Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-04-11
Do Girls SMe2rl

Most any girl who is frank will tell
you yes; that most girls do swear
upon occasion. Their swearing is
not shocking, except as all swearing
is shocking, and that any bad done
by the weaker sex is worse than if
done by ours. | must not be censured
for that qualifications; the ladies
themselves enforce it. There are
things which for them to know have
been done by father, husband, broth
er or son, simply cause smile. To
even suspect the same things done by
any woman they loved would un-
speakably horrify them. Girls swear
as they smoke cigarettes, when no
body is about, and because they think
it does them good. There may be
other girls to hear them, but girls do
not count with girls as anybody
when beaux and dress are not in dis
pute. They keep their swearing as a
ter satisfied than themselves how
badly the habit would fit them. For
it is not habit. If it were, they
would once IL awhile lose control of
themselves and let out their little
oatbs before gentlemen, and that
they never do. All women and girls
are actresses, but sll actresses some
times momentarily forget their parts
The swearing of girls, such as it is, is
mere declaration of power and indie
pendence; we can swear If we choose,
and we will swear when we want to-
But they are careful, very careful, as
to when and where. No girl ever
swears when real angry. Then she
cries Swearing is = weapon she does
not know how to use. Her swearing
means nothing. 1t never even goes
as high as the big D. 1t is all small,
very small DIS and a combination of
genuine oaths so mixed that all their
vigor is gone. A girl, even if held by
half dozsn other girls, would be
afraid to ring out as loud as she could
a string of first elias A 1 oaths. A
thousand times ali alone with a
mouse than that.
There never was woman with any
thing of woman left in her who could
swear; swear as a cowboy swears.
(Slace the disappearance of pirates,
cowboys must be classed as the most
accomplished swearers.) 1t is one of
the manly attributes they cannot put
on. They cannot get it at the tailors,
where they buy their suits. But man
does not want to be a cowboy to
swear well. SWEARING comes natural
to all men. Tlere have even been
very small boys who were excellent
swearers. And swearing was so deep
into their natures that no amount of
thrashings could drive it away. Pos
sibly, only say possibly, as women
progress into the occupations of men,
the next generation may see some
women who will pass muster as swear
ers. But there is no evidence of that |
as yet. Women are filling positions
hitherto only filed by men, but you |
hear no report of their swearing quail |
tiles. That they can go on without |
swearing only shows anew that they |
are IN the wrong place.
1t is quite credible that there exist |
girls, and girls, too, nearly out of |
there teens. who remember how often |
they have allowed d-n to pass their 1
lips In all their lives. The boy who |
has kept a similar tally would. if his /
history could be authenticated and ne /
was anywhere past ten, draw more /
money to the museum than Sergeant
Mason.
agree that the girls are not on a
level with the boys in swearing edu-
cation Here, as In other ways, so
ciety gives the boy the most advan-
tages. If he is caught swearing and
thrashed, he consoles himself during
the interview with his father that
when it is over he can go around the
corner, and swear more terrficaily
than before while describing the up
stairs performance to his chum- And