The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-04
MANNERS TOWARD WOMEN.
A Young Woman of Observation De-
clares She Prefers Camaraderie
to Courtliness.

Some of my dear sisters, 1 see."
said young woman Of observation to
reporter for the New York Sum-
have started in on one of their peri
odical kicks. against the decline in good
manners among men. Like the gener-
atty of us, they. realize condition,
but go all to pieces when 1t comes to
definition. Manners are not what
! they used to be, but they have not de-
clned; they have only changed. Men
don't walk for miles with their girls,
holding their hats under their arms
and writing quatrains on their shirt
cuffs; but then catarrh is a deal more
prevalent now than it used to be. You
fellows don't wear lovely white wigs;
the beautiful parting in your hair, that
you have so carefully worked out with
rat-tail file, would be all spoiled; and
you don't know the difference between
a madrigal and a trilogy. But all the
professional rake is not quite so COM
mon now as he was in the days of the
professional courtier
But, say the kiCkers, men slap girls
on the back, smoke in their faces and
call them old fellows nowadays. That's
right, so they do; while in that tomfool
time the good old days they lay at
songs without flutes, and carried their
ensiayer's patterns, and sent them
rosy wreaths' with sentimental verses
done up in blue ribbons. Well. and
what of 1t? Isn't the girl of today a
good fellow? Why should she object
TO a mans smoking in her presence
When She don't think she imperils her
her reputation by smoking a cigarette
IN ms? I'm smoking a cigarette now,
put you don't think you've a right to
insult me for that reason, I guess.
AND why should man trip daintily
half a meadow ahead of me to open a
gate when [ can jump over it? mean
cross wise you know. And, what's
more. the very man before whom 7
gave one exhibition of high and lofty
vaulting asked me that evening to
marry him.
so far as 1 am concerned, and I
think | speak for quite a number of
girls, don't banker after all this so
hcltude and courtliness about which
there is SO much talk of the doleful
and reminiscent order I'd a heap
"a ther have good fellowship and be
Jolly companions every one 1 keep
my eyes about me and you can take
1t for granted that when men treat
girls as splendid chaps and 'dooced
good company they're not likely to
treat them as toys and appetizers.
Manners have changed sure enough.
and they change with years lust as
much as with places. But don't be
alarmed; we girls know that there is
Just as much companionship of the de-
xotlon OF US today as there ever was.
Inere may not be so much fal-fal,
lace-euff and fine sayings about the de-
Votlon, but when it comes it's as deep
and reverend as any mother could
wlsh; and the companionship may not
De SO Watteauesque and romantic, but
Us considerably more honest About
tne lost eourtliness there was deal
OF veneer covering a good deal of dry
rot; ABOUT the camaraderie of today
there is a good deal of rough timber,
but it's heart clear through
fou Fellows have got lots of bad
points about you. but-pass me the
ma please-its my opinion that
oee closer we girls get to an equality
OF companionship with you the better
II IS Tor us. Cynthia was not half as
saTe with eourtly Sir Lovelace as the
tennis girl is with the jolly, decent boy
who ca lis hA1. To -