The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-09
y man says that women have not as

nice a sense Of honor as men.
"Oh, exclaims the woman who re-
jects everything that is said Of her
ne1 except that which is hattcring, no
matter whether it is all true or not.
This woman has been spoiled
she has. She knows her little short
comings and when she finds the stern
c- sex winking at them just because,
poor fellows, they have been taught
10 believe this gallant-shc just smiles
st her reflection in the looking glass
and mods to it and thinks, if she
doesn't say it, you are clever little
woman to get your own way as you
always do
The Man says that he bases his
assertion that women have not as nice
sense of honor as men on the fact
that they are willing to shut their
eyes to lot Of little personal obliga-
tions, particularly in money matters,
that should be promptly and s4uarely
met. Since the Man has said this
and, therefore, somewhat disturbed
my oldtime notion that women arc at
all times honorable in all things, l
have looked for the woman who shirks
her obligations, and thinks she has
right to, and-I have found her.
This woman that l have discovered
throws bills, when they come, into the
corner of her desk and there they lie
well, until she is forced to look into
the envelopes, fnd out which is which.
and pay them. Now, do not think
that this woman is foolishly cxtrava-
giant or purposely dishonorablc? She
simply does not acknowledge the fact,
if she thinks of it at all, that the
shopkeeper must pay his bills or go
out of business, that he may spend
slceplcss nights because folks do not
pay him, aud SO he cannot meet the
demands for rent, and supplies and all
the rest. The woman that l know.
and perhaps you know her quite as
we'll as [ do, being in comfortable cir
cumstanccs, keeping up wcll-ap-
pointed home, and all that sort Of
thing, is regarded by the shopkecpcrs
as desirable patron. and one that
they do not care to trouble too much
about the prompt settlement of ac-
counts for fear of losing hers and
others patronage.
Then there is the drcssmakcr, and
the laundress and others, who toll for
little and know before that little is
earned just how it must be spent, and
these are often neglected.
It is not meant by the woman who
puts off the settlement of their bills
to defraud them. Dear me, no! She
just waits until it suits her conven-
fence to pay them, and often, you
know, she will wax quite indignant
when a modest request comes that the
bill be paid because the work oman is
in need of hire. Maybe the little
seamstress has busily stitched on
rufficd frock all week with the thought
that when it was delivered Friday
night she would collect her money,
invest at least part of it Saturday in
bewitching little hat and go on that
delightful outing that she had prom
ised herself for long while. With
out the new hat she would not be ahle
to go, for the bit Of straw and flowers
she bought early in the spring by
summers end is sadly faded. The
woman receives her bcruffled dress on
Friday, as the little scamstress agreed
she should, so that she might wear it
to lawn fctc. Saturday, and sends
word that she will be "sure to settle
for it Monday" Monday comes and
she forgcts about the bill. The little
seamstress knows the woman has sew
eral more frocks to be made, and con-
sequcntly hesitates to ask for the
dollars that are due her.
Now, it doesn't matter in the least
whether man is as prone to neglect
his tailor bills. l am not trying to
prove that men are more honorable
than women. Simply because q man
has said they are not as honorable has
put me to spying out the little things
that have given rise to his suspicious.
There is good old rule that many
housekeeping and home making wo-
man sticks faithfully to, and tits that
nothing is ordered until there is GER
tainly that it can be paid for with
exact promptitudc. \ woman who
sticks to this rule, and teaches her
daughters to do the same, has missed
many shoal in her domestic sea, has
gained her husbands confidence in
household money matters, and her