The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06
The Weaker SeX.--Isnt 1t Man, In
stead of Woman!

elf you expect me to bundle up my
throat because it is a little sore, or to
put on wooden stockings to help you
cure this cough, you are greatly mis-
takenr'
Thus said Detroit lady to her family
doctor, the other day, when he had been
called to prescribe for her, and she felt
quite indignant at the idea. Her throat
was protected by a wisp of lace weigh
ing the sixth of an ounce, while her
husband wore chest protector, two
shirts, an overcoat, scarf, and then
pulled his cap down over his ears. She
had been out nearly every day this win
ter thus protected" and made no
complaints, while he, a man in the
prime of life, had often complained of
the cold. He had cork soles, long
legged boots and thick socks, and had
felt the cold. She had kid shoes and
cotton hoes, and had been warm enough.
He had cloth gloves, and she kids. He
had a sealskin cap, and she fashlona-
BILE hat. She was out more hours per
day. on an average, than he was, and
yet she suffered less. He had been all
ing twice as often, though twice as
careful.
Get into street. car and you will see
men SILVER and shake in their over
coats, comforters and mittens. In the
midst of them is fashionably clad
woman who seems as comfortable as
cat on the hearth. Half the men sit
with their overcoats on in church or
theater, while nine-tenths of the women
remove all outside wraps. Men are
hungry three times day and must eat
Half the women who go out go without
reference to meals, and lose dinner and
get home late to supper.
No one ever hears female passen-
ger on the street cars say that she is
tired. A man who has walked a mile
will fall back into a seat with great
sigh of relief. A woman who has walked
three will sit down as if to accommo-
date some one. Business men 90 home
tired and hungry. Their wives come
down town, tramp around for hours,
and then go home ready for trip to
the opera or an all night hop at some
neighbors. While men believe they
need coffee, meat, potatoes and other
hearty things to make blood and flesh,
women will mince and pick and sip and
wish they could feel hungry.
Send bill collector out to call on
fifteen different men on Griswold street
and he will return with both legs ach-
ing. Give woman any sort of walk
ing and she will make fifteen calls over
widely scattered territory and de-
clare that she had a splendid time.
Stand man at dry-goods counter
and after ten minutes he begins to shift
his weight and look for seat. Put
down enough goods, and the average
woman will stand there two hours
though stool is close beside her. Let
three inches of snow fall and men will
wait for a car, fearing to get their feet
damp. Six inches of snow would be
nothing to woman in kid shoes and
cotton hose if she wanted to 90 any
where. During rainy day the num-
Der of women on the street is as great
as the number of men, and storms
which will stop street-cars will not stop
women from coming and going.
At some time in the dim past some
one called women the weaker sex. Was
it in sarcasmP If not, then there has
been a great change. A woman NAV
not lift, pull, push or carry as much
weight as man, but they stand cold
better, complain less of heat, walk more,
sleep less, eat less, rest less and en-.
dure pain with silent contempt where
a man would upset everybody around
him. A headache which would send a