Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-21


tarnish the soul of many a woman, while
they show not trace of those sympa-
thetic and self denying attributes which
make other women the light and Joy of
worthy mans existence.
God pity the wife of such man-and |
she need look for no other pity, for the |
man to whom she is tied knows not what /
pity means, and the world will only |
scott should she be so i'll advised as to |
ask for its sympathy.
To be sure, as whole, the world can
not comprehend her sufferings and aches
in perplexity.
"Of what do you complain? He does
not beat you or starve you, does ne?"
"No; no indeed"
"He is not openly unfaithful?'
"Not that know Of
"Well what is the matter? What does
he do or leave undone for you 70 COM
plain OFF,
But the china vase remains silent.
The very essence of being china S to be
delicate, and delicacy is very silent in
the presence of the world 1t is SO hard
to put things into words that ne who
runs may read, although they may be
more real than most of the things to be
found in print, There is nothing harder
to fight than noncomprehensim and
nothing that entails more perpleIed suf
fering One has seen a sensitive child
utterly misunderstood by those who had
it in charge-perhaps its attendant, per-
haps its parents-and the look of be-
wilderment and pain and questioning
that comes over the ingenious face, not
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
in company with IA brazen pot. And as
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 to explain
some mental disQuietude to man
whose intellect and eloquence had cap
tivated my ear and given me an idea
that he must necessarily understand
everything. He listened for awhile to
my efforts TO put almost unutterable
things into words, and finally replied
with a jovial laugh:
The trouble is with you as with most
women. You fancy yourself unique,
whereas you are only one of wonder
fully uniform species. All women have
these fads and fancies, and they are all
pretty much alike. Just give up the
idea that there is anything peculiar to
yourself in all 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 to
her sober senses; or, if you like better,
go 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
lish-and also that he was first class
specimen Of brazen pot. Very fortu-
nately | had never thought of floating
down the stream in his company, and to
our mutual content we soon drifted out
of sight ii each other.
Another gentleman, and right down
good man he was upon the lines of lis
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:
"W hat funny woman you are!
never knew such funny woman in my
life
On one occasion, when was confiding
to this gentleman, as | might have done
. to my little dog, some of those feelings
of mild discomfort and aspiration for 6
> wider and nobler life which torment
+ most women from time to time, he re
, piled as one would to fretful child:
= Come, come; you are unreasonable
!, You have all the necessities and many
of the Injuries of life. You are deat
sure that you never can need for food OF
, clothes or shelter 80 long as you live
! and the rest is all nonsense, you know.
Well, this gentleman was sort o.
braZen pot-not one of the quiet, massiv,
+ things that in men we call brutal, bu
just a little Benares cup or let us say
+ saltcellar. as he SO abounded in Attic
/, wisdom, but the thinnest and pretties
: bit of brass, if constantly knocked II
+ against the edges of china cup, vii
e fret and chip and spoil it if it does no
n absolutely crush it.
And which is the worst after all, tel
I me, oh, china cups? The two or tire,
+ blows that absolutely destroy and etface
p or the little Earrings and scratches ant
hicks and nips that deface piece o
Q china and cover a woman's face will
t wrinkles and worry lines before its time
!, For my part | incline to think the lat
! ter torment the more uncomfortable. ON
v of the tortures of the Inquisition was t.
= shave the top of a mans head and thei
A place him under a tank of water which
: fell one slow drop after another upol
g the defenseless scalp. 1t is said tina
: prisoners who laughed at the rack ant
f jeered at the flames succumbed unde
!. this torture, che effect of which was to 81
: irritate the whole nervous system tina
, IL thrill He'd with apopias NOT tO bp pro