The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-12-17

lost their temper and lamed their fingers
over for half an hour, look down preci-
pices and not become dizzy, knock each
other PROSTATE and not be stunned. You
may strike them with all your might on
the chest, and it doesn't hurt them in the
least, q mean if you are woman.) They
never grow nervous and cry. They 60
up stairs three, at time. They put, one
hand on q four-raii fence and leap it with
out touching. In short, they do every
thing easily which women try to do and
cannot. @iiG -tDt1tts5
"Moreover, men are SO 'easy to get
along with They are good natured, and
conveniently blind and benevolent
Women critclse you, not unjustly, per-
Eaps, but relentlessly. They judge you
in detail, men only in the whole. Ifyour
dress is neat, well:6tting, and )well-toued,
men will not notice it, except few man
lnillners, aud few others who ought to
be, aud to whose opinion we pay no re-
gard. If you will only sit still, hold up
your head, and speak when you are spoken
to, you can be very comfortable. | do
not mean that men do not and cannot ap-
preciate female brillincy; but if you are
a good listener, and in the right receptive
mood, you can spend an hour very pleas
antly without it. But Il woman finds
out in the first three minutes that the
fringe OH your dress if not a match. IN
four, she has discovered that the silk OF
your sleeve is frayed at the edge. In five,
that the binding of the heel OF your boot
is worn out. BY the sixth, she has sat
isfactOrily ascertained, what she suspected
the first moment she set her eyes on you,
that you trimmed your bonnet yourself
The seventh assures her that your collar
is only Imitation and when you part, at
the end Of ten minutes, she has calculated,
with tolerable accuracy, the cost of your
dress, has leveled her mental eyeglass at
all your innocent little subterfuges, and
knows TO a dead Oortaiuty your past his
tory, present circumstances, and future
prospects. Well, what harm ifshe does
None in particular. 1t is only being
stretched on the rack little while. You
have no reason to be ashamed. Your
boots are only beginning to be shabby,
and we all know the transitory nature Of
gaioon. Your fringe is too dark, but you
ransacked the city aud did your best,
'angeIs could do no more You trimmed
your bonnet yourself, and saved two dol
lars, which was jtst what you intended to
do. The means were worthy, and the
end was won.' Your lace is not real, ac-
cordlng to the cant of the shcpkeepers );
but is real-real cotton, real linen, real
silk, or whatever the mas erial may be,
and you never pretended 1t was ,Honiton
or point and if lace is soft and white and
fine, and sets eff the throat and wrists
prettiIy, | don't see why it may not just
as well be made in America for two cents
yard as in Paris for two dollars, or two
hundred. In fact, this whole matter of
lace is something entirely beyond my
prehenson. Why, have seen women
who, in the ordinary affairs OF life, were
neat to a fault, just now fall down and
worship bit Of dingy, old yellow lace,
that looked fit for nothing but the wash
tub; and when demonstrated with, excuse
themselves by saying, why, it is fifty or
five hundred years old;' which may be a
very lucid explanation, but cannot say
fully understand and appreciate it.
"But if men, in their strength and
courage and independence, are enviable,
men in their gentleness are irresistible.
You expect it in women. 1t is their at
tribute aud characteristic. You 90 not
admire its presence SO much as you de-
4 plore or condemn its absence. Bnt manly
tenderness has a peculiar charm. 1t is
the wild ivy shooting over the battlements
of some old feudal castle, lending grace
to soldity, yelling strength with beauty
And you meet it everywhere-in the
house, and by the wayside, in city and
country, under broadcloth aud homespun.
The best seat, she finest stand point, the
warmest corner, IS not only offered, but
urged upon woman. You may travel
FROM one end Of the country toflle other,
and meet not only civility, but the most
cordial and considerate kindness. You
NAV be as ugly as it is possible for virtue
to be, and tired and trave!- stained and
stupid, and your neighbor of day will
show you all the little attentions you
could claim from a father n or brother.
He will place bis yalise for your footstool
and his shawl for yoIr pillow, open or
close your window blind at every turn of
the road, point out every object of interest,
explain every thing yeucdon't understand,
aud do thousand things to make your
journey pleasant. The toughest laborer
will step out uncle deep in the 'slosh' to
give you a firm footing and if. you have
the decency to thank him. his good. ma
tured face will light up with as broad
smile as if you were doing him the great
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