The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-03
WoMENs PEcULlARlTIEs.
"a Horrid Man Has Jotted Down a Fe
of the Things That He Has Noticed

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of the Things That He Has Noticed.
What man is there that has not noticed
the many funny little peculiarities that are
characteristic Of nearly all of the dear fe-
male sex?
Perhaps you never did, so / am going TO
call your attention to some of them. and
just for fun watch and see if it isn't true.
A woman seldom gets up from her chair
when she has been sewing or darning with
ost letting pair of scissors drop from her
lap to the floor Nine out of every ten viii
do il. 1t would almost seem that the
bother Of having 10 stoop and pick them
up would be sufficient 20 break them of the
habit, but it does not, and she keeps stoop
ing for those scissors all her life.
One would suppose that Monday would
be the most busy day of the week at home
for farmers wives, and that what little
. time they had TO spare would be gladly
used in sitting down and resting. Yet Of
all the days in the week there Is none that
suits the woman SO well 10 go some
where as washing day. There is a sort of
Unborn desire or whim 10 'be out" some
where that day. Perhaps they do it 10 rest
themselves, and perhaps they wish TO let
other women see they are through wash
ing.
1t is simply one of their ways
Did you ever notice woman who is
leaving friends when she is about to get
on or leave a horse carr She does not say
her ''goodbys" until the car has stopped
and then all sorts of requests messages,
kisses and ''goodbys' until everybody Is
out Of patience and the car ready to start
One would think she could do al this be
forehand, but she never doeS-and that is
all there is to it.
Did you ever know or hear of two or
more women being together for any length
of time, that the conversation did not turn
to the matter of dress sooner or later2
Did you ever observe how a woman
throws stone or anything? Or how she
drives nails This can't be described.) }
Or how she ''shoos' the chickens with her
skirts, apron and sort of conglomeration
between a courtesy, a twitch and a stoop?
Did you ever notice how they cry at all
sorts of provOcations and all sorts of rea-
sons? If they are in sorrow they cry, and
if they are joyful they cry. They cry when
they are scolded, and they cry when they
are petted.
These different cries must emanate from
different sources of feelings, but how is
one to know which is which,
Did you ever notice when two of the fe-
male sex meet on the street how very sure
they are to look back at each other after
passing? What do they do it for2 How
do they gauge just the proper time to look
back and not catch each other lookingg
Did you ever see "A woman try TO use a
shovel? OF course there is no need of her
doing So but she does sometimes and the
sight is painful.
Did any of you married men ever notice
that your wives never get corsets the size
they really ought TO have2 They always
buy them from three to six sizes smaller
and then let them way out ! have often
thought about it, and have concluded that
as they don't ever see them behind when
on they make themselves believe that that
is their proper size, and it is sort Of salts
faction TO them to say that they wear so
small a number.
Did you ever know women to follow ex-
actly any particular receipt, table or rule
for mixing and cooking anything No,
you never did; they never do They guess
at everything, and while they hit It in
many cases, when they don't they explain
the failure by saying they guess they did
not get in quite enough Of this or that, or
else the stove did not work right.
They hate rules or anything that calls
upon them 70 do exactly So and they
had much rather guess at a ''cupful, " tea
spoonful or quarter of a pound than to
measure il.
These are only few pecularities, and
they are not presented in a critical sense,
but only as an observation. No doubt we
fellows have an equal number of queer
ways.-A Horrid Man in Boston Globe.