The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-01-31
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edvanced in sin to propose anu Carly !
out such nefarious schemes are not apt
to be quoted very high in the market,
and the innocent and yirtuous are not
generally in that business. Men Will
Swear eternal fidelity until their object
is attained, and then their word IS but
a band of straw to be broken at their
own periured pleasure. That an inno-
cent pirl ever makes the first advances
in these cases is very improbable. Men
are almost invariably the leaders In such
affairs.
Whoever heard of a lady of 40 or 10
wears, in high social position, with
wealth, elegance, ard family about her
and honors browning her silver mars,
whoever heard of such person rlsklng
her aged neck or her venerable bones,
in frisking about some park, or by
street, or over unevan pavements, In
pursuit of some pretty youth of 16? And
when did such dignity ever sit down to
indict love ditties to the sweet child, or
send flowers or bonbons to the t1edgllng
aforementioned? A careful study into
the laws which govern humanity, and
knowledge of some of its distinguished
characteristics, would prevent many
false conclusions, and save great
amount of useless abuse. Man is by
nature the aggressor, and is not by any
means backward in following the die
tates of his peculiar fancy.
Woman was made to be won, and
waits usually for the one who is to win
her, and, in giving, bestows with gen
erosity which puts to the blush the
meagerness of the ordinary man. That
women of commonly good morals 60
about throwing themselves at the heads
of men, or feet either, deny. That such
performance is at all a necessity every
ToLERABLY ATTRACTIVE WOMAN
will deny also. That men lose very
few opportunities for devoting them
selves in whole or part to any woman in
their acquaintance, am prepared to as.
sert. Enough has been written and
said to convince the outside world that
Hades itself is white and spotless as
compared with Washington. Much O.
the gossip of this nature grows out of the
jealousy of woman as regards eacl
, other.
A considerable observation has quit
! convinced me that the morals of Wash
! ington are no worse than those OF othe
: large places where equal opportunit,,
r exists. There seems to be a determine
, ton on the part of some writers to be
smirch the reputation of every publ
a man, and others make up the war-clu
and 60 charging about among defense
. less women who have neither the mean
or the opportunity to defend themselves
! Those who make such attacks are gen
Y orally actuated by spirit not at al
. creditable to their own personality.
K IT'S THE WOMAN
It who is her sister-woman's wors
e enemy. Beside, the woman VIII
s makes such fierce onslaughts
b usually by no means capabl
e of Judging those whom she selects a
0 her victims. There is an old adag
about Judging others by one's self, a
e that is righteous Judgment. But this
n serious error, and susceptible of man,
:, abuses There are many women VIII
; are good, intelligent, able, and eve
/, brilliant-remarkabl women in thei
= way; but one would as soon think c
If calling the Corliss engine ''sweet," an
e "dearie,'' or 'spet," or ''baby," or {
e bestowing caresses upon its silver-stet
d bars and wonderful mechanism, as upo
1t these women. ''The average man
d would turn from all these cable e,
d Founders of the faith to sit at the fee
il of some little pink and white daisy of
le girl, and listen in apparent entertain
ment to her childish prattle, while thes
femenine philosophers gaze in eonteml
!, tuous pity, and ':wonder what he ca
J. see in that baby-faced thing"