The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-07-20
WASHINGTON LIFE.
woMEN WHO MAKE MISOGYNIST
OF THE CONGRESSMAN.
want Offices for Themselves or Their
relations. Vain Efforts of Congress-
men to Escape Them.


,onfrmed misogynist, he should refrain
fro entering congress. No bachelor
oonId be expected to marry after one
.orm in congress, and any married man
If sufficient susceptible nature to en-
danger his wfe's peace of mind will
have his wandering proclivIties cured
after he has represented his constituency
for few months. Wives are frequently
heard to deplore the entrance of their
husbands into public life because of the
temptations, the snares and pitfalls by
which they will be encompassed That
is unnecessary. Any wise wife who
wishes her husband to think she is the
one desirable woman in the world, and
that the rest of her sex are pretty nearly
all unbearable pests, will urge her hus-
band to run for congress, and do every
thing in her power 10 get him elected
He may not want a second term, BUT she
will never again have cause for jealousy,
for he will ever after turn pale at the
fru.fru Of a silken skirt, and cling to his
wife with an ardor equalling that of anti
nupual days.
The man who seeks an appointment
through his congressman is often ter
rJr, bu. the woman who seeks an office
for herself, her husband, her brother,
her nephew or niece, Secord or thlrd
cousin is a daily recurring horror as i'm
possible to shake off as the Old Man of
4 the Sea, as uutamable as a hurricane. as
! irritating as Jersey mosquit,, and as
\ persistent as small boy with a question
to ask The women who haunt con-
gresSmen never consider the fact wheth-
er he is their particular preventative !;
4 they will tackle any congressman from
anywhere and labor with him until. in
desperation, he promises to say or do
something in their behalf which both he
and they know is perfectly absurd, but
which only serves to give the haunting
4 woman another excuse for following him
Z up with even greater insistence.
IN that part of Statuary Hall in the
clpitO' set aside for women visitors of
congressman tableaux are enacted daily
t0at bring tears of sympathy to the eyes
OF those who know what the poor vic
umlzed representatives are undergoing
The women who come there day after
Gay are rarely fitted in any way for the
OmceS they are seeking, and their claims
ior relatives or friends are not entitled
10 much weight in any quarter. The
women who are entitled to something
ana get 1t do so through other channels
Aey DO not spend their time Sitting
around the reception rooms seeking
whom they may devour. After several
VISITS to this reception room you get to
Auo" number of the regulars, as the
pages call them, by sight. They are of
oil KINDS and conditions as to size, color
ing ana dress, but tue same grim deter
mutation to let no guilty congressman
escape cutters in the eve of all, the same
6"OueSS OF tongue, the same impervious-
D'SS 10 SnubS, are noticeable in all the
suffers After their cards go in it is OF
,,''l7 use for Congressman t. send woru
'u'' ne Is engaged or is out, They know
oil 'noSe tricks well, ard calmly wait
''0und until they catch him going il
" Ou'' very often with friends whom he
'0eS not wish to have detained. while the
"Ollan holds his coat-sleeve in a vice.
my grip Short of leaving his coat in
~ POSSESSION and gong on his way in
40 SHIRT sleeves, which is said to be the
0ne Worn-ou. western representa-
W served too persistent woman. he
.aD 10 nothing but listen. 1t is, on the
''0' easier and better to come out and
w 'nen in the room and get il over for
cha. anu SO, hour after hour, the
n ra.o ana oouches are occupied by de-
& 1nds 9'u' "Fetcted looking congressman
ns a~'' sharp fire of reasons, petitions
0a''ons, and reproaches. Argumen,
slos ,o''SS' SO the congressman listens in
eo,s a1s' and that silence is ingeniously
and - 0'u INTO assent to all that is said.
eDto., - unfortunate man finds himself
ag, J1.ag on those entangling alliances
6e F@ r.. which he has been warned by
ga amer of His Country.
Than - more dreaded by congressman
Cd co.. ao ola women are the loudly dress
sa - voa'Se voiced and hammered vonno
thev , ~, who think if they will only ask
W surely get, and that no con-