The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-31
FRASER LEAVES.

FRASER LEAVES.
l., A. Fraser, for the past year edt-
torlal writer on the Kanawha Citi'
zen, has resigned and will leave in a
few days for BlueHeld, having Sc
cured a position on the morning
Telegraph. He will assume his new
duties the first of the new year.
Mr.. Fraser was connected with
the Telegraph 1&, years ago, coming
to Charleston from that city. During
his residence in Charleston and his
connection with Charleston newspa-
hers lie has raised q family, g mum.
ber OF gardens, a luxurious crop Of
unsightly WHISPERS and exceeding
much hell.
! q Having been a former resident OF
BlueReld, Pap" is thoroughly fH-
Imillaf with the murderous propeIsi-
ties of the Norfolk & Western people,
and will so there armed with two
horse pistols, q half dozen safety
razors, four jack. knives. a loaded
cane, two pairs Of brass knuckles.
an amrful of rocks, and-a quart or
two Of kindness for Aud Lang Sine.
Seriously, pap" Fraser is one OF
the best men that ever damned a
"gooseQuill in the mouth of an Ink
we'll, anl Bluefleld will have some
redhot paragraphs to read these win
( ter nights.-CharleSton Mail.
The lovely lady, DR.. Montessori
wants us to be pretty, to fix our
selves up so that we will be beautt'
full in tile eyes of all women wlc
sec us. By 1--WE" and "us" we dc
not allude to the writer individu-
| ally. odfs6aaf patahrt'ide
! needs no adornment of silks OF
; satins or jewels. We allude to man
, kind, or rather to men kind, gen
! orally. The lovely lady would have
lis all flashed up with long curling
hair, knee panties, lace collars, ian
cy shirt waists, powder, puffs and
| goodness knows what all. and hats
with gay plumes on them. She says
!. says she, that it enragcs me to see
how men sacrifice beauty to conf
| fort In their dress. They make nc
sacrifices that they may be beautt'
full to us, but we. abandon all com
fort that we may beautiful in their
eyes"
0 lovely lady, say you that We
make no sacrifices to appear comely
In your sight! How about our SHAY
ing day after day and year after
year. when we all want to wear
long ~whiskers? How about spend
ing more for shoe polishing than
our shoes cost. US? DO we get pc
credit for the white shirts and stir
collars we wear, when flannel shirts
are so much more comfortable?
Why do we have our clothes press
ed and creased, our hair trimmed
every two weeks and our nails
bmanicured, but to be handsome iT
Till sight? And why, pray tell us
| aoSSwe wear our monkey clothes
w4tA an open-face walstcoat, ant
ll9ReSa silk hat, on special occasions
lbltj to- win your admiring glance'
aud fill your conceptions of manly
Beatty? And to get right down tt
brass lacks why do we, in the very
bosoms of our families, array our
selves in pink and purple and birds
egg blue papamas, with gorgeous
frogs on the coats. but to tittingly
prepare ourselves for night inspec
tion by the n%eighbors in case Of
fire.
Don't tell us that men do moi
herOically suffer many discomforts
to please the eyes of the ladies, fol
We know better. We have suffered
too much in evening clothes al
times when we wanted to be in oul
slippers and shirt sleeves, to lii
dumb under any such imputation
Every manwants TO be handsome Ii
the eyes of women. That he doe
not paint and powder and wear sat
in panties and silk stockings ant
g6ld buckles and 1S-button gloves
is only because he denies his low
of hnery4in order that his wife ant
daughters may crafty their artist,
tastes in raiment. 4Et!a.
Do you get us, lovely lady?-
Galipolis Tribune