Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

knows that there are people who ought to
be clapped into a growlery the day they
are born and kept there forever after. The
awkward part OF such an arrangement
would be the determining these objection
able Notwithstanding Evelyn, that is
always an awkward part, for there Is such
a variety of GROWERS, those who growl on
general principles; those who have an ex-
cuse for growing and those who growl
from force Of habit-or some other reason.
OF course 1 belong to the second named
class-I think this was originally the case
with the majority of the we'll meaning
GROWERS in society, but they have degen-
Grated, from overexercise, into the third
named-and no wonder.
l believe that IL someone we're to insti-
tute a growl bag Just at present 1t would
be positively stuffed before the end Of the
week. and l am equally sure tina the "as-
sisting women" and the college folks
would crowd each other as the burden Of
Its contents-not to speak Of all the little
growls. Personally, l consider the society
man the greatest trial at large Just at
present. He is a cheat, Evelyn, and one
has but to go abroad on a wet day, one Of
the wet, windy days, Evelyn, to be con-
vinced of it. How do 1 know so much? l
spent a whole afternoon downtown not long
ago, one of those afternoons when the wind
and snow and slippery walks made 1t hard
TO get about. / was out in the interest of
charity, Evelyn; that took me the round
OF the office buildings and that sort of
place, and for comforts sake l had put on
a brown tam and veil, a short skirt and
macintosh, but, alas, my disguise proved
anything but a comfort, for no one recog-
nized me at first glance, and that's how l
learned of the duality of men-and es-
pecially Of the men that you and l know
best in society. OF course nobody expects
a man to give up a seat in a street car
now-a-days-that is, nobody who uses the
cars often-but there are a few things that
one still expects, though I have learned
better now, for between the men and the
doors was all but knocked of my feet a
half dozen times and Of all the men / saw,
those that are petted and made most OF
In society we're the rudest and least con-
siderate, Imagine my feelings when a
man, the paying teller of the bank I was
Just entering, and WHIT has been considered
desirable" for-well, ever since l got
through school-crowded past me through
the heavy storm door and allowed It to
swing back against me as he ran up the
steps, when only a night or two before he
had come as near %scrambling as his eIe-
CANT dignity would permit, to pick up a
flower ] had dropped. Everywhere went
| had similar experiences, and as I came
out Of The Bee building I was bumped
into by a man, who, with his wife, had en-
tertained me at dinner the evening before.
He did not even seem to realize that an
apology might make som amends for his
carelessness.
They talk about women being two-faced,
Evelyn; we are not a bit worse than men,
only they had the chance to find us out
hrst, that's all, and as they are such ex-
empiary creatures when they know we are
about and have forgiven us during all these
ages, ! suppose one can but forgive them,
too, and make amends to the world by
doing ~out-duty by our younger brothers.
At any rate, Evelyn, there are P few men
In society that will make me laugh in
their very faces II they are ever excessively
polite to me again. Your devoted, but en-
lightened KAROLYNE.