The Magnolia gazette., 1881-12-23
wim the oomlng woman smol.e1 }

will the Coming Woman smOEe1
The London World thinks she will,
and gives it's reasons for this opinion as
follows: 'In all probability 'the higher
education of women will bring about
one result which its advocates have
never thought of. Girl l-graduates over
worked and crammed, will take to the
solace of smoking. The women who
are pushing their way into the pro-
fessions will discover the need of it.
When women begin to work they will be
entirely associated with the blue-stock-
ing, instead of the anonyma and her
imitators. 1t will be useless to protest
or condemn. The use of tobacco was
prohibited in Russia,-the knout threat
ened for the first offense, death for the
second yet Russian ladies are the
greatest of smokers. Pope Urban VIII.
issued a bull against it; our King James
fought vigorously against its introduc-
tion here. In the East the priests and
Sultans declared smoking to be a sin
against their holy religion, and yet the
Turk is seldom seen without pipe.
Even the edict of society will not alarm
the new generation of clever women.
The actress smokes in her dressing-room
because she is exhausted; the authors,
the artists land we have one or two
women who can paint will smoke in
their studios for the same reason. When
sensible men 90 to see them. they will
| light up together and have sociable
talk Let us console ourselves with the
| fact that pretty woman who smokes
because she likes it, looks well. Doubt
less there will come day when Worth
will always add to his dresses a dainty
little tobacco-pouch or cigarette pocket.
And we may be sure, when fashion has
once got word to say in its favor,
smoking will no longer be improper.
Women as Employees.
A correspondent of the Woman's
journal writes "Some of the reasons
why men do not like women as employees,
and do not pay them as we'll as men, are
these:
81. The average female employe is
not punctUal at her business in the
morning.
go. When the women employees do
come they almost, without exception.
consume the first half hour in talking
about the ball, party, drama or concert
Of the previous evening while by them
neteAh tliAtl DbNS WHO nave Dee0 at
the same entertainment with them. or
to some other place of like character,
and who come in, nevertheless, with a
cool nod, going Immediately to their du-
ties. We have looked sharply about in
several offices and representative shops
in the city, and could not but notice this
absorption of girls and middle-aged
women in pleasures which the very er-
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chatter is often kept up during the day,
accumulating volume by the accretion
OF new matter, such as My new
dress. am bound to have those ban
giles, and They say Sophronia Fitzger-
aid is going to have Gus at last Men
and boys hear this, and do not respect
women In trade any more for it.
"3. Women almost universally com
plain to men, and even to call boys, be-
cause they have to work for living II
is not in one class of Office, store or shop.
that you hear those feeble walls, but IN
nearly all. It's mems place to work
and support women Il think it is the
greatest misfortune that can happen to a
woman, this going into the world and
earning a living. I wish was rich,'
and am tired of work. Now. do not
men and boys hear all this ? And when
our grand apostles of the new dispense
uon demand equal civil place for women
IN the State, energetic George and in
dustrlous Peter, proud of their craft.
think OF these ieremiades and-sneer.
a. We often hear business men saw:
| Women are uninterested in and care
/ less about their work; they don't care
how 1t is done, if only off their hands;
they gossip with the men in the office
| Tor shop the minute the employer goes
out. There is certainly a lack of con-
eentratlon, and inability to focus down
! deliberately with mans BULLDOG grin
I on the large issues of life. How can
men help sneering when, instead Of cor
rect copy, or well-stitched garments.
they read l wish l was married for
their patronage?"
~ The Sarcastic Girl.
The sarcastic girl is. in the lanouaoe
OF the negro elocutionist and orator.
growing more prevalent" every, day.
She Is triille more insufferable than
her giggling, gushing. romantic-lovine
sister, whom, however, she always con-
templates with pitying contempt not
entirely free from disguised scorn.
The sarcastic girl is, in some in
stances, the product Of hasty or ill-ad-
vised compliment paid her by some
thoughtless admirer on her making some
spiteful criticism of the rude remark.
concerning an acquaintance or com,
panion.
She has not the ability to distinguish
between impudence and satire, aud il is