Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-12-14

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vi UHU l(INH guage of our
OUUWAIhlVU moods? Why not
EIN11lIW NN.e do this instead OF
IL WIiIHW forcing Us to re-
F W II,IIIMN main so spiritually
NlW lllUIVU isolated from you,
~ v Iug(p ena since we cannot
~VA~ put our best feel
ings or thoughts into cold words for
your intellect to comprehend and
weigh?
BY little reverent and patient study
of this intangible best of our natures
you might in time become the gamers,
by higher development within your
selves, of our sixth sense, intuition. A
few scientific people have lately been
experimenting in an attempt to com
municate with some of the domestic
animals notably the dog, from the dogs
sides of life, their endeavor being, by
a system of signals and cards with one
syllable printed upon them in big let
tiers, to enter into the dogs thoughts
little, instead Of, as heretofore, merely
training the animal to comprehend
ours. May this worthy effort be re-
warded by better mutual understand
ing between dogs and men. An intel
ligcnt Newfoundland, whose varying
shades of thought could be made
known to us, would prove anything
but a stupid companion, fancy, while
philosopher speaking Sanscrit to
the average uneducated Anglo-SaXon,
would certainly not be amusing fo'
any length of time.
TO return to our original theme,
however, there can be little question
but that we are too stoical in our proud
silence as to our real feelings. Let us
learn to speak out more freely, more
pleasantly, but, above all more frank
ly, to our masculine companions.
Bright fancies, deep and great thoughts,
and tender, loving expressions, all hid.
den away forever in the depth of the
heart, always unuttered, are i'll q sense
dead loss to humanity. To evolve
harmony out of its jangling chords,
true beauty of proportion from its dis
torted lines, "in life, as in prone,
made, woman must lean upon man
above her" Instinctiyely she is we'll
aware of this unwritten law, and insists
tenaciously upon following it wherever
it is possible.
There have been instances known
where q woman has made the discoy
cry that her mate was at least half
head below her in height, of her stoop.
ing her shoulders, and having the high
heels taken off from her shoes, in or
der to lessen her apparent height,
while at the same time she would en-,
deavor to add to her husbands stature
by compelling him to wear very high
hceled boots and the tallest of tall
hats. / will merely say that the spir-
itual analogy of this is matter OF
every day occurrence. so common as tc
excite no interest. Who among us has
not known some bright, sensible, and
amiable woman, whose charming abii,
ity socially was wasted or sadly marrcd
by her efforts to soften, smooth over, or
in some way make less glaring her
husbands aggressive stupidity, boor-
ish brutality, or irrepressible Stiffness.
He may have been of that good
natured yet very trying type, the man
who merely insists upon making fool
of himself by clownish attempts to
display in public a wit he does not
possess. Whose laugh but his Wife's
will ring ont with counterfeited glee"
at his --LATEST, most painfully point
less, silliest Jokes, although the flush
of modification upon her cheek and
the shame and pain in her proud eyes
corroborate only too well what the
false ring in her laugh has betrayed tC
the careful observer. Mr. Smith is
so funny, he will have his little joke,
she says.
When she departs with Smith, who
is radiant at his own brilliancy, people
ask each other how it is possible for
such an intelligent woman to be so
blind as to fancy her idiotic husbands
buffoonery, genuine wit Alas, my
| friends, she does not fancy it wit, not
for one instant. She has known the
melancholy truth far longer than you
have, but she also knows how ineffect-
ual would be any attempt TO persuade
| Mr.. Smith to keep discreet silence !;
she leads the forlorn hope and courage
ously rises to the occasion. There is
one chance that she may shield her
out of thousand that, if people can be
! blinded TO the truth that Smiths wife
knows him to be n fool, they may
doubt their own power Of apprecia-
ton, rather than the quality of his
humor. Dear reader, have you ever
observed man playing this delicate
and difficult part in society, and smil-
ing heroically at his own humiliation :?
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