, 1880-01-24
CLEVER WOMEN.


II ths Editor of Tia Caltapo Tribune.
Anco1.A, ILL.,, Jan. 81 liaye read Tic
1fomu since its beginning, and imaEine
know TIC contributors quite well. Atuny
times I liave thought of things I'd Ike TO
shy, but writing requires much niure effort
ttlan talking, and it slfts the wheat from tic
cltatf OF one's ideas III Il surprising why; but,
for all TINT II you'll take lazily-wr1tten let
ter, I'll write It, being prompted ttits limo
mainly by desire to Talk with nittorswcet
about the comparative merits Of clever and
simple women. She accrcdits TEackerny
with this theory, which She ittlorses and
quotes: "All clever women aro wicked, Md
viii holne-fiir,st. Iear WEttersweet; yoli
don't want lls TO Judge Ut your Wicketl'luss
by your cleverncss, do you? Thackeray's
sSSg st a is5y %esEessss fss Y sfe s sns e sn a;ns @
his chief capital III n noyeltst. Ile portrays
curtain types iii n why to make liz laugh
while wo pity or condemn. There aro
otl,ors ho knew better, than to touch
good woman is QUO. Ills worlcn
arc merely. lay. figures, lMcomplete In cl,arac-
ter, except III tho cases Of llecky SIlarp, who
was selfish and slnart uni Ally aud 3lRnche,
Iv VIE csvr sSs ses i1 and sy III pSHs e depis
Ia this day) were gooll, but neither Ut tholl
was particularly brll!!ant, and both Of theln
quite out 0f style. All0f III, men and wolnell,
taliect,iai aIiiities 10 not surpass tlle splrt-
tlal Cruces til many cases. The wiser wu
grow the more wo ought to value tile really
desirable things 0f litt, health, quiet c0Il.
sciences, aud !ovinE frMtell,slsi ri which may all
our dispositions. The vcry cloy1rcst wunlrii
I hnyD known have bpc,l most devoted tu tito
b.st interests Of their families, mil not wise
III their own concelt Mt nll; on the other sftt Z,
tho most d!sagrecahle Il! tho domestic circle,
brcause OF their shnrtsigl.tetlness and cul-
acloi!s tnferl0rlty. 1t IL unjust that all etll-
c!ted, keen.wltted wo!ilnli should By tst5,.r.l-
Cd with, dlstrnst, whrt! this probability H.
that Il her bralia has l]cen cultivated, her
heart has nlao, and Keeps Its place In a.tyince,
III it always does III true W0lnah nature,
rights Or no rights.
By the by, don't you think F. @. was treat
50 ss s'e os M o Esw s otet t
l!n4 been? Tliey aru the only ones that ought
to be ad,nlrcli ant, even II no was studying
!,ta Huntlay-scllo0l lesson when old Furty
Years t19te.l up thy teSsHhons at hln he's
to know bangs frunl tho rIklit-bower. SUnIu
Ut y0n seemed to think lle Wns ~ suft US tho
!mshful yoatllg man wllo salal, when MrErd By
% HI %intl1er to ~ Mnrfte.l ns l!a PM 'lon0.
hG!ls WV 3UA tI4l114lttl Hk0bAo4s pltA i ~ 4At&
to marry Il Btrallgu gAl.'
Somebody be sslre 1ud tell l}oh, of Decatur,
why VIC nll like fiction; lnaybp Chat WILL allll
tha rest Uf III won't hear 1t. heard SuiMt-
thing about Chat: 0nce upon tine snt MI
tho porch all alOne, except fnr II yoillly Nlnll
from Decatur WIN WINS SLING tere; md,
nfter while; l said, "Frch itn ytI know
tho lady who writes for. I'lIA TlunuSE over
The nalllo Of Clint 7" a1Ni llo said, "ND, don't
know her. but they suy she's nli oil ill.,"
here he paused with truo masculine tact,
beautiful to set, being reminded Ut tho cum
pahy he Was IN BY the sunlight falling
through q rift - tic leaves full UPON liy
"Hilycr thrcnds" and croW's-tcet. As luy
rucker sWaycd back aud forth ho continued,
after llttia, graceful hesitation, "Woll, yoli
see. shes not-well-lsut exuclly young, ind II
unmarried, quite well plf, very tllgntlled, llNl
llns, they shy, tho gcntlest MANNERS the very
tll0s8 thtngs.n Then It seemed IL o,lsy to
step aver to Dccntur, take 4 good lo0k, como
back on tlptoo, alMl sily, I'ru seon llur,-tho
sllMrtest woman In Tie IIome,'
four or five years uK0, on tho subject Ut tuat-
r!Monyt such funny lgtters that made lne
elIuckle anu howl Wills reading them till
tho pater and mater would look over their
speetaelcs at each other, and say, caliuly aud