The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-12

There is no doubt about it that we
who are supersensitive are having an
unhappy time of it. 1t is possible that
when we enjoy we enjoy as no others
mean, From toothache to the loss of
ones best friend, from a disappoint-
rnent in a frock to coming down to
bread and butter without jam. there is
such intense woe that all the pleasure
in the world, or at least in this world
of worry, cannot compensate for our
sorrows. We who have seen New York
at its 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 go
in and the middle dug up for the bene-
fit of the car tracks, have endured
smelIs-you cannot call them odors-
that are past description and have
come to the conclusion that the Amer
lean public is the most long suffering
and the most absolutely idiotic Of any
,in the world. No other nation would
endure what we do.
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individuals we are counted as nonenti-
ties. Good, clean street cars are start
ed for the benefit of the public. The in
iividual pays his nickel and has to
stand. If he were an Englishman, he
would write letter to The Times. all
other sufferers would join in signing a
petition. and the car company would
be forced after the seats were all oc-
cio inn
that it was complete" and if any one
entered after that it 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. 1t does not make the least differ
ence whether you wear No 10 or a
No. l shoe in these days OF wretched
streets. because ones boots are so en-
tirely covered with mud that it 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 a woman is offensive She
must be like the orchid, the product OF
civilization. But the woman who is to
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. I am per-
fectly willing to live on as did my
grandmothers, with no knowledge what
ever Of sanitary blessings. In fact. I
sometimes wonder if they are blessings.
The sanitary woman Is a most unpleas-
ant person to visit you. On her arrival
she carefully inspects the plumbing and
has to have some special treatment of
her own given TO the bath nearest her.
She criticises the food and counts il as
worthless unless it belongs to the spe
cal health variety which she upholds
She tries to convince you that you are
not properly clothed and that she is.
while the fact that she looks a guy and
sou do not only adds to her iudipna
ton. Nine times out of ten. unless she
is very well bred and simply slightly in
sane, she manages TO call you a frivo-
lous female.
OF course every woman is a female
but no woman likes to be called that.
1t 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
have an idea that Eve frivoIed. / am
sure that Lillith did, and l would be
willing 10 bet my last gold dollar (noy
worth Sl-65) that all the women of an
Gent history who We're 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 charm. OF graham
bread and the delicacy of baked an
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 If you can, the sanitary wo-
man IN love Imagine the discussion
Of what one ate and drank and wore
as being part of a love affair. Fancy
talking about a new health food be-
tween kiss Oh, it is past belief, 1t
Is absolutely fair to conclude that the
sanitary woman has no reason for ex-
istence and that in time she will drop
into that desuetude which is her proper
place. Selahi
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