The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-09-21
For the Panola sraR.
Holding Her Own.

MEssRs. EprToRs;--Tbc sages Of
all ages have taught that change was
one Of the great immutablc laws Of
nature, and in no other opinion have
all nations Of the earth more fully
conceded, than in ascribing this trait
Of character to woman. II is even
conceded TO be her prerogative. She
exacts II as an inalienable right to
change ad Hbitum, and denies our sex
the pitiable satisfaction of question
ing her motives for any apparent in
consistsncies. If she one day calls
us dearest Bob, places her hand low
ingly within our own, and promises
to wed us soon, and the next calls us
an impertinent puppy, slaps us on
the mouth, and points to the door,
we must quietly submit to the un-
pleasant change Of affairs, knowing
that it is woman's privilege to change
her mind OF will; and we dare not
ask an explanation, for she claims the
right Of never having-I mean CIV
ing-a reason for anything she docs.
Having been sedulously taught that
"Change on all things works It's
WILL" but more especially on woman,
I am somewhat at a loss TO reconcile
the paradox of there still being found
q vestige Of resemblance to her illus
trious prototype, the mistress Of the
Garden Of Eden. IL the sex has
been inccssantly undergoing changes
since the days Of Madam Eve to the
present generation, why is it, | am
curious to know, that women are now,
at this remote period, so troublesome
and seemingly inextricably beset by
that same idle, unwise, prying, inn
pertinent curiosity that induced Eve
to seek to know that which was non'
Of her business? Is il that, having
gone through the publications. change
within the scope Of possibilities, th'
women Of the nineteenth century hat
no alternative but to resume the orig
ignal type Of the sex, there bcinl
nothing new to be found under tn
sun? This seems to be the onl,
plausible hypothesis from which 4
draw a conclusion. And many o
the opposite sex, too, candor urge
mo to add, partake strongly Of thci
mothers idiosyncrasies--some nigh
even be mistaken for the peaker res
scls, could they ofientimes be hear
> and not seen.
Now, / am aware, that this princi
! pie of inquisitiveness was implante
4 In the human mind for a wise an
. useful purpose, and when guided !
. the right channel and properly exel
cised with due regard to prudene
and consideration, that ID Is highl
beneficial, laudablc, and ought % !
encouraged; but when unduly d
veloped in a vein Of petty meddlir
With Che trivial affairs Of Others, IL
not only reprehensible, but despi
able and iuurious How can IL po
sibly benefit or even interest evel
-llsdy of my acquaintance TO kno
which one Of the "dears" | call
see whan I 20 % town. And yet,
y sm invariably questioned and quizze
|quissed and questioned until cor
pelled % tell all | know, have see
!, or done, or else increase my chanc
for an abiding place In that la
which burns, &c. With proper d
j srsncs Cor tla opinions Of my elds
Land mperiors, l am yet forced 10 I
humilisting conclusion that notwit
II dsudlsf de various and manifo
= changes thrsueh which the ssx l
4 pansed, In this particular branch
npwiefips aanoyoncr, woman u /,
= 49, ~ swn with . degree
y frmness which would be commeu
= able were Il judiciously directed
none ~ em1nl I'D suiE1ble ulbier
~ =.