Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-02-18


body said there was great deal of |
politeness wasted. but / don't believe |
that II tho woman to whom you give |
seat in tho street car hasn't the dc.
cency to thank you, it Is rather bard
treatment. but you yourself know that
you have done what is right and what
is polite, and you should not. because
OF the Ignorance OF one woman. allow
yourself to be her equal by concluding
in future to forget your good manners.
Women are a little too well used to be-
ing considered under this flag of ours.
Too many of them have Cotton to the
point when they think that, simply
because they are women, oil considera-
tion should be shown them. OF course,
there's some truth in this, but because
they are woaien, and this beautiful
chiyalry is shown to thom, they should
make every gentleman conscious OF
their keen appreciation of his recos-
milton of them. You have seen the
woman who. by sitting sidewise occu-
pies two seats in tho street car; you
have, also, seen the woman who piles
her wraps about her when she's ut the
theatre in such a way that she takes up
part Of your chair SO you are forced
to sit like trussed chicken; you have
eeen the woman who kept a whole line
of peopIe waiting while she displayed
her ignorance to a bank cashier or a
ticket seller; you have been unfortu-
rate enough to sit in front OF the
woman who put her feet on the back of
your chair and showed the points of her
dusty boots On your coat - not TO
mention how nervous those moving
feat caused you to be; you have seen
the woman who accepted all manner
of social courtesies from you and mover
dreamed that it was necessary to
thank you; you have seen the woman
who has, by her ill-tsmper. made your
dinner party failure, or your supper
a funeral festivity; we've all seen these
women; and the root of the evil man
ners they display is selfishness.
Sometimes these women arc young
enough to have it knocked out of them
in after life. Sometimes, though, they
continue to be worshippers OF self until
they reach their graves; and then.
they are probably surprised TO dis
cover that they have not been quite as
important as they thought. A selfish
woman can make whole household
| unhappy. If she wants TO take Il nap
nobody must talk, not because it would
awaken her but because she wants
| them to wait until she can hear 1t all.
| IL seamstress is in the house she
demands the greater part OF her time.
and tho other women of the family can
! have her when "my work ia finished. I"
| Sne wants the hest bit of the chicken,
| the wsrmest room in winter, the coolest
| in summer, and always to have her
feelings, physical and mental, con
sidered. She is the typo of woman who
drives man to his Satanic Majesty.
and who breeds children that are either
her exact opposite,or else herself dupli-
Gated. Nine times out of ten. how
ever, the thoroughly selfish woman b as
a son or daughter who is entirely un-
| selfish. This unfortunate child, I'M
fortunate because he or she goes to the
extreme of goodness and makes vice
out of virtue, sacrifices herself to her
mother and receives no thanks for the
love or unsellish devotion given her.
| There ia certain unselfish type,
usually woman, that is utterly lacking
in backbone. Constant thought oil
other people makes this type Of woman
bury herself so completely that all her
individuality is lost. Nobody recog-
nizes her as bright woman, or an in.
teresting woman, or even as KIND
woman, but she is regarded as woman
who would do anything for anybody.
and who seen.s to invite i'll treatment.
She always reminds me of a worm, and
| have mover quite understood what
use there was in the world for those
wriggling, soft, impersonal creatures
Under microscope they may lool
different, but to the ordinary eye al
worms are alike in their general char
acteristics of softness and wurthlsssDes
though they do differ in color. / really
think that l can endure better thu
woman who is like hedgehog than thu
worm woman. At least the woman
who, at tho slightest word, fiourishe
all hor pointed quilts and is ready for /
fight has something about hsr Il
interest one. How human beings
especially women beingG--do supges
the animal kingdom L don't know
exactly what dues come undor tho heal
of the animal Kingdom, but | maal
those living things that We usual.
} conclude without knowing to have n
souls.
Ilayen't,you seen a woman VINO wa
exactly like a plump little hon? | hav
. seen her put on her gloves and smootl
down her dress when she was goln!
out. Just as tho hen arrauges he
feathers and perks when she is starting
for walk over the lawn. The parro
woman can be mot almost every day
, hooked of nose, receding of chin witt
: little head-liko eyes; and shril
!; voice-how many of her are yol
: acquainted with? Then there's tn
, woman who is like an Aiderney COW
placid, well-made, with beautiful Dyes
, glossy hair, eating and enjoying he
+ food and displaying no more than quie
: interest in everything around her. The
there is the woman who ia like black
; and-tan terrier; small boned, dark j
t coloring. and with quick, snappy wa
of talking. and rapid way of waliin
I that suggests the barking of the littl
puppy and bis quick trot when he dart
' for a bone. THERE'S tine serpent woman
D there's the woman who, like tn
D cuckatoo, is all fine feathers; there
/; the pussy cat woman, slow in he
j movements, purring in her speech, br
8 having her claws well-concealed undo
perfect fitting gloves; there's th
t woman who looks like pig. no featui
y is particularly prom mont in her facl
o except her nose, because she's TOO fai
Q she walks slowly and she gives a
Y occasional sigh of general satisfaction
8 that is really closely contested with
s grunt. tell you sou can match Ii
Il human being with the snulless anIm
z every time. Just then it sounded as
@ the machine clicked out somethin
j. about "chattering like monkey
a Wall a mnnkey Ia amilaino and If Z,