Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-03
She Had No Brothers

Its a good thing for Sirl to have a
brother OF two, If only 10 teach her that
she ) not so many, after all. and that all
men were not made for the express nuT-
pose Of waiting upon her.
There's nothing 10 keep i girl within
bounds, IL this respect, like 4 big, selfish,
tyranniziDg brother, who says: Fetch
neastly little dog" and declares with hrn-
tai frankneSs that il always did give hin.
the mceiumS 10 see Il WOMAN SWIVEL
1t may hurt her feelings 10 be advised
that her hair is frowzly, and her COM
pieNioa Indicative of Il shameless waste Of
-four, and that he won't 20 ont with her
in such a silly "hody," and neither viii
nc wait two minutes past the appointed
time. All these things. and even more.
will the heartieSS brother tell the trusting
female who was brought up 10 share his
toys and defer 10 his opinions
Net. it can't be denied that such gentle
criticisms are improving 10 her. This
course of training cruel though it seems
instructs a girl in the ways of men.
teaches her the trig. trim appearance they
most admire, and schools her in habits
of punetuality and consideration for
which some man, one of these days, will
rise up 10 t3ll her blessed
1t is easy for the discerning eye TO tell
the girl with brothers from the unfortu-
nate creature who has had to grow up
without these natural restraints on fenai-
nine vanity and reconsideration
In the orchestra circle at one of the
theaters the other night there was a girl
who never had brothers. or if she had,
they must have died in infancy. She was
pretty girl. with many airs and graces.
and the young man who came in with
her looked supremacy content. He es-
sayed to help remove her coat, bat she
declined b4nuhtilx- and l.erAf Nrhsf,
the first act had progressed to an inter-
cSting stage, she slowly arose and init.
mated that her companion should now
lend his aid in removing her wrap. Slow.
~ and thoughtfully, looking at the stage
all the time, she pulled out one arm,
then the other. settled her collar, patted
her hair and felt of her belt" while
the man folded her wrap and arranged
II on the chair, and the people in back
lodged wildly 10 see the stage aud
thought their own thoughts.
just as the young man got back in the
spirit of the play she dropped her opera
glass bag, and he spent two minutes
proximity to the floor, while she patted
her hair, arranged her frills and looked
about her.
In the second act she dropped her
handkerchief twice, her opera glass once.
and its bag twice, so her escort spent
most of his time with his mead under
the seats.
In the third act she whispered that
she was cold, and she stood up and he
stood up and put on her coat, while the
man behind said something awful.
When her escort wasn't cropping around
on the floor she was asking him languid-
ly, in the middle of interesting speeches
on the stage. whether her hair was
musSed and if he saw the Smith-Joneses
in the third row front, seven seats 10 the
left.
AS for that unfortunate young man he
spent the remainder or the evening STAR
ing bankly nj his programme. wonder-
ing vaguely what the play was about,
and why everybody laughed so much
II wouldn't take a Sherlock Holmes to
decide that that Girl is a spoiled only
child, with lots of beaux and no broth
crs to keep her in check.
As the man behind her sayacely obs
served. the only thing that will settle
her now is r good case Of mother-in-law.
And all the girls around who had had
proper bringing up AT the hands Of
their brothers, severely agreed with him.
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin