The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-29
XVIII.
THE HABIT INSECT AND THE
WEAKER VESSEL" HUMBUGs.
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There are few women that smoke TO-
bacco. But where there IL one woman that
uses II there are a thousand men VINO
smoke and chew both But still they call
her the weaker vessel! Conscience! Weak
or vessel, Well. that weaker vessel has
sense enough TO put the pizen stun under
carpets 10 keep out the moths and bunalo
bugs. while her husband puts II into his
mouth and chews up and smokes away
/ money enough 10 furnish half enough
/ gread for the whole family for the year
! I kent on soliloduizing and they kept on
! a talkin'. but says to myself. 'twont DO
for me 70 keen on in this line of through
much longer for IL do I'll git so raVihs
! distracted I'll have 10 break right IN on
! their conversation. and, or course l
didn't want 10 be rude But how dlo
want 10 tell them about some habits that
thev had contracted. But held my
tongue. until finally federation he bore
down on the women folks and blamed
them for creating lot OF disturbance
and discord I'm a community because OF
I ,beir habit OF talkin' about anybody and
/ avervhody. and Mr. Chesley he agreed
/ that that was so Then | spoke up pretty
cuiclx 7 can tell We OF course I tried 10
hold nv temper and appear uneoncerneo'
| when I said:
| "T don't suppose YOU consider yourselves
hound down by any habit while you are
talkin about John Bates and others In
the community? I suppose you consider
Yourselves too powerful vessels TO resort
/ 10 gosslpin' like the weaker vessels, the
women foiks?"
what we have been saying" says Toll
Grafton related TO a condition. condi-
ton that should be improved upon by
people trying TO avoid getting into habit
that finally leads 10 Misrepresentation. or
! in other words 10 lying and cheating
| That's not gossiping. That's straight
forward statement OF facts"
mo" saws Abner. "gossiping. as | un-
derstand II, Is talking about little domes-
tic AFFAIRS that don't amount 10 any
thing. but that makes nice afternoon
subject for the women folks to interest
themselves over But 10 talk about short
comngs in business, Of course. that's
different That's a good deal different"
II thought likely" says l. ''If woman
talks about anybody and their shortcom-
( ings it's merely something frivolous, and
is put down as gossip. But II a man talks
about the same thing and the same per-
son. why then Il becomes business sort
OF condition that should he corrected-and
they only talk so as to help bring on the
correction. That explains II. OF course.
but somehow don't feel much better sat
isfed that the weaker vessel has done any
more gossipn' than the stronger vessel
has
Talk about weaker vessels" says 7.
"do YOU call IL weakness whom mother
does about all OF the early training of hsr
children. and watches their every move
the years that lead up 10 manhood and
womanhood? Who has 10 be the family
nurse and doctor most OF the time and
when she's ailing from overwork In caring
for the family. the stronger vessel ne
thinks IL don't amount to much OF any
thing But land Of goodness when he's
sick with little cold or something or
other she must stop and leave every
thing and cover him with poultices and
give him some catnip tea, and battle his
head. and soak his feet I'm hot water, and
give him a rum sweat and land only
knows what else. and he a gruntin' all the
time go that you wouldn't think he was
such a powerful strong vessel as he's gen.
orally taken for.
"That does very well. Mother" says
federation "to talk that way, but IL she
didn't insist upon poultices and such like
things | guess the ordinary man would
be willing 10 take a little hot ginger. or
something Of that nature, and pile ~
bed satisfied"
And lay there until he had slept of the
effects" says well, most women know
their husbands failings well enough TO not
give them too much Of that kind OF treat
ment They generally don't recover until
they've had a dreadful lot OF that kind OF
medicine
But no matter about that" says /
Look and see what some of what you
~ IL IL. a.
weakness. See what wise reign Queer
Victoria gave the people OF England for
years and years and she wasn't the only
woman who showed her ability as ruler
nuther. Maria Theresa OF Austria was
equally good and great. I've always
thought she was enough sight greater as
a woman than Frederick the Great was a
man. who was living I'm all OF his glory Al
the time when she was Queen. or course
twouldnt do 10 have ever said Theresa,
the Great and Good. because she was one
OF the weaker vessels. Then there was ne,
daughter Maria Antoinette. What
grand woman she was. Loving. and kind
and generous. Yet. with all OF her good
ness. the sterner sex. which is 50 powerful
strong. turned 10 and voted TO cut hel
head of. and then went and did A. limo
cent as n child all of the time Never wa,
guilty Of anything wrong In her life 4
that act doesn't show weakness I'm man
even 10 the point or imbeciity then I'm
no Judge Don't ever talk 10 mo again
about we women folks being weak YES
selsl IT'S man that gives away 10 tempta-
tion every timel'
Not every time" says federation
There are few women I'm the peniten
tiary and other places. 7 guess they hav,
their share I'm some Of the evils % IN,
| day."
There may be n few" says 7. but IT,
a precious few I'm comparison with M,
men that hll our iails and state prisons
And those that do git into such place,
generally git there through the deviltry nj
some man. or course there are some bad
women. hut the generality of them ar,
good. and they don't enjoy anv other con
dition but tho kind that r. helpful 10 so
clety. II YOU want 20 call us weaker I'm =
physical sense. why Then we've no obioc
tion, but when YOU try to make II out thal
woman r. not the equal of man mentally.
same az ST. Paul aid. then we won't sub.