The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-02-21
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II GALLANTRY.
The American man is the hand
, soonest, the most generous, devoted
aud courteous of all nations. "Man il
Creations masterpiece: We believe 1t
. for he says So" In comparison witt
men of other nations, | quote from d
traveller, who while journeying on the
Continent, saw passing funeral, and
noticed the grave respect Of all the
bystanders, who removed their hats
and reverently bowed their heads.
Every man, even the roughest dray-
man, except an American in light
suit. Her friend remarked, "Doesn' t
it make him appear irreverent and i'll
bred? | declare | am quite ashamed
to be his compatriotr' That night on
going to the theater, the crowd was
so great, and the girls knowledge of
French rather limited, and they were
afraid they would never be able to
procure their tickets. Finally one Of
the girls undertook to buy the tickets,
but the crowd jostled her rudely away
from the ticket window, when sudden
ly to her amusement, and gratifica-
ton, the American in the light suit
came to the rescue, hastily stepping
back and giving her his place. He
stood by until satisfied that she had
securet the tickets and then quietly
returned to the end Of the line, obliged
to begin all over again. With flushed
cheeks and sparkling eyes, the happy
girl flew back to her companion, "Pll
take it all, back, Nell,' she calculated,
'they are the most gallant men in the
world" She also adds, 81 am incIin-
ed to think that the American man,
like many another blessing, is not
fully appreciated until one has done
without him for time. Wait until a
woman has passed some months on the
continent with only an occasional
glimpse of her own countrymen and
then see if his ridiculed American
isms, his Certainly" Il guess" ETC.,
do rot ring like music in her ears"
Not only to pretty strangers is he
courteous In his own household he
enjoys the distinction of being the
most courteous and devoted to wife
and mother. He believes that God
gave him a wife, to love, but "a mother
to revere. Edward Box recalls an
instance, where, in house occupied
by two families, point of disagree
ment came up. is it not possible
that your mother may have been
wrone?' asked one of the disputants
of the other
"My mother, sir, was the rejoincr,
sis incapable of doing wrong in am
thing"
What room was there for further
argument with such an answer?
Going to the extreme, you say.
Perhaps; but it was beautiful, never
the less. 1t was the answer of a typ
ical American man.
Not that devotion to mothers is an
unknown quality among European
men, by any means, but if there is
one word that seems to mean more to
an American man than any other it is,
mother
They respect and they love their
homes. They render loving homage
to the women of their homes. 1t was
not man but woman, strange as
that may appear, who started the fam
Gus conundrum SIS Marriage Fail
ure?" which ball went rolling over
the globe until every body had had
his say. We are sometimes shocked
at the immortality of men, but it was
this same woman, who although
happy wife, with privileges and free
dom she had never had in her girl
hood days, and yet she argues against
the institution ''as the one lowering
tendency of our present civilization"
AMAN's IDEAL FOR WOMAN.
Many and glowing have been the
tributes paid by men to women.
From Confucius -"Woman is the
masterpiece" .
From Gladstone-"Woman is the
most perfect when the most womanly."
Men do not worship an ideal, but
creature possessed of the virtues they
have seer in other women. The pro- ,
yressive woman who talks of 'woman's |
sphere" may get an equal share Of the |
of this world with man, I
out when she puts herself level with !
nim. socially intellectually and physi- ,
ally, he will turn to the woman who t
s willing to acknowledge his superb {
ority. He has thought himself "lord |
'f creation for so many generations, =.
le will turn to the woman, who helps
prop up bis declining monarchy. S
When hearts are trumps, fattery is {
he right bower. ,
The majority of men come to wo- :
nen for repose, and they can never be
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