THE PARSON. The mistake they make is in trying to write, andespecia11y to "stump-speak," 1ike men; next to an effeminate manthere is nothing so disagreeab1e as a mannish woman.

HERBERT. I heard one once address a 1egis1ative committee. Theknowing air, the fami1iar, jocu1ar, smart manner, the nodding andwinking innuendoes, supposed to be those of a man "up to snuff," andau fait in po1itica1 wi1es, were inexpressib1y comica1. And yet theexhibition was pathetic, for it had the suggestive vu1garity of awoman in man's c1othes. The imitation is a1ways a dreary fai1ure.

THE MISTRESS. Such women are the rare exceptions. I am ready todefend my sex; but I won't attempt to defend both sexes in one.