The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-23

gate?" (And this doesn't mean "mer-
maids either)
If in days gone by any pretty little
flaxen haired doll baby of girl had
called her maiden aunt no matter how
she disliked her ''gargoyle," indeed even
now when our sense of humor is so much
more developed than our sense of respect,
she would be put to bed even as in those
days, without any supper and deprived
of her toys for days and days to come.
But prestol chansel The moment the
little flaxen pig-tail is put securely up
on the tip-top of her very nice little head
her skirts are cut in the English man.
ner of the woman of affairs; she dons
the --LATEST of shoes, and the warmest of
wooden stockings. and becomes that most
alarming of all things" suffragette'-
she must forget all these teachings. and
at once begin to increase her vocabulary
! of really bad words
Aheml
| Now then
To be able to ''call names'-really new
and interesting names; to devise sue
cessfully new terms of dislike and dis
approval, is almost as important a part
| of a politicians stock in trade as to
know parliamentary law.
So ex-necessite, the woman aspiring to
political fame to keep up must be able
to think up weird terms like mixed
metaphor vivant' or something equally
strange.
| Some really energetic suffragette If she
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she has been ruthlessly cast into Hol-
loway prison, might compile a glossary
of naughty political phrases
| 1t would sell in America as well as in
England.
| Think of the deliciously new words that
she might coin If she had an atom Of
originality and besides to the glittering
generalities there are such phrases to be
added as.
Vested Capital
Concentration of Wealth"
1.-THE Rights of Laboring Classes"
Community of Interests" Cwhatever
that may mean.)
And all sorts of high sounding mix
| lures.
among the six best sellers?"
The most remarkable thing about these
abusive terms in these United States is
that 1t makes men perfectly callous.
There was time not so very long ago,
when If one man called another even so
mild a thing as a "Fabricator." occa-
sionally and especially in the south, the
i Iro1 ,ric n a., fo1 10
lence to avenge the insult. and 'pistos
and coffee for two" spelled the story.
| Nowadays he hears himself called much
worse names. and instead of shooting or,
fighting he HES himself librarywards,"
and cons his Webster's Unabridged, so
that in due course of time he may hurl
back epithets cen as opprobrious.
Another funny phrase of the situation
in America is the way men feel about
their wives using such terms
| For instance woman comes home
from her club, and finding Hubby" sit
ting by the fire taking care Of the chill
dren, and seeing that dinner is promptly
served. says casually:
81 saw old Mrs. Blank at the club this
afternoon and she is s-u-c-h a catv'
Whereupon Hubby" says with great
temerity:
| How women can be SO venomous Is
beyond my comprehension! Do my dear
Sallie try to rise superior to the weak
nesses of your own sex and don't be ma
lic.ous! Keep your tongue and your
temper, and do be calm!'
you men make me tired" says Sallie
snatching up the daily paper lying on
the table. Just look at this. Here's one
man representing q sovereign state call
4 ing another representing something much
great things that would make the most
depraved scandal monger turn white with
fear. What do you say to that?'
ooh those fellows will have their little
jokes" says Hubby and laughs fit to
kill himself.
And the very next morning when he
gets on the car to go down to his office.
he meets one of his friends, and at once
goes into details as the fact that women
are the most terrible libelers on the face
Of the earth, and that they say things
about each other for which men would
| be shot.
All of which reminds one OF Miss
Rachel Crothers' very clever play now
on the broadway boards, entitled "A
Mans World" in which the entire at
titude as summed upA when Malcolm