Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-01-24
wOMEN ~ TALKERx.



In spite Of tho reputation that women.
as sex. enjoy Of being great takers.
few of them cultivate to
any.decided degree the art Of CONVEX
sation. They are apt to become 80 az
cnstomed TO their daily houshold life as
to consider it the whole, not part, Of
their existence, and they lose. as it
were, their own identity and merge
themselves into housekeeper, or
nurse, without any individuality Of their
own remaining. BY many the fine arts
Of which they have previously made
themselves masters are neglected and
gradually fall into ignobIe disnse.
Why is it that so many as soon as they
begin their married life discard their
music or singing and never bcstow a
thought upon those accomplishments
which 5oothe and elevate US and seem
to rest spirit fretted by the ceaseless
turmoil Of lifeP 1t is on this account
that some women are apt to be tire
some when talking, for they rarely al
low the stream of conversation to rise
above its allotted banks Of the common
place. If the subjects be children.
servants or dress the feminine tongues
wag glibly, but turn the current aside
from the well-worn channel and we
soon perceive there are rocks in the
course that disturb the smooth, pleasant
flow. 1t is impossible for one to be in
teresting in conversation who wishes to
see in the minds of others mere re-
Election Of their own: whose aim is, not
to evolve some new idea or open fresh
avenues of thought. but to present
constant repetition of nothing.
| OF course it is not to be denied that a
woman's proper sphere is her home;
I that the better she performs her duties
/ to her family and friends the truer Is
/ she to her vocation in life. But it
onght not to follow as . matter Of
course that because woman is good
wife and mother that her whole con
versation should SAVIOR of the meat that
/ forms her daily diet. Women are apt
to talk shop. and the shop generally
consists OF their domestic concerns. As
a consequence there are great many
needless hnrcs in the world; needless,
say, because unless there were some we
could not appreciate persons who are
really entertaining. OF the different
specimens of the genus bore there
is none more distinctly marked than
the woman who imagines size is elo-
guent. The small animals of the same
kind. even the inevitable and long
windcd gossip. pale into insigniicance
beside her. She is generally known as
dealing largely in the flowers OF rhet-
ORIG. lavishing metaphor and smile
with a prodigal hand, abouniing in
quotations and having glowing look
in the eyes. us if she wished to be con-
~idercd the inspired Pythia of Apollo's
temple. or bareback rider on the
winged Pegasus. For good. old
, fashioned death-dealing, wound-up-
for-a- whoh-week and don 't-stop-on-
p. Sunday bore, commend me to the
woman who tries to be eloquent in or
binary conversation. Like the ancient
Miriam, she ''holds you with her gilt
tering eye" and there is no escape
from the ordeal.
Next to the feminine Demosthenes
comes the gossip who knows more
about other peoples affairs than they
do themselves. There is not a skele-
ton hidden in family closet but it is
Ftkcl out and held up in the glaring
light of publicity and exposed to the
gaze of thousands of inquiring eyes.
What woman should aim at in con-
: versation is not only to entertain by
: giving her own thoughts, but at the
same time to draw out those of others,
especially the bashful and particularly
+, bashful men. Nothing pleases man
i. 50 much, nothing gives him such an
idea of his superiority, as to allow him
IN opportunity of imparting informa-
ton, though he may not have penetra-
zion enough to discern that it is the
tact of the woman that entices him into
talking about what perhaps he knows
: less than she. | remember hearing il
= remarked of Mrs. Cleveland that she
:. was a charming conversationalist be-
. cause she always chose topics which
II she knew would interest others, and
= in this lies the whole secret of the ar
II :, of conversing. A celebrated French
VI woman, who had neither wealth. beauty
- nor position to elevate her in socla
circles. rose to the highest rank among
the court during the latter day o
:, royalty simply by her art of pleasing il
u her conversation. Brilliancy in con
:, versation is not the essential character
- istic. Some of the most charmin:
= takers are any thing but witty o
y learned; but the truth is we love Il
u hear those speak who really feel wha
they say, whose words are choice with
~ out being studied and natural and cas-
~ without being childish or slangy. W
. love to listen to those whose mind:
VI whose nobility of character, who's
NJ purity of soul shine in their converse
u zion, and we feel that words are bu
- the personifcation of the beaut
=. within.-C Chicago Times.
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ropes exposed to the weather fror
mold and mildew, one prepares
ss bath of soluted eopper-gianee an
nh water in the proportion of one drachl
o4 of soluted copper-glance to three an
lie. one-half pints of water. Let the rop'
ct soak in this mixture for four days; the
:, will then he covered with a coating