The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-02

man, the women refer to him as a
wretch. If were not afraid of women
should argue that the man has done
nothing out of the way. But, when
superiority which accompanies her
declaration as to the Difference due
her sex, at once realize the value of
silence.
A passenger told me this afternoon
that the Colonial was not the best
hotel in Nassau; that there is quieter
and more desirable hotel farther up
town. But I shall go to the Colonial,
as 1 have never had much luck with
pointers. Nor do 1 pay much atten-
ton to ship rumors until they have
circulated an hour or two, and been
corrected a little. I have noticed that
if L sit quietly on deck and sas moth
ing, all of the ship news worth any
thing will be brought to me by the
The jokes of people are usually old.
but no more venerable than the TAX
idle and in a crowd, remain silent, and
note the worth1eSSnesS of the talk.
Those around you will be busy talking
and impolite in talking when 1t is not
their turn, but you will not hear any
thing either amusing or instructive. A
man is as certain to say the same
things every day in the year as he is
to eat the same things for breakfast
unvarying our breakfasts are. L
have been associated more than three
weeks with $40 Americans, who are
probably above the average, but have
these notes have been dull? For am
dull, too. and my ambition has never
helped me.
have remarked that nearly every
woman on board wears her petticoat
from one to two inches too long. The
women 1 have asked for an explana-
ton say it is not a new style; that 1t
is due to the fact that there are no
long mirrors in the staterooms Next
to a model husband, every woman's
ambition is a long pier glass. in which
she can see her entire figure"
There are two things women de-
clare they never do: chase men, or nag
them But there is a woman on board
who certainly nags her husband He
is a quiet. well behaved man. and his
first name seems to be Jasper; ] have
heard his wife call him that. Jasper
loves to read on deck, which surprises
me, since 1 am not able to do 1t; 1t
amuses me more to look around. Jas
per always has a book. but his wife
won't let him enjoy it. She will ask
him to accompany her to the other
side of the deck, when he is perfectly
satisfied with his location, and she
keeps at him so much and so needless
ly that the passengers are talking.
They all like Jasper, but they do not
like his wife. If the passengers of
Moltke ever hear that Jasper has run
off with another woman, they will be
glad of it. Why does a woman like
to nag? The neighbors always talk
about it.
Although I have heard in an indis-
tinct sort of way that you women are
not very well satisfied with we men
(the school teachers will scream here:
they will say I should have written
s'us men," instead of I'VE men," but
prefer 1--WE men," whether the school
teachers like it or not), there are a |
large number of good husbands on |
board; so many as to cause me to |
hope that good husbands are becom- |
ing more numerous in the world Tho |
women have been working at us many |
years, and their work seems to be |
bearing fruit.
A passenger informed me awhile |
ago that the action of the Cuban au- /
thorities in refusing us permission to |
land in Havana, was a dirty outrage |
I wonder how many dirty outrages |
there have been in history? I have |
been hearing OF them all my life. in /
addition to being victims Of them and