Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-08-26
Is not 10 be shut up"

Can't be shut up" she corrected.
Never could be shut up; never can be
shut up. For women never, never, new
err -
1.-The tune falls flat without an accom-
paniment."
A male oneg"
Certainly, subsidiard male accom-.
paniment
Suppose a woman can't get ones''
''She always can, If she's nice"
Suppose she ism TT"
"Then she doesn' count But all women
are nice in some way to some one. That's
right, No. 8. -
Wont nice woman 'obeyy Vide
marriage service, which, I understand from
your brother, you've been studying"
NO need, my dear boy. I've known it
since l was I0.'
Don't you accept the 'obey?' -
Certainly. You needn't look so anx-
ious.'
"Woman's right, No. 1, is evidently to
be inconsistent"
"Thats merely part Of the great right
to do as she pleases.
"How do you square that with obedi
ence?"
Doesn't obey mean obey some or
der?' -
"Ye-es, I suppose so" I'm always
suspicious when a woman gets 10 logic
well, If nice woman doesn't like an
order, she manages that 1t isn't given"
But if 1t should be?'' I began to get
triumphant here.
"She gets It rescinded." Cis is really
beyond all argument sometimes.
THAT doesn't give her authority over
man, anyhow"
1.-The queens wish is command"
$50 Is the king's"
"If-if she lets him wish it.
"Look here, Cis, you didn't give me fair
warning Of your tyranny. I'm half in
clined to back out"
"Oh, you ungrateful mani am COM
pletely spelling you. Didn't let you play
football yesterday"
because you like to see the game
81 don't much like to see you play"
"That's rather uncomplimentary. | am
generally reputed to play pretty well. "
"You know that l don mean to attack
your play. The report says that you
Probably written by some one who
didn't see the game.
Nonsense! l meant that you might
get hurt
~ can take care of myself. - Sometimes
the papers say I'm too rough, but those
confounded reporters don't understand the
game.
"But you have to take care of me-"
SIS that another of your rightsg"
ITO be taken care OFF"
"Great care of, y l corrected.
"If you please.
81 do please, very much, but rights
cannot be matters of favor. +"
eyes they are-women's rights. F"
"Mere favors!"
Compulsory favors."
"You arc maryelously illogical, Cis."
"An undoubted right.
"But the other rights, Cis? II they de-
pend on a mans granting them, how can
q woman be sure of themf''
"Will youY''
"The question is, Will men in geDeral?"
"No, no. l don't core about men in
general. The question is, Will you refuse
them TO mes"
1 fancied there was a bit of a firm set
about Cis' mouth for all her smiling, and
didn't smile at all. "Do as she pleases,"
is rather a large order, but, then, Cis
would never please anything very dread
full.
''I expect not" said I, with half sigh.
I'm sure l shouldn't refuse her anything
that could possibly help anyhow. Then
we sat quiet for a few minutes.
"Jack?"
"Well, Cisf'
"If you were clever, you would ask me
a question" F"
"Ab bout my rights, if any?"
"No. III tell you something" she se'd
in a very confidential way. So l went
and sat on the arm of her chair accord
ingly.
81 meant shan't ask you for all my
don = want ne t9 df9 fo lust ss please-if you
denly big eyed and serious, and there was
q little-ever such little-quiver about
her mouth.
''Then it isn't O question of rights, /
whispered, taking hold of her little hands.
NO." she said very softly, "not between
you and me. "
But 1 believe she will do just as she
pleases Notwithstanding Paul's.