The daily critic., 1890-10-07
Womans Inhumanity TO Woman, and
The Sorrow Il Entails.
ROMANCE OF lYoUEG MANS BlLO BEAD.
Covered by Bis Sweethearts Hair An
Ungallant Anatomist An Attack
With Just a Grain Of Truth.

that the native daughter Of the petiol
was not ike unto her grandmother of
New England training, and the COM
parison was of course very much to the
disadvantage of the former This led
to a rejoinder very much like this:
The truth is, a great deal Of the plat.
tudes we hear pronounced against the
girl Of the present day is a species of
can't There is not one young woman
in a thousand to day who is not capa-
bic ofmaking a more agreeable home
and keeping a more inviting table
every day In the week than the most
accomplished housewife Of little more
than century ago. Let the phiioso-
pher who mourns the glories Of his
grandmother revisit the scenes of his
youth. Let him recall the monotonous
menu OF the weeks and months that
made his childhood years and he will
discover that the cookery apotheosized
by memory owes most Of It's flavor to
Imagination. Furthermore, any girl
that Is worth marrying can make her
self an adept IN ali the charming tricks
Of the cuisine In a few months II she
finds its necessary"
Yes, no doubt she could, and there
are some who do, but how many are
there of that class, asks the San Fran
cisco Necs Letter. They ought to be
the rule and not the exception. No
doubt great deal can be truly said on
both sides Of the girl question, but the
fact remains practically undisputed that
all too many Of our native daughters
are not receiving the best possible train.
ing to tt them to become wives and
helpmeets for husbands compelled to
economic and struggle for a financial
footing during their early welded days.
That Is the condition In which the vast
majority of men must necessarily flnd
themselves, and the training of women
should be governed accordingly
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How happy and blessed is the woman
who lives constantly In an atmosphere
Of love, says the Detroit Free Press, and
yet on account Of safe environment
how little she can understand the wants
end reeds, the disappoiuimonts and
temptations, the dire necessities of her
less favored sisters She does not under.
stand the hungry longing OF starving
heart for sympathy, appreciation,
little OF the salve OF human help and
praise, nor know chow bitter q thing Il
Is TO look into happiness through
another's eyes."
SO, from "want Of thought, perhaps
more than want OF heart, she Is
hard, uncharitable, unjust, sitting In
stern judgment daily upon those who
have most urgent need Of her love, her
sympathy, her encouragement aud help.
Only few days ago / read a book
purpOTted to be written by woman, In
which all through she rallied bitterly
against her own sex. Among other
anathtmas she hurled was the follow
ing: "Show me brilliant woman, one
capable Of turning an epigram OF point
ING a satire, and / will show you a
woman whose life Is perpetual mas.
querade, deceltful and insincere, aud
not capable Of any true affection"
Another. Women talk as the brook
babbles-veTy pleasant sound but no
depth" We do not have TO resurrect
the spirits of the departed French salons
TO refute so unjust a charge as this, but
need only to take seat IN some quiet
corner Of our own charming and bril-
liant household, where we may gather
up the pearls Of wisdom and beauty as
they drop from intelligent ahd cultured
feminine lips.
Let us learn a lesson from the "sterner
seX''-that Of fidelity 10 one another.
DO not Join In the masculine hue and
cry against WOman's sins, her little
foibles, harmless yanitles and conceits.
but lei her who Is entirely free from
faults cast the first stone at her
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In the appearance Of a real bald head
there is nothing romantic, aud yet love
finds a chance at times to surround it
with a halo Of sentiment A wicked
barber, fashionable but, nevertheless,
wofully talkatiye barber, diseloses one
Of the sweetest secrets it has ever been
my lot 10 hear The secret was 0Figi-
nally possessed by the barber and two
young, trusting hearts, but nov Il is
known by a score or more Of persons.
all customers Of the barber. aud az last
II came from one of them % a writer in
the Boston Herald. A young man Of
many good points but with none on his
head, was for five years a victim 10 the
promises of the tOnsOTial artist who
guaranteed 10 bring hair out on his
shiny pate, but whs did not keep his
word. Some men COnide their love
affairs % their tailOrs, others 10 their
doctors and still others 20 the men who
mix their cocktails. This young man.
upon losing his heart 10 a sweet and
promising maiden, Conided his passion
To his barber That worthy sympa-
thized with him deeply, and Tedoubled
his eXertiOns % lure the dOWny fringe
upon The head of Romeo, bat without
effect Finally, the barber and the
lover lost hope together, and then it
Was that the young man made a trem-
bling proposition.
Louise does not ike a bald head, %
said be, although, Of course, mine IS
not unpleasant 10 her Nevertheless,
she prefers % have il covered, aud so
We have reached a conclusion / al-
ways said, you know. that / would
never wear q t0upee, but Louise has
placed the matter In such a light that !
have acceled % her desires and viii
have one made. Louise hair Is Just
The color of the fringe over nay ears,
you see, ana IL hangs away down below
her waist She Is going t0 sacrifice
enough Of n 10 make me a toupee. aud
then, by jOye ] shall be wearing the
same hair hat my girl does. Louise
was aWfully tender about suggesting
The thing Sweet Of her wasn't ils
OBJ ] ten you there Is nothing So
beautiful 10 life as a good girl when be
Is I'D love
Romeo noW appears IN public adorned
by B one head Of handsome chestnut
Lair