Telegram-herald., 1891-05-10
ABOUT DICIIYRUL NAN
A WomAn's Estimation Of His Vir-
tues and His Faults.
BLIyDLT LED IOHIS SUCCESS OR RUIN
By the Biasdishpaents OF the 0easisr Sc
-now He spsnds his cAsh with the
Bsys aud Wiads the Cieck with =
Bootleg VI omss Mis- Joy.

now ike = Sod5 the Oc4uiy o1 thc wvfio- th'
p afagon Of animals.
OF the many who have attempted {
howery ana eloquent description oi
man il remained for mad and melan
choly prince TO best express IT. lie con.
sidered man first as piece Of work
then Gs remarkable being Of infinite
faculties in which his form, bearing
action, apprehension, beauty and per
fecticn were duly remarked upon, with
the addition of ornamental exciama
ton points. Man is indeed . study.
He is veritable French grammar full
Of rules and exception. He has az
many moods as woman or chin
panzee. He exhibits more phases than
the moon and his virtues twinkle with
the Inconsistency of the scintillating
stars. All the world are kin but the
man who first said that never had at
tended a fusion caucus, nor had he
particular acquaintance with any DO,
liucal party. He did not know that
the most inhuman thing upon earth
was human being. Mark Twain, who
claimed to be better posted, once ad-
mitted that men were not very tender
in dealing with one another. out he ad-
ded that mans inhumanity TO man
was as nothing compared to woman's
inhumanity TO woman. Mark may have
known all about it and then again he
may not.
Fate Of Fisndish Angel.
Inhumanity is distinct attribute of
humanity. The murderer who thrust
= red hot poker into the stomach OF .
three-year-old girl and repeated the
process until death came to her relief,
was q man, 'In action. how like an an
GEL" To be sure q Judge aud jury gave
the full penalty of the Iaw-lfe inn
prlsonment, but that did not help the
girl. Today he is asking for q pardon.
Why? Because he has served thirty
years in prison ana thinks he is not
now q menace to osociety-and SO he is Mt.
the bars interfere and are likely to for
some time yet. When the prison doors
swing open for him he will 20 out in
sectiOns-his soul first and his body
aftcrward. The she-bear of the forest
will carry to her lair q little child and
tenderly place it with her cuba. Civil
ize6 man IN . Christian land will mur-
der innocence and then look righteous
and say, II don't know why did it"
Don't you dare swear" says the YES
tryman to his wayward son. but mem.
ory jogs him a bit and he adds, "Papa
does sometimes" but that's his privi-
lege. How thankful the cubs should
be that their dad is dumb. Men have
their little folbles aud idiosyncras!es
too. They are the lords Of creation,
the voters of the nation. the heads OF
the household and their own undis-
puted masters. They so and come
where and when they please. They
arrive at the family domicile late. very
late indeed, and slip sockless and joy
less up the stairs to bed. Unquestioned
did you say? No, dear friend. ques-
toned without limit or mercy. Man
may be master of the house. but wO-
man does her share when 1t comes to q
little thing like that. If there is any
thing on earth that man breads it is
to get home late and find his wife sit
ting up and waiting for him. He would
rather find her in bed. Her fidelity
and patience don't impress him a bit,
and he isn't the least bit grateful fol-
her constancy.
He stands In on q Treat.
In the first place he does not believe
in it,. He is sure she sat up simply. to
catch him moving the clock back, and
as he never did such a thing in hls life
he spurns the suspicion. "How noble
in reason" Men are liberal, at least
when they are away from home. 1t is
the male sex who fees the sleeping car
porter and the dusky attendant at the
hotel table. One man vii. never hesi-
tate to pay another mans street
car fare and tobacco is
common property, quite too
common. When it comes to question
of one beer or a dozen. the latter num-
ber always wins. should woman pay
for soda or moxie for three, the mem.
ory of that Is cents will linger with her
for weeks, but man will order the
drinks for a dozen, then be glad Of the
chance to do it again. How express
and adm,rable." OF course when it
comes TO beauty in his own sex he pro-
fesses to care nothing for IL. That Is
why he is so careful over the cut of his
clothes. the color aud shape of his tie.
the mode of his hat and all the little
details of his toilet. lie spends rs
much time over the fag ends of his
moustache as a woman spends over
embroIdery-he, "the beauty of the
worid:' he. 1.-THE paragon of animals."
Yes; exactly SO, the animal imbued
with q soul which he debascs and bar
ters for gold or the worthless smile Of q
woman. Some times he sells literally
for both, then again he offers much OF
one for the other.
He Yieics TO Pretty Fiattery.
II matters not which he secures so
long as If satisfies his desires of the
moment. wonian's smile can turn
him when all the Kings oxen would
fail. A woman with less brains than a
gourd can bend him 10 her viii and
scarcely make the effort. She is queen
of the moment and he is but her hum
bic servant, though he fsncies he is
always the ruler. A really clever
woman can do no more than the glddy
female who happens to be IN favor.
When the lady = another mans wife.
his apprehension il ike q gods. lie
knows exactly what TO expect snd he
anticipates The day when cold lead will
usurp the place Of warm food. Know
ing the possl bfe consequences he eili
run sny risk for q moment with TIE
adored. lie - braver when in love
than when on the battlefield. but the
risks are about the same. A long time
ago an oid.fashioned man lad down
the rule, Wives be in sublectlon te
your husesnds" Men hsvs been read
,ng that sentence Tor ages past and have
firmly believed st. hnt the wife, the real
ruler. knows u i erroneous. sne knows
that The power behind The threns =
weilded Nv feminine hands She knes
then aud sise kncws nov tSsat nen be-
iiese Toses afe ptfttsef than eAhhsges.
because shs tells h.m they are.
eess~a s'satsels rsts Esssf WATTS.