Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-03
BOUDOlR CHATTER.
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leaned A roseieaf check on ridieulously
small and very white hand while us mate
rumpled 10 her brown curly hair, ana
bllnked at the glowing fire with poutlng red
ilps and wide-opened brown eyes.
"What are you tired Off" asked.
sbe turnea her eyes toward mc-very big,
-, "a oves.-ana they were
Iust'ous' VIZ, 30 -, - -o,,,oacb
tuli OF lhlufeu Faii'' anu t'"'e
Il am tired OF the lie i've sno s"'u'
gently. and turned to the fire again.
knitted away on the pink sock. and when
.houyiy- n was time said. with affected In
,,s,".a,sa
u'nsi shuo' ., ri,,to
thought you were NJ" "oi'A'' ~ ~
and loved your lite-now that you can 40
! what you like"
| Tho new woman shrugged her shoulders.
| car ~, 10, -, ,,..,,a +, hooi, az, ,ho uovy
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Mon,ai' ever na'o Ni"o ,r;
| speaking, she makes me sick' my oouA
won't be like the yellow Aster or tue
| Black Dlsaste~ or the Sacred Triplets' or
| anv n, tbat beart.rendinp maudlin troupe
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Nh'Vu nas m"ue sSuVoie'',' 20, l., '
sensible women unbalanced II WIN DC al
! expose; II Will disclose to the public gaze
| the new woman as she really is. The
| creatures I'm .Dodo' and the yellow Aster
! A., ,,,, lie. ,ha,, ,,,,,id ho bootad an ,be
| ~ -, ~, -,
'"ee u 'no eaF'n II 'ioy w. Du' 'lo "V'i'''
| among us VINO pose as living eNpohehts OF
doubtful ladies' in hysterical literature are
perrnitted 10 1.-Two and flourish and SOW dis
| c,rb ana ,baor,os h, o,,- dostrtction -
rhis ,sos ,o, ,n,,oh ,,a, tor oiJ'tashtoned
mo "rd ,ho Nal saor u.,,,, Sn,,,,, an ,ba
| a. ,.,,ttn niasaI ~ ha,Gs ap,a n,saJ
ioO,, nIIas. hnryai ibta eu I'LL
| 80 ~ " ~ w."
lyle 'ulngI iu,o an a.s,
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~. , sIlg e'eH 70 tniS eN''"o' 'ii''' meta
i''"' i'i'o9's' ~ cai'e' ....,.,,..,
| i.u vah htnlu' lhS uc1l' SUI VVi''lu't
calmly am very mueh III earnest as
Always am uhu ah NOT gong 10 pe
| new woman any more II uoes not pay
Inc only new woman VINO rs happy IS sue
| VINO was porn man KNOW some cor
lege boys VINO are better new women than
! am, VINO sign suffrage petitions, belong
TO Temperance Leagues, give teas win
clvil government lectures, and Hungarian
| bands sandwiched IN between skirt dances
| ana salade, On, those are the days Wheh
man VINO Is "hemihate mas Just as goou a
| chance IN The world as woman VINO is
| strohB-mluded, so ne neednt SroWl!
was encouraged, This sounded more
liko Clyue's usual tone. expected mar
| ahRue ON mans vile deeds next. but
| the new woman continued almost dreamliy.
| Il nave been stepped TO the lips in
| progreas-i feminine progress. 1t has been
| an uphill Journey. now am going to slide
| down again. and anticipate as much
/ pleasure IN doing II as mat dreadful stone
| IN mythology ala, after the poor man mad
| pushNd II 70 me top OF tue mountain |
am as defiant OF my friends, the progressive
| women, AZ wa once defiant 10 the men
wh9 dlln't see It to give us suffrage,
"A
KNOW ana we We're tauBht' not by word
| put ny observation mat freedom was the
| gre1to5t LlesSlhg IN existence was hungry
! Tor ~ II mas given me dyspepsia.
| ah u1arse from spelMhs AT sunraBe
| cluosi my eye" are worn ont from reading
| Jaw BOOKS, my hAhus tremoIe from shaking
| MINUS Win pig men VINO were gong 70
| push our Dlli through me LEGISLATURE, ana
| ! am ihehtally ana phgIca'y fulhedi nut !
nave 10 come oac" 10 the olu army TO De
| pehslohe1' lts iunny, lsnt t'' and her
lRugh Was only mar as DIlter as she tried
10 MAKE IL
Cuo morning. npt u great WINE ago
AWAKENED 10 the iact that ! was tired OF
po'nR a now woman why ASK the
browning society or the Political Poser
I9lnullt'ee, but When ! saw the waddcd
| hlh ",vss'HB Ja'hVt "h'Ch heretofore ! !
thousnt Nery suitable WIN Whieh to dfape
my ln'sau''"e urn ulNlne WIS us
HHateu' Inc severity OF my room and the
simplicity OF my wardrobe shocked me. 1t
"a economical TO De new woman. you
may Know Tor when one buys tracts, lee
ture tickets ana other trlnkets Of the strong
minded female one mas no money left for
dresses, but In tho end tickets and tracts
are cheaper l had to choose between the
two. | chose the dresses | adorned my
throu with frilly chiffon instead Of linen
collars; | wore gray and red and pink In
stead Of blue and black wore ostrich tips
instold Of coquo's feathers; l carried my
change in gold purse instead Of a leather
wallet. | was completely transformed With.
In a week. A strong,mnded woman came
to sec me and found me In a bower OF
water colors. photographs OF handsome ac-
tors and handsome old-time admirers who
had been packed away with all my other
frivoliuos for three years. She had to sit
on a pOmpadour chair under a rose-shadod
lamp and drank tea from seyres cup before
she came down to business, She never clme
TO see me again. She thought / had gone
crazy, She called me coward. They all
dc, They see nothing brave in going back
where you camo from because they cannot
imagine that anybody would be afraid OF
tho oldtashioned women who 1.-Two in every
hody's long ago.
And this, Is what l propose to do
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