River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-01-22
SOMETHING SENTIMENTAL.
It is Also PracticaI--Excellen Hints
for Wiyes--HOw TO Charm the
Brutal Man.

Women have two supreme moments
in life, and one Of them is that wherein
they are courted, and before they have
either said Eyes" or given themselves
the last phrase which is in
itself sufficiently expressive
of the altered condition of
things when the counting time is over,
and the man has got his wish. They
give themselves away; and when they
do that they give away their suprema.
cy. But before this hour comes they
have their time OF regality, of superior
condition, when he who woes is at their
feet, and their slightest wish is his law
To young men honestly in love and
respecting the woman they sue, there is
no limit to the homage they will pay in
the counting time. Their patience with
girlish caprice is as boundless as their
humility under girlish disdain. They
stand, cap in hand, at the door of my
lady's bower, asking only the privilege
of serving her, of making themselves
her slave, her sacrifice; and they are
repaid if their service is accepted and
they are allowed to humiliate them.
selves with sufficient abasement. No
seamy side of imperious temper, oflord
ly will, Of absolutism, Jealousy, selfish
ness, is allowed to show itself in the
courtier's tripple-pile velvet cloak.
Everything is graceful, glad, contented,
humble, and the suppleness of devo.
ton that apparently has no rugged
places to conceal. All this is very de.
lightful to woman, and most believe it
permanent. Very few accept it for
what it is worth, as the natural and un-
intentional deception Of the counting
time, when the man, wishing TO ga II
something, instinctively puts on the APP
pearance that will be most effective,
and holds cut the lures that will be
most attractive. Almost all be-
lieve it to be a thing that will last,
because it is a thing that is personal ;
homage paid on account Of herself and
her own exceeding virtues, not as the
natural consequence of state Of feel.
ing, and what would be the same TO
every one from every one-love.mak.
ing conditional not individual. But the
waking has to come, breaking in on
the dreams Of this courted and petted
mistress, as il has to come breaking IN
on the golden glory Of all deans. The
lover becomes the husband, the mis-.
tIess finds her master, and the cour
tiers cloak begins to show its seams
Human nature cannot live long under
high pressure, and the pressure Of III,
counting time has been very high
Marriage brings things down to lower
level, and the natural temper and dis
position, SO long restrained, begin e
assert themselves, much to the girl'i
tenor aud bewilderment, when sh,
secs her sceptre slipping from bel
hand, and is compelled to descend from
heaven to earth.
Perhaps there Is no more painful
time in a woman's life than this time o
Transition, when the assiduous lover i,
| passing into the matter.ofiact hus
band, and the wooer is gradually chang
ing into the master. Women, who ar,
so much more sensitive than men, NOR
sentimental, and less content to trus
in silence 70 an administrative affec
ton, are for the most part only happl
while they are being made love to. /
is not enough for them TO be loved
they want 70 be told 80 twenty times
day, and TO have the harmonies 0
life enriched by crowd Q
occasional note. ambrOiderinl
! the solid substance by which they live
Men, on the contrary. get tired Of max
ing love. When they have wooed an
won, they are content 10 DO quiet, AM