Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-27
WOMEN IND WATER.
Ho,c the Dear Creatures Understand Boot
ing and Fishing.

Ho,c the Dear Creatures Understand Boot
ing and Fishing.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.I
"There's an end to all fishin' for this
season. sighed the old man, dismally.
perch was just bitin' good and bass
was commencin' fer to run, but it's all
up now for goodI"
why SOP"
"See them three girls out there in
boat? When three girls goes rowin'
the fish just pack up and slip OUT
"How do you account for that?"
"'Cause girls makes such splashin'
and fuss and slam around so that even
whale couldn't stand it. Hear 'em
now!"
There is a good deal in the PROPOSE
ton that girls SLAM around" some I'M
der the conditions nominated, and a
man who takes any interest in human
nature can hoard great deal of in
| formation by watching three women get
into small boat First, there is a Sc
ries 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 in
quiries as to why the thing tips over so.
10 the average woman the center of
gravity is always over in the next
county 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 a
standpoint peculiar to herself, and in
clines to the opinion that the oar-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. "The other day that same
party was out ishin' and they caught
one crab. The crab know'd they was
| girls as soon as he got in the boat, and
he just opened his nippers and them
gals walked ashore. I ketched their
boat about mile below and that crab
was sitting up on the midships thwart
winking at himself for his luck and en-
| terprise," and the old man bent his at
| tention on his fsh-hooks, chuckling
audibly as the force of the "reminiscences
struck him.
"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 a chap
went out with q couple of women after
cat-tails, and he let 'em row. Their
course was downstream, but as soon as
they dug their oars into the water the
boat started the other way, and I'm
blessed if it stopped until they reached
the head of navigation and slid up
tree. I'd as quick trust baby with a
gun as girl with boat, if I had my
way. There they go!" 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
satisfied they are drowned!"
| Did you ever see woman fish?
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
"st.ing it" on her hooks for her. IF by
any mistake she gets her line into the
water, she is sure that something is
wrong with the sinker, and if she gets
a nibble she throws the whole business
overheard, falls backward into the bot
tom of the boat and squeals for help.
Occasionally you will find one who
holds on and captures her prey. Look
out for such woman. Intoxicated with
success, she will swing her line around
her, tear a mans jaw out with hook,
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