Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-15
TIRED OH SO TIRED.
AMBER" REELS OFF A LIST UNTIL
SHE'S TIRED OF THAT, TOO.

SHE'S TIRED OF THAT, TOO.
Enough of So Called Civilization-Of Dudes,
Egotists and Humbugs She Is Weary
Especially Tired of Being Told That
Woman Can't Take Care of Herself.
/ am tired of civ lization and all the so
called Improvement of modern science
am tired of sewer connections, Steam heat,
furnaces and double windows. | am tired of
people who believe in all the gospels but the
gospel of fresh air, and who count the first
and only aim of MOI tai existence to be-to
keep warml lam tired Of the evolution of
the hired girl" and the emharrassmentsc con-
sequent upon meeting her on the new foot
ing am tired of having to wear twenty
pounds Of clothing when one would suffice
am tired of trying to compromise on dress
reform, and the consequent scorn of the low
minded. l am tired of paying for dead
horses and of being cheated in special bar
gains. am tired of encountering the merci-
less woman with dead bird on her bonnet,
and the idiotic woman chewing gum. l am
tired OF the cat which lies in wait for the
spring robin, and of the good littls Sunday
school hoy who is also lying low with his
sling shot
SOME OF THE HI aBUGs SHE HATES.
am tired of Guilty. vating people In whom l
take far less interest than do i'll carrots and
cabbaGes. am tired of excessively candid
people whose frankness is the outcome OF
boorishuess and i'll breeding am tired of
hai fplI bat
ness, when | know that the statement is a
faliacy and long to prove it. am tired of
dudes, ye gods how tired | anu of them, and
OF the cackling voices of loud mouthed peo-
pie everywhere. l am tired OF looking
through crowds for faces to take on trust
am tired of law makers who cannot tell the
distinction between tr sedom and license, be-
tween the American eagle and the low flying
foreign ouzZard. | am tired of the devil
turned monk, and people who steal ''the
livery of heaven to serve the devil in" am
tired of men who mistake this great breezy
globe OF sunshine, as it spins through snow
dazzle and summer blossom, for a cuspidor
and live in it but to dofile it. | am tired of a
law that does not justify homicide in the case
OF the hanson cab driver and the brute who
carries a black snake whip to torture his
horses with. am tired of the patient de-
Spair written in the faces Of lost dogs and in
the eyes OF horses slowly suffocating in nose
bags. | am tired of hearing people blame
Providence for the loss of friend or child
when violated laws of hygiene killed him and
Providence had naught to do with it am
tired OF ear mutfs, ano of awaiting the day
when the mills of the gods shall grind their
wearers into fine dust | am tired of egotis-
tical people who see no particular merit In
even the plan of redemption because they
were not consulted in regard to it. / am
tired Of doing things because the rest of the
world do them, and Of being considered q
crank if l preserve enough individuality to
refuse to be u conformiSt. / am tired OF be-
ing labeled with the great alike" like chari-
ty bibs at a fair. | am tired of being served
with vinegar and tanniu when l call for
claret, and with bottled thunder and light
ming when l ask for whisky to take home to
ali invalid parent.
TIRED OF SEX DISTINCTIONS.
/ am tired of all the impositions put upon
me because l AM "a woman. | am tired of
waiting for the day when can have an equal
chance with the men, and can be q gentle
hammered politician, coroner or q noble
county commissioner with the rest Of the
boys" l am tired of folks after they get toe
old to turn a coffee mill expecting to stay al
the ships helm and guide her through the
breakers. ! am tired of last years flower
pods in this summers garden, and Of all two
legged donkeys. ] am tired of expending
sympathy upon book agents, cripples, hurdy
gurdy grinders, and tramps / am tired OF
the brakeman who night after night and
year after year cries livingston" on the su.
burban train. l am tired of the mother who
allows her boy to be little rowdy because ii
is boys way when he might be Little
Lord Fauntleroy with proper training
am tired OF seeing children sent to parents as
recklessly as though one should send pearls to
swine or garlauds of summer flowers to Bed
lamites | am tired OF people who never
mean what they say or say what they mean.
am tired Of waiting for death to prove how
good fellow u man was or how noble a saint
and martyr woman hls been. | am tired
Of hearing that our girls cannot go about
toadyism borrowed from European society
am tired OF being asked to believe that q
sweet and true American girl may not be
trusted the world over without u keeper.
am tired Of people who make long prayers
while their fingers are twisted in the collar
OF an employe or u debtor, and of men who
talk about Heaven when they are unfit to live
in the best circles of Hades. | am tired OF
injustice that gives the golden cup to the pre-
tender and places the crown upon the Inn
postor's head / am tired of extortion and
unaueviated wretchedness. | am tired OF
tearing through life kindling flames that dc
not pay for the matches ind candles used
am tired of tear shedding and the great
voiceless supplication of dumb brutes and
little innocent children i'll pain. | am tired
of trying to keep cool and calm in storm,
that constantly send brave ships onto the
rocks am tired of big troubles and Of little
facts, of roaring lions and little foxes. / an
tired of lots of things besides, with no time
to enumerate them-Amber in Chicago Tri
bune.
Getting u Night on