Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.

BY KATE FIELD.

Tears in your eyes.-and why? Because YOU find
That he you love is mortal, after all?
Dear, silly coz, what else did you expect?
You met the man, and, though you said no word
Your eyes We're eloquent, and warmly spoke
The electric language of the universe.
You thought him brilliant-ay, he's truly so;
brilliant enough to know, ere many days
What spell the magic of his genius cast
Upon bright but unframed country girl.
Your fresh, frank ways, your eager earnestness,
Were revelations to the sated lion
lie looked on YOU a nouredate,
A creature quite unlike the simpring dolls
Whose fans he autters as he talks sweet lies
You lnnocently touched his weakest point
And that, as in most men, is vanity,
Ills writ in books tbs said by wagging tongues,
That women the weaker vessels, coz,
Our love of appreciation is so great,
We'd sell our birthright for mess of it.
Whence er potential :" he " pours in ears
The honey kept tap for poor sex,
We melt as before the burning sun;
And, being born thus weak, fulfilling fate.
We're called to task if we walk not a crack
Held up to scorn, make we but one mistake,
And fall from earthly heaven to earthly hell!
{By heaven. of course, mean society,
And woman's hell comes when it turns its back)
Man. coz, the stronger vessel being strong,
Jumps, cracks and wanders at his own sweet will
In zigzag paths where morals can't keep straight;
5 He's not responsible if his poor head
Is turned by winsome glance and Turing speech
Being strong. YOU see he cannot help himself,
1T makes deal of difference in this world
Whether you're born man or woman coz.
You've been taught from your birth that it takes two
To make a bargain. When it comes to sex,
But ones required
1t takes but one and woman is that one!
So has it been since chaos settled down
Into the muddy muSh that we call earth.
Man ever is an ADAM woman Eve;
He asks to taste the apple in her hand,
And, when he's eaten 1t and Is arranged,
Exclaims g Behold the woman gave it me,'
Not manly, think You, to thus shirk results?
You call him coward for betraying Eve?
You say such reasoning would never hold
In any book of logic? True enough:
But when you've longer lived you'll surely learn,
Through logics fact, fact is not logic coz!
And you'll be III your grave as well as l,
Before Society reyolves around
You fancy. coz, yours is the only heart
That has been tri1ed with? You long for death?
You think the sun will never shine again.
That life viii taste OF nought but Dead-Sea fruit?
Now look at me; I'm enyied by the world
Because I'm handsome, rich, endowed with wit,
And tact enough TO know just what to say
And when to say it. NJ salon is thronged
With genius and with beauty, coz, because
I've sense enough to listen to the men
Acting whip to each ones hobby-horse-
And art enough to advertise the charms
OF my own sex whatever be their kind,
Because of this some call me polite;
But all admit that [ am popular
And you, 'mong Others, wish TO wear my shoes.
Why, silly co., I'd gladly change with you,
To lose the memory OF earlier days.
At your age loved madl y-ioyed with all
The passion OF q soul that loves but once.
/ thought my love returned his vows, at least
Were warm enough to melt a colder heart
Than Nature gave to me. The man was born
Below my sphere; but genius knows no rank.
And placed him above, beyond the herd
OF titled nobodies with added brains.
lived for this one man-for him alone;
We plighJed troth; my parents threatened then
To cast me off, to disinherit mel
9 DEFY our will, and you may beg for bread
Ere we will give heed to your misery.''
Said they who brought me into this kind world.
Iloved, and ready to brave all.
Not the hero OF my romance;
His face grew pallid, and his speech confused
He kissed me hastly-ssid he'd return
To claim How think Won. coz he claimed me :?
He wrote cold, brief note, in which he said
That he was far too proud man to wed
In opposition TO my family.
His grief had forced him to the Continent;
He hoped might be happy, and then signed
Himself ''sincerely" mine, etc.
None born with strong physique's e'er die OF love
did not even faint go TO bed
Raying with fever, girls do in books.
/ sent back that mans note without remark
Assured my parents their will should be mine;
Was taken to their arms and soon betrothed
To the old lord whose name I've so long borne
He, to reward me for my sacrifice,
Died after our most placid honeymoon,
Leaving me mistress of his large estates.
Then passed away my parents. blessing me-
For reapng the reward obedience
So filial merited Restless, distraught,
wandered to and fro for three long years,
Seeking to dull the pain about my heart
BY change of scene and new acquaintance.
One day. mid Roman ruins came upon
The man once adored He'dared TO speak;
Begged me TO take him to my heart again,
Now that death had broken down the barriers
The devil in me got the upper handI
T dashed the craven creature with NY tongue,
And sent him crlnging from me.
& Never more
Let me behold your facer' were my last words.
Full well have they been needed Then came
Back to my native land, took up the game
Society demanded should play,
And faithfully I've played it, though alone
I've held the cards. no partner aiding me.
Such is my story. Without love child
The only longings of woman's heart
I'm pointed out Fortunes favorite.
Perhaps [ am!
Come, cousin, dry your tears
Your wounds skin deep. Mine penetrated far;
And yet Pm not what people call 9 wreck.
You'll have no appetite; you'll lie awake;
You'll sigh, and sadly smile at merry jestS.
This will endure for possibly month,
During which time promise TO disclose
The true proportions of the demigod
You've worshiped al the altar of your dreams.
I'll prove to you despite the charm OF heads,
That in the game OF life the hearts are trumps.
Is it agreed? Then look up while battle
Your eyes in cooling spray Now you are like
Your dear old self. I'm hungry. Let Us dine.
- nDIot ~