Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-12-02
DoN TAXI mix Arm.
The Man Who Does SO Deserves to b.
Called a Gent.

Called Gent
There is only one man in the world
, who Gun be pardoned for the atrocity
lof taking w6man's arm. says the
New York Press, and he is the police
men who arrests her fol shOplifting OF
tries 10 save her from a cable OF trO,.
! ley car or some other fQE4n Of, Sudden
Death Any other man guilty Of such
massacre Of good taste and good
manners deserves not 10 be shot, but
to be designated "a gent.
Common sense. and custom have es-
Itlblished the rule that after dark a
( gentleman shall give his arm to the
/ lady he is with. This not oEly sisd
I Tics to the pubic that he is acting rs
Ian escort, and saves her from its COM
mcnts ana jostling, but enables the two
10 keep easily il step. There are also
occasions during The dty when a rude
crowd, rough walking, standing in the
cars, or lack Of strength makes man-
, ly arm doubly welcome 70 a delicate
woman. In short, the courtesy H.
| beautiful in its significance Of the at
itudc of man and woman
/ 1t must be admitted, however, that
many men are so ignorant or SO care
1 less in their manner Of extending this
courtesy that a sensitive worGau would
rather walk with both hands in her
mutf or her pockets if she dared than
avail herself Of it, Walking behind
couple arm-inarm, one can generally
guess at the mans breeding and his
relation to the woman TlIe anxious
4 lover is as easily detected as the in
| different husband. The former holds
I his arn at an angle acute with hope
and tenderness and admirably adapted
TO the height Of the angel who trips
/ beside him. When She puts her little
hand under his coat sleeve his heart
goes out with Il thImp TO meet it, and
I il is With an lEcmcegAed effort that
he refrains if he does refrain, from
pressing it passionatcly to his side as
he blesseS himself that the cruel world
/ does not sanction this own sweet, I'M
spoken mode Of communication, As
even the noblcst, strongest tree incIineS
Toward the sparkling and murmuring
stream, his whole being leans toward
the tender creature at his side, and,
with a courage that is delicious to CON
template, he protects her in her innO-
cent little alarms from even THE
shadow of IA mouse on the sidewalk.
THIN watch the married mau moi
4 the ideal married man, but the aver
age husband Of the average wife. He
stalks along as nearly ike the red In
dian with his squaw in his tracks rs
civilization permits. His strong arm,
crooked at the feeblest angle, hangs
Hmply down, furnishing a sort OF
: sliding scale for the slender hand that
in vain seeks for resting place.
( Sometimes, in crossing walk Or
mounting a step, the slender hand
slips away altogether, and then, in ac-
cordancc with his degree of natural
brutality, Indifference or i'll breeding,
he asks why the something She can't
hold ON, or what the thing-a-bob She's
I trying to do now. She signs and says
nothing.
Better it Is to see a couple just IN
the prime of life and who have climb
81 the heights together so wei and
so faithfully that they walk with one
gait just rs they feel, with one accord;
ne with shoulder well squared TO the
world and a strong arm that holds with
tender trmness the hand that came
to him with the auest heart in all the
world.
Best OF AL see the venerable couple,
whose bent figures and snowy locks are
bcautifed by the love Of lifetime,
rs arm in arm they descend the hill
Of life into the shadows Of the peaceful
/ valley.
/ To return, however, TO the purely
practical aspect of arm-giying, it is
wen to add that in certain parts of the
/ country it has a peculiar significance.
/ For instance, we are told that in Wis
consin for a young lady to accept Of a
gcntleman's arm in the daylight IS al.
most equivalent to the sending out OF
wedding cards, and we know this to
4 be 50 in east Tennessee. Right up in
the Great Smoky mountains, which
/ Miss Murfree so lovingly depicts, the
stalwart mOuntaincer, whose six feet
of Drawn and muscle becomes as SO
much pulp, VIII approach his divinity
at a camp meeting or picnic with the
agiuting query, Have wingf' This
is the crucial test. If from the depths
of a fascinating sun bonnet issues the
cruel words Il wouldn't give shucks
for chicken" then the mountaineer
knows his doom. If, however, through
those gingham frills is breathed the
tender words, Il don't care if I do
then bring forth the magnolia bios
SONS and ring the bells.