Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-03-07
THEY COURT INSULT
Amber's OPiaion OF Representative Fe-
males of Modern Society.


country road. The morning was
blithe with dew and bird-song, and
the way wound by many 4 musical
brook and flowing mead, until lost
at last within the embrasure Of q
leafy wood
la. The man was heavily burdened In
one hand he carried an iron pot and
a live chicken by the legs, in the
other Il staf, and cord TO which
was attached Gamesome pup.
shortly before entering the t0rest
the man was oycrtaken by a buXUm
maid. For time they jOurncyed to-
gether in pleasant converse. The
maid was going forth to gather win
tergreeu berries, she said, AMI for
that purpose she carried a bright II
pail. Hardly had they entered the
umbrageous shade of the forest be-
fore she dropped her pail and began
TO shrek with terror.
For heavens sake what is the
matter?" exclaimed the man, while
the chicken squawked, the pup
frisked aud the maid continued her
piercing cries.
Il fear that you are going to kiss
me here in these lonely woods" she
sobbed, land l cannot help myself. +"
"Vou talk nonsense" said the
man; "how do you sup ose 1 could
kiss you if wanted to with my hands
so full?"
Nothing easier" moaued the
maid, IAN you would have to do
would be to stick your stat into the
ground and fasten the dog to it, then
put your chicken down and turn the
iron pot over it to keep it from run
ming away. Oh, what shall l do,
what shall 1 do, with nobody nigh to
hinder?" =
"Well thought OUT" cried the
man, and handed the maid the Iail
to hold while he secured the dog,
after which he imprisoned the
chicken and proceeded TO kiss the
shrieking maid.
The fable is exemplified from day
to day by those people who are al
ways on the alert for insults They
never ride in the car, nor 90 on a
journey, nor walk through a crowded
passaGewdy, nor sit in restaurant,
nor travel in the streets but what
some one either looks, suggests or
does something TO shock them. True
modestY is not always on the lookout
for otfense, any more than a homir q
dove turns as de to troop with yaga-
bond crows. True modesty is not
easily afTrOnted and is slow to think
evil.
If a girl is brought up right sha
needs no champerOn to protect her
Her own dainty d sCriminat!on, her
own sweet sense OF saYO.r faire will
carry her the wide world over as the
May morning carries 4 bird through
its azure air or as June carries a rose
in its bright bosom. l do not mean
to say that the pure women are not
sometimes mOieStcd through no fault
OF their own. But such cases are
rare. They form exceptions to the
broad and general rule. ii a woman
Is forced TO be on the street late az
night she need fear little OF no annoy
ancc if she goes quickly and quietly
on her way without side glances OF
diStrust and fear. Very few men
will speak to woman who seems un-
alarmed and thoroughly about her
business. l read IN the evening pa
per not long ago Of woman who was
waiting on 4 crowded thoroughfare
for delayed cable train. A stranger
who stood beside her remarked casu-
ally: ''Tnis is pretty tough. waiting
so long in the cold" The woman aD-
pealed TO policeman for protection
from insult That was fully as bad
as the cause of the shTieking maid in
the fable. Any woman who would
be such fool as to deem herself in.
suited because a fellow wayfarer
sought to cOndOle with her on mutual
hardshipS ought to be finally insultei
with a shotgun. Such a half-wit
would serve her day and generation
better dead than living. What are
we, anyway, that we should stand
aloof from one another? a company
Of raw recruits under marching
orders to the grave: a flock of sheep
travelling together to a common fold;
a fight of birds winging their way
through mingled sun and shade from
the north to the south land. Why
should we hesitate then, to give
greeting one to another as we jour
ney on? The world would be an 10
flnitely sweeter place to tarry il we
move N touch with one another and
cast ceremony to the winds where it
belongs. l have seen but few people
who could carry haUteur and unneces-
cary reserve gracefully, and they were
wax figures in the museum.