The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-25


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NJ daughter. b. u bright ~
N6ew; Be witty, brilliant fas.
81 Npu pleasp; dance. paint.
bas5 Nsrd nsrye In wood; voic,
81 the kyon and wish 1t;
plar tenrIu sif>k viii; skate il yon
want to; read esPaPcrs; under
stand politicsH yc8 cant; adj
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be brave, sclf-reliait, sd a9SAtfp1ui;
but oh. don't be .manby." D0ostbe
..manay." Take the advice Of a&esk
erable patriarch whose trembling 1imbs'
have brought him TO a miicstone IN
this earthly pilgrimage that you viii
never reach-the frosts Of forty SUM-
mcrs will soon have whitcncd this wise
old tsead-and doa't be NANNY" l
had q little, nay much rather you
wouldn't ever talk the gentle slang Of
Vassar or Wellesly. but so iongas your
brother smokes paper, l suppose wo
must allow you some privileges Of
wickedncss. But do not, If you please,
and If you desire to bc pleasing, do
not be '.manny."
A '.manpy" woman always overdocs
the thing. In her frcnzied endeavors
TO appear, and do, and be like a man,
she usually succeeds in being like four
or five men. And somehow or other
she selects for her models the very
type Of men that nj other men despise.
she exaggcrates every attribute Of man
that she attempts TO copy. II she car
RIGS q cane, she usually carries a Bow
ery-looking kind of a stick that l
wouldn't DC found dead with, Ii she
whistles, she does not aim 10 whistle
In the melodious bird-notes of Ella
Chamberlain, but she whistles like q
stable boy. IL she c = man hat
and ulster, as often she does. she
wears q most offensive hat and tho
zebra ulster Of the song-and-dance
men. She doesn't chew tobacco, thank
heaven, because II she did she wouldn't
look ut silycr-lcaf fine cut, she would
chew .'cowboy plug" And she wouldn't
chew IL, she would .chaw" il. When
she walks down street with your BROTH
er she takes longer strides than her
mortified escort She talks loud, as
some men. but no gentlemen do. She
don't try 10 be a gentleman; she tries
TO be q .man." She ovcrdoes every
thing. like a boy learning to swear,
who drags in his blanks and dashcs
without-regard TO grammar or fitness.
time, occasion, or place.
And nobody likes her very much.
0b, she sometimes, when she is natur-
ally a very bright woman, makes the
circle about her lively and animated.
Men cluster about her il she is hand
some, and laugh with her to her face
and ut her behind her back. Her.name
is mentioned lightly and jeeringly at
clubs, my daughter. where yours is
never whispered save with profound re-
spcct. All speak of her by her Christian
name. Frequently they are a little
afraid of her, because the ''manny wo-
man. always striving TO be u man,
never ~relinquishcs certain dear privil-
egcs of her sex. and has a savage way
Of saving sarcastic, mean things to men
and about women, which, were she a
man, would bring her many q cuff O.
the ear. But being a woman, she can
say them with IMMUNITY.
But you say men leave tho society Of
quieter, more refined young ladies, to
go with the NANNY" one. Oh, no,
they don't The NANNY" woman has
a way peculiarly her own, Of collaring
o man and dragging him captive whith-
er she will for q time. But he always
escapes As soon us he IAN. Rarely,
indeed Toes he 60 willingly. Her loud
talk, her long stories, her whistle, her
sarcastic remarks, her cane and her
dog. her slang and her politics, her
soubre,te Righteousness scare the aver
~ man, and he runs AWAY the mo-
ment a safe line of retreat is open for
him. Believe me. daughter, when q
man wants a wife he doesn't fall in
love with n sweetheart SO much like
himself that it is n toss-up which of the
Two should and would wear the TT
would wear them. you know. There
is only N thing in this world of i'm
perfection of less use than n ''manny
woman" and that is a '.womanly
man." He-but excuse me, daughter,
If do o continue that topic. l can
never swear In your presence, and l
am but a weak human man. and fear
that ! could not talk long about the
''womanly man. without falling from
grace.