Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-24
Women Who
sus During lent.
WOMEN ARE PENlHENT.
=. Tb.D,s Blaine for His Letter .nd APP
plauds Him = Women Who Try
to Keep Young-Men's
idea of Kissing.
sco,vrigbt 1899, by the Box syndicafs Press,
E(oPsA-bLA'' N VI
From Our Regular Corresponds IT.

NV YORK, March u. ~; lovely
,rornan does nothing without gong to an
extreme. she is lust now rushingE matters
ca u ,la1itant Where she DOESN'T believe
j1 anv religion, she makes politics take its
iio a-.' snd no matter what she may elect to
- seems TO result in making hd,r thirsty
- causing her to drink quarts OIL tea, or
, TIio or Whatever her faVorfe tipple
may be. -,,--,- ,7,v prUrTExTIr
have l- a very positive belief my9e but ]
an ne so disguised as when II zee lot
of women having a religious ''spu1t-I You
SEQ tbev have worn themselves OFT during
fbe' season and with the impudf1ce only
TossihIe 10 women, they have CONG uded to
offer Their. tired bodies, theirsweally brains
and their weakened lnteAects te,rehglon.
The way TO do it IS to meet IN thes morning
in some dfmly-lighted parlor, naY9tthe best
reader take a chapter OF the Blpif- and let
the women with the widest fmagina-
lions criticise it, while the rest Of
them cry, think how splrlflal and
lovely life might be, 60 hom9l to their
luncheons and conclude that qtey have
- been so good in the morning tnei3 can do
what they like in the afternoon. hey gen.
orally feel like going about exp1tssing an
intense contempt for every othd1 woman
who hasn't the same spiritual advantages
that they have, and they Will o ckade a
street telling three or four frienet what a
DllSSIQl morning Lley nave udl. cause
more general blasphemy and iItignation
than has ever been known befores
TRUTH WELL sPoKEN.
saw a young woman who bfDngs to a
small band of workers OF some SIT yesteE-
day afternoon determined to get + glass of
soda water. OF course, this was Fer right
and privilege; but her religiop society
hadn't inculcated in her that first evidence
of a change of heart, !. g., goodslnanners,
because she banged and pushe5 had no
sympathy for anybody, and tn "400'' in
front of her and the 400" behincsaer alike
suffered. She meant to have thu glass of
soda, and she meant to shove ,erybody
near her; and when she got it ev, woman
earnestly prayed that she would pill it on
her froclz; but she didn't. No, I-eed she
drank the last drop of it, scrape35he glass
with her spoon, tramped on pee els toes,
annihilated children, and five min es after
wards met friend and told heIIt the top
OF her voice ''of the exquisite spiritual
time we had this morning." 1t axes me
feel like saying Spiritual fda;sticks ~
when l hear women talk like thafit makes
me think that a society formeeat home
and consisting Of one, which woT9 be for
the prevention of quick spealSii and ILL
temper, and for the promotion ofilod man
ners and gentleness, is the kin that is
needed during Lent But to rein to re-
Ggion. 3
MEN MORE RELIGIOUS THAN hhENs
The average man is really 'fy much
more religious than the aYerasf woman.
70 her being religious means SIM ig badly
written hymns, listening to lonssermons,
putting a penny in the collectio.Lbox, and
signing over everybody else as t.vful sin
ners." To man it means keeI,g rather
quiet deciding in his heart VIII is right
and what is wrong; doing as ne5 right as
he can; giving as much as hg;an, and
letting his neighbors take care1f them
selves-that is, spiritually. Nv, those
women who are accusing themf7es of be-
ing the vilest sinners in the IA are alb
solutely vain of it. They heverPim to be
a mere ordinary, everyday sinne-oh, dear,
no! They are the very worst, ardaey think
that the world is going to be tut d upside
down, and that everything in Il heavens
above and IN the earth beneath occupied
with their miserable, mean, petty htle sinsl
Dirty little sins, don't you Enowtsins that
a self-respecting dog would new lream of
committing. Upon my honor, believe
some of them are so inetf8y anx-
ious to convince you that Hey are
the worst sinners that ever livdlhat they
would like TO have you meetlt rs satanic
majesty and hear his opinion of Inn. The
chances are that he will think little of
them that he will use them ffxindling-
wood. The trouble is that Il need a
physical rather than an emotsal treat |
ment; they want something t9sain their |
blood, and they want to test tE,value of |
sulphur and molasses for feYi .ornings. |
Then, after that, they will disfer how |
much good they can do at houiaAnd they |
will stop wailiug about being sners and |
turn in and be honest little sail who arc /
not aware of their own virtues
BAB ON MR.. BLAINE's LEtR.
Very lately the question has ID brought |
up about a mother-in-aw, and Ys.ll read a |
letter written by James G. Blaf, defend |
ing his wife. / don't know Mr.. lline. but |
if there is anything that would lake me |
turn Republican, if I were a u ocrat. it
would be that letter. I don't NV who is
to blame; l don't care; but ! e an i'm
mense respect for the dignifed s,nce that
has been kept by the Blaine fGty. and 1
make my best bow to MIR. BlainHir stand
ing up for his wife. AS for tlf Judge in
Dakota, l hope the Repubic{' 'pull'' is
strong enough to put him out lust sur
pose it was your boy or my boyt % hadn't
married just to please us-t; boy, re-
member, was once the little bS that YOU
held in your arms, or l thine as
helpless as only babies are. y watched
over him, you tried to mall che best
of him; he leaves you and you 4 t like it.
It's only human nature. You'd ie queer
and would be queer, and it Elld rest
with his wife to make herself | entirely
close to your heart or my HEARTH in time
we could get to feel that we hg't lost n
son, but We had gained daughlf Idon't
believe there is a woman livingL D cannot
do this if she loves her husT l. and
think the low, vulgar talk abb he infiu-
ence of mothers-in law, about d h2rryine
mans family is abominable. lss true a
man Is commanded
TO CLEAvE TO HIS VT
but the wife Of whom God himsb tpproved |
was the one who said to her mo t.-fn-lav:
''Thy people shall be my uIe.n a
French girl or an English git meets to |
become one of her husband Isl Iilv: it's
only the American girl who put srSeif nm |
on pedestal and announces til She will |
do as she pleases. We all lno1tat pride |
goeth before fall, and 1 for ot.hanit he |
sorry when she is taught less iblendence
aud more gentleness. Don't H s15npose !
that what that Judge said hut5e hearts
OF more people than could be eined2 |
don't call that justice; / don't dltbat DIG
nifty; 1 call II low perSoualid nd a dis
grace to any court of justice. llcourse I
am looking into this all froI wonan's
point of view. and from the WINS 1,oint ,
of view I wish to say, againl-i AGAIN: {
'AIr. Blaine, every woman inI l limited ,
States who is married and Horne her :
husband a son thanks you fotA defense {
of your wife. y
WOMEN WHO TRY TO KEEP ENG ,
What's the matter with thda womenq I
call them that because dl isee any {
nice, sweet, genIe women any he. see c
lat, red-faceu, rouged, powuerf- omen of
sixty who wear sailor mats IN daytime +
and who display large part Of cir anat- I
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