Arizona weekly republican., 1893-01-19

the eloquent s1lence, ana the gr,,.-
 the eye, and the toss of the head ee a, ally suffice to give the children .t I''s'' an inkling of what the mother t,s,,F she is so honorably keeping to bersoI,' ,.,'''
 But there are other women in .%
 walks of life who may have use for 'T-i tvs favorite motto, or who put to tb1. .'l' selves the cynical query: u'
 Is it better to shut up or pay ur,
 Households are there where s,.,., questions of want are not raised s;. ,.' money is abundant and the luy1,i. life assured. But few people nowa5,,. feel contented to follow Paurs ess' Having food and raiment thereviaIr content" not even when honses a., bankbooks are added, for these mo5o. rebels, especially the female hale ., them, contend that the luxuries oF age are the necessities of the noyf ,-3 that so far from being content wi,bf,-i end raiment, houses and banEb,or- they count all those as naught and I~ than naught if they are not accomn,ri,5 by sympathy, delicate consideraf,, harmony of temper and taste. and h.. peace and sweet content only n T., found in congenial comprehensive
 These women, having married a3frs,, hero of their own imagining, and srT denly waking to the coasciouspess ... they have played upon themselves i-., such a trick as did Titaaia when s, crowned an ass head with flowers. who. their "dream of bliss" all of a s3i5s, resolves itself into an "eteruitv of vo., naturally seek to ease the shock off. discovery by an outcry more cr las, audible, and it is very natural tla. .5or should.
 Do you happen to know that the sr,. geons aver the deadly effects of ,.., to be very much mitigated by ou,cr;e. One of the most diabolical refinement, of torture in the inquisition was to gsg the victim so that he remained her. force mute. Men have thus died ua5e, suffering they might have sustained had nature been allowed her free course.
 And so with the woman who feel, that life has become too complex and too painful to be governed by the girl. motto of "Mum's the word" Matter have come to such a head with her ina, the question now is, Can 1 pay up, and if 1 cannot, what then? Why. the al. ternative is, shut up, and most women-- some of them with full intention. and some of them with the defensive in. stinct that makes even a dove peck 4, the cruel hand that squeezes twill begin the process of paying up by tell. ing out their causes of complaint and putting their intimate enemy to an open shame. say open, for it is sure to be come so, even though at first the secret is only breathed in the car of an int. mate friend or even told in the comics. sional.
 Some cynic inquiries, "Why should you expect your friend to keep your secret when you could not keep it your. self" And why, indeedg
 Perhaps it is not only told to one inti. mate friend, perhaps it is to several to everybody, to the newspapers, to the divorce court. In either way or ia all ways it effects its purpose, and the unhappy and wronged wife-weak and timid though she is-pays up her tyrant better than she could with even the "siz shooter or bowie" of Lotty's western friend.
 Do you blame her?
 Having shut up as long as she va: able, is she not right to pay up in the end? l think so.