The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-03
desvor to avoid giving any frank and open

desvor to avoid giving any frank and open
recognition thereof.
Nor Is man wiss or justified in claiming
that his physique 10 superior to that OF
woman. No one will, am sure, deny that
the ordinary woman Ia buflt on lines more
graceful and symmetrical than those OF av-
eraRe man, while our nerve power, our
strength of resistance and our physical
stamina are Of far higher order than those
of man. Compare, for instance, the covers
| of endurance Of q female sick nurse with
those Of nurse Of the male
ABLY be found that those of the
former carry the day. ASK surgeons and
doctors aud they will all agree that gener-
ally speaking women, even when OF fran
and delicate appearance, are able 10 STAND
without fliuching degree of physical PAIN
which would make great, strengthening
men quail
am prepared, however. to admit that we
are inferior TO men as regards logic, and
consequence of thought aud action. But,
then, it is precisely the absence OF these
so-called qualities that constitutes one or
our principal charms and attraction. Men
are monotonous, commonplace ana ur-
interesting Just because of their logical and
consequent turn of mind. With them you
can always calculate in advance just what
they are likely to say and TO do, whereas
WITH WOH6n LDb Is JOSslDACs INV hN'SA
knows what we are going to do or 10 say
next for we defy and rise superior to all
rules of logic and natural sequence, and 1t
is the uncertainty about the matter which
keeps people on the qui vive and renders US
interesting.
lido not in any way mean to put forward
that the average woman possesses as much
knowledge or genius OF technical
or scientific character as the ordi-
huf ia 6aSantiallV mora
far sighted and her farsight, il | may be
permitted to use the expression, possesses
infinitely more penetration and intuition
than his. A common weakness OF man 10
to believe all men honest until they find
them to be the reverse. Women rarely
make this mistake as regards men, and
never as regards each other.
And this last remark leads me to draw at
tention to another masculine error. Men
are accustomed to think that our efforts to
look as nice as possible are sort OF homage
TO their discernment and appreciation.
This is a great mistake. 1t is not their
powers of discernment which are the In
centive with US to appear at our best, but
those Of our own sex. Our eyes are far
more constantly occupied in examining
women than men. Observe, for instance, at
church, at the thea ter, in ball room or in
a street car, the ordeal to which the last
woman to enter is subjected by those
already there. Within few minutes, nay
even seconds, the feminine eyes in the place
or conveyance will have taken her meas
ure. appraised her, fixed her social position.
according to the sliding scale Of dress, and
have noted each defect or advantage of the
new comer's attire, couture, face and fig
ure. 1t is with the object OF issuing forth
VIGOROUSLY from this critical, searching in
spection on the part OF members of our
own sex that we take such trouble to ''look
nice.n
Men have no idea of the power possessed
by the feminine eye of rapid concentration
of measurement, of weighing, of estimating
and counting. Indeed, the capabilities Of
the masculine optic appear SO weak and
petty in comparison that we often feel
tempted 70 ask its owner where on earth his
eyes are. When, for instance, we enter a
strange house, while our mouth is smiling
and our lips uttering pleasant words, our
eyes are taking In every detail OF the room
and Of its occupants. We notice If the
gems worn by the ladies are pinchbeck, in
stead Of real, the character of the furniture;
indeed, nothing escapes our searching eye
The latter do their work without appear
ing to see, differing therein aud rising su-
perior TO the purblind optics Of the ''sterner
sex, which appear co see, and make pre-
tense Of doing so. without really succeeding
in seeing anything. CARRIE CARELESS.