Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-06-18
MEN NOT WANTED.
BACHELOR oIRL PROTESTS
AGAINST ENTERT AIMING.
Chance visitors Are Bores-The Woman
Who Works All Day Refuses 10 BE
Conyentionaliy Feminine without Good
Reasons for 1t. a


Devote my evenings to entertaining
mem" frowned the bachelor, a woman,
according 10 the New York Press.
Never again. Our mothers did that.
1t was matter OF getting man or
remaining An old maid, which was
equivalent TO being ostracized. The
poor dears had no choice. Everything
was as tho men said then" The
bachelor, a woman, yawned. But
the idea that woman has to
marry, anyway. is passe. II she works
she can do as she pleases. | suppose
every woman would rather marry than
not, but most Of us who have dared TO
think about 1t would rather not marry
than engage ourselves for life to the
wrong man. EHtertain man-1ust
any man--in the evening" further ex-
postulated the bachelor. a woman. "0f
course. everybody keeps one night a
week when she sees persons. and for
that she changes her frock and tries
to be agreeable And that evening is
enjoyable Your woman friends help
you, and 1t cannot be so slow, no mat
ter how duh the men are. But TO put
on ones pretties every evening. to hold
herself in readiness TO play the piano,
sing the latest songs or some classic,
according TO the refinement Of the
chance visitor, to bother 10 think up
topics 10 consider in tete-a-tete with 3
man whom there is no advantage in
pleasing, Is something hope never to
do again. Why should I? Men say
the women must entertain men be-
cause they have been working hard
all day. So have the women. many
Of us. When my daily task Is accom-
piishcd myself want to be pleased.
Either wish 10 so TO theater or take
OF my frock, tumble Into loose gown
and read or dream In the freight, or
chat with mother or any OF The girls
who come in. Oh. Il is selfish. know,
but II is in line with self-preserva-
ton. ! see no more use in throwing
away an evening than q man does,
With women friends you can discuss
any subject that interests you. You
have not 10 consider the conventional
tiles. You can be yourself and talk in
an animated way, and II is good fol-
You. Let man come into the room
and the entire atmosr here changes in
moment. The subject OF converse.
ton probably VIII have 10 be reversed
In q twinkling. Then. too, from the
habit of ages, perhaps every woman i'm.
mediately becomes the enemy OF every
other and sets out TO make the caller
think she is the prettiest and mosi
viyacious girl In the room. oh. you
need not say In shocked fashion you
thought women are no longer rivals
Among themselves. socially. mayb,
they are not. And they have thought
II all out why they should not be ri.
walls when there is a man around. Blu
we act automatically. the way snak,
or some other such thing does with ii.
head on. The presence of an insignifi
cant snip OF man can change the en-
tire good feeling OF company OF wo
men. We do not think about then
when they are not around, but yot
know the hold the habit has on you
The other day ! invited one OF m,
women friends TO come TO my hous.
on a certain evening. She looked un
happy as q result. Going 20 have an,
menr she inquireds' No. said. AND
then she frightened. saying she wouit
come. 4 am too tired TO talk with
men after dinner she explained. Then
the bachelor. woman, said she die
not think It a commendable state. Thu
after-dinner indifference OF women Il
men in general. II is precisely tn,
selfishness for which we have blamed
the men. since we began 20 think about
II. On the whole. l am afraid womer
are getting very manly" continued tn,
woman. bachelor, putting on hel
gloves for her daily exercise at tn,
striking-bag After half dozen round,
she smiled sweetly and said that wo
mems unwillingness to entertain mas
culine callers must not be taken toS
seriously. Il suppose we're only deas
| tired.