The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
WOMEN IN. Fnow.acs.
4hc Mean Things that smart Aiexandsrs
Say Of Them.

T1,c Mean Things that smart Aiexanders
Say Of Tiici:l.
Popular proverbs Of ell nations are full
OF unkind allnsions to women. il is rare,
indeed. to find a popular eaying that
speaks well OF the $50:
.sWomen are variable as April wealth
err" say the Germans; Women, Wind
and fortune change" say the Spaniards,
whilethe English equivalent is"A wom-
ans mind and April wind will change
Oft
Women arc laxative: "a woman's
tongue wags like II llmb's tall (l2ng-
lish). OK woman's strength is in her
tongue (yelshE "Wonen are never ut
a loss for Words (Geftna!). Three
women and three geese r:lNe Il market
Qtalian). Foxes are nh tail and women
are all tongue (French). '.All women
arc good Lutl.erlns; they would rather
preach than hear mass DANISH. "A
woman's tongue il her sword and she
does not.Iet it rust'' Chinese.
They are great blabbers: TO n woman
and IL maepfc tell what you would i'll the
markct-placen Spanish. "a woman
conceals what she does not know" eng
lish). 'Women can keep a secret, butt it
takes u great many of them to do so"
(American).
They have little logic, yet their intr-
itions are sometimes valuable: Women
are wise off hand, fools OH reflection
Qtalian). Take Il woman's first advice,
but not her second" (French). "a wom-
ans counsel is no great thing, but he
who does not take it is a fool" Spanish.
'HSummer sown corn and women's advice
turn out well once in seven years" Ger
mani. "Women are watches that keep
bad timeo Gbid). st is sometimes right
even to obey Il sensible wife" (Servian).
To the latter proverb there hangs a
tale.
A IIerzcgoyinian once asked Il kadi
whether a man ought TO obey his wife,
and was answered in the negative. Then
said the H-erzegoyinian:
sMy wife pressed are this morning to
bring thee u pot Of beef suet, but / re-
joicc to know that | have done well in
disobeying her"
"Verily,' returned the kadi, cit is
sometimes right even to obey a sensible
wife"
Womenar are quarrelsome and sclf-willed:
because is IL woman's answer Eng
lish). "He that hath a wife hath strife"
VI Etlltut W Alhu u hOiiittii hiiio o'o
Wills QbiG). "Gie her her will, or she'll
BURST (Scotch).
They are vain and greedy of praise:
"Women and maidens must be praised,
whether truly or falsely" (Germanl.
every would rather be hand
some than good' Cbid).
They are Enthusiastically: Beware Of
n bad woman,a and put no trust in a good
one" Spanish.
They must be handled roughly. This
English couplet teaches the same ungal-
lantdoctrine of which illustrations might
be taken from other languages.
n spaniel. u woman and Il walnut tree
Tho morethoy are beaten hebetterthey be-"
Much wiser is the Scotch saying: You
may ding the dell into Il wife, but yell
ne'er ding him out o her
With such u catalogue Of faults, it is
no wonder that il French proverbial
philosophy IA man of straw is worth q
woman of gold;" that the Germans think
'There are only two good women in the
world; one OF them is dead, and the ,ther
isnot to be found" and complain that "a
bag of t.eas is easier TO keep guard over
than u woman;' that the Italians say:
"Women rouge thatthey mayEotbiush,"
and lie that loscth his wife end II farth-
ing hath u greatl loss of his farthing;" that
the Spaniard3 say: "There is only one
bad wife, and every man thinks he has
her' tthe Scotch, by tha way, are so Jur-
prisingly gallant as to quote the same
proverb only with the word ''good' sub
stituted for "bad''), and that the prov
CRIBS of ali nations unite in warning the
bachelor, Marry in base, and repent Mt
leisure
Yet, after all, perheps the wisdom of
the ages is summed up in the Portu-
guese: women are sIpcrnumeIUry when
present, and missed when absent.'-Lip-
piEcott's Magazine.