Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-23

pity means. and the world viii only
scoT should she be 20 III advised a. 20
ssk for its sympathy.
To De sure. as a whole, the world can
No. conlpreh bend her suferings and aches
10 psrpleNty-
~Of what d. you complain: He does
rot beat you OF starye you. does heS'
No 40 indeed"
ale Is not openly unfaithfnl''
mot that know OF
"WeH, what Is the natter What does
be DO or leave undone tor you 70 COM
plain Of
But he china vase remains silent.
The very essence Of being china Is 10 te
delicate, and deheacy l. very silent Ia
the presence Of the world. IL Is - hard
L. put things into words that he who
runs NAV read. although they may Dc
more real than most OF the things 10 Do
found ia print. There Is nothing harder
To night than noncomprehension and
nothing that entails more perplexed suf-
fering. One has seen sensitive child
II in charge perhaps its attendant, per-
haps its parents-ant th9 took OF be-
wllGerment and pain aud questi 1nins
that comes over the ingenious face, net
yet capable Of concealment, Is exactly
what comes over the heart and mind Of
the china vase when she first discovers
that she has set upon the voyage of life
il company with brazen pot. And 40
a general thing the woman is as in
capable as the child Of putting into
words just where the pain. and the.
amazement, and the disappointment
come IN.
| remember once trying 10 explain
some mental disquietude 20 man
WHOSE intellect and elOquence had cap
tvated my ear and given me an idea
that he must necessarily understand
everything. he listened for awhile TO
my efforts 10 put almost unutterable
things into words. and finally replied
with a lovial laugh:
"Ths trouble is with you as with most
women. You fancy yourself unique,
whereas you are only one Of a wonder
fully uniform species. All women have
these fads and fancies, and they are AL
pretty much alike. just give up the
idea that there Is anything peculiar 10
yourself in al these notions and realize
that nearly every woman of your ac-
quaintance cherishes the same. Then
go to work at something. There Is moth
ing like sewing-commOn plain sewing
to bring a fanciful woman like you 70
her sober senses; or, if you like better,
20 and visit the poor and play Lady
Bountiful; that is what occupies the
time and mind Of great many Of our
better class of women"
Perhaps it is unnecessary to say that
this gentleman was English-very Eng
ashland also that he was first class
specimen of brazen pot. Very fortu-
nately l had never thought of floating
down the stream in his company, and TO
our mutual content we soon drifted out
of sight Of each other.
Another gentleman, and right down
good man be was upon the lines of his
own little circuit. always said TO me in
reply TO any little flight of fancy or the
orizing or in fact anything except pure
commonplace:
/ What a funny woman you are! /
never knew such funny woman in my
lifer'
I On one occasion, when was confding
! TO this gentleman, as l might have done
To my little dog, some of those feelings
of mild discomfort and aspiration for a
wider and nobler life which torment
- h.,
piled as one would to a fretful child:
Come, come; you are unreasonable.
/ You have all the necessities and many
of the luxuries of life. You are dead
sure that you never can need for food or
clothes or shelter so long as you live,
! and the rest is all nonsense, you know"
Well, this gentleman was a sort Of
brazen pot-not one Of the quiet, massive
things that in men we call brutal, but
just little Benares cup, or let us say
salicellar as he so abounded in Attic
wisdom, bat the thinnest and prettiest
bit of brass, if constantly knocked up
against the edges of a china cup. will
fret and chip and spoil it If it does not
absolutely crush 1t.
\ And which is the worst after all, tell
me, oh. china cups: The two or three
blows that absolutely destroy and efface,
or the little Earrings and scratches and
hicks and uips that deface a piece Of
china and cover woman's face with
wrinkles and worry lines before It's timer
\ For my part incline 10 think the lat
ter torment the more uncomfortable. One
Of the tortures of the Inquisition was to
shave the top of mans head and then
place hIm under tank of water which
fell one slow drop after another upon
the defenseless scalp. II is said that
prisoners who laughed az the rack and
ieered ut the flames succumbed under
this torture the effect of which was To so
irritate the whole nervous system that
Il thrilled with agOnies not to be pro-
duced by violence.
Just ike this IS the agony many sem
sitive and high strung woman endures
by enforced Companionship with man
whose almost every word and action -
an offense and an annoyance 10 her:
who never understands that he II hurt
ing her feelings until he is told So. and
then cannot in the very least understand
how he did so: man who looks ut every
thing from a coarse and material point
~ view; VINO Interrupts her MOST heart
fsltuttersnce with a poor Joke. which az
once silences and disgusts her; who. on
the other hand. if she tries te be cheerful