Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-12-22

The Mind OF Wen no ra~efaase We

men.
Speaking Of odd fsmes, an ancuy laoss
writer SaY>:
A curious study i the cpnsiirrafh-,, I'd the
Kind al men who fa>cinats women. I have
known a man, \ fellow With the head and hair
81 tramp. and the dr,>> ~ dovter with n
lcdn pFasti'e, a person Who winged hNe a
snake when he walked and bad a r'amlay
hald, YET tlis person WAS 4 fssFitcf woman
klller one giri Mas ls'trolhcd iohim Tor three
years, ard Then he iitcd her coldly for a new
tame. The new love AFFAIR GUARD WITH q
tragedy. Tor When in turn De- >ho,A the new
love On. the re~tlCSS. erisf u giekep crl ,.uaed
her troubles toTrNer in q n~ighisarsig river.
There werr ether women who lowed tls. fellow
almost a. desperately, although they cauSsed
themselves more easily What thyy ct,lid eys.s
see in the man Ia fall in hove With pa>~~th an
der>tanding.
Thcrr Wa> another great lady Killer. TO-,
Who S,'caaed a. melt womeu'> hearts a. hal
roil melts butter. IT, promised io ~ one %
the great mrn of tho country aud women
bowed dawn aud worNbiPprd his supposed IA
teuectuai powers rls'rc We're i've romantic
school girls Ia ioNe Nith him al once al \ re
member. Friends. retail b,n> and enemies alike
pr"rhcS'ed a future &C extraordinary brit
hancy Tor him aud IA csu'd have had has
pick and steal uf all ths. Noung ladies' ia the
country. Well. the man ~ho Ma - ,taad
upon the iopn'osi pinnacle q, Intellectual great
ness = nov a Schoo!mastcr. ard a ~scnGa rae
ore N that. with an lT>. gnihcspl Nifr " ~ -
the mcrrSt Siick-ii-thr Inud. Probably Ia
thinks about hi>od fame>.
Niiil third great Woman l ilrr csiu-> iatr
my mind. I don't know low marN vnin ~
mer" in hove with him ~ one'. ard I dznt
know again what uudcr the hraNrn they rhBIi
discover about the man thai Na> 49, ia>sina
linc. I'm, 'a>riuJtc thyia hr did. dep rratriy.
Two ladies ! know have ,rtua itsaI >iut.ae fsf-
The SAKE 81 him io thi> daA. and 81 j. Wsah
white 40 notice u ttrm 10, yuVIt q ''di>aP-
luiuimtHt has uu dIrerput people. Nur az
the Young Uuinru has ha.romr a cynical spite
iul Old nald. Who - uUi pleasant person -
live viii. and has mot ANYTHING NrTN pheasant
'lthcr - look forward "a backward to in her
H4e. Tie other name N.u would KNOW IA I
t"iu N"u, though She lives many q hundred
miles away. Sic must haNs Had '-T,.at trouble
Tat u >fr had She l'ck,l ~ an up iu a Ridden
closet ADD threw the ~ aMaN. THru. ga.
TiuU-iN. aN the intellectual lite at the Woman
va, rou~rd ap aUd guichrUcd >uiirI.y. -
that things cJIuc ahput WITH her exactly a. ~
Mr.. >pJuhNprth'> novels. ard this I'D natd -
u"W one "i The most distinguished wHmrn 81
The country. ~ America and iu England she
J. hsLl.iUg to hv known a. 81 The most clp-
gucfu and intellectual NamCu of our tine.
bui She ~ il never marry anybody, probably.
That i what the Two wnmcu are The man
they loved ~ desperately a.. alas simply a
commonplace. lat man IT, has q shiny bald
head. Purr,s n 20, and great. grea,y .Si
married thai. and married IL - purpo>e a NJ
ting wind uP a. a man VINO talked more love
aud romance e. women Than ten men ordi-
narllA de-. He cares more Ter gspd dinner
than lp does Tor ANY woman nov, however.
aud hr - Just commonplace and tat. fat
that the TAT seems to have struck in, and got
INTO hi> brains. What a mau that Wa> IL break
one heart over. and stay an old maid Tor.
What a ridiculous idea a. i 60 10. Na>ting ones
lie Ia uHrcgUlttcd hove Tor 4 tat man, Igh,
\ disappointment oi the affections. alter al,
though. il really about the most serious thing
THAT can happen To- any body VIA" i young. IL
changes one whole life many time. That
middle-aged and elderly people don't have
more sympathy tor such ~orTow> j. no credit
L. them-not a bit. There i mortal hurt IN
them which Young people uf ~trnag character
never get over cnilrrly. Where they do mimi
u AT all too, | fancy men take such things To
heart more than women. Wherever old baclIe-
lor> seem a little queer. and unlike other PEG
pie, IL j. usually the ease thai they believe,
whether Il j. true or not. that they have missed
the highest good of their lives aud missed Il
through some woman.
N il said that Phu.be CarN never had any
old ilamrS cor new ones. and never cared for
any man. II must he mistake. There must
have been an old flame somewhere. ar she
could never have written the little VERSES
'.ALAS.''
.'>iacc. II you ,tos,d 10 ml side to-day,
Only our hands cDuid meet.
What matter that half thv weary world
Lies out between our feet,
THAT am here by the lonesome "a.
You 10y the pleasant Rhine
OuI hearts wee Just a. iar apart,
4 1 held your hand In miu.
Therefore, with never a lackWari glance.
And standing hy the ss.a alone
give IL 10 the wind.
III give IL all to the cruel wind
And have no Norl Ia >sN.
Yet. alas, 10 lie we have i,,'an.
And TO l'e a to-day
One of the besSedest truths IN lie i ek-
pressed ina the homely old proyrrb that there
are good fish i'm the sea a ever mere caugat
out. II would be horrible world IL al the
hearts which have been broken Siaid broken.
Ii Il a blessed thing HAT they can b. con>Bied
by somebody else, and that the kindly haHd of
Father Time al laSi magnctiZeS away an the
heaItaches ot young people. aud leaves behind
only the gentle memory II old flames.
Still they never seem exactly like the rest Of
the world again. People remember their old
flames oitener and more tendcrly than they
do other folks. They dream Of them at ugai.
and dream Of them la daytime, sometimes.
too. and wonder how il would look Il me Il
their old flames together again. Cndoubied Y
IL Il true. ~ let IA keep green thr gentle
memory OF all old hameS wherever they may
De.