The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-03
WOMEN VINO MAKE MISOG YNISTs
OF THE GONG RE ,SMEN

NV NuSL " hatun- hiU H.uOFIA OF I'M
Ereaanen to Escape Them-The RcEu,nr.
WASHINGTON. July at a man wishes to re.
tain his hiRh ideal of woman and to avoid b,.
coming a confirmed misoRynist. no should rc.
fratn from entering Congress-. No bachelor
could bo expected TO marry after one term in
Congress and any married man Of a sufficiently
susceptible nature to endanRer his wife's pence
OF mind will have his wandering proclivities
cured after he has represented his constituency
for a few months. Wives are frequently heard 10
deploro the entrance OF their husbands into puh.
lilo life because OF the temptations. the snares and
pitfalls by which they will be encompnsscd.
That is unnecessary. Any wise wife who wishes
her husband to think that she is the one dcsira.
bio woman in the world, and that the rest OF her
sex are pretty nearly all unbearable pests. will
urge her husband to run for Congress, and DO
everything in her power to get him elected. lie
may not want q second term, but she will never
again havo cause for Jealousy, for he will ever
after turn pale at the frou-frou Of q silken skirt.
and cling to his wife with an ardor equallinr
that Of nnte-nuptlal days.
The man who seeks an appointment through
his Congressman is often a terror, but the wa.
man who socks an Office for herself, her hus.
band. her brother, her nephew or niece, second
or third cousin Is n daily recurring horror as i'm.
possible to shake of as the Old Man of the Sea,
u o uibauNUlo db u uuTTlChTO, US lTTltAtinR as
Jersey mosquito. and as persistent as a small
boy with a question to ask. The women who
haunt Congressman never consider the fact
whether he Is their particular representative;
they will tackle any Congressman from any.
where and labor with him until. in desperation,
he promises to say or do something in their he.
half which both he and they know Is perfectly
absurd. but which only serves to give the haunt.
Ing woman another excuse for following him up
with even greater insistence.
In that part Of Statuary Hall in the Capitol
set aside for the women visitors Of Congress.
men. tableaux are enacted daily that bring tcars
OF sympathy to the eyes Of those who know what
the poor Representatives are under.
going. The women who come there day after
day are rarely fitted in any way for the offices
they arc seeking. and their claims for relatives
or friends are not entitled to much weight In
any quarter. The women who are entitled 10
something and get 1t do so through other chan.
nels; they do not spend their time sit.
tins around the reception room seeking whom
they may devour. After several visits TO this
reception room you get to know q number of the
regulars. as the pages call them. by sight.
They are of all kinds and conditions as to size,
coIoring and dress. but the same grim deter.
mination to lot no guilty Congressman escape
Rlitters In the eyes of all. the same glibness OF
SS Nuhho ~ ObO u u hlo
noticeable In all the %sitters. After their cards
20 in it is Of little use for a Congressman to
send word that he is engaged or out. They
know all those tricks well. and calmly wait
very often with friends whom he does not
ww y, to have detained. while the woman bold,
o of le 9GSf slof sIs en- eo. E TI III nsE nG GrssD; sh Sn5
going on his way in his shirt sleeves.
which 70 said to Dc tho way ono vermont
woman. he can do nothing but listen. II Is, on
tho whole. easier and better to come out and see
one day: and so. hour after hour. the chairs ami
couches are occupied by depressed. %wretchCd.
looking congressman under a sharp FIRE OF Tea.
sons. petitions, persuasions. and reproaches.
Argument is useless, SO the Congressman listens
in silence. and that silence is ingeniously con.
fortunate man finds himself entering on those
entanRlinG alliances against which he has been
A woman from n certain State may he told by
her Representative that he would do something
she can be credited 70 some Other State and II got
support from there no can then help hor. Hs
thinks this will settle tho matter. but he lilne
knows tho chronic woman office -Reeker. She
starts In on Congressman from some Stale that
Is entitled to a little more patronage. and they
begin to hate their brother Representative who
fastened her on them. Tho older the woman
generally the more perTsistSnt she L., Thcrcio,
years. and very remindful of q crow both IA TO
the deepneSs OF her mourning garb and he IN.
s M = qRH@ eprsS 9a Hff v vS'f from II sE Is N E%5n '" tei
hcr that II IL impossible to get anything for
young women. much less for those who are past
the age limit. She insists on the support OF ono
representative because in 1873 sho spent eight
months In the district which he represents o.
another with tho plea that her cousins husband
voted for him when he ran tho first time. She
has equally coGent reasons for general support,
OF tho House. She sends her card to Mr. smith
Immediately after the opening PRAYER IhS
P Esgs, T mr. q s InTIhhi1is e o o%ilss' E TSs ola E isa9 r Il "99
at him and calculates, my Lawd! :" In a vocO
IKE = e@alliopc; and then tsliT the page to go
knows he might as well. ]otheryIse he will find
when he starts home for tho day, This grim
old woman has her prototype In Dlokens's cr,a.
her victim to be brought forward that she
might chuck him ont w%inder."
Another OF DiGkens,s characters lives IL a IN:
Miss Fllte in Bleak House" The reception
room OF the House OF Representatives ls her
Court OF Chanccrv. and she attends II every
day, a quaint and curious figure. robed In a
black gown that hos grown green with, ago.
skirt. prevalent in $50, In which year, ssa young
woman. she began her visits, to Congress. Shs
and summer. a poke bonnet tied down over
her oars. and brown cotton gloves. and
carries big bFoTn umbrella and .b :
comes. and 10 the evening, melts away. and
where she lives has neyor become known. al.
on the same streets. always hitting around tho
sombre corridors OF the Capitol, In these days
she seldom bothers any one. though OCCASION
ally she asks for some well.known man. She II
always kindly treated. Tor the impression pro
walls. and probs bly, is true. that her mind boz
some ONCE. and nos she is a ohiidlike. simple
old creature.
old women arc the loudly dressed. coarse
voicet and hammered Young women who think
IL they only ask they will surely get. and that
no Congressman In his senses can resist their
porsunslOns. These adopts familiar tone after
one unwillngly granted interview that iS
TO buttermilk drinking in tho cafe. These are
like the moor, always with him. and he gets To
ne an expert dodgeT Of shirt waists and summer
hats. Tho divinity Of woman is seldom granted
by Congressman, and tho House Of Represents
tfves Is the safest place on earth In which .
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