The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-16

cial lite. The machinery of both is eluaiY
useful III relieving the backs of the heavy.
laden OF different kinds of Burdens.
The condition of the moral and social
atmosphere which these things indicate is
peculiarly favorable to the growth and ac
uvlly OF the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. The name
by which she is known is a III.
10 exaggerated, and can only be applied
to her in the same limited and
purely metaphorical sense as was that of
6ody-snatc6er to the late Deas Stanley She
Is frivolous or she is nothing; she aims not
so much at the lutlictiOn of wounds rs nj
maintaining reputation, which is made
up of trilleS. TIE last thing in the world
which she cOntemplateS--the thing which
would of al Others most terriiy het-is the
prospect of claiming her captive in the iet.
tiers OF an lnalieuable thraldom, or of
spending the remainder of her existence in
the monotonous sunshine of his smiles
Her theory of life is very different from
this, and If 1t is not deiensible on purely
ethical grounds, il is definite and intelligi.
bic. Liberty is her ideal. the shifting hues
OF change, and not the duh drab of con
stancy, are those which color her paradise.
When, some three or four years aro, she
suffered herself to be led to the altar, il
was not as a second lphigenia, but in the
spirit OF one who regarded the hymenial rite
as preliminary to the emancipation OF wo.
manhood. A partnership of the Darby and
Joan description entered as little into her
view AS did the contingency of open scan
sal. Trained from infancy TO stlle emotion
IN every shape, she accepted u husband
without enthusiasm, and she faced the con
sequences without fear. 1t never occurred
to her that she would or should absorb the
attention OF the man whose name and style
.Nl ,,Nixr L..
enters into her scheme of connubial
economy, and she is quite willing to con.
cede tn Others the freedom she claims for
herself Her welded life thus becomes "A
continuous rehearsal of the scen,s
and incidents which lent charm and
plquanoy to the pre-nuptial period. She is
not ilirt; she has no vivacity OF manner.
but she has charm and perseverance, aud
she saps the foundations Of married
happiness in manner as stealthy as il is
effective. Upon principle she resents the
claims of all wives to monopolize their hus
bands, or OF ladies to engross beyond u GER
tam limit their lovers. She objects to the
spectacle of the reciprocal devotion of two
persons and hearts as Il social solecism.
The theory becomes in her eyes an otlense
which it is her mission to punish Charles
Lamb, Ill one of his essays, entered gen.
Tie protest against the conduct of Young
married people. 70 the Observation-Disclosures
lhere is something quite rs monstrous in
the loyal attachment OF q couple as there is
to ali wel-regulated minds in the billing
Hnd cooling of two honey moon turtle.
doves.
The husband-snatch does not aim Mt
the shatterng of household gods or the
breaking up of homes. On the contrary.
she hates scenes, and she studies to keep
well to the windy side OF scandal. She has
taken mp her misunderstanding as
Ia profession, partly by uncon.
scious degrees, but still more from want Of
ANYTHING else 90 do. It Is good practice, it
Is fair amusement, and why should anyone
complain? II 1t is good discipline for the
husbands, it is u sound schOo ing for the
he wives, and it is diverting both to those
wh' take psrt in the game and to those who
look on Indeed, there Is nothing which
dlvertS society more than to watch the oper-
ations o the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. BY a
ma urh and irresistible process she lie, in
the minds OF the beholders, pi ted against
the wife, aud for a time il is even betting
with which of the two the victory will rest.
lady who who has once secured this repu-
lotion has acquired little fund of social
capital and she who has successfully
snatched u single husband will snatch many
more. If the most insipid and unat
tractive OF her sex were to gain the
prestige OF being dangerous, hosts of vic
TINS would gratnitously present themselves
II is notorious that ladies who have mar
row ly escaped conviction on capital charge
are invariably beset with offers of marriage.
The instinct which prompts the attention
IS cognate to that which finds occupation
for the Observation-Disclosures. Young matrons
who have once tasted of the delights OF this
diversion will not soon abandon it, But
they. must possess certain exceptional quail
f1catlons II they are always to succeed. The
excitement and the qualification of person al
vanity must be their own reward. The
verge of peril must be skirted, but to the
eye OF the expert the form must not seem
to sway too much in the direction of the
preciplce. And. even it these conditions ar
fulfilled, there will always be some dispute
us 20 the exact amount of odds which 1t is
safe to lay. on the usband-snatcher.-
London World.