s~ vi. :. s....r, III "a:
When I got into IN omnibus in Chicago
one evening not long ago to change over
to another depot, some ones maie en- aunt
Was my fellow passenger. She had three
or four bundles and 4 trunk to come by
the baggage wagon. and she was not
handsome woman nor . young woman. If
l was to be put on oath Id swear that
she was one of the homeliest women l
ever saw, and I've been all over New Jer.
sey and Indiana. - -.
l knew the woman had to change cars.
and l knew she ought to be glad Of 4
little help, SO / slid along the seat and
asked, "Going east!''
She didn't reply, and, thinking she
might be little deaf, I called out again:
"Going east!''
She whirled around, gave me 4 look If
rage and contempt, and Kissed out:
Il know you, young man! and if you
speak t" me again I'll have you iailed!''
There I was, trying to be civil and kind
and to disprove Miss Dickinson's asser-
tons, and the young 1oman took me for
= pickpocket or murderer! I made
another effort when We reached the de.
pot, saying:
:'Madam, I Am going east, and if you
take the same train I'll cheerfully show
you to the ticket Office and help you to
get your baggage checked
''1'll help you if you don't get away
from me!' she snarled, and she added
that ifjustice were done I'd be in State
Prison.
She got confused in the crowd. failed
to find her trunk, and, when the train
vert out, she was cantering around the
depot with certainty Of having to wait
there eight long hours for another train.
/ could have had her aboard the train
with five minutes to spare, but she
wouldn't let me; and I expect some day
she will publish an assertion that men
are uncivil and selfish.
When the clouds gathered the other
night and the rain came pouring down, I
had an umbrella. This may seem incred.
ible to umbrella owners, but am on
oath. Remembering Miss Dickinson's
assertion, and overtaking lady with \
new hat and choice raiment on, I said:
''Madam, shall be glad to loan you
my umbrella. You can send it to me in
the morning."
Eyes, I know you would !" she snarled
in reply.
'Take it.p'ease, and save your new hat
She halted, turned around, and then
and there remarked as follows:
''It's none o your business about my
hat, and if you don't leave me I'll have
you arrested"
Now, may be ugly in looks, but she
couldn't have seen it on account of the
darkness, and no one has 4 right to
judge Of peoples motives by a high
keyed or low.keYed voice. wanted to
be civil and obliging, and would cheer.
fully have suffered rheumatic twinges in
order to save her raiment, but she Wonld
not let me.
Two or three weeks ago as sat in ras.
senger coach, with a young lady in the
seat next ahead, I suddenly remembered
that the magazine which l had finished
All hour before might help to relieve the
monotonys of her journey. l passed it
over with the remark:
''Perhaps this may help you to while
away the time"
She turned square around, her eyes
flashed, and she spitefally Kissed:
''How dare you speak to met"
There l had it, but I am naturally OBJ
stinate, and I 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
CONDUCTOR"
Now, then, assert on my solemn oath
that tho girl has over 700 freckles on her
face, stub nose, red hair, = long, bony
neck, and two Of her front teeth were
gone. She couldn't have reasoned that l
was struck with her beauty, or was about
to propose an elopement, or intended to
follow her and carry her to some cave,
just as novelests have pirates and brig.
ands do. I'd like Miss Dickinson to ex.
plain why she wouldn' t let me be obliging
and civil.
These are not the only cases. I've
been rebuffed so often that now when
see = woman galloping around the depot
to fall over satchels and run over trunks
in her Wild efforts to find her missing
bundle I'm secretly glad, and earnestly
hope she Il miss the train. If SIT in
car and hear them anxiously asking each
other If it is the right train hope It isn't
hope they'll get carried = thousand
miles out of their route. If notice one
trying to put down the car window and it
refuses to bulge, look the other way,
and hope the cold stream Of air will give
her the quick consumption, and devss.
tate 4 happy hearthstone. Let Miss
Dickinson remember that wanted to be
courteous, civil and ohliging, but that
her sex drove me into being selfish and
meaR.
An Atlanta youth (says the Constitw.
tton), gotten up in the latest style, left 4
West End car and tripped across to
house where little boy was sitting on