St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-03

she twisted the costly bracelet on her
round arm complacently-"of course l
forgive him. Now. this bracelet he
gave me once after staying.out,nearly all
night, doing heaven only knows what.
Oh. but was brOken-hearted about it!
Never slept wink all night, you know;
but when / saw this lovely thing
pShaw! women must have jewels. so l
forgave him instantly, and he said was
an angel.
'Another time he went to the legis-
it had adjourned, and he hadn't bit of
business to detain him. positively not
bit; and oh, but hadsthe greatest pun
lshment prepared for him. But if
you'll believe me, the imp walked in
with the loveliest diamond pin for me-
so what could | do? You really cannot
be cross with man who is always Civ
ing you beautiful thing, you know"
Oh, frivolous, light-hearted woman!
What poor thing you are! To barter
away your rights. your womanly feel
ings, your pride, for dazzling gem
that holds only flame Of beautiful
light-a glittering thing that has neither
heart nor soul! This is the kind of a
woman man marrieS and ever after
ward holds in contemplate woman who
may be bribed to overlook his faults.
What is there in such woman strong
enough and unselfih enough to hold a
man back when he is tempted to do
wrong? She cares so much more for
her own pleasure and vanity than she
does for him that she will allow him to
drift into wrong doing without one re-
monstrance if only he will bring her
costly gift.
If men would but reflect that the wife
who will accept bride will probably be
the mother of men who will, in turn, ac-
cept bride, they would hesitate before
so easily detected, too, that no man can
plead that he did not find it out until it
was too late. He may have willfully
shut his eyes to it, OF he may have
thought that it would be rather con-
venient to have such wife; but, oh
he will bitterly regret it all his life
afterward. He will scorn her, and he
will hate himself each time he gives her
a snowy bauble as the price of his sin
against her. He will sometimes groan
ito himself: my God! if she loved me
as some women love their husbands, she
would not forgive me; and if [ did not
know she would forgive me, l would be
proud to do what is right for her sake ~
There may be, now and then, among
men an angel = one who never did
wrong. who never felt the need of
woman's gentle, restraining influence.
but |, for one, am skeptical about his
existence. | should have to see him, to
follow him about, to be with him each
hour of the day and of the night-yea, [
should have to be his very inner con-
science itself, before l could place any
very alarming degree of faith in him. L
think almost every man finds that he
needs wOman'S love and woman S
hand to start his feet in the right way,
and to keep them there.
The world joStled in between him and
his mother-a man cannot always be
with his mother-but the woman who
loves him-ah! some things that would
only be grievances to his mother are
deadly insults to the woman who loves
him. He likes to feel that he must do
what is right for her Sake-that there is
no other alternative. He wants to be
able to say to his old associates, with a
great strong thrill of pride: ooh, no:
| couldn't do that now, you know"
AS much as to say: "YOu may do it:
you have no one to love and honor, nc
one to whom you are proud to be ten
der and true"
| have such firm faith in the good
| side of mans nature that | will not be-
| lieve that there is man so utterly
| mean but that he hates to think he can
buy forgiveness for his sins: but that
his soul cries out each time he does so
"My God! If only she loved me insteaC
| of herSelf!"