The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-09

tized by a spirited dramatic author
re DeHa1-D1o1ldes21an expression which
begins now to be used In a more ex-
! tenstye sense and to be employed with
regard 70 all, even the lowest GLASSES OF
\ deprayed women. ,sIif 7i : 3ai3sIi5
The privilege of vice, like all others,
has now ceased to exist The grand
daughters of those licentious women, OF
the last centtry, after the severe trials
which their families have undergone
nave become pious; they go to confess
sion and to mass, support mOnasteries
and benevolent societies as If to atone
Tor the sins of their ancestofSg ~
u would be difficult to conceive any
th1ng more unpleasant, more distracted,
than. the domestic life of 4 Parisinn
family of the higher classes course,
| we speak as general rule. The inces-
fsant hustle of distractions and pleas
ures of all kinds, the Unsuitable thirst
OF enjoyment, sandI the satisfaction of
/ vanity and ambition, scarcely ever al
low husband and wife-to enjoy each
others society in the quietness of the
family circle. The middle class has
nelthef home nor q family. The
/ wife, still more than the husband, Is
the whole day engaged in different oc-
lcupahons she snperintenGls and
manages almost all the smaller retail
trade ishe is found from morning to
evening atthe counter of the merchant,
!
restaurants presiding over the estab-
ltshment, or superintendent readings
rooms and similar avocationS. There
Is no rest or repose for her; with a
kind of heroic self-denial She deyotes
herself to the business of her husband.
IN order 70 increase the-common capi-
tai, and TO realize such fortune tllaf
at the end of certain number of wears.
they may be enabled to retire from
business with an income sufficient to
secure to them modest, but decent
| livelihood. ~
Still worse is the family life among
the working classes, because their want
and ptivatfons, combine with imnoral-
ity in order TO destroy It. The greatest
number of separations take place in
that class ihecause the law does NOT al
low divorces, as with the mobiles of the
last century. The working man of to-
day ddesnot at all value the character
of the woman whom he marries, and it
is not uncommon that he chooses his
companion even from the most depray-
ed clhsseS. Still more, If he has found
worthy woman who Is industrious and
economical, and keeps This house in or
der he not mfreQuently abandons her
his mistress. The working woman
marries easily, without much reflection.
in order to be called Mattress, aud to en-
JOY certain consideration and iindepen-
deneei but she separates herself again
from her partner just as easily when
she finds out that he is a drunkard,
lazy, shfftless, or otherwise insnpport-
able to her. OF such separated couples
there are a great many AMONG the work
ing classes and this dissolufeness Is as
much the fault OF the wife as that of the
husband. - = ~ q "a
The weak side in the characterof the
French woman corresponds as COM
pensation with her good parts. If her
feeling is superficial, IL she lacks con-
stancy and perseverance,, If she is not
made for a quiet andlmonotonous exis-
tence, she on the other hand surpasses
the women of other countries by, her
enthusiastic love of Whatever Is great
and beautiful, by herihero-worship and
patriotism. She admires high-minded-
ness and, ,despises cowardi ice; there iSno
doubt she uourfsheS and entertains the
ehiralrfc spirit of the French lnation.-
! The French woman Is of a toyial, pleas
ing and attractive temper; being under
she seldom fails to attain her wish: for
her evident efforts prepossess in her ft-
Vor. Moreover she shows herself so
grateful for every little applause sheobs
tatns that every body is touched by her
| natural modesty. ~ "a. Z. : ,i11sf
terouSt of such a quick understanding
and aptitude for any kind of work as
she no other woman is so easily con-
| tented, and so easily odates her
self to all circumstances. She therein
resembles the French soldier, who is
emif1ently proper to render his camp
life us agreeable and comfortable as
possible: he takes advantage OF what
| ever favorable elements he finds at his
/ disposal, and he bears easily. with what
he cannot remedy. The French woman
| iS heroic and capable of great resolu-
tfnn9
by passion, she defies langhingly afl
obstacles and braves every Kind Of ad-
| Ilyersities. Naturally kind -liearted and
ready TO, oblige, she Is easily moved TO
tears, which, however, she dries up as
/ quickly. SsThe}transitions from sadness
to joyfulhess are really astonishing
Forgetfulness is indeed sboth virtue
anda fhult in her. Sheeqpally foTgets
ithes bad and the good ;2asa well an5of-
| Tense she has suffered, as a benefit she
has received !; the sorrow which weighs
on her; or promises and even her oaths;
she is apt to forget the past as well as
the dutnre, in;0raer to give herself up
tentirely to the happiness Of the mo-
tment.i This is one Of the great charms
that graces the intercourse with her.
The French woman loves passi6nately
OF, not at all; her love conquers every
iobstaole, breaks down all barriers, and
makes her capable of the greatest, sac
Z
I cannot Withstand the effects of the
| slowly working influence of time. In
Franee, they consider like fairy tales
the stories Of German lovers, who, af-
ter an ehghgement OF. ten years and
more, finally marry each other. Neith-
er the Frenchman nor the French wo-
man understand such q cotistancy and
fidelity, although they may admire 1t.
1 In France, marriages are made in the
utmost haste as II they mistFused the
suItor and his word, lest he might with
EdfaW, and thereby throw a blemish up-
on the lady to whom he Is engaged.
Therefore the shitor.is never allowed to
visit his betrothed in her own home. y
| the young people belong to respecta able
families, any intimate intercourse be-
tween them Is STRICTLY, forbidden They
| see each other at d ball or at dinner
4 party, or at other reunions, but never
| get tnn opportunity TO make any nearer
acquaintance. They ara married, and
must then see how they may best get
along in life. The Frenchman, above
i all things, seeks In. his wife either ex-
tertore elegance with which to make Q
show, or usefulness in his business tthe
4 more subst stantial qualities of heart and
l mind he rather treats as ind ifferent.
- The French woman Is perfectly 81 natu-
raj and disdains all false pretensfons 20
4 virtue. To be n .pru1e or over modest
Is ontpf quest lion Wit her, and she calls
things by their nnmes, the mere
mention okiyHhich womenfn other coun-
4 tries carefully avoid. Her amiRble be-
/ haVior, the joyfulness and easinass OF
her temper render The French woman
\ leminently attrac actiye, SO that she needs
not to be handsome in order to:awaken
the livelieSe interest, and even to in.
3 fsptres passion. Even in an, advanced
age She is able to conquer hearts byheI
II grace and by the yfYaeity of her mind,