, 1880-12-11
FORTY YEARS.

II the Edilot Of 71se Chicago Tribune.
GnASn RAr1ns, At!cli., Oct a3.-1Iow
prone Is tue inexperienced poet to gloom,-7to
rhyme "hcart" with "part@" "Ela,lness "
witt, Sadness" nid "ocr" with "neyer
more"t 1t Is only after long battle witt.
lffu TINT We lcarll to hold inst that VIC have.
bo It ever 80 little, n1d glyo thanks therefor,
md to understand whit Solomon meant
wien lie said that ronst beef was mt the
only reuuls!t for delightful dinner, and 10
s.nilc no matter how sharp the teeth Of the
little foxes are, or what yutnres' beaks tte-
yolr our ltyers. 1t IL only when yo,ttt1's
nlonotony OF del..:l,t IL ngreeally varied by
NIL Instant Of ,lsqulot thatwe 1aralo our Ink
ury Ut woe. aull weep In public print. Whom
grlofs really cu,ne, wllun gray hairs and
wrinkles, md failure, n1d Helftftstrust. anil
acorn OF life fall upon us, md despair sits
u,ake Just, and wig our hcatls ut tho yuung-
dogs ourselves.
It's not tho howl Of tho young poet, but
tho su,ile Of tile mEllulc-ngctl party which
calls for my sympathetic tears
Massachusetts Girl eertAtuly writes tho
snu',tlcst old-'sall talk possible, atnl in cle-
gnmt STYLE. And am truly glad 6lle Is
not MI old maid herself. She says shc
Isn't, to begin With. 1t is beyond
feminine 'ogic to know TINT this statement
OIL lIer part is Wild and vehement contrn-
i!Lct!on Of MI that followstin her article,
nicely rs she has written. "An old maid IL
lovely character, but want yon Nil TO
know I'm not tllat sort F" Is what AIRssRcll,-
sqits Girl says; und this saying Of hcrs is tho
Koy to nil seeming injustice Ut tho low os-
teol1l i'll which society holds olu n,nEds. So
clety demands labor OF n!ell, md wife md
lnotherllood OF women. An unmarried
woman Is soclul failure, md society does
not applaud It's awD failures. ITS sury ami
able Of you, NY dear Girl, to writo rs you Ito.
and sono Of thp sweetest, and tuntlegest, nn<i
lovcllcst Ut w0,nun llnyo hlooued sorrow
fully III tho yestat rAnks; but NIL tho tnsk IN
| the world will mt glso the unapproprIatctl
wo!nal, IN cxa!tutl standing. Wife. nun, or
liow could any oile llayo chosen "Gnwk"
| as Il nom .ts isli,,e?-s,i,tl how ctlarntng to
| sec Clydu owil thAt women arc to ha blamed
for eyerything IN ller letter on b!nt-klll!lgl
wG sxH * 1 'ss Ill., if yo a tet tuo Eo1 lid psasf st Il
llp'1,e Grille, ! llope yoa will lind 1t agrcea-
II an' Fiai ia soe Gala Forests husband
'S*S ppeai M y ;ha 's' ssat
fur u nntc,--llow torrtlI'u tl!a despair WHICH
sent Him forth upon tho frozen soa Of sult-
tItle Rlll ubltyullt
It's 10 tlse, Hue Stocking; you cannnt
make Tile II0nu u literary Girelo any mara
thu,, y0u catl nlnku q Cn.t,llloN evening purity
"cDnsersattosal." III tho modern. sVnso OF
tho .wortt: you must gn to cgncord, mud ac'
egypt bratt, II you want IL fluid girls who are
M!l book, 0r No!ltlls w|o earc fur serlnons.
Thu highest philosophy Ut easIsatiol. ~ unly II
weak Kucss, taulty ntnl tllcUlnp!utc. at what
tl1lu NAy thJOy perfectly without knowing
tlu ulfishet 4 tttrtlU III, a saltl-bnr kn0wa
just Us lI,lel ab0ut the sun, HI fur M Ills ow,
gtull Is voncarncsl, III Father Secchi knew
ni1 words, l@0 nlnttur uw lisIe, ,lru tie t,ler
husks .ot sensation. w Will bu phtlU
SOphical A,Hl literary wilutl VIC r,llInut ciI9N
gun and tllrt,;- belurt, llla'!k .you.
! wonder What l.ls beeO,nu Ut ChRt?
AuKustA Informs lllu laS L, thu Significance
OF the name Of ''kntMria." Did my Out
Syer "! writs ta r;'tte, sl'arp' or hateful word
| Get. SOL l,ar.lly tllnk Claypole's nara
tvs will uxclto comment. Tbs situation L
bald, AHyuKEcstlye, alMl nl,rnlNnl!lIc.
Wllat bold Bohemian lunacy influence:
'rOpsy rlnklo to write nxainst useless lAho
In obedience to social e'iIct? When Shllol
or l!e1 who sits with folded halnls. Hewar
ut dangerous ground, rnpsy,; though car
!'etetl. with, patchwork quilts tt win betra.
your feGt u tipstrnetlul,. ...
- Let US Ienr frDin Tic llone." snyH Mar
garut: they Won't talk, My dear child; b.
| sure Of that; two Or three leltvrs tlnisA tn