National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-04-10
Men and Women.


the independent thus discourses of
social phenomenon not confined to
the latitude of Washington -
"The Washington carnival runs
from holidays to Lent, when it sud
denly subsidies into penitence and
ashes till the blooming ont of the
Easter lilies. In the interval the
quantity Of pasteboard cons umed is
tri-httul; the amount of tarleton
and tulle torn mournful to contcm.
plate; the vitality and bloom
quenched by gaslight and late hours
more than all the balm OF summer
can restore. Amid much crude anf
tawdry display there are yet elega 1t
and sumptuous homes III the capi-
| tai, wheIe esthetic women dispense
the most graceful hosplt llities. 1t
ISQaSy to count every one of such
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 small way People OF very
modern antiquity remember when
Mrs. Pinnacle did her own work,
cooking her husbands beetsteak,
with ruddy checks, in the little two,
story house in Bugyile. Mrs. Pin
uaGlc was very happy doing this,
and it is much to her credit that she
did it; vet it does not alter the fact
/ that now, in her spl 'ndid drawing
room, Mrs. Pinnacle does not feel
quite at home in her rattling moirc
antique she does not know what TO
do with her hands; and, receiving
4 thousand people, never feels quite
sure what is the proper thing to say.
Z" So She stops on the safe side
She says, MrS. Pinnacle You say,
NJ S. .Suippes' You Shake hands.
You pass on. This is the beginning
and the end of your communication
with Mrs. Pinnacle. If you pene-
trate into Mrs. P.'s pantry, or see
her alone with her children, you
would find that she was not devoid
of ideas Of very excellent sort,
only they don't fit the high house
aud the grand occasion. While
Mrs. Pinnacle was taking care OF
her children and making llr. Pima.
Gle comfortable, Mr.. L. was i'm.
proving his mind, improving hif
fortunes: every effort he made was
in the direction of growth and sue
cess. Nh. Pinnacle is uCw IN Wash.
iugt0n, and his name is power IN
the land. Mrs. Pinnacle. in all in.
tellcCtual development. stands ages
behind him. Moreover, pain and
care have taken from her face the
hast flush of youthful bloom. Md
anne Adventures says that she i
a very common looking woman, and
| 50 old! Too old entirely tJr Mr.
Pinnacle to whom time has brought
grace Of manner aud culture. 4
charm OF aspect which had not comC
to hm when he was young. Mad
anne Adventures, who Is adrit, on
Washington society, with both eye.
wide open for something grand II
the shape o. an establishment tC
turn up, 'pitIes poor Mr.. Pinnacle.
She thinks il is so lovely in him no
to Suub his wife. And he is so in
hnitely her superior in every way,
, she goes on. And it is Somethin;
| never can understood why on
II at men always do marry sgcl
inferior women II would be trNin:
e to convince yru that Mr.. Piunacl
is net the ambitious man which h
is, to say that in all eNtcrnalS Mrs
Pinnacle satisfies his silent demand
But, despite politics, Mr.. Pinnae.
has a conscience and heart. II
sees a beauty in his little woma'
undiscernable To Madame AdNeu
turcSS. He only, in all the world
ID knows how much he owes to her,
She loved him when he was crud
- and uncouth. She believed in Ia
lUlNlt Nil'll lllillN Nil'N NV W V'ti' hN
amount to much. He does not fo
Get how she toiled and suffered #
, that future, rs no other could {
4 would have done. Because throug
d untold sclf.dcnial she elled out the
II scanty means; because she aSke
/, so little for herself that he migl
have the more; because she stai
checrlully at home that he might !
ever free to go; because she hoI
patiently every family burden, thi
,s no weight OF dwariing care migl
Is drag him down; because her enti
Y lie and love have been offered ol
" holocaust to him, Mr.. Pinnacle t
c. day is rich and famous, and Mr.
Pinnacle plain and faded woma
Remembering this, il reflects II ne
ativc credit upon human nature,
- well as upon Mr.. Pinnacle, that
L his high. estate he does not snl
=, the wife Of his lowly days; that
IL his heart of hearts he pr, icrs her
n, Madame Adventures, though til
~ y bcgulling woman fills the air wi
\, lamentations that such n superi
Y. man cannot claim an equally supe
'. ;. or woman to be his WIFE,"
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