Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-03-16
TEARS.

that woman gains beauty by that which
distorts the face, and assumes a power
by that which is held to be q weakness?
How is it, that in thcaters, where the bu-
siness of gayly dressed actors is to excite
emotion and practice their powers upon
our feelings, we men who 60 purposely
to see q tragedy, to be terrified, appalled,
touched with tender grief, yet deny our
selves the pleasures Of weeping, and are
ashamed if the tears rise to our eyes ?
laugh as much as we like, and crow
like babies, or "gulfaw" like balloons
at q silly, stupid farce but we are
ashamed, at least the majority OF us, Mt
crying. And yet he who can feel JOY on
merriment, and not grief, is but an i'm,
perfect man. Unless he can run up aud
down the whole gamut of feeling, he is
little worth he is an imperfect man.
II is lust as natural to exhibit grief as
to exhibit joy. But n long time ago
poets felt tears to be u wearon OF woman
only, and sentimental poets have found
it necessary to apologize for the soldier,
who, bidding ~good-by to the scenes OF
his childhood, CLEANS upon his sword
and wipes away q tear
There can, however, be but little
doubt that women love tears much more
than men, and This they do naturally,
and without calling for any aid from
fashion. Madame dc Flahaut, writing
of people in high life, says that "there
are certain women who have so explored
the emotional that they rather love to
nurse q misery than to enjoy q tranquil
situation :" and Dickens, writing OF low
life, has pictured, with admirable fidel-
ity, q certain Mrs. Gummide, u lone,
lone widow" who is always weeping
and referring to her lost husband, and
.indulging in the luxury Of woe. Of
course such n woman ouly exhibits her
selfshness but such women care little
about that. If they can only persuade
the world that they are patterns of con-
staucy they are delighted, and in doing
so they at least gain n pleasing sensa-
ton Of their own trouble, of the enor-
nifty Of their sorrow, and feel indeed u
singular pride in being so happy. 1t is
very possible that much of the feeling
may at first be real but time, which to
all natural people brings the gentle
anodyne of forgctfulness, has no effect
upon them. They nurse their sorrow,
and are always ready to call up their
wrongs in n manner which to US seems
unwise and u~nwomanly.
When a woman is left q widow we oil
of US know that she has q sorrow greater
than o widower has. Unprotected,
lonely, without the aid she looks for,
without the manly voice to cheer her,
the judgment to direct her, the strong,
manly arm to help, and the brave, open
sense of man to put things right, and to
face the difficulties Of n cruel world
the woman must feel all this.
The better wife, and the better loved
wife she has been, the greater will be
her intensity Of feeling but it should
follow that the morc she feels this the
less open expression she will give 1t.
Tho woman who is always referring to
her loss, takes out of the world her pay
ment and her consolation for that loss.
Whatever her station in this world, she
has duties to perform, and she should
confne her grief to her chamber, ana
seek her consolation from heaven IL
she neglects these mercy 20 Keep nef
self forever N weeus, anu con'.a""!
to parade her grief before the world, we
may depend upon it that the world will
ueaos ue. Ss.' u,I;oh Dro so n~rom;ncn,Iv
y. uo ,Sao,.;r"iIv tent tIowing,
"'a anS ,rr,v The world has some reasou
n donbt. ycrv few of us like sorrow,
and some peonie think its exhibition an
;mnsrt;ncnce Montoirnc was of this
anin;on
opm.Tu.Lo.uro;, :, mvSo,f savs he.
neis :. y. o,hor: ond Wi ron,
nor auui =. ,'Ioasna - Ioror i,
erai'y tue Mot'uH P"" onaonvou;rn
with particular . r;r,na
to make us oeiie'e 'uat "isuoui, 'I.'so,
and conscience sarouu themselves unue'
this grave and affected appearance
This may be so with tue FRENCH, wuo
are fond ofsentimental sorrow ana Years.
but it certainly IS MOI SO WIN US, eS-
ternally q graVer, out internalty a mue"
merrier and more humorous peop.v;
also seem 70 oe mort e"Si ' ,h"