The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-02
THE FEMININE WOMAN

ne feMINJNe WUMAN
II notice" observed the square jawed.
pug nosed man, who didn't look as IL
he'd know the difference between the
higher and nobler and a load of steam
coal--"I notice that the back adver-
Using ends of some of this months
magazines publish a testimonial as to
the merits of u certain brand OF UNI
scented toilet soap written by one Of
the short haired ladies who has been
doing her little bid during the past half
century or so toward obtaining the
franchise for women.
'',The picture OF the woman who likes
the unscented soap is run with the ad.
and her testimonial Is surely heap full
some and gushy for a purely voluntary
sEcoHtribeltion.
I'm the course of her remarks In the
Testimonial she says this: I abhor a
iperfumed woman.
:; TIN going to take. with your kind
permission. a short arm biff at that re-
mark of hers about the pcrfuncd wom-
an.
I'm a regular pug over well-per-
fulned woman.
ITO me q perfumed woman Is the real
thing In femininity.
THE dalntily perfumed woman who
when she sWishes past you. has some
thing about her that makes you vague
~ recall the old hOneysickle-coVered
porch that you knew quarter OF
century ago-she's the one for mine.
She carries with her the suggestion OF
asphodelian meadows and starlit dells.
the cool aroma of corntields at dusk.
"She swirls by you aud leaves In your
heart little cfimirg back to the wild
roses that you picked on your way to
the old crick where you went in SWIM
min.
when the daintily pcrfumed woman
frou-frnus in or out of your office you
sort O. film back to those old mornings
of your kidhood when the just-awaken-
ed dawn smelt so sweet after you'd
turned out early TO chop the kindling
wood for the kitchen fire.
She's feminine. the well-Derfuned
woman. that's all.
II want EN- feminine all the way
through for mine.
Like 'eln to wear unsanit;ry clothes
and things. l never gave two looks
at woman wearing these so-called
common sense clothes and shoes and
such gear, and 1 never met any other
man that did. want 'em to wear just
as high heels as they blame please to
wear. and the tighter and straighter
front their corsets, why. the better 1T
suits me. The stayless woman looks
like a combination of an Ellis Island
immigrant and a fat lady out OF a.
Rubens picture to me. and the woman
with fiat heeled shoes OF the so called
common sense kind looks TO me as II
she ought to be policeman. or carry
ing the hol. or something like that.
Me for the womanny woman!
Gimme Tyre. or q harp, or fusel-
horn or II kazOo, or any old thing, that
i may sing the glories and the praises
OF the piirely feminine woman!
'.Shc was here In the worlds early
dawn. and she's going to be right here
alongside of US, hope, when We're hay.
ing 81. 80 round trip excursions to Mars!
II never could see the woman who
wears mems hob-nailed shoes, and sus-
penders and such like, and who flags
scented soaps and perfumes and things
OF that kind because she considers 'en
too woman.sh.
"All OF the adorabeness OF women
consists In their femininity.
IT'S because every once In while
she gets her household work done early
SO she can go upstairs and have good
cry it's because she macerates us into
pulp with her because It's because she
admits our premises and denies our con-
illusions; it's because she'll begin to
quicker. her lips for baby talk when she
sees an infant a block away; it's be-
cause she loves roses and lacey things.
and 80 u pound candy; It's because she
gives us the reproachful eye only when
we ought to be sewed up in a blanket
and clubhed to the verge of the other
world; it's because she'll dig ana delve
and scrape and scrap for her husband
and her little ones until icy stalactities
hang from the roof of Tartarus: it's be-
cause she dabs at her eyes with a lit
tie wad of handkerchief until her
nose Is red when she sees human suf-
fering-it's just because she's feminine.
pal. and a HULL big heap better from
every point of view thar we are just
because she Is feminine that she has
had us on the dead lope and plum loco
over her. ever since the days of the
shepherd king Of Egypt!
III they want to perfume themselves,
let 'en. I, for one. like 'em perfumed.
Let 'em do any of the old feminine
things that they want to do. They're,
pretty nigh always right, taking 'em en-
masse, and they don't make half as
many mistakes as we men do.
Give me lutte. that may chant
of the physical, mental. moral and
spiritual loveliness OF the perfumed,!
who is the typically feminine woman!,
Here's hopin that she'll be with us till
the end OF the world, and afterward!
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