Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23
Are Women Jealous Z

Are women JealOGS
There are two rare types of woms.
who are never susceptible to iealonssaa
One is the perfectly human being :.
terly devoid of individuality, who l;r Vt
in state OF wondering amazemess
that she should be the recipient of hui h..
lovers least regard. She is grateful
for a smile, and overwhelmed at wo,a
of praise. She finds greater ioy ~
loving than in being loved, and ;sau
faint echo of the masculine mind in oil
her opinions and ideas. She is willina
to be the mat beneath his feet, to az
the crumbs which fall from his TAIL
to do his most mental labor. She Ls,
the nature of serf, the devotion Of
dog, and if he neglects her for othas
women Gas he usually does) she neys,
complains, as in his will she finds he,
only pleasure. Her nature is mia
patient and constant, and devoid NJ
passion and intensity.
The other type of women who know
no jealousy is quite her opposite. She
is radiantly happy creature, full Of
self-confdence, egotism, and satisfac.
ton. She is pleased with life and with
herself. She loves deeply, and de-.
mands as much as she gives. She e es.
poets to be told every day that she is
the most adorable woman on earth
and she is sure to convince a man Of
the fact. 1t never enters her head that
another woman could be as charming
as herself, OF that she could be dis.
placed in the affections of any man she
loves. She is a woman who has been
accustomed to love and admiration all
her life, and she knows how to keen
her lover interested and amused. She
is sure that he finds other women dull
in comparison with herself, and she
lends him freely to her friends, certain
that he will return gladly to her.
The majority Of women who lead
monotonous existence live in their i'm
aginations, and grow morbidly sens
tive.
Many man ruins the peace of his
household forever by neglecting to
speak the word of praise which his
hungry-hearted wife has yearned all
day to hear, and bestowing it upon
somo chance caller or stranger.
The man who fails to notice the care
full toilet his wife has made for his
sake, and compliments the good taste
exhibited by some neighbor, sows the
seed of jealousy in disappointed
heart.
Woman was made to be loved, petted
and appreciated by man. Whatever
else she may achieve in life, she feels
herself cheated out of her birthright
unless this happiness has come to her.
She is Jealous of whatever may
stand between her and that desired
Joy. 1 have known two mothers who were
Jealous of their own children. Unnat-
ural and terrible as this may seem,
felt the greatest sympathy for both
women. In each case the husband ut
terly ignored the wife for her offspring
She was secondary consideration,
neglected and rebuked where the chill
dren were caressed and appreciated.
heard woman who was a grand
mother remark one day that she would
never have lived with her husband an
hour if he had once told her that he
thought another woman beautiful OF
interesting. Poor mani of course such
thoughts had entered his mind, and
with what secrecy he must have guard.
ed them all those years.
Jealousy of such petty type as hers
is surely the dwarfed and imbecile child
of its parent The woman whose life
is full of sensible and noble duties is
less given to unreasonable Jealousy
than the idler who dwells in world Of
her own imagining.
And the woman who receives the
love and devotion which is her birth
right seldom feels the pangs of ieal
ousy.-ElIG Wheeler W5lcOr.