The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-12-17
In WOMAN'S BEHALF.
DOING WITHOUT MEN.

DOING WITHOUT MEN.
Hard, Cold Cash and Plenty Of 1t About
the Only Absolute Requisite TO Modern
Female Happiness.
Are men indispensable to the fair sex?
Can they be spared? Is it possible to do
without these towers Of strength? asks
Nell Nelson in the New York World.
Until within few years they were re-
garded absolutely indispensable and are
still by q certain class OF timid, untu-
tored, lovable women, but it would seem
from the actions and utterances OF the
bright. smart sistcrhood who constitute
the rank and lile OF the progressive and
advanced movements that the muscular
creatures have been pushed aside with
scorn and disdain. q IA6 ess
Women are living their own lives.
They are walking alone. They have
aims and ambitions They have wires
laid, and they are excavating by their
own little selves wholly and entirelyin-
dependent Of the hitherto indispensable
race of men.
Every bank uptown has ladies' de-
partment, with special service for the
convenience OF the fair creatures who
keep accounts. Here the gentle finan-
ciers transact their business as quietly
and unconcernedly as though the whole
world were feminine. In the cafes, res.
taurants and hotels, dining-rooms, Sec
tions or tables are reserved for the fair
patrons who are so easy untrammeled In
their movements that it would be jocose
to raise the question OF masculine indis-
possibility. " o 81
Not only does the lone lady boss the
waiter, but she calls for her favorite
newspaper and reads cable reports and
editorials with her arms akimbo, the
sheet opened at full width, her heel on
the foot-rest, and often toothpick be-
tween her teeth.
Indispensable men? BAIL! Nothing
is indispensable to her but cold cash.
Go to the church, the lecture, the
theater, the concert, or the opera in sea-
son, and you will find by the predomi-
nance of the fair sex how very easily it
dispenses with masculine attendance.
These brave ladies generally 60 In
couples, often in groups, and frequently
in single harness. It is nonsense to
talk about the conventionalities. If q
progressive woman wants to hear Q
preacher, q singer, q speaker, or an Or
chestra, and she has one dollar. she will
snap her fingers in the face Of form"
and 60! The advanced woman will 60,
too. but in little different manner.
She may have maid, borrowed for the
occasion, at her side; II the occasion is .
grand one and seats are at premium
the attendant will wait for her in the
dressing-room or in the little four
wheeler on the street. 80.
One Of the most approved plans among
the advanced girls Of New York is the
messenger service. She starts out early
in the evening, perhaps alone or at
tended by the kitchen maid, who takes
her to the car The art reception, the
conversational. the lecture, or the con-
cert over, Miss Fearless has call rung
for messenger and with his escort and
an expense of twenty-five cents or fifty
cents gets home safely and speedily.
Some OF the best paid choir soloists in
New York adopt this plan, thereby saw
ing huge livery bill of expense and
gaining lot Of personal freedom.
II make it a rule" she says, never
to depend on the tenor or bass to see me
home. There is a call-box in the church
basement and get boy escort for a
dime. At receptions and companies
where 60 as guest or soloist l re-
sort to the same medium. My ear Is
quick and the moment the bell rings ]
am ready to go. never accept the es-
cort Of a gentleman. 1t is such bad
form, don't you know"
The proof of masculine Indispensable
ity is more emphatic in ultra-fashion
able circles. Take the Casino balls a
Newport or the Sherry dances in town
and if an unmarried lady is not accom-
panied by her brother, or . relative, o.
chaperon, She has her maid, who as
sists her from IA carriage or cab ant
waits for her through the dance. Won
On travel over the country alone, they
cross the ocean in every steamer b,
VuOAT OWu oWo'SV, coASSo, Ohoy Ohooh oiIOi
own baggage get through the custom!
Offices with as much speed and a.
little friction as their brothers. The,
are their own agents and managers. IL
business transactions and a law unit,
themselves in politics, philosophy
science and religion. And stillitis
question of the indispensability Of maj
does not have q tendency to keep won
an just a little sweeter, q little NOR
gentle and pliable, and trihe NOR
charming.
The girl with the dimples and tn
matron with the dancing curls, VIII
dare not venture into crowd or out il
the dark without man, may be calle
dolls, but there is some thing ineffabl
sweet about the timidity and faith tina
pins itself to the honor of indispens
ablc man. i.' fi'
Women are very lovable and men ar
Indispensable, because they keep ther
lovable by telling them so.
FITNESS FOR PLACE.
This Must Vo Cnnsis1cre6 In Selectiu