Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-15
About Women.

men with tender, loving hearts, filled
with sympathy for all; women with
cruel, cold, hard hearts-hearts of
stone; women strong and steadfast;
women with good intentions, but
weak as water; women frivolous and
giddy. But ofall the different types
the most repulsive to me is the wo-
man who apes man. She dresses as
nearly like man as possible, affects
stiff hats, carries an umbrella with a
monstrous head, in the style man
carries his cane; crops her hair short
and parts it on one side; pokes her
hands into her side pocketsand swag-
gers. She whistles to her dog, talks
to her horse like jockey, and, On the
whole, makes as much Of a guy Of
herself as it is possible for her to do.
Does she think the men like this
kind of thing? Well, if she does
she is mistaken. True, they
chum with such an one; it's jolly to
joke and laugh together, to (very Of.
ten) smoke cigarettes together, but
when it comes to marrying-oh, no!
Not that marrying should be girls
one great object; far from it. She is
often much better off single, but what
/ mean to say is this, that men do not
like that sort of thing. What they
want or enjoy for day or an evening
would be the last thing they would
want as steady diet. Imagine a
man coming home from his days
labor and have to sit opposite such a
stick of woman all the evening.
Imagine, when grief comes to him,
the amount of comfort he could get
from having such an automaton
around.
Then the next type that is least
desirable of all is the clinging-ivy
kind: The kind that will sit all day
long with novel, or loll in ham,
mock and dream away her life; the
woman could not wash q dish for
fear of injurying her soft, white
hands; the woman who, if she mar
ries, is as a milestone round her hus
bands neck. But there is a happy
medium between these two. A wO-
man should be self-reliant, as indie
pendent as a man, and should learn
to do thoroughly what comes to her
to do.
There is no use in women aping
men. They can never be men any
more than men can be women. They
are, however, equal but totally differ
ent. A woman may go out into the
world and battle for herself, may
bravely face all difficulties, and sup
port herself and perhaps support her
family, without losing her wOmanli-
ness. She may take her place on a lev
ell with man and keep pace with him,
doing equal work (but not getting
equal pay, by the way) and in nc
way lose her natural grace. Women
and men were created for each other;
to be neutrality-suspicious.. Wo.
man has always been kept at disad.
vantage, but, Notwithstanding this
fact, she has "held her end up'' pref.
ty well.
Girls, be WOMEN-not simpering
lackadaisical dolls of things; but ear.
nest, steadfast women, Life isn't a
great holiday time; it is battlefield
Perhaps those whose "lines have fall
en- in pleasant places" do not realize
this. But if they would look around
them they would see the defeated
ones on all sides. Perhaps you DOM
have to battle for your bread, but i
you don't, there are thousands who
do. Can you not extend your hant
to some tired, weary sister? Just ;
kind word may help, and that would
q not cost you much.
Men are cruel to women very often
but not halfso often as are other wo
men. Many a girl has little else il
her whole life besides work; but i
we, who may be more fortunate
would try, don't you think we coult
give just little ray of sunshine? A
word ofsympathy, Il kindly smile o.
an appreciative glance may do fal
more than we realize. If we give
these (they cost 50 little) we may
save sister from many a heartache
"Bear We one another's burdens
We may do this in more than ont
way. n tender word, a "GOd bles
you" may lift a great burden from ,