The weekly defiance., 1882-10-24
Women and Water.

There's an end to all fshin' for
this season" sighed the old man, dis.
mally. Perch was just bitin' good
and bass was commencin' fer to run,
hut it's all up now for goodp'
"Why sop
"See them three girls out there in a
boat? When three girls goes rowin' the
hsh just pack up and slip out"
"How do you account for thatp'
Cause girls makes such splashin'
and fuss and slam around so that even
whale couldn't stand it. Hear 'em
nowp'
There is good deal in the PROPOSE
ton that girls ISLAM around' some
under the conditions nominated, and a
man who takes any interest in human
nature can hoard a great deal of infor-
nation by watching three women get
into small boat. First, there is series
OF squeals, supplemented by an edition
OF yells, closing with an abrupt dive and
then an effort to sit on the same seat,
and prolonged falsetto inquiries as to
why the thing tips over so. To the av-
erage woman the center of gravity is
always over in the next country when
she wants to get into boat, and the
idea OF equilibrium never enters into
her calculation, until the keel pops up
above the surface to see what's going
on inside. AS for rowing, the girl OF
the period regards it from standpoint
peculiar to herself, and inclines to the
opinion that the blades were made
sharp because the water is hard and
digging the order OF the day.
II claim that no woman can row a
boat" continued the old man. "You
see that girl shove one oar in the water
while she holds the other in the air, and
abuses the other two for not STEERING
straight. But they get come up with"
he chuckled. 1.-The other dav that
same party was out fishin' and they
caught one crab. The crab know'd
they was girls as soon as he got in the
boat, and ne just opened his nippers
and them gals walked ashore ketched
their boat about mile below and that
crab was sitting up on the midships
thwart winking at himself for his luck
and enterprise" and the old man bent
his attention on his tish-hooks, chuck
ling audibly as the force of the reminis-
"No, SIR" continued the old man.
glancing out on the river, "girls has no
business in boat, unless it S pulled up
out of the water. The other day chap
went out with couple of women after
cat-tails, and he let 'em row. Their
course was down stream, but as soon as
they dug their oars into the water the
boat started the other way, and Pm
blessed if it stopped until they reached
the head of navigation and slid up a
tree. I'd as quick trust baby with a
gun as girl with II boat, if had nv
way. There they gor' and he pointed
to the disaster beyond. ..When they
want TO change places they try to walk
past each other on the same side, and
that fetches 'em! The water is nigh on
to two feet deep there. and they are sat-
lsiled they are drownedw
Did YOU ever see woman fishp
Primarily she catches the hook in her
dress, drops her hands in her lap, and
says ''pshaw!" Next she denounces
the bait as nasty refuses to touch it,
and. then wonders why somebody does
not s'string it, on her hook for her. If
oy any mistake she gets her line into the
water, she is sure that something is |
wrong with the sinker. and if she gets a |
1ibble she throws the whole business |
overheard, falls backward into the bot
ON OF the boat and squeals for help.
Occasionally you will find one who
holds on and captures her prey. Look
nut for such a woman. Intoxicated |
With success, she will swing her line
LrOund her head tear a mans Jaw ont