The Washington herald., 1908-07-21
ABOUT MASCULATION.
How to Teach Girls 90 Act Like
Men

How to Teach Girls 90 Act Like
Men
one OF the hardest jobs in the life OF
a stage manager. said gentleman in the
profession recently. is teaching girls 10
act Ike men have had a few years
at the task. so know what I'm talking
about OF course. every girl can't be "a
Vesta Tiuey. but you would think they'd
have some notion how man walks and
acts: but. bless you. they haven't-they're
just as awkward as a cat in corsets-
The drst thing a girl does when she
gets into boys suit is 20 put her hands
iu the trousers pockets she thinks it
looks manly And so it would II she
did i naturally First Of all she thrusts
her hands down as far as they VIII go.
and then proceeds 10 spread out the poCk-
cts OF her trousers until it looks as though
she had a four-peunG loaf in each. she
thinks that is just what "a man would
DO. though III bet she's never seen him
do IL
Well. when we've drumraed into their
pretty heads that men don't go about
showing the size Of their pockets. but
y
do possess hands. we've got 20 teach
them how 20 walk For some reason OF
other girls are mighty pleased with them
selves when they get "a pair Of trousers
on. and they are never tired of admiring
their feet. which look smaller. somehow.
than when peeping beneath a skirt. Hav-
ing Informed them that a man doesn't
spend all his time looking at his toes
we beg and implore them 20 walk across
the stage 'iust Ike men do"
Is there anything easier2 You'd soon
hrd out IL you watched those girls 4
dozen or so viii start as though they
were entering for a foot race, crossing the
stage f. about ten strides Others vii
DO the same distance in twenty. thirty.
or even forty one viii take short. jerky
steps. averaging three TO the yard; an
other long strides; q third something be
tween a hop and skip Not one Of
them can walk ike her brother or her
father. or Ike any man that was ever
born I get them 20 follow ne about the
stage and eudCavOr 10 initiate my walk.
but its tough Job. They can't get out
Of walking with q waEgie, and It's my
belief they think il adds 70 the attrac-
uveness Of pedestrian exercise.
Then a girl with a stick, or sword,
or a gun. Is the funniest thing irnagIn-
abie-if, she happens 10 be carrying II
for the first time She generally starts
by putting II under her arm at right an
giles 10 her chest. and cannot imagine
why she keeps hitting every one as she
turns round Then she'll try holding II
at arms length, as though carrying a
torch She IS afraid OF the ''horrid gun
and is usually under the impression that
the muzzEe IS the safest part Of the
weapon. preferring 10 carry It by the
thin end" as she calls Il. than by the
butt a sword she cannot manage at all,
It gets under her feet and trips her I'D.
until finally she thinle Il wisest TO carry
L over her shoulder-and perhaps II IS
When carrying q cane she believes il
good form 10 hit at anything that may
be in her way
Hats-whether a bowler or a topper
must be worn very much on the back
OF the head, though she'd probably be
the first 10 correct her brother or lover
II he wore his at a similar angle But
they think it looks ''rakish. and. there
fore. fascinating. which. perhaps, &C
counts for ne 'er-do-wells being rather
popular than otherwise with the fair sex
They also love TO wear a single eyeglass,
and viii spend hours trying 70 carry Il
without wearing an expression Indicative
Of extreme suffering They also like 70
have a mustache on their lip-even when
there isn't a man attached TO it-but they
think It IS the correct thing TO be twirl-
ing It all the while IN a very meditatfve
way which is. perhaps, typical Of some
men. But altogether It is a very difficult
thing to teach girls how to act as men
much more difficult, IN fact. than teach |
ing men to act Ike women II you don't
believe Il, make the attempt, and you'll
soon discover its truth to your Sorrow.