The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28
Proverbs About Women.
WHAT TIE OLD BACHELORS OF ANCIENT
DAYS SAID.

III ~ SHttt IHNb tUC ilbNcIbS % tne !
world furnish an cpitome Of TIE wit and |
wisdom OF all nations and axes. The !
most salient and universal traits of hn- !
man nature are caught and preserved
in them. as flies are preserved in am
Der. The same is true of the deeply
ingrained prejndices which have enme
down to us from semi barharous time.
If proverbs are in many cases neat and
portable packages in which selt-cviaeut
truths are handed about, they also fur
nish conveyance for many ideas which
do not fit theperiod in which we live.
| Old, hateful, unjust notions, about wo-
men especially, are thus kept in crcu
lation, and show how deep WAS the
brand of her servitude i'll The ages when
they were coined by male ingenui' y
Much of this snail, change of tllonght
is spurious, but il is curions and 5liiii--
structivc as measuring the thnrough
conte npt men often expressed for wo-
men at the time of their most servile
submission to male rule. In these
bticf editious of would he wisdom, the
| intellect of woman is almost universal
| ~ derided:
4 Hebrew proverb says: When an
dom in women.
AS another has it: Three women and
Il goose make Il market.
And another still: Where there are
women and geese thee wants no noise.
Here is a batch Of proverbs illustra-
tive of the utter worthlessncsS of wo-
men:
| a manSof straw is better than wo-
man OF gs6d.
| dead wife, il is also said, is the
best goods in II MAPS boisc.
The badness of man is better than
the goodness of woman. declares Il
Jewish provelh.
The death of wives and the loss OF
sheep make men rich.
II a woman were as little as she is good.
4 peas cod would make her a gown and Il
hood
! Deeds arc males; words are females.
The deceit, Inconsistency and untrust-
worthy characteristics of Women have
called into existence a score of pro-
| verbs, from which we select II few:
No relying on women, wine and for
time.
w,,,., on, wine o,,,a mud aecait
Make the wealth small and the wants
great.
Women, wind and fortune are ever
changing.
The Necessity of the personal casti.
CATION of wives is insisted on by thrss
old SAWS. Here is one that says:
- ai'an'r'' - "","., h'tar th,. h.,t.r ct;
me more ore ',sS are 'e"'e" '''e 'e''e' SUI
~.
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4 M ,.u,:., 1T,
o ,.i ne ha ,l....'s" "','" wa. "n''e'
,.,,''.'""''s w NVsP S'le"'' ~
- e'''" W "'''''' w w.
e Silence Is tue pest "F"a''"ht %
n "" met, ;., f,r ,,m,,
0 =: - :" "".
n oht us Seiu"''i WOE + nro,o,,
Le' ""''i'''' Sl''''' "n'. "'' f'> "o''
Mai!ens should ne mud anu n,eeN'
: own, - '''"' ",'' 49, ~ en- 49,. 49,
:, Mai"eus s',"u," oo li''''' ~ Va" :"
e married., ana 'heh 'heS may ~
II A'lNs
n No greater degree "i c"ii,eiii,' e"''l
possibly De exp esseo .':''i ny wy '"','
u parsons To when "ohen ''o e"D
!" ~, Wv
IL IL ;. DIS sieh. ny '" ~
re ~, ,n,,.,rn El.. /. lamb,
y rail
+ Women and dogs set men by til
If ears.
D. Women and hens, through too niue
i Sa"dlhS, are !"sa'
- Here is Que of the articles of the oil
at marrianc-crced:
IN q, dnvn,l,e ladder when thou MAJ
rs ,;a1t ,,.;f,. ,,o ~, when thon choose,
h f,iand
- uar. is ercourarenent for cousta,
b,n,o-knnninr and dr,drerv:
,1,ho w;f,. tb,t axnects tn have q noc
tb ,,nn 10 always nj home. ms if she We,
-a i,n,n aud the maid that is honest, III
cl,;afast detiDf,t isstifl TO be doing fro
nc mornin. till night.
u: t1,s Satanic Majesty H. woIld n
he near by these SAWS, is on intima
e. terms with the sex:
n Tell woman she's beauty, and II
o. Devil will tell her SO ten times.
;; Man issfire: woman is tow; the De,