Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-03-17
Are Women Jealous ,

There are two rare types of women
who are never susceptible to jealousy.
One is the perfectly human being, ut
terly devoid of individuality, who lives
in a state of wondering amazement
that she should be the recipient of her
lovers least regard. She is grateful
for a smile, and overwhelmed at word
of praise. She finds greater Joy in
loving than in being loved, and is
faiut echo of the masculine mind in all
her opinions and ideas. She is willing
to be the mat beneath his feet, to eat
the crumbs which fall from his table,
to do his most mental labor. She has
the nature of a serf, the devotion of a
dog, and if he neglects her for other
women (as he usually doesl she never
complains, as in his will she finds her
only pleasure. Her nature is mild,
patient and constant, and devoid of
passion and intensity.
The other type of women who know
no jealousy is quite her opposite. She
is radiantly happy creature, full of
self confidence, egotism, and satisfac-
ton. She is pleased with life and with
herself. She loves deeply, and de-
mands as much as she gives. She ex-
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, or that she could be dis
placed in the affections of any man she
loves. She is woman who has been
accustomed to love and admiration all
her life, and she knows how to keep
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 ma ;ority of women who lead a
monotonous existence live in their i'm
aginations, and grow morbidly sensi-
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.
/ he 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 i'll q disappointed
heart.
Woman was made to be loved, petted
and appreciated by n an. Whatever
else she may achieve i'll 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. 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 whero the chill
dren were clressed and ap preciated.
| heard woman who was 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 or
interesting. Poor man. of course such
thoughts had entered his mind, and
with what secrecy he must have guard
ed them all those years.
jealousy of such a petty tyre 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 jeal-
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