St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-06
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P0ao 0o0sGAlne Kloe 0soo VIM IL o.
11ns 1asls - ~lAAys.
'If you say female II includes cows.
feminine sounds affected, woman.
direspectful. % can't say 1adyr" he
pleaded
For answer his tyrant picked mp the
Sunday Press and began reading ont
from the want column such items Of
wishes housework, s'colored lady viii
do washing" etc,
'.And the other day boy called to
sell me some flsh and introduced him
self - the SON Of the shad-lady round
the corner and Rosa informed me that
she had seed the perlice takin' up .
old drunken lady No. you may not
say It, 1T least II you are talking of
me-"
He squirmed. "It's vulgarized. I
grant you, but, honestly, is there any
word which takes its place? Doesn't
woman sound enisque and unmannerly
in some econnections?"
She was . truthful tyrant. and she
gave . reluctant mo" to his first ques-
ton and Yes" to his second He con-
tinued, plaintively.
"'Woman' isn't descriptive, generic
name, including all ages, - is lady
and il certainly used in ~ many un-
pleasant connections. Don't you hear
of . drunken woman IS often ~ the
other phrase7 Lady is word which
came in with chivalry, and carries with
it = subtle suggestion Of the elevation
and alteration of the sex which for s&es
had been known and despised -
women No, the one word has mean
ing which the other hasn't, and think
that in losing 1t we are losing SOME
thing which society can't well get along
without"
There was third listener who up 10
this point had not spoken. Now he did
90, removing his meerschaum from his
lips and speaking slowly: 81 agree
with you, and what's more / think
there is IN elcvating and refined force
with the use of the words gentleman
and lady They are now almost
tabooed in-I was going to say polite
society, but we have NO such thing
and what is the result or possibly the
| cause? We have . hne-looking, we'll
dressed, well-inf0rmed, clever set Of
young people, but with the worst man.
ners to be found inside the century.
The young women, as they insist ON
being called-adect mannish free-snd-
easiness of manners, lift their voices to
screaming pitch in public places. and
will apparently take any sort of<ude-
ness or negligence from the other sex
without resentment or surprise; while
said other sex seems to be forgetting
more and more completely to respect
that divinity which doth hedge lady
but which apparently has nothing to
do with = young woman
''On the other hand where do you And
real chivalry and courtesy: You may
laugh, but tell ron it's among the So
called lower classes, who in adopting
our lost titles, have apparently as-
sumed also the manners which 60 with
them. You won't find the 'colored
gentlemen leaving his lady friend to
scramble on the car unassisted. or dnd-
! ing 1t too much trouble to raise his hat
or take the outside Of the pavement -
do our urlsnquidswell.. And she il more
punctiliously careful to address him ss
Mr., to respect his dignity and pre-
serve her own, than the woman who
socially stands many peg higher. No,
they may advertise themselves IS wash
ladies and gentlemen, but they deserve
those names better than We"
'-Oh, certainly" agreed the tyrsnt,
smiably. (which of us can wash7'
Roth man 1auwhAA tsEns thu 1aat
word, trust 49,"
"Woman!'' insisted the tyrant.-Phil-
adelphia Press.