St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-17

PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.
Martyrdom is desired by women. Give
a woman the choice between a new
spring bonnet and the opportunity to
suffer in the sight of others, and she
will pass by the bonnet to the stake ev-
cry time. Somebody to witness her mis-
cry is a necessary element of the delight
she finds in it.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning confessed
before marrying Robert. that the most
painful feature of being an old maid
was to sit and cry and cry and have no
body aroused to ask what is the matter
with you?
\ crown of thOrns is wOman'S great
est glory, as long as she can turn up the
whites OF her eyes with patient resigna-
tion to her husband, sweetly forgiving
him for the pain she intlictS upon her
self. No wonder men are monsters
the undue self-sacrifice of women makes
them SO.
81 was her altar, herlove The sacrificial flame.
And with what pure devotion she TO tnat
altar came,
sighS Hannah James" husband, a tritie
regretfully, when he finds himself raised
by his wife beyond where she can ever
ascend.
This building affairs out of men is
beautiful in romance, but deplOrable in
reality. Every act of self-sacrifice as
Sumes and encourages SelfiShneSS in the
one for whom it is committed. In the
beginning good woman counts it her
duty to give the best of everything to
her husband, and in the course of events
and mans nature, her lord and master
counts it his duty to take the best of
everything for himself. Mrs. Self
denial. who in the first days of their
married life had great difficulty in
persuading Freddy to take on his own
plate SO much as mouthful of the best
cut of the meat; now, after careful
training of the dear man, finds still
greater difficulty in getting a mOuthful
of 1t herself. Wherever you know So
called good wife, altar building is in
progress, and woman's life, that the
Lord intended her to make some use of,
is being burnt out in devotion that
amounts to nothing; but the ''porkifi-
cation" Of her husband
Last Monday night at the theater,
bound-tO-be-bleSsed martyr trade
marked herself and indicated the bent
OF a woman'S nature in a single re-
remark. She was short and her hus-
band tall. 1t was possible for him to
see over the heads of everybody, no
matter where he was placed, while she,
poor soul, was bObbing about trying to
get a glimpse of the stage between the
hats of the women in front of her.
Finally he said, "Mary, you'd better
change seats with me. You can have a
better view from this chair on the aisle"
"Oh, no." she replied. with a Joan
dare look in her face, and Job in her
voice; ''you keep that seat, dear, it is
more comfortable, and | can see little
bit every once in awhile.'
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If the hymn, "Man Wants But Little
Here Below" read "wOman," instead of
man, how much nearer it would come to
the mark. Nothing is better calculated to
unbend their dignity and loosen the
tongues of two women, than the COM
mon misery of sitting three hours face
to face in a dresSmaker's reception
room, waiting madam's pleasure i'm be-
ing served.
appearance, all that the word lady once
signified. From the irony of dreSsmak-
ers. we fell to discussing things in gen.
eral, when she mentioned incidentally
that she was on the stage.
with the People's?' | asked, hest
tatlng to associate her with a company
that permits no bright particular star.
NO" she quietly answered, 81 am
singing at the BOdega"
There was silence for the space of
half a second, when / recovered suffi-
ciently to pick up the thread of CONVEX
Sation, and as incidentally as she had
mentioned being on the stage, she told
me she was married.
81 have one of the best husbands
woman ever had," she said enthusias-
tically, ''and no couple ever got along
better than we do. There is Just one
thing we want to make us happy" she
went on, her tlower-like face assuming
sad expression that suggested, Let
those with tears prepare to shed them
w,'-'there is just one thing we
want to make us perfectly happy-he
travels with circus and we can not be
together"
1t remains for some one to match Kate
Sanborn's "Wit and Wisdom of
Women" with "Wit and Wisdom of
Children" At the kindergarten con-
Quoted by Mrs. Brown, the tots make
designs of colored paper. Not long
long ago the class was engaged making
crowns, and while they were at work
Mrs. Brown talked to them about
crowns, telling them they are worn by
foreign rulers, who are called kings and
queens.
"Ncw," she said, 'scan anybody tell
me what the ruler of this country is
called?"
Up came small hand eagerly and a
small voice piped. ''Knaves.''
Who was it that said children and
fools speak the truth?
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