Smyrna times., 1870-04-27
The Weaker Sex.

1t is the writer endeavor in this article |
says communication in the New York RevO- !
tutiOn, to show. from conclusive evidence, that !
man is the weaker sex. This may be a new and
startling idea to many, but however startling it
may be- it is not strange.
Any one who has hal experience can testify
to the truth Of the assertion, that women show
greater tortitude under affection than men.
Who ever heard Of a woman giving herself up
70 drink on account OF rever~es in fortune ?
But how many men become confirmed drunk
ards from no better cause? ? One of ihe excuses
Tor man drinking Is that he cannot resist
temptation Women have sometimes the same
temptations. but, not being SO weak they can
resist We must either think men are the
weaker, or else that they ave so selfish and
wicked they care not how much trouble and
anguish they occasion to their friends and
| families.
| Ask any surgeon who bears pain with the
greatest tortitude, a"d he VIII tell you, women.
| They dare to have cancers removed, aud many
| other fearful operations performed without be-
! ing made ln>en>Ible hy aDR>thrtics while men,
| rlmO,t invariably, take clil0ruiOIm, Or some.
thing Of the kind Irememher once noticing
the wall in front Of dentists chair broken
away, exposing the laths to view the place
being comparatively new, | made bold to in
qmre the cause Of this peculiar circumstance
Was made by men kicking when have been
extracting their teeth. Why, are men teeth
so much harder to draw than women's? |
questioned Not at all, " said he, - only wO-
men bear pain better than men And this Is
the testimony everywhere. When a man Is
sick he fumes aud trets so that nothing can be
done to keep him quiet. This is easily ac-
coRnted for, said gentleman friend men
are more active than women, and thev can t
! -. md L..
hard-working woman, who is on her feet from
morning TIL night, will bear sickness uncom.
plainingly, while her more idle lord will chait
and fret from the time he takes to his bed
until lac Is out IN the world again.
) Women reason and men 30 not that is
woman says to herself: "It will do me NJ
good TO worry, and will only BE- an annOyanc,
to AL arouni me-. But the man says:
1t don't do me any good, it : relief not t,
shut 1t up all IN myself. So he has to take i
our, to the no small discomfort of his friends
When man feels nervous he chews tobacc,
as slmuIant. A woman, Instead Of chewing
bravely nights nll she gains the victory, oVt
any such feeling, and ends by having clrarp
brain and an unshaking hand. Sydney Smitl
asserts as an indISputable fact, the equality O
the minds Of both sexes, which great man,
at the present day are 10th to admit He says
! That there is difference 10 the understand
! A"e9 Vi Che 'heh anu women We every DAY NEE
u u with, everybody, We suppose, must perceive
. but there is none, surely, which may not b
y accounted for by the difference of circumy stan
: ce> III which they have been placed withOu
, referring to any conjectural differences Of or
nal conformation of the mind As long a
e boys and girls run about in the dirt and trundl
c ho"ps together, they are precisely alike.
u you catch up one halt Of the creatures, an
II tram them To particular set Of actions an
opinions, and the other half to a perfectly OF
'e pOSlte ST. of course their understandings wi
differ a one or the other sort Of occupation
~ has called this or that talent into action.