The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-01
PRETTY WOMAN'S TRICKS.
"BABn ON woMEN's sTRATEGIEs AND
HOW THEY ARE EMPLOYED.
Women who Weep on Editors Shoulders
and Gain Their Ends by Deceptive
Tricks-Frank stockton Tells n Story
Are Mems Losing Their Rights?
Special alCorrespondence of SUNDAY HERALD.
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Special Correspondence of SUNDAY HERALD.
NEW YORK, May so, 1890.
Don't you think there is little bit too much
of lovely woman nowadays? She seems TO nave
her finger in every pie, from the editorial to the
political. She is ambitious at once about brains
and bonnets, and she is perfectly willing TO
Jyrestle with any question in public, no matter
how a(,struse or how dabolical it may be. She
has the cool and calm impudence peculiar TO
children and fools. and if she does get there
as the slangy boy would say, it is oftener oe-
cause of this than for any other reason. she Is
a diplonst to the end of her finger tips, ana the
,n.sculiue being who thinks he understands her
ia the very one who is being bent to suit her
will It's all right for q woman TO nave conslu-
Grafton, pretty courteses, and dpohte WORDS given
TO her because she is woman; and L, tor one'
would never believe that, in the working world
she should not as woman not only expect out
nv her own gentleness of manner and unfalllng
politeness demand it. But do draw the line
at her weeping on the shoulders OF much.wor-
ried editors, or her explaining to them all her
own personal and family woes Win vie" W
having her salary raised
APRETTY NIoBE, ALL TEARS.
Is II done? Indeed it is, and in some cases
most effectively. One young woman VINO an
nounces with great glee that she has reached
point of wealth when the spoons in her hat are
all silver, and whose income is an extremely
good one, has the credit OF looking decidedly
pretty when she weeps; her big brown eyes I'LL
with crystal tears and one after another comes
chasing down her cheek, while her nose doesn't
get red, her face doesn't get flushed, and she
only suggests a pretty Niobe, all tears. NO man man
can withstand her. Another dehberstely sala
that whenever she wanted to get anything out
of man who was an enthusiast on the suolect
of Theosophy she asked him question, goL t nun
started then sat and stared at him. and ABOUT
every ten minutes said in a very intense tone;
"How lumnousl' He speaks Of her her f far ,oi and
wide as woman with the greatest brain power
and the best trained mind imaginable. She
doesn't know even little bit about Theosophy,
to rest whenever she feels like it, but-you see
there always is an "if" or a "but"-she is grad
and that in time will extend to the men, of never
doing anything or saying ciyll, Woro uniess she
has some object to gain. ana this isn hlce'
ALL THESE PRETTY LITTLE TRICKS
are by no means confined to women who have
to earn their own living, for the girl in society
will bring all possible personal influence to bear
upon some one from whom she wishes 1aVor
in the shape of an invitation or an introduction
And the funny part off tits that American women
become so elated with their success that they
give themselves away. They tell OF the means cans
they use to reach the desired end a something
that Frenchwoman would never 40. She h
would never confess even to herself JUST why sne
did ANYTHING and, consequently, her manner
partakes of the naturalness that is only attained
from self-belief Self-assurance, d quality quite
different from self-belef. seems to be the one
that the American woman who wants TO succeed
in anything believes to be necessary, and she
is very much mistaken. After she has gotten
two or three good hard blows, don't care
come to her senses and then she viii realize how
she may advantageously be a httte dlplomsti
but how much more advantageous it is to be
herself and learn TO govern that unruly mem
Der, her tongue.
FRANK STOCKTON TELLS a STORY.
The other night lot of people were talking
about Sidney Rosenfeld's play, THE Stepping
Stone" Frank Stockton was present, and some
body asked him what ne thought OF 1T. He saiG
Vail I Twill toll n far-Ott
try we won't say where and we won't say when
there was q railroad station where there was JUS
a box for the ticket Office and long, straigh
platform Now there whole party of people
we won't say who waited TO get on the trair
After while they discovered they had missed il
and had to stay all night on the platform; The
young men, and an elderly lady chaperon'
She didn't know exactly how TO arrange he
charges for the night, and she was bit nervous
because she knew there were great many tiger
roaming around ready to chew up people VIII
looked as if they might taste good. She did th
best she could under the circumstances. Tt
thirteen young men were all lalu down IN ro
like wooden soldiers, then came the thlrtee
yOlIug women, then, at the extreme EN-
the chaperoue However, after they were a
fxed and just as she closing her eyes ST
thought if a tiger should come he wouldprobab
eat the person on the end, so she got up ar
packed herself in the centre between the your
men and young women, ana slept the sleep
the just, feeling that her duties as chapero1
had been properly performed When 81 81
awakened in the morning she discovered TIL
the tender young woman at the extreme end ht
been gObbled up by terOcious tiger during Il
hours of the night Now, just the way tn
woman felt when she realized that she mig
have been decorating the interior of tigeris Il
way | Iet when 1t dawned on me that had n
written the Stepping Stone" The moral is o
Vious.
THE DEMAND FOR SHORT STORIES.
By-the-by, what's the matter with the Anne
can authors why don't he write some clev
short stories? The good short story is the healt
bread and butter of the brain. Anybody C
write novel-good, bad, orindherent. 1t do
make any difference how many adjectves, or
verbs or long and lurd descriptions are put il
a anoyel; but when you realize that you have
TO have a good plot, a little dialogue, a conc
hut exact description OF people ana SurrOul
inRs and keep IL down 10 from three TO =
thousand words your heart qualls. NO paddl
will hide YOUR inferior English, no long descr
tiOng of the frlls on the heroines skirt will CT
ceal the smness Of your plot, and no accou
of romantic horses and stately equipments
be used TO fiji up the place where a snort, or
conversation should ensue. The world ls nuns
for the good short story. 1t doesn't make
difference whether it's stolen or original II 1t z
here. The coming man whols going 10 write
doesn't seem TO come with the qulckness
which he should. Few women write good sh
stories; they always want TO tell you all aDout
and when they try 10 be concise they are apt
be jerky Make it a love or murder, make
question of magic or of wit but give 1t soon {
offer il in the form Of a story that can be reat
half an hour. That's what we all want.
ARE MEN LOSING THEIR RIGHTS?
/ wonder if anybody is going out this spring
lecture on the rights of man? That unfortun
creature who was the first human being TO ma
his debut in this world has had every right
ever possessed taken from him. He can no lon
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