The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11

There is no doubt about II that We
who are representative are having an
unhappy time OF il. 1t is possible that
when we enjoy we enjoy as no others
do, but when we suffer, what Ii does
mean. From toothache 10 the loss of
ones best friend, from a disappoint-
ment in a frock to coming down to
bread and butter without jam. there is
such intense woe thai-all the pleasure
i'm the world. or at least In this world
OF worry. cannot compensate for our
sorrows. We who have seen New York
at it's worst, with one side of the street
dug up to let the gas pipes go In, the
other side dug up to let water pipes 60
in and the middle dug up for the bene-
fit of the car tracks. have endured
smells-you cannot call them odors-
that are past description and have
come to the conclusion that the Amer
Scan public Is the most long suffering
and the most absolutely idiotic of any
in the world. No other nation would
endure what we do.
AS a nation we may have rights: AZ
individuals we are counted as nonenti-
ties. Good. clean street cars are start
ed for the benefit of the public. The in
diyidual pays his nickel and has 10
stand. II he were an Englishman. he
would write a letter to The Times. all
other sufferers would join i'm signing a
petition, and the car company would
be forced after the seats were all oc-
cupied to put out a sign announcing
that IL was complete" and If any one
entered after that IL would be because
he preferred to stand and against the
rules and wishes of the corporation In
dependent, AS individuals we are the
most servile In the world!
We are so afraid of what somebody
will say. and we are so ready to start
on a pilgrimage of improvement and
so willing to stop midway. We have
good intentions of which we repent, and
naturally these go to make an uncom-
Portable roadway for somebody here
after II does not make the least differ
ence whether you wear a No. 10 or a
No. / shoe in these days OF wretched
streets. because ones boots are so en-
tirely covered with mud that IL looks
as If country roads had been gone
through rather than what might be
called and should properly be the by
ways of civilization.
With the various effects In the way
of chills. fevers, nervous exhaustion and
the queer stomach troubles and horrible
colds that have come from stagnant
pools and abominable smells at least
one type Of woman is abroad She is
not altogether pleasant She is crude.
Crudeness in n woman is offensive. She
must be like the orchid, the product of
,s,. a.
the front now and who is doing much
talking is the sanitary woman No
place is sacred To her, for she rushes in
where even the most daring angels
would not venture. and no human be-
ing is free from her fads. She tests the
way we breathe. the clothes we wear,
the friends we have and scorns tradi-
tion as she does dust.
/ hate the sanitary woman. ! am per-
fectly willing TO live on as did my
grandmothers with no knowledge what
ever of sanitary blessings. In fact, |
sometimes wonder if they are blessings.
The sanitary woman is a most unpleas-
ant person 10 visit you. on her arrival
she carefully inspects the plumbing and
has 10 have some special treatment 'oe
her own given to the bath nearest her.
She critcises the food and counts ii as
worthless unless 1t belongs to the spe-
cial health variety which she upholds.
She tries to convince you that you are
IOt properly clothed and that she is
while the fact that she looks guy ana
you dp not only adds TO her indgna.
tion. Nine times out OF ten. unless she
Is very well bred and simply slightly in.
sane, she manages to call you frivo-
lous female.
OF course every woman is a female
but no woman likes to he called that.
IL Is putting her on a par with the ami
mails In the menagerie. Still il is a
curious thing that in this world men
unless they are cranks. and then they
are not men-like frivolous females I
have an idea that Eve frivoled / am
sure that Lillith did. and | would be
willing To bet my last gold dollar ,now
worth s1.65) that all the women OF an
cient history who were in the least de-
gree charming were frivolous One does
not want the air dissected and the wa
ter analysed with ones dinner. one
does not want the charms Of graham
bread and the delicacy of a baked ap-
pie and the intoxicating qualities OF
oatmeal the theme at breakfast. nor
does one wish the value OF flannel worn
next TO the skin and no corsets the
subject for lunch.
Imagine, IL you can. the sanitary wo-
man i'm love. Imagine the discussion
OF what one ate and drank and wore
as being part OF love affair. Fancy
talking about new health food be-
tween kiss oh. IL is past belief IL
~ absolutely fair to conclude that the
sanitary woman has no reason for OK
istcnce und that in time she will drop
into that desuetudc which is her proper
plarr. Selah'
The big hats. with their IL to "a