The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-03-01
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Amber's OptnlOn Of Representative Fe.
males Of Modern Society.
Says Amber in the Chicago Herald:
A man was once walking along y
country road. The morning was
blithe with dew aud bird.sOng, and
the wav wound by many q musical
brook and flowing mead. until lost
1T last within the embrasure OF =
ieafy wood.
0The man was heavily burdened. In
| one hand he carried an iron pot and
live chicken by the legs, ia the
other a statf, and a cord to which
| was attached gamesOMe pup
shortly before entering the forest
the man was overtaken by a buxom
| maid. For time they jOurneyed to-
gether in pleasant converse. The
maid was going forth to gather win
tergrecn berries, she said, and for
that purpose she carried bright tin
pail. Hardly had they entered the
umbraReous shade OF the forest he
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 and the maid continued her
piercing cries
| II fear that you are going to kiss
me here in these lonely woods" lshe
sobbed. land l cannot help myself"
"tOu talk nonsense" said the
man; 'how do you SUPPOSE / could
kiss you If wanted to with my hands
SO full?"
| Nothing easier" moaned the
maid. ''All you would have to do
would be to stick your staff 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 1 do,
what shall do, with nobody nigh to
hinder?"
well thought OUT" cried the
man, and handed the maid the rail
to hold while he secured the dog,
after which he imprisoned the
chicken and proceeded to kiss the
shrieking maid.
The fable is eXcmplltied from day
to day BY those people who are al
ways on the alert for insults They
never ride in the Car. nor 20 on q
journey, nor walk through crowded
passageway, 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 offenSe any more than a homing
dove turns aside to troop with vaga-
bond crows. True modcsty is not
easily affronted and is slow to think
evil.
| II a girl is brought up right she
needs no champerOn to protect her.
Her own dainty discrimination. her
own sweet sense of SavOir faire will
carry her the wide world over as the
May morning carries bird through
its azure air or as June carries q rose
in its bright bosom. do not mean
to say that the pure women are not
sometimes mOiested 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 he on the street late A.
night she need fear little or no annoy
ance il she goes quickly and quietly
on her way without side gIances Of
distrust and fear. Very few men
will speak to u woman who seems un.
alarmed and thoroughly about her
business. read in the evening pa
per not long ago of Il woman who was
waiting on crowded thOrOughfare
for i delayed cable train. A stranger
who stood beside her remarked casu-
ally: ''Tnis is pretty tough, waiting
so long in the cold" The woman an.
peaIed to policeman for protection
from insult That was fully as bad
as the cause of the shrieking maid in
the fable. Any woman who would
be such fool as to deem herself in
suited because fellow wayfarer
sought TO condole with her on mutual
hardships ought to be finally insulted
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
a!oOf from one another? A company
OK raw recruits under marching
orders to the grave: a flock Ut sheep
travelling together to common fold:
a flight Of birds winRing 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 rs We Jour.
!. ney on9 The world woud be an in.
finitely sweeter place to tarry IL We
move IN touch with one another and
asst ceremony to the winds where It
belongs have seen but few people
who could carry hauteur and unneces-
sary reserve gracefully. and they were
wax figures In the museum.
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