The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-06
AN ORCHIDAMONGW WOMEN
THAT'S WHAT Bah SAYS is The
AMERICAN WIDOW.

Why a Widow Makes q Good Wife.
She Know Men Better-Grear Men
Who Married Widows-The Nsw
York Dog Show-Traits of Different
Canines-Hes the Dog a soulq-Bab
Willing to Go to the Dogs Hereafter.
A Story of Marie Bashkirtse fla
Woman's Springtime Wishes.
Copyright 1872
NEW YORK, March SIN the funniest
farce that has struck New York there is one
sentence which would, il the roof were
movable, take it Off the house, for the audi
ence think it is SO desperately, diabolically
amusing that they laugh until they cant
laugh any longer This is the sentence: A
young man masquerading as a footman is
talking to the servants. and after they tell
him how good and kind the mis-
tress is. he says: "She must
be a rara avis" The servants look
at him aghast, and eventually the ladys
maid says, with knowing shake OF her
head. 20, no, she amt; she's widow. ~
This is what convulses the house. And
what want to know is, why should widows
always be subject for merriment, IL Won
will take the same trouble that I did, and
ash the men about It, you will find that the
American widow, like the orchid is re-
garded as the finest product Of the nine
teenth century. Now, why shouldn't she
bel
THE WIDOW Az A wIFY.
Isn't there every reason ia tho world shy
widow can make young man happier
than a young girl CAM You see. she has
gone through IL all. She knows the small
mesnnesses, the nagglng Tendencies. the
tiresone curiosity and the tiny fault.Andin0
peculiar to mankind. She knows how to
ignore all this. and to blissfuly accept ali
the great big virtues that, thank tie Lord
are predominant in man. She knows how TO
cater TO his appetite, material and mental:
she Knows how to make him think az she
does and she doesn't adopt the tao
tics of young girl for this. o, no.
not ny long manner OF means. When a
young girl doesn't agree with young man
she oontradicts him. That's first blood for
him. A widow does nothing of the kind /,
she agrees with him, and then she talks 10
hun; tells him just how clever be is. dainty
brings forward her own view, suggests to
him that she knows that he has been think
Ing that way all the time that he was only
trying TO see If she could guess it, and hey,
prestol before he knows anything he has
Veered around to her opinion and hasn't the
remotest idea that he has changed his mind.
SHE is LOVING AND AMBITIOUS.
Then widow has learned the delight of
quiet, and although she likes TO go out and
enjoy herself. an evening alone with the
man she has married is a special pleasure
20 her. She Is ambitious for him, and in
terested In all his pursuits. know widow
who said she would pay 500, 900 to have
her husband made governor Of the state in
which they lived she is presiding over the
guoernatorial mansion now. She has limited
that she will give 81, 900, 600 TO have him
made President Of the United States. and,
as he is a young man, aud a clever man,
and million is good bit Of money and
money talks extensively nowadays' I
shouldn't be surprised to see her doing the
gracious In the white house yet.
GREAT MEN WHO MARRIED WIDOWS.
When you put your small bov in knick-
eroockers ana give party in honor of it.
who do you tell him TO imitate9 Who do
you have on the table in pink, blue and
yellow ice creama The father Of his coun-
try. Well, he married a widow. II YOU
happen to be an English woman and mem.
Der of the Primrose league, then you say to
him: My son, be the great statesman chat
OAu oeoScnsheiu Was. 10 you remen-
Der, be was diplomatic enough to marry q
widow? OF course, it can't be claimed that
Adam married widow; but why cast this
stone at Adams The world hadn't become
sufficiently cultured to have widows in those
days-they are the fruits OF civilization.
am as earnest in taking up the
cause of the widow as / would be
IN taking up that of the mother-in-
law. for think jokes on either of
al In II, l..
can stand everything else but being made
ridiculous, and to that she objects most de-
cidedly. A sufficient number of men, mus
GUAR men. who can treat ridicule as they
90 one of those bags that they hang In the
cir aud knock at to develop their chests,
should have all the ridIcule given to them,
aud all the sweet words and nice thoughts
should go to the gentle sex. There is no
woman 30 bad that she can't be trained TO
genteness, for women and dogs are very,
very much alike. The conditions of their
minds and their general behavior are en-
tirely the results of the training given
them. You know what you can do with
Jog; yoI can make him adore you, and you
can tea N him to be good at the same time.
now, my friends, that is just the way you
can 90 with woman.
THE NEW YORK DOG SHOW.
Dogs have been very much on everybody's
mlnd Tor the last week, for we all religiously
attended the dog show. We saw there the
great, big, beautiful St. Bernard, who isn't
DIT tricky; who hasn't sly bone in his
99ody; who will wade through the snow and
una and bring back home whoever is suffer-
iIhg' bearing the burden on his own back.
tDont you know men like him9 We saw
sne mastitf-big, smooth. with a jaw that
meant success and a wag to his tail that
.old he knew the people he belonged to and
meant to staud by. Haven't you met poll
ucians like him Then there was
sne great bulldog - heavy, savage
.o'Klng, rough in his manners,
eyes bullying out from under no brow to
speak OF; liking about one person in the
World, and growing and swapping at
s'eryoody else. Isn't be the tough to per-
secVons Then there is the Chesapeake dog;
es uV you hand In his auburn curls, feel the
tur way down underneath, aud you will
NOV NOW why he can jump In the bay when
s sIe water is cold and bits Of ice is floating
an around. Look at his eyes-there is only
zoe woman who has eyes like that-soft,
iun and gentle. That woman is Lille
nangtry. After the work is over, this
ssteas' hlg, superb, fur-coated fellow goes
d5olne, lies up Gle Sc to the fire, aud the chill
t s1en can go to sleep on him, people can put
S Sreir teet on him, and just as long as be
a. auo"s you mean it in kindness he will look
a. a. you and laugh. Don't you know who
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