The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-19
.Csaccrnlas Widows.

WIDOWS exhibit pathetic helpless.
ness ~ times combined with the versatile
jympa&hy0l q father eonfessOr. They
might often vie with tho lawyers in ex-
perience Of the secret WORKING q ol the
mental machinery Of human nature.
Tor the widow has graduated in the
tender emoliOns. She Is therefore able
70 regard with disinterssted friendlinsss
those attacked with the premonitory
symptoms of the malady from which
she has, perhaps long ago suffered
herself, and to prescribe accordingly.
in the novels, Pyramus tells his passion
TO the moon, and Thisbs tp her pillow.
As matter Of fact, thpy usually pour
forth their story TO the sympathetic ear
of the widow, whoM, o. advertisements
say, no household should be without.
She possesses tho 4 experience and
authority which attach by right to
tho fogv, and Ill the atty enterprise Of
the skittish matroh. Even tks young
hrils hangs upon hsrlips. AtChristmas
parties she; j. m ninfal.ible oracle, an
incarnate Ballro9m GUIDE, . living and
breathing file OF Myra's Journal. At
the meet her pohy.catriage is mobbed
by the men, while the women half
envisusly rseOenizo the charms of crane,
Strange to say. shel dissrms the critica
OF her own eek. She can sympathize
with the misgiyings Of the ,callow
dSbutanle, and guide her as she learns
ID 60 alone. ~ She has known the
domestic cares Of the ,nstron; and even
for the veteran canlpaigner, whose arms
have NOT yet, secured the. matrimonial
laurel, she abouqds in experiences which
always sound new, and often prove in.
valuable. For she Is regarded, rightly
Or wfungiy, as disintsrsstsd. It, is
thought that, like aduka who has gained
the blue ribbon, or an alderman who has
passed the chair, she has realized her
ambition. q Often she jpsti6es the repu-
tatipn.e, She isr the patron saint Of fail
ures; q, mother to those who are morally
airift OF socially derelict, At her feet
genius, misunderstood or malisned,
Pours out his elegies. - She draws into
heE. system satellites great and small,
and, herself the center, shines with i'm.
partial light upon all. Her very weeds
appeal to, the artistic sense no less than
to the sympathetic heart. They enhance
the blonde compilation ~ contrast.
Worn blythe brunette they serve to illus
trate what the art critics call harmony
Of Tone, Black lends itself to graceful
movement. The widow hes rot beyond
tahs thYoJy Of liteI iqto t6e, pYsftice.''
" But there ars, WIDOWS Snt widows.
Addison said that IA his AKpeyisnce
.Hidewe did not mourn for tie loss Of q
husband, but for the Neptof 9pe" n
such cases the weeds-at q distance q
flag of DISTRESS often l'resolve them.
selves, ON nearer acquaintance, into the
defiant symbol d the 1oving privateer
Il " n6slot want II warning that veal
humanity falls aavic,tna., Nr. - Welle,
|! ::pqka With ~ the {,eIipg pt,a lopg-sdf
s!beEare Of widbws.'' "a lis widaos
'uH2tta ched may iwUfk infinite Itood =.
90 $hHel II light, 'khe may do Sill KtSAt
Tx mischief Mthe other character, tlb,
YoEes have weight and her example IN
thRritI Which carry conviction, 10 III,
heesN 81 thRQsse e among whom she Eye'
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