Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-11-03
Tho Emancipation of sian.

Ano emancipation oil Man.
She looked just like tina. kind of a wo-
man when she came into the sanctum.
and all the seniors became instinctively
very busy and SO absorbed In their work
that they did not see her, which left the
youngest man on the staff an easy prev,
for he looked at the visitor with q little nat
ural politeness, and was even soft enough
TO offer her chair.
'You are the editori" she said, in deep,
bass voice.
He tried to say yes" so that she could
hear him, while his colleagues in the
sanctum couldn't; but it was a failure, for
the woman gave him dead away in a
minute.
"fou are!" she shouted; "then listen to
me; look at me; what am II"
The foolish young man looked at her
timidly and ventured TO say, in feeble
voice, that she looked TO be about forty
sew
sam l not a womani" she said
The youngest man weakly tried to cor
rect his former error, and slid she seemed
more like CIR
''Gir-r RI! she said, 81 am woman;
woman with all the heaven-born aspira-
tons, the fathomless feelings, the ag-
gressive courage and the indomitable
will of a woman What can you see on
nv face ~
The position of the Youngest man on
the staff was pitiful, but none of the old
heads appeared to observe il. AT least
they didn't offer to help him out. So he
looked at her face for second, and said,
Ilmidly:
''Freckl-"
Nursing" she shrieked, 'shad you the
soulful eyes of free man you could see
shining on my brow the rising light of
brighter dawn"
Gould IT, asked the youngest man
timidly.
Yes, You could 1, the woman said in
/ tones of unmeas urable scorn. Now hear
me, have you a-but l cannot bring my
self 10 use the hateful expression in the
style of masculine possession; are you any
bOdy's husbandf'
Tne youngest man blushed bitterly, and
said he wasn't as yet, but he had some
hopes.
"And you expect your-that is you ex-
pect the woman whose husband you will be
TO support youin
The youngest man blushed more keenly
than before, and tremblingly admitted
that he had some expectations that, that.
being the only daughter of his proposed
father in law, if he might put it thatwsy-
''fahl' snarled the woman; ''now let
me tell You, the day Of woman's eman-
cipation is at hand. From this time We
are free, fer-reei You must look for 9th
er slaves to bend and cringe before your
majesties, and wait upon you like slaves.
You will feel the change in your affairs
| since we have burst our chains, and how
will you live without the aid Of women?
Who makes your shirts now ~ she added
fiercely.
The youngest man miserably said that
tailor on Jefferson street made his.
''H m,' said the woman somewhat dis
concerted. "Well, who washes 'em then:'
she added triumphantly.
"a chinaman Just west of Fifth street, ;"
the youngest man sad with hopeful light
in his eyes.
The woman giared at him and groaned
under her breath, but she came at him
again with:
Proud worm, who cooks your vict-
uals:"
The youngest man said truly that he
didn't know the name of the cook at his
restaurant, but he was darky about forty
years old, and round as barrel, with
whiskers like the stuffing of sofa.
The woman looked at him as though she
was going TO strike him.
sslAall ~ ha catA xr-ba 1a~ .f;rrr
forlorn hope, who makes up your bed
and takes care of your room3"
The youngest man replied with an air
of truth and frankness that be roomed
with a railroad conductor and an ex-Pull-
man sleeping car porter took care of their
room.
She paused when she reached the door
and turned upon him with the face of
drowning man who is only five feet away
from a life buoy.
Miserable dependent" she cried, "who
sews on your buttorsl'
The youngest man on the staff rose TO
his feet with proud, happy look on his
face.
Haven't sewed button on a single
clothes he cried trIumphantly, ''patents,
every one of 'em, fastened on like copper
rivets, and nothing but studs and collar
buttons on nv shirts. Havn't had but
ton sewed on for three years. Patent but
tons last for years after the garments have
gone to decay"
And the woman fled down the winding
passage and the labyrinth stairs with a
hollow groan, while the other members of
the staff. breaking through their heroic re-
serve, clustered around the youngest man
and congratulated HIM upon the emsncipa-
tion of his sex.