Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-11-29
SHREWS,

nOpeu 10, lhcFe nrc many VINO can
not endure comparative poverty with.
out having the most agreeable part of
their nature destroyed IL drives some
almost frantic to see the companions
of their youth soaring far above them,
The disappointed woman has tho
faculty of alternating her friends, and
engcndcring violent detestations in
the heart of her enemies. No ono
can say more bitter things than sho
can, no one can bo haraher to those
she has in her power, and wishes 20
treat unkindly. Woe to the unfor.
tunate man who has tho misfortune
to marry disappointed woman If
he is not willing to submit in all
things; and allow himself to be bad.
gercd and bullied, he had better pre-.
pare for the worst. The chances aro
that, sooner or later, he and his wife
have to separate, IL is striking
fact that, although the demand for
separation may, in the first instance,
have come from her, she is the first to
cry out for return to the old rola-
tons in which they stand to one
another. She expects her friends to
crown her with u wreath of martyr.
dom IL this is not willingly done. She
has the faculty OF makiHg many ao-
quaintances, and never is she more
pleasantly employed than when she is
pouring into their ears how she is i'll.
treated by her relatives TO whom she
may, by the way, be under the great
est obligations) and what measure Of
vongenec ought to be meted ont to
them. She would not, however, in.
juro them in any way-except, Of
course, by backbiting them. She
never keeps particular acquaintance
for a heightened period. She quar-
rels with her or sights her before II
very long time has elapsed The cry
Of the disappointed woman is for
novelty. She is ever longing for new
faces, now scenes, new everything
her life is one continuous round of
change, the end of all the changes
being that she is unuttcraby misera.
bic because she cannot get back to
where she started She can settle
down to no ono employment or pur-
suit. She may, at the commence
ment, throw her whole heart into
anything she undertakes, but, sooner
or later, the pursuit becomes unbear-
ably distasteful to her, and is aban.
doued. She has, unfortunately, the
faculty Of ovcrestimating her abilities
IA failing, however, which is by no
means peculiar to her, She can not
take kindly to a pursuit which she
could perform with credit to herself
aud profit to the community. 1t may
be that she iancics she possesses tho
ability to enable her to become q sue
cossful author Editor after editor
is bored with her MS, and all have to
give the same reply, that it Is not ad.
apted to their pages. Friend after
friend are requested to read the MS,
and each have to convey the informa-
ton, in az inofftnsivc q form as posi-
Gle that it is not worth the paper on
which II is written. But all to no
avail She goes on, mourning disap.
pointment after disappointment, and
quarrols with those who venture 20
adopt a wiser course Let an object
be unattainable, and then she is GER
She has marvellous faculty, too, has
the disappointed woman, of meddling
in other peoples business, and tender
ing unpalatable advice. She speaks
us one having considerable authority.
She has at some period of her life,
perhaps, occupied somewhat exalted
position She expects Difference to
be paid to her and her opinions be-
cause she has done so, and is.ever in
n state of fume because people will
persist in treating her as what she is,
not what she has been She is an ad-
apt at manufacturing troubles and
and magnifes her sor-
rows so much that her life becomes
an absolute burden to her.
Shrows, or disappointed women
Vail AntIl NHdb ou llhN SNHVlall,
sooner or later, find themselves alone
in the world Their children have
gone from theml because they found it
to remain and live in
peace A week'is quite long enough
to remain with disappointed woman
too long in fact, If you do not wish
to hear terrible long catalogue of
trials and troubles But she will be
amabe, as far as you are concerned,
for that time because you possess tho
charm of novelty. After a week, take
care. Their true friends and relatives
have become alienated, through the
hard and bitter things which havc
been said Of them, and the angry al
tercations which have taken place.
ALI in fact, who properly know them,
avoid them for their society is dan
gerous. Thus, they have to rely on
chance acquaintances for companion
ship. From morning until night they
brood over their unhappy
lot, and yet in nothing can they see
that they have done wrong, They
have ignored the principle of "give
and take" in family disputes and have,
upon all occasions, asserted their in
and mastery. But they
no fault in that. Yet, they
mourn the loss of their kindred and
and long for genial compan.
ionship. 1t cuts them to the quick to
see themselves Stunned by those
whom, down in the bottom Of their
hearts, they really love. Yet, so com.
nletely has long.contnued sense of
and wrong operated
upon their natures, that they are ut
Lerly unable to regulate their conduct
SO as to secure return of this love.
They must hecynical, critical, quarrel
some, spiteful, aud moody, when they
would rather be otherwise They are
often well mauncred at heart Thoy can
be truly generous, and, ifyou happen
10 get them in the right cue, will do
to obiige you. But tho dit
iculty is to get them in the right cue,
or at different times they will be so
liffercnt They are their own worst