Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-24
SMITH TAKES THE NEGATIVE
Domestic Bliss Seen I'm Various Lights-A
Conversation at the Club.

DOMESTIC bliss As seen various L1KntD-A
Conversation at the Club.
From the Nav York Times
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s nv, sia my Ilieno Sh la. oue W. en-
Ins at ,ie cIuo az "e we're smoAInS away .ue
, taiie s'.: OF aisas.roas rupoeI ou';
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.s ma susses'eo 'na' pe's'niS'icai PrenniSe'
~ was tb;nt;no ~ INV x;fe~ be renl;ea
| cloom;Iv e Va ny ""e'
..ShaIcs,o ear. ., ,,s - ao,,,
stand for IsmaS. ihara,s a;fs.ranc. for
vm -'"DeA" 'o'
"Difararcer He,a h.er d;vo-ced for m
| LONG tbat ~ IA s.., 49, IthaM.,s
| real Features mncb me- har naeatixe a al
vorced man becomes = bacbe,or ou;cker than
| anv ono aisa j., ~, sariJ aIoa,,tf ~;dorar
| Aud What do hacSatora Irou ehont 40 Wait
until vou're married. and then vouIi find n
| very black mark before that nanoht which
But Scott described women "A Uncertain. (" I
| pleaded
| "Scott,s woman have m toncues. tbev ween
| they endure thew snhmit Won MIGHT inst as
You never practiced law, did YOU? Well, did,
to the extent of sitting in court and listening to
cases. There's the place to test woman no.
Cross-examination only puts exclamation points
after it. man will often qualify and modify,
because he gets confused: the more Confused
1
Its her only resource, poor thingr' I ex-
| planned s'Inertia is a pureiy feminine force"
Its a resistless force when it once gets go
ing. The fact is, we do not understand the
| dangerous Qualities of a woman's nature, there
fore we ignore them. We take lovers fancies
for facts 1t pleases our manliness to think Of
them as weak. gentle and tender, Look out for
| the cats claws. sayr,
| '.But think of the Sisters of Charity. Con-
slider Esther and Ruth and the daughter Of
Jephthah and MARY"
Consider Jael and Judith and the daughter of
Herodias p he retorted. THE quality Of their
mercy was a trifie strained, think
| "Ah, but thew were strong minded"
| well, when we argue regarding men, we
| don't look to paresis for examples, do WEI We
are more apt to speak of Cromwell and Wash
| ington and Napoleon us elder brothers, who
we're unfortunate enough to die before we were
| born. The trouble is YOU Young fellows Judge
women by girls instead Of girls by women.
| Cubs are ALWAYS cunning"
..But your mother-
s'One's mother is sacred, of course: and ap-
preciatiye maternity converts women into
angels But if Won must have recourse to that
| old stock argument consider your best girls
mother. Then your ewes NAV be opened'S
But how pleasant ii is to dream with droop-
| ing lids"
| wake"
sStill one must keen ONES ideals"
"They quickly become mummified when
| wrapped in the cerecIoth of exnerience. re-
| member we'll how 1 used to rave about Helen
and CLEOPATRA and Mary Queen of Scots I
would ween over their woes and vow that death
| were lightly nurchascd nv a kiss from their
proudly cuIved Inns Nowi ween over Wenelaus
and Anthony and Oarnley: and when I think of
| living with ono of them in ,yvo-story and hase
ment brick house with one servant On 20 zoo a
wear. why. instead of thrilling. / shiver. air.
| Actually sbivern
| "Yon arpue from a particular to a general AZ
| well as rs
| "No. T select tvnes that truth has swent clean
from the dnst OF ages And thev saw that
| woman in mans snnerior in snhtletx and
dnnhcity in obdnTary and remorseIessness
Even Jnniter Tonans, at whose frown tbe mi
verse o,,;rere5 dare not shake his ambrosial
! LOCKS when limo came around Wbv she'd
| vine the stias With him Ard HercnIes sLnILad
| hakinJ Om,b,ias stirts lita q wb;nnod CIV -
| Then Won IGNORE all tho tender .miah,a
qualities -"
..TonJ.r fddlast;.ls, D;d ro,, o,,or hoor 90
| the Amozons9 They we're the tercest fiobters
| of antinuitv- They didn't besitata 70 m,1t;Iate
themselves and il makes acme men nervons 10
get shaved How abont Semiramis and Zenobia
and Jeanne d Arc-ves and Molly Cntnurse bv
| Jovar A l;ttJo ;e-la5 honf about tbayr .opdar-
ness WASN'T tbere9 Who led the mobs in The
Reign of Terror Who starved the nIuckiest
during the Snanisb sieoes2 Who used The Aoua
Tofana9 Who were the Petrolenses tbeN.Nh
| s.Nb,t ic tho ,nat}ar NTH vou S,,;,b2r T in
| terrunted 81 Meyer heard ony ono r.ya 90
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