St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-02
A YOUNG woMAN's MUSINGS
Some Excerpts From the Much
TaIked-of journal of Marie
Bashkertseff"- Her Ideas of

FaIked-of journal of Marie
Bashkertsef"- Her Ideas of
Love and human Happiness.
Casselrs Edition.
l shall be happy with my husband,
for will not neglect myself: | will
adorn myself to please him as l adorned
myself when l wished to please him for
the first time. Besides, [ cannot I'M
derstand how man and woman can
love each other tenderIy, and endeavor
to please each, other increasingly, and
then neglect themselves after mar
rage. Why believe that with
the word marriage love must
pass away, and that only cold
and reserved friendship remains?
Why profane marriage by representing
the wife in curlpapers and wrapper,
with cold cream on her nose, trying to
get money from her husband for dresses?
Why should woman be careless of her
appearance before the man for whom
she should ad0rn herself the most? |
do not see why one should treat ones
husband like a domestic animal, and
yet, so long as one is not married, why
one should wish to please this man.
Why not always retain some
thing of coquetry with ones hush
and, and treat him as a stranger
whom one desires to please? Is it be-
cause one need not conceal ones love
because it is not a crime to love, and be-
cause marriage has received Gods ben
ediction? Is it because that which is
not forbidden possesses no value in our
eyes, and that one can find pleasure
only in secret and forbidden things?
This ought not to be. This was written
of thn of tyXn IUn yruo
We should never give too much of
our society to those who love us. 1t is
well not to stay too long in any COM
pany, so as to leave regrets and illu-
sionS behind us when we depart.
try to be cheerful under all circum-
stances; one ought not to Sadden ones
self by grieving. Life is SO short. one
should laugh while one can. Tears will
come of themselves, those at least we
can avoid, but there are sorrows which
we cannot escape, such as death and alb
sence; vet even this last has its charms
so long as one has the hope of being re-
united to the absent one. But to spoil
ones life with petty worries is a shame.
pay no heed to such trifies; l have
horror of trivial everyday aunoyances.
so let them pass with smile.
But notice If we never speak of the
man we love our love grows stronger,
but if we speak continuously of him
our love diminishes. 1t is like a vial of
some essence; if it be corked the per-
fume remains strong, while if it be open
the perfume evaporates. This is pre-
ciseiy the case with my love; it remains
strong because never hear hi4 [ love
spoken OF. never speak of him keep
him entirely for myself.
They say the blonde is the ideal
woman; as for me, say the blonde is
the material woman par excellence. See
those golden locks, those lips red as
blood, those deep-gray eyes, that rose
tinted flesh that T tian knows so well
how to paint. and tell me what are the
| thoughts with which they inspire you!
Besides, we have Venus among the Pa
| gans, and Magdalen among the Chris
| tians, both of them blondes. While the
woman who is brunette, who is really
| as much of an anomaly as man who is
| fair-the brunette with her eyes of vel
vet and her skin of ivory, may remain
| pure and divine in our thoughts. For
the rest. the normal woman is fair and
| the normal man dark.