Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-05-18

poor Mary after be was dead than
while he was living le,i.. 81
Oh, yes, a man has his troubles !;
but we don't suppose he would be a
woman, even, if the thing could be
conveniently managed. d. g,a.,. ]
Wemsn On aessraf Principles.
After man came woman. 'bfs''' 4
And she h6s ubeen after him ever
since. al 2sf % safTd ,.;E y tse t'i3'' !
She is q person Of ftee extraction,
being made of mans rib. 81 AZ.
We don'tknow why Adam wanted
to fool away his RIBS in that way, but
suppose he was not accountable for
all he did, -to "a ias9a.q -uflf 1s5l.
,Ittcosts more to keep a woman
than three dogs and a shot gun.
But she pays you back with inter-
est-by giving you d house full Of
children to keep you awake at nights
and smear molasses candy over your
Sunday cost. ;'''''' ''r..
Besides, wife is very convenient
article to have around the house.
She is handy to swear at whenever
you cut yourself with a razor, and
don't feel like blaming yourself. .
Woman is the superior being in
Massachusetts, III '''5ay' f....' '' b
There are about sixty thousand
more of her sex than males In that
State. 'F a+'r ''' ''
This accounts for the terrified,
hunted-down-expression Of the single
men who emigrated from the east.
| Woman was not erected perfect.
/ She has her faults-such as false
hair, false complexion, and so on.
But she is great deal better than
her neighbor, and she knows it. g..
Eve was a woman. a ',@
| She must have been a model wife,
too, for.it didn't cost Adam to keep
her i'm clothes. Lac 5-
Still, we don't think she was happy.
She couldn't 60 to sewing circles
and air her information about every
body she knew, nor excite the envy
of other ladies by wearing her new
winter bonnet to church.
Neither could she hang over tht
back fence and gossip with her neigh
bors.i a.. -i-v
/ All the blessed privileges were de
MED her. a a
] Poor Eve! she's dead now!
! And the fashion she inaugurated il
dead now! @ ~ #'r
/ II it hadn't been for that confound
ed ''snaik" perhaps the ladies Of tn
present dsy would dress as economi
cally as Eve.
But the only place where her prim
tive style is emulated is in a certai
portion of Africa, where the wome
, consider themselves in full evenin
dress when they have nothing on bu
postage stamp stuck in the center O
their foreheads. ........-.
I What beautiful example in sim
1picity Of dress is shown some Of tn
followers of fashion by that domesti
, animal, the cat, which rises in til
morning, washes its face with its rigt
hand. gives its tail three tremendou
Jerks, and is all ready dressed for tn
day. -.
Woman is endowed with tremend
Gus fund Of knowledge, and a tongu
to suit. 1913 ... ..
She has the capacity for learnin
everything she was divinely intende
, to know, and few extra items bt
sides. 1.si s's'' -.
Young ladies take great deal c
stock in classes and learn fast.
When you see a lady student frol
vassar, with an obsorbing look in ht
eye, and her lips moving. you III
: derstand at once she is memorizing
lpassage from Virgil.
But perhaps q closer inspectio
!. will reveal the fact that she is onl
! chewing gum. ri 4 .s.. Ss 49,
"A woman may not be able TO sharl
: len a lead pencil, or hold an umbrell,
but she can pack more articles in
] J trunk than a man can into a one hon
wagon. i2 --..-.. s--
: The hAppiest period Of woman
: life is when she is making her wet
!, ding garments. ! '-
The saddest is when her husoar
: comes home late at night and yells
her frem the front door step 10 thro
footIa handful Of key-holes Of diffe
>. rent sizes. & ''-i-i sl' '''
There Is some curiosity in femini
!. nature. a;i.-
= ~ For instance, We once knew
: :, young iady who could easily pa
Iaround one on the street witho
booking around to see what she h
:. lon. .as @s1ta sza
II Poor thing, she was blind.
One Of the worst habits q won
of can get into is riding habit.
But II is not much worse than {
to oflnosisra walking dress, which ladi
d PERSIST in wearing On the streets.
= When a woman apDFoacbes