St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-06-17
LIGHTS on woMAN.s RIGHTS.

Introducing the Subjects % Levs. Mar
ssaes aaA the stsps LsaAisg fhsrste.
DO you believe In womau's rights?'
asked the girl with the roses on he,
hat
THAT depends upon what you cal
woman's rightA II You mean the righ,
to buy your own mantinee tickets and
cling 70 . greasy strap in street-cal
say No. If you mean the right to wes'
all the pretty things your father will
pay for and to say that you arc twe
years younger than the family Bible af
firms l say Yes" replied the girl with
purple veil
you've been reading the comic pa.
pers. I see," said tho girl with the
roses.
The other yawncd: "Never; al the
men do that and tell you the jokes
they never forgive IL you say you have
read them, and 1t is difficult 10 greet
them with . proper show Of mirth
II"
That's just it-and II yoa don't
laugh until you arc weak they 90
away and say. Women have no sense
Of humor anyway Sense Of humor,
indeed! Some Of them may be very
glad We haven't"
my chaperon always used TO say Ia
me-" remarked the girl with the pur-
pie veil. ""Now don't try to be witty;
just look mp At the men appealingly
and admiringly. and laugh when
HGAw A~ ~ Ah>>
they will think: "How stupid you are;
how smart I am" and seek your So
ciety ever after"
20. what wise womanv' cried the
girl with the rosea mo wonder you
have made such success
The girl with the purple veil exam
ined her gloves thouRhtfully. "Ye-ea.
but Kitty. did you ever have Q real,
genuine proposal?"
''Why, wees. suppose So"
"You suppose so-that's just t. The
men are 30 careful nowadays; they edge
up to the subject with such care and
ask the question In such roundabout
way that girl doesn't really know
whether she has right to cut notch
in her parasol handle or not"
'Yes, and IL she givcs . plump NO
they wrigglc out of It in such . way
that she is made to feel as IL she had
said it without being asked"
True q. for the good old days when
. lover would fall on his knees say:
BE mine without any beating about
the bush. Girls really had proposals In
those days"
ibid they?" replied the other dubi-
ously. 'at any rate they say So"
They looked ut each other and
laughed.
II never thought Of thatr' cried the
girl with the purple veil, perhaps We
will tell the same thing by and by."
Every likely. But there 10 Marie
she really does have proposals."
''Ilciresses always do"
"Ye& Well, she says that when
man does II too beautifully she sus-
poets that he has done it often before"
doing it properly must make the
trousers bag frightfully at the knee"
said the girl with the purple veil,
''True. but they could wear the ones
they do in church"
II think that in these days Of spe-
cialties there ought to be bureau for
young men how TO propose"
That's so-now when Charlie"
20, Kittie. You never told me!''
''rhat's true. I didn't mean to tell
anybody yet Well, he simply said:
See here. Kitty. every body is saying
that we are engaged-thats right, isn't
it?' and l Just blushed and said yes be-
fore thought"
20, you dear thing. When II IL to
be?"
I'm June Hes desperately in love.
my desr-orchids and candied violctA
Well, here's my car"
''But we were going to talk about
woman's rights" protested the girl with
the roses
"well. perhaps we did. Good-by."-
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