The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-23
WOMEN WHO HATE MEN.

The albany, N. y, Argus IS responsible
! for the following:
While it would, of course, be unfair to
suppose that ALL or even the greater portion
OF these women who eject to lead life OF
single blessedness are mcu-hatcrs, still there
are some TO whom that designation fully
applies.
There is a lady residing in an Eastern
town we'll known for her pronounced views
regarding the sterner sex Man, if shr
knows it, is not allowed, directly or indi-
rectly, to contribute to her wants in life
Males are strictly forbidden the house and
the lady declines to have any dealings with
business carried on by men.
Her baker, grocer, dairy dealer and milk
dealer all are women, and it is said that
meat has been entirely obliterated from the
establishment dietary simply because there
is not female butcher to be found in the
neighborhood Though decidedly bencyo.
lent in disposition, charitable societies de-
pending on ma collectors get no subscriI
tons, and the only way the tax collector
can make sure of his morey is by sending
his wife for it.
Another abominator OF men has acquired
Il terrace OF houses, with designs upon oh
tanning the whole street, with the object of
founding colony of women occupleIs.
These tenements are, OF course, only let to
females, and any tenant in a moment OF
| weakness entertaining thoughts of entering
the marriage state is promptly served with
a notice to quit.
The colony of women suffragists who have
a quiet summer house on Cape Cod do not
exclude male callers, whether they are rela-
tives or not
A Chicago woman has long since display ed
her adherence of the opposite sex By relus
ing to accept legacy left her by male
connection. Another, who was herself rich,
executed will by which, at her death, sub
stantial requests were left to her female
relatives, while the males inherited the
paltry sum of 81 each. A third left sum
OF money at her decease to be expended in
pounding and endowing home for women
who had attained certain age without
marrying.
| There is repol ted to be, in one of the
Western States, a society of women sworn
to renounce the companionship Of man for
life. Each member registers a vow to re
main single all her days, but the regula.
tions of this league do not require its adj
herents to withdraw from the other respon-
sbiltes of the world. A member is free
to have father, TO own a brother, or even
to possess an INDEPENDENTLY rich one,
but husband or lover is entirely tabooed.
A woman who died recently in New Or
leans used TO boast that she had not spoken
to a man for thirty years, and another in
Philadelphia was equally iubilant over the
fact that she had lived five and twenty
years in one house without ever man
crossing the threshold. But probably the
bitterest man-hater OF modern times was au
| Austrian woman WHO, AT the tlHle ol Her
death, was engaged i'll developing plan
for the ultimate extinction of the male sex.
Fortunately all the women who abomi-
nate men are not of such pronounced type
as this. Some of them, indeed, wear armour
that is not always proof against the on
slaught of the enemy, as is evidenced by the
case of the girl who, after initiating vio-
lent crusade against the other half of human
kind, and getting Il lot of recruits, sud-
denly fell victim to the wiles Of pressing
young swain and married him.