The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-02-14

, women get tired to nauseation of each
other. The truth is men and women
don't really care anything about one
another. They're only interested in
one another for one reason. When
of their own sex. That's why you see
men herding together at parties and
caucusing at picnics."
Men and women" went on the Gym
ic. ARE of a different order or creation
They have nothing in common. Wom-
en- are always masquerading with men
and men aren't natural with women.
They come together through an ar
rangement. in which they have no
part or understanding. made by Ma
ture Its false basis and when the
glamour is gone, 1t wabbles miserably
Here we are back on that man and
woman mixup," interrupted SAL" I'm
tired Of that, too"
Now as to clothes she continued.
Its true that women are miserable
slaves. Just look at the things we
wear" she exclaimed.
Don't beg-don't destroy any of
my bachelor illusions!" cried the Gym
ic.
"Pooh," said Sal. you like to talk
about such things. Don't back-pedal
with me. The thing that tires a woman
out more than anything else is her
fool with her hair an hour or two in
the morning she wouldn't mind dress
ing as much as she does. Men only
have to take a couple of brushes and
give their heads a cross-lot lick or two
and they look all right. A woman has
to comb and brush and twist and
screw and get the hand-glass and
stand in the proper highland then
she isn't sure what she looks like"
"On the other hand" said the cynic,
"she don't have to shave. Think OF
getting up and spending an indetermi-
nate period in dallying with the razor
"a man would rather pin on his hair
any day in the week"
But at least he can slip into things
he don't have to corkscrew into em
like women d." said Sal. "Corsets
now"
"Sarah-Sarah! beg of thee"
Getting into a corset nowadays,
| went on Sal without noticing, lis as
complicated a process as being strap
ped into the electric chair. After
! which it's fatal to lean over or try to
pick up things. You can't lounge or
sit with your leg over the arm of a
chair as many of my interesting sex
do when not on parade. The truth is, u
said Sal, that women can't look nice
and still be comfortable"
III women would only throw the cor
set into the discard" calculated the
cynic. land give Nature a chance"
And whose fault but the mems
cried Sal. rs the corsetless, dress-re'
form female she who receives the at
tention of the male of the species
| Not 80 you could notice it. Corsetless
women are given the grand side step
by the masculine fraternity. The real
good girl who let's Nature have her
! way is the girl who sits partnerless
against the wall at the parties. While
the maiden, buckled and bolstered up
by the corsetierc, is surrounded six
Deep"
That's another thing that makes
me tired" ran on Sal. Men think they
know what they want-but its mighty
different from the thing they really
want. What the latter is is what every
woman knows"
Wouldn't you and look nice walk.
ing down Main street in Greek cos
| tumes?" grinned the cynic. ut
wouldn't be Ave minutes before they'd
have the patrol tracking US to the
curb"
! And the Ministerial Association
would denounce u.s." cried Sal. 1.-THE
cloth nor the law give freedom any
encouragement"
| "Now under a Socialist regime"
"Goodbye!" cried Sal, skipping out
the door.
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