The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-07-27

pearance of Being teachable. In her
capacity for heprtng without obeying
LES her true power AS talker she has
her peers as b listener she is un-
equaled.
ii, as u ErenchS,S writer says, the con.
yersation of women in society is like the
straw In WHOA china is packed-worth-
less iG itself, butswithout which everv-
thing would be broken--the listening of
woman is what saves us from ID Babel of
tongues that would bring the sky about
our ears In no time.s Not that woman is
always, or as q rule, unwilling to use
her tongue (there is no need Of being
radican, but the listener who encour-
ages you with eyes and expression and
appreciative Laughter is @ woman. She
never lets her glance wander in an alb
sent manner, to be brought back to
meet yours a6 an important point with
an effort of which you are both keenly
conscious. TO whoa are You tempted
to relate bits Of curious personal expert
ence, the suffering CAUSED by some ran
dom arrow of outrageous fortune, the
fancies suggested by some book, some
view, some journey?gs 70 q clover, SYM
pathetic woman, whose eyes brighten
with interest or saddenRwith sympathy
as she listens, who seems to anticipate
your next word with eager pleasure, and
Who, Tor some reason on other, just then,
while you are in this confidential mood.
has very few experiences or fancies of
her own to communication hints at
Ehem--just enough to keep you in count
enance. 49,
brought % Time.
A young man on Street in Steuben-
vile with fez cap, fragile cane, and
smoking o vile cigarette which awakened
q suspicion in the minds Of the neigh
bors that dead mule was in the i'm
mediate vicinity, stepped off the side
walk to allow q lazy to pass.
"Thank you" she said.
"Not at all, madame L assure you
always give way to tho weaker SEX"
The lady slowed up,when she heard
this, and came back to the young man.
What did you observe, sir ?"
IL said (smile forceD that I always
gave way to the weaker SEX"
An, did you" pursued the woman,
grabbing him with a firm hand by the
throat-latch. Doyou know who you
Sre (shake) calling the (shake, shake)
weaker sex ?"
"I-ugh-thatis, I-meant to say
you hurt my neck politeness is consti.
tutional in ur---orlch-famiIy.
lis, hey? Wei (shake, shake, shake)
If you think Pm shake, shake, shake,
shake) one OF the weaker sex you arc off
your reckoning"
Here sheRave the young man O. dex-
trous flip which spun him three times
around, after which he fell under fence,
while nissan and fez cap flew over into
bed 81 last years hollyhocks.
ow after this, remember, young
nlaHls you can't play no weak-sex game
on me. propose to vote before that
dyspePtic looking mustache of yourn
has more than seven hairs on one side
and nine on the other. ."-iSteu6enviUe
.Re2ou6Iicd,l.
& sepOScfIIl Women.
Reposeful women are o delight to
their friends one can almost forgive
! ssloVenliness when it is accompanied by
an air OF complete ease from eare an
air which says "I am ALWAYS ready TO
talk to you or listen to your list of lows
or sorrows" On the contrary. the
women who is continually "on the go"
is extremely tiresome. We have before
onr eyes a girl who is fair representa-
tive OF the latter type. She is wasting
her nervous force and her life in e
lanontable manner. She expends
enough force and energy in day to last
one so slim Cf stature for O week, Moth
ing she does is done slowly or deliber-
ately Always in the hottest possible
bury her life seems to be wound up to
tie highest possible pitch. She dashes
about the house, slams doors, and bolts
her food in half the time that more
SOBER people take to eat theirs. With
her trIties are mornentous ;. her tongue
seems to be incapable of uttering a soft
sound; her temper Isl oil alire at O. mo-
mont's notice; her adicctives are all
superlatlves, and sometimes she is ready
TO weep because she has no bigger and
more expressive superlatives to use.
der energy. 1t properly engineered,
i would almosG stem Niagara she never
moves except as if she were q Maud s..
and going for o wager. Fervidness and
rapture are her daily food. Where will
ell this endp We. .answer--in the mad
house or the grave. 1t is the pace that
Kills IL is this pace which renders ner-
yous prostration one of the most pro-
life diseases of the day. Let those of
our women who are always intense take
10 thought for the next generation, in
whom the seeds of this abnormal haste
ore being sown with fatal effect. Tho
-f2ouseseepeg.
"A FaitffuI Wife.
Some years ago there lived in Phila.
delphia q thrifty pair. The husbands
business was one that bis wife could as.
aist IN, so she was in every way his help
meet, beside being his housekeeper
and his saving bank. They were happy
ana prospering in their own little house
1.-THE Fhiladelphian's patentidea ofcom-
fort. After q time the man grew am
bilious to get more showy footing. He
took to politics-as is the duty Of all
citizens whom this means politics and
water. Unfortunately it was politics and
whisky IN his case the sort 90 ward
politics that is carried or ia Honor sa-
looms. He grew to be such ON inpor-
tent man in this g combination that he
could not stttand TO his private business
my more. If tilis were the story Of
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