The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-03-12
YARD on WIDOW =.

.WORD on WIDOWS.
.s when the sweet debutante
Tine wv: "" her own way. Men had
" . rothing but the pink and white
e W Of girhood, and all hearts
's, ,srn before the ingonue, but times
col u HANGED. and to-day the widow is
w % the queen of society.
ssn aoa onIy to look at New York for
's.n nt Of this. Who receives there
P'n' a.aut;op bestowed on Mrs. Hicks
~ Mrs. Frank Leslie? And wasn't
aa ~ Widow Hammerly who won the
!. NC With all his titles away from the
We -.;ad women who were willing to
n 10 .wav their millions for coronet ?
!. nndeniable that widows are the
. y of society, and men flock about
y ~bpreyer they 90 No one has ever
W their destinations, and Weller's
:sa 70 his son, if he wished to avoid
..nonv 70 "bevare of vidders," has
y ouoted thousands of times. In
rays the widow has the advan-
VT her Younger sisters. She has the
III, Of a larger knowledge and expe-
s',s Of the world, her arts and coquet-
!. are perfected, not in the expert.
ss,J and undeveloped state of the de-
" ss and above all, she has the in
|.msblt advantage of knowing men
- he accurate and intimate knowl-
iss gained by association with one who
u probably fair representative of his
Che knows how to give delicious little
miners that make the most hardened
.,belor think indulgently of the mar
,re state. She knows that man likes
ease and does not insist on his dane
No perpetual attendance on her. She
rs not insist on a mans talking about
kUs and theatres and new german fig
ms She follows rather his lead to his
su ground. and listens with subtle fiat
rs in ewes and face while he descants on
il favorite hobby. A young girl is al
vsys self-centered, absorbed in her own
fairs, her dresses, her parties-it is only
mace and art that teaches woman to
ink her own personality in the presence
the person with whom she is talking.
Perhaps one Of the chief claims Of wild
VS. is their understanding of the fine art
4 sympathy. The sympathy Of young
irl who has known nothing but JOY is a
rude and unsatisfying affair, the very
usks on which no love could feed, but
be sympathy Of a widow tenderly,
aintily expressed with a gentle melan-
holy that shows that she too has suffered
1T is like the soft shadows in a picture,
the minor chord in a piece of music
lat sets the pulses throbbing. Having
burned for man, she knows how most
hectlvely to mourn with one.
She Is fascinating whether she is CAV
nd dashlng, and like one of Thackeray's
srOlnes us 40 years old and has heard
'erythlng there is to be told" or whether
ne IS OF the demure, affectionate type
nose c.lnging helplessness is so much
K 'ne vine torn from its support that
cne man is irres>!lbly compelled TO
usl himself as substitute for the missing
prop.
1t may be she is the religious widow
10 visits the pastor for spiritual con-
'la,On' and at whose meekly bowed
eau 'ne rector, on Sunday, aims all
ves! rhetoric, or the rich "patron Of
~! WIDOW who sees a mute, inglorious
'n'O' every penny bard, and Raphael
"1yasn painter. 1t makes little diff
s.suce IN which class it has pleased
ss'en to place her, She is always and
I,'ersahy bewitching.
us little strange considering the
~ Ip',laAt part widows play in society
vie novel>t>, who claim to be the
'sographers Of society, do not oftener
1 wS mr. Tor the heroine Of their stories.
'Ne l'lVes. who Is wise woman in her
\, niakes the heroine Of her story
~" 'ne widow IN Indian Summer "
-o' Only one Of the best characters
s., "I q, ever drew, but makes the young
FL ~ lcok pale aud colorless beside her,
h. 81 DICKENS pays his tribute to the wild
h. marin snarih' by making his men fly from
[rl.s aa'cna'lon~ they know they are pow
Ir0a TO resist. This is, after all, the
fdow. '' ~ 'he powers Il ''e
4. GRANeEn STEWART, NJ. d., FIR. S.
)a y U'',ary physician to II. ~, the
i; ssse :, u Scotland: Professor of prac-
pho ~ IhYSlc IL the University OF Ed
ollor: 81 "rile~ Of Bright's Disease as
...' tatarrh Vi the intestine also
n ssP occurs, sometimes producing
NM -@auS'lng djarrhna." Warmers Safe
10 H. lures Tie Dlarrhna by first remov-
iio,at ''N Ne Up: The merits o. new.
eal organ were thus described by a
el;a;; paper: The swell died away in q
s4st ,'us SAiiocation, like one singing
song under the bedclothes."