The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-16

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sl Sea az GilFR inAfxk ..zsssdiiE Ass
minutes late, or when those
4ascuine buttons popped off, and,
\ y. ms, what a hulIabaloo he sets up
tim. But nobody says anything
about lies of care on her forehead !!
On, no. And a mans nose might
pll hioq red beet to shame, but
NOBODY supects he drinks. Oh, no.
woman must always be just so.
must look ;harming and sweet, no
matter howSour she feels she must
sing land pla, on the piano and say
something nee to everybody. Her
dressmust hag and fit Just so, have
the latest puck,r, even if it was made
in old Noah's ime. She must wear
No. tshoe ona No. 5 foot, and
look WILL dressedon IS cents week
She cart go out acne at night, as Il
Womanmust be Protected she can't
he FremasOn, as she'd tell all
about the goat and the creased pig {;
she can't whistle, climb fences, stone
cats, or say what she feels when she
gets mad She can't 90 accounting,
but must manage some way to get
married before she is %, or every
body will feel terribly hurt over it
and sigh ald wonder why she don't
and all theold maids and widows in
the neigmorhoUd will smile and
nudge each other. Oh, those 4isnili-
cant chances are fifty timps worst
than open sander. It's an awful
thing to be az old maid and every
o0py knows it. Even the women
WHO are married to drunken nus
a'ms, and fight and quarrel the sew
says out of the week, live in an
NV of spirit over her and talk
.slsg irSs Isss1s I'D 3f,.Si. Ard II
stenas had sweetheart once, and
he goes with any one else now. peo-
plesmile when they see her and qui-
etlyremark : "She got left" when,
in all probability, he was the one
WhOgot left. But she must marry
we'll and marry well means marry
rich, and to get married, in some
peoples minds, is the whole aim of
wOman's existence. And when a
woman does get married, the whole
town put their heads together TO talk
over the matter if she is good
enough for him no mention is made
whether he is good enough for her
or not. Oh, no! Then they will
relate anecdotes, how stingy her
grandfather was how lazy her Aunt
Polly was, and how her grandmother
used to sell beans and butter-miIk,
and sWeeten her coffee with mOlas-
SEES. She must be good cock, and
do up her husbands shirts so that
when lie goes down town. past a
Chinese laundry. John will gnash his
teeth, John will get very mad, grow
green and yellow with hate and envy
and twirl his!pig tail in theair in the
same unholy passion She must be
able to lay her hand on everything
in seconds time that her lord and
master may want, for a man never
knows where to find anything. He
will put the boot-j4ck away, tender
ly hide 1t in the darkest corner of the
closet, then he'll turn the house up.
side down. from top to bottom, and
syduenIy appeal to his wife, with a
like that of the avenging
angel, and demand "What in the
thunder have you done with the boot
Jack ?' She must shut all the doors.
likewise all the bureau drawers, for a
man never was known to shut either.
A woman always has to 90 to bed
first in cold weather. He never asks
her to do this. Oh, no he wants
to finish this piece in the paper,
DEAR" and waits until she has the
sheets to a comfortable temperature.
She must always take care of the
baby, even though the first infantiIe
wonder has multiplied into round
half or three-fourths of a dozen as the