St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-03-27
Men ana UOHten.

Men ana UOmen.
Mary Clemmer Ame- in letter to the
Independent thus discourses Of a social
phenomenon not confined to the latitude
of Washington -
The Washington carnival runs from
holidays to Lent, when it suddenly sub
sides into penitence and ashes till the
blooming out of the Easter lilies In the
interval the quantity of paSteboard con-
>umed is frghtful the amount Of tar
Teton and tulle torn mournful TO contem-
plate the vitality and bloom queuched
by gaSlight and late hours more than all
the balm OF summer can restore. Amid
much crude and tawdry display there are
vet elegant and sumptuous homes in the
capital, where esthctic women dispense
the most graceful hospitalitles. 1t is ea-
sy to count every one Of such F; for the
rule is that the women one meets in
Washington are not equal in intellectual
development to the men. This arises
from the fact that the larger proportion
OF our public men are those who have
struggled up to place and power from
small beginnings. In early life they lived
in what the New England people call a
small way People Of very modern an
tiquity remember when Mrs Pinnacle
lid her own work cooking her husbands
beetSteak, with ruddy cheeks. in the lit
tie two-story house in Bug,ile Mrs.
Pinnacle was very happy doing this, and
| il is much TO her credit that she did it;
vet it does not alter the fact that now, in
her splendid drawing-room, Mrs. Pima
c,e does not feel quite at home in her
rattling moire antique she does not know
what 10 do with her hands and re-
Giving Il thousand people, never feels
lui.e sure what is the proper thing to
-ay.
$50 she stops on the safe side. She
says, Mrs. Pinnacle You say, Mrs.
>nippes' You shake hands, you pass
IN. This is the beginning and the end
If YOUR communication with Mrs Plunl-
Gle. Ii you penetrate into Mrs. P's
pantry, or see her alone with her Child
rcn. YOU would find that she was not de-
vold oi ideas OF Il very excellent sort, on
! y they don't fit the high houss and the
-rand occasion. Wniie Mrs. Pinnacle
was taking care OF her children and max
inm Mr.. Pinnacle comfortable. Mr.. T.
vas improving his mind, improving his
fortunes every effort he made was in
tie direction OF growth and success Mr..
Pinnacle is now in Washington, and his
name is power in the land. Ms. Pin
nlCle, in ali intellectual development,
~taEd. ayes behind him. Moreover, pam
and care have taken from her face the
last flush OF youthful bloom. NJ td,,mG
Adventures says that she Is Il very COM
mon-looking woman. and 80 old Too
Old entirely for Mr.. Pinnacle to whom
time has brought 4 grace OF manner anl
culture, Il charm OF aspect when had
not come to HIM when he was young.
IIadamc Adventures, who is adrtt Oh
Washington society, with both eyes wide
open for something grand in the shape Of
an establishment 10 turn up, 'pIties poor
: Mr.. Pinnacle. She thinks it Is so love
in him not to snub his wife. And he
5 SO Infinitely her superior in every way
she goes ON. And il is something new
can understand why our grca: men a.
ways do marry such inlerio. women
1t would be trying TO convince YOU that
Mr.. Pinnacle Is not the ambitious man
which he is, to say that i'll all cxiernals
! Mrs Pinnacle satisfies his silent demand
. But, despite politics, Mr.. Pinnacle has a
conscience and heart. lie secs Il beau
ty in his little woman undiscernable to
Madame Adventures. He only, in all
the world, knows how much he owes 10
c her She loved him when he was crude
p aud uncouth. She believed in his future
/ when many said that he woI!l never
amount to much. lie does not forget
: how she toiled and suffered for that iu-
. turc, as no other could or would have
r done Because through untoll -ci-i nj
| ais she eked out their scanty means be-
Y cause she asked 50 little for he.selt that
= he might have the more because sac
. staid cheerfully at home that he mig %
{ ever lice to go; because Size bore pa
C tiently every family burden, that no wai:
t Of dwarfng care might drag him down +;
i because her entire life and love have beea
n offered one holocaust to him, Mr.. PIMA
= Gle to-day is rich and famous, ard Mrs.
d Pinnacle plain and faded woman. IL
l. mombering this, it reflects negative
credit upon human nature, as wei. Il up
on Mr.. Pinnacle, that in his high estate
IL ne docs not snub the wife OF his lo"iy
81 DAYS; that in his heart Of hearts hs
l. prefers her to Madame Adventures,
e though that beguillng woman His the AR
: with lamentations that such superior
Is man cannot claim AN equally sup>ro.
II woman to De his wiIc.
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