Telegram-herald., 1890-01-25
Do Msn Prefer Them 90 Bright
Women ?
DO womsn De Wen ts a nset sian plfeityr
a clever asa's nat4ke IA Hts IDEAL
y0unE simPistons ChsruRiEs
60 GAstsrfol Men
ooFYRloHr lseo.

Charles Reade has written the story
OF "A siupleton and las MADE ber
oat avery sweet and charming woman.
with jGst enough want q judgement
snd sense g make her most dshciously
dependent upon the man 70 whom she
belongs and who seems % value her
more espec ally because she 10 such .
simpleton that he b. comparison ap-
uearos quite = monument OF szgacity
The story reminds one nttle o. the
fable q the lion Who was found CARING
sts group wherein msR vas seen
trampling upon sn sbiect and con
que-ed lion
The sculptor asked His Majesty what
re thought OF IL. 4 thins. replied
the lion. 'thst IL was = man who mod
eled il And then Il tarned ana be-
gan walking slowly toward the sculp-
tor, who also tarned and ran, not at al
slowly. 20 place OF security.
However, IL Is 20 be supposed that
NJ. Charles Reade liked this style OF
woman. anA the question IN my mind Is.
10 other men like her3
To begin with, one does not often
meet Just that sort Of a simpleton. To
Re lacking in brains does rot always
imply abounding in heart. have
known plenty o; women who were very
foolish. very incompetent FOR any Of
tho duties of life. even self-preserya-
ton. and who at the sare time were
selfish. cold and insincere. have also
known come women who from sweet
simpletons az sixteen deteriorated,
when the troubles Of life or the neglect
OF mon tried their telnpers. into very
wasplsh and disagreeblc-tempered wo-
men. but without gaining any common
sense or making any uso OF their dearly
bought experience
An old Latin proverb says that the
sweetest things. in their decay, become
the most offensive. ana I have always
noticed its truth in the matter o: wo-
mems TEN pers an insipid, sugar-s nd
milk young girl often becomes tho
most impossible kind Of woman, and
is capable OF imparting moro misery
into . mans iife thanR q clever woman
could possibly DO. FOR the latter, when
her temper runs away with her. goes TO
such extremes. and so exhausts herself
in injurious invectives, that the victim
feels that il cannot last. and Is hardly
real and is rather stunned and an
noyed than cody indignant
Tho simpleton. on the contrary, has
noJ the moral force 70 rise into this
volcanic condition, or 10 produce this
impression OF brief chaos to end in i
newly smiling heaven. She whines
ard she cries, and sho makes halt-accu-
saJions and won't stick to them, and
above all she nags-oh, how 1earfully
she nags. and how untiringly.
Mrs. Caudle was simpleton OF this
description. and tho Caudle Lectures
are perfect Nade-mecum in the science
of naSging.
suppose there is nothing quite so
maddening 70 the masculine temper as
a lolg-continued course OF nagging,
and husband who gets plenty Of it
generally takes to drink, 20 other wo-
men. or 70 Canada. lie cannot stand IL
and live,
The d iTerence between the two tom
rers IS that OF a cyclone, or u dreary
pelting sleet rain. To which one is ex-
posed al night, without shelter or mo-
ton.
The cyclone is pretty dangerous
while il lasts, but the wise man throws
himself fat on the ground or crouches
IN the lee OF = big rock, holds on tight
and waits The other man battles on
until strength and hope are gone. and
he throws himself down and don't care.
But all this IS OF simpietons whose
life has soured, and do not az all deny
that there are plenty OF others who re-
main sweet an1 docile yes, "child-l Ike
and bland, to the end of the chapter.
People always say o. hor. what a
sweet woman. and II anybody adds,
Bat what a simploton. She is looked
upon as Uucharltabie.
Ferhap. somebody viii say chat am
uncharitable Ia She foregoing remarks,
bu. indeed 90 not mean 70 be.
] adore women as class and always
claim ny position as "a womans wo-
man. and ! admire even The simple
tons in some WAYS. an only consid-
eri0C them as q mans favorlte tvpe Of
womanhood. and my conclusion is that
here. as in many oihor particulars man
doeSn't know what he IS talking about
whom be talks as Charles Dcadc does
IN the book suggesting this paper
Tho kind ot slmpieton many mon al
miro and love is reallyoniv sueetand
simple woman and not az an fool
Ploutv OF tbose women tbere ara. with
chiId-iIke faith IN all sorts 90 good
thInrs tbeir husbands included. rather
narrow In thefr s7mpsthies because not
knowing uurh of fha world oufside
thoi- homes. but pcssess infinite
patience seIf-denial resource and good
sense within their oNn domain
They don pretend 10 marb author
It- over taoIr rh.I3re7. hut thev love
t0o1r ana to.l for tae-l. au1 nurse them
in uf-es7. and 60 soon ss tba boys .ap
uorr' 8 h.rT~ o. 81 h-lit % their de~s
iors aoi never trink ~ reea-tnv be-
lrg told shat womrn don't una e-stani
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