A WOMAN'S ESSAY ON MAN.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 223, 3 November 1916, Page 5 (Supplement)

A WOMAN'S ESSAY ON MAN.

" 0 war some posv'r the Giftic gie us, To see oursels as others see us." What men and women have said of each other is amus- ng reading. Apropos, tho other day 1 came across "A Woman's Esay on Man." It is too long to quote in full, but here are a few extracts: "Men are peculiar, they wear big boots, and snore. Men don't gossip, but they go to their clubs and talk over the news. Men never find fault with themselves tf they can help it. Adam showed them how they could he'p it; and they profited by Ins instructions. Men think they know a lot. and they do sometimes. Men are a trouble, "but they are useful to have in tho house in and they arc not afraid of mice; I know this is true, for f saw two men chase a mouse around the room." This serio-comic criticism ends here. Let us see what two women, mentioned by George Eliot, said about men : "Jt mayn't be good luck to be awoman. But one begins with it from a babv; one gets used to .it; and I shouldn't like to be a man—to cough so loud, and stand straddling about on a wet day, and be so wasteful with moat and drink."—Mrs. Denner. Much milder is good Dolly Winthnp's aopraisemont of the other sex : "I've seen men as arc wonderful handy wi' children. The men are awk'ard and contrairv mostly, God help em! but when the dink's out of em they aren't unsensible." ON HKUSELF. In a vry old book of ancient proverbs I sec that certain writers of Kronen. If-ilian, and Spanish extra-lion have I r. n midii'v -'•VC--C on the failings of •wom-n Sull wo do count for son etbiiig in the scheme of tiirngs, and our :u,;v\ opinion o!' nur-clvos and of our ,;m.. bd'ties is vorv little af!V a--d by t-h ' f.nur >■}>:■ '(•!:• < and unfounded accusations of soured menThe Straits Settlements Louisaitiv.' Coun< il litis unanimously m solved to ~,utribute to the Imperial revenue i/JMI.OOO annual'v for five \o:irs. and ;,!.o for a. furUier live years it local taxes will bo increased in order to nice' the expenditure.