The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-17
No, Eo Wasn't Out.


Ho--And Gid you sse Monte Carlo
whilo you werc at Moo?
She-No; papa called on him, I
believe, bat from his disappointed
appeararlc "h"u 81 -Cturnad to the
hotel l t,,i,lk ,tr. Cn"lo must hayo
been out. '-LorlGI 1'rn.
THE ncER woman.
Plain Enough, but Kisse" From the Cradle
to tho Grave.
The BSer woman is unlovable in
appearance. G"acnS and modern ac-
complishments are unknown to her.
Handsome she is not, nor is hor
temper angelic Her cooking would
often kill an ostrich, and her voice
is not attuned to harmony. All
that Notwithstanding, tho most
kissed being on earth is the Boer
woman.
From the cradle to tho grave she
is kissed-by grcat-grandfather and
great-grandmothor, by her grand
father and grandmother; of course
she is kissed by her parents. She is
kissed by her grand unclcs and
aunts, by cousins male and female
to tho last degree of Einship. She
is kissed by the relatives of the
above and By their relatives. Her
brothers and brothers-in-law,h her sis
ters and sisters-in law and all tnoir
children kiss hor. So docs her sweet
heart and all her female friends and
acquaintances. Her husband and
children and all her relatives and fe-
malo friends, residing lorg or sncrt
under her roof, kiss her repeatedly
every day.
Whether she and her husband are
in good circumstance or not, lie
buys or sells nothing without ask
ing hor advice and abiding b. it. lie
undertakes no work without her
sanction. She commands her mar
ried son of 30 in tho samo way that
she did when he was 5. He oLays
nnd kisses her just as childliko. She
calls her husbaad by his Christian
name to her friends. 10 others sHo
speaks of him as tine baar." ::
her if no Is her "baas.' No -
is her imam" WHAT white wo2i-
an" sho asks you, "over had II Mast
fer? Do you take mo for IlaCir
woman?"
The Bocr woman could not con-
ccive tho idea of having mas +.
In poverty most dire size has I'D
from infancy at least one black scrv-
ant. Like her mother before her.
she would seq her daughters per III
with hunger before she would ali w
them to go rs domestic servants.
They arc in her eyes the equals of
the most high born DANES in any
land, and servants they snall never
be. She dotosts the thought of her
sons working for ali employer, but
often has to give way Oh that point.
The Boer woman has often been
held up as lazy, dull, stupid and
dirty. A greater calumny has nov
or been uttered against any woTnn.
Her intense prilo and love OF il e.
pendence make her crpear so to the
European lady or gentleman 40
knows nothing of the conditions of
life that have formed her customs
and made her What she is at y. osy. It.
The BoCr woman, with her g. IL
dren, would retro to tho most rid
desert of Aflic and live or air So m
er than dwell at ease ard in llXGcy
whcro she contraSt1d unilvCra ~
with hor neighJCvS. ,ShO S2OTnS 80
slightest patronage CEtondcd to hi,
no matter from whom.
She has inherited an innate love
of bright colors and beautiful things.
When she cannot obtain theso tnil"s,
she is content to wear tho saddest
colorod garments and not bo trou-
blcd by tho most sordid and drcary
surroundings.
. She ,%I!cS hor "man" kind with
rod of iron. They do not know it,
however, nor docs Sho suspect il.
All of 'lJu would tlko oath T. at
tho exact reverse wa, tho case. ! *
her to speak in church Cr OH q plat
form anywhere, and she would n
agino you 10 bo cay. THAT iA :.
mans business" $40 would sGy.
NoVerthCl" - MIS-. HDcr " 0uid SEQ
to it that nor "nan' or son no; id
say i'll church - on " platform j,'st
exactly whnt she wished So Il
Np!nan's "iaht, as understood W
tho American woman. would lie at
tta lN iucNnlnr.,1 ,1unsi,nn To tho nn,r