The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-10-11
BLAME IT ON THE WOMAN
Because She Gets 1t Anyway But It's Because She Is
More Honest and Courageous than Men Who Are
Social and Conventional Cowards
do you mean to infer"

do you mean 10 liner
Il don't mean to infer anything.
Men will always hedge and side-step
and back-pedal in matters of this
sort. They're all towards, more or
less, and hate to be brought to bat.
Besides they can always mitigate
the miseries OF a situation by the
thousand and one things a man can
do to drown his sorrow"
What, in instance" asked the Gym
ic curiously.
"Oh we'll, for one thing when things
get to, be unbearable, when he's push
ed to the last ditch, he can put on his
hat, step out the door--slam it, prob
ably, which always makes anybody
feel better-and betake himself into
that vaguely defined, but delightful re-
gion, which l have hitherto referred
to as down town"
And what, may I timidly inquire,
grinned the cynic, do they do when
they get there"
That's it-what." exclaimed Sal.
Nobody knows. That is, the women
don't. Possibly the other men do. They
all stick by each other. That's where
they have the advantage over the
women. Women won't stick together
They never will realize the benefits OF
combination. If they did they could
bring the men on the carpet in short
Crder.'
"Oh, do you think SOP" jeered the
cynic.
Il don't Think know" said Sal
oracularly. Not that l give a hang,
she added
oh, thought maybe you did," muir.
INJURED the cynic.
| We'll take another think" said
Sal carelessly. "There's nothing that
that men have a more extended field
of operations. They can amuse them
selves a thousand ways woman
can't just because she's a woman and
| is tied up with a lot of traditions-tra
ditions, be it said, evolved through the
mighty jntellects OF men.
| when man gets the worst of il
at home he can sOlace himself other
where without throwing his whole life
cut of gear. A woman can't. If she
seeks solace she has to break the ira
ces entirely.
"Therefore when things get to tbs
breaking Off place-she breaks 'em off
BY the route of the divorce court gen
orally The seeming initiative of WON
en- is merely an exhibition of theil
finer courage and greater sincerity
They refuse to put up with an anoma
lous situation.
"They refuse, in short, to make {
hypocritical pretense.
They get tired of the whole thing
in other words, and break away.
Something the man wants to do bu
is afraid to start.
Men are far more conventional
than women. They are social towards
| They will lie and cheat and steal bu
they won't come out in the open anc
| fight it out.
| "They're that way emotionally.
They'll go a thousand miles out O
the way to avoid the issue. An(
they've got the thousand miles.
women on the other hand are pen
ned up at home. They can't go out anc
amuse themselves.
"They can't go down to the Office
and sit with their heels on the desl
and read the morning paper the while
some cute little stenographer purrs il
the corner
when my lord gets through read
ing the sporting news and the market!
he throws the paper on the floor
stretches his arms out and murmur.
rueful 'heigho!'
whats the matter?" inquiries thu