Smyrna times., 1893-02-08


"ay""rd brothers Use Their Position
to ExtOrt Money.
The threat as weapon of social ,,.,,.
Iare mas not yet been given its trn1,, i,r,
portant place. The sanest nersons - 80
Inclined 10 regard the threat as the ont
come OF vain and feeble mind and ~,
prompted to laugh when the viIlair
cries ''Beware!' Much as we NAV do
SplSe the threat, yet it is indubitable that
more people are influenced and made II
10 what Is against their wishes NV +b;s
means than by actual violence.
4ne threat wielder is naturally nrp;1,,
Iropofuoned, mentally and pbvsicollv
ana exercises his power most effact1,a1i,''
- tne "oman's world. Women more
Inan men have reason to dread the
threat Tor man can either afford 70 RIM
I'S dangers or proceed to immediate
punishment. The woman is defenseloss
ana though she would freouentlv ILL.,
70 proceed to extreme, vet traditionoI
GohVentlon 81 keeps her within bounds
Ilrea's are so varied that it wouId 70.
qulfe large volume to describe tbo,,,
all Dut we will speak Of the more com
mon. i'i0i' c"iiI-
Inc dissatisfied son is well know, +o
society He greedily seizes every occa.
SION 70 drag his name through the min
aud Desmirch the family. He is fire..
qu9n'Iy demonstrated with: PRAYERS
Ieaf5' eXhortations are in vain The
comes the last injunction. If you nar-
slSC IN tins last course l will disinLa,.i4
you. go ahead, replies the vonn,,
Tepropate; ''you cut off my supplies AMI
/ Il disgrace the whole family"
One threat is sufficient to nroc,,ro a..
means for his vile wants. and tbaborIa
hold lives in abject terror lest the
threat wielder put into execution Inc
promise OF further tortures. If is nor
only Dad sons who exercise this ba1ofnI
system OF money getting: it is as freely
employed by bad brothers and husband,
Inc pleasant and affectionate Irotba,.
Is prooaDly now reading the society col
'llins OF the daily and weekly paners
WIN the utmost care. His drnnEo,,
comrades once twitted him about bis
craze" ''' MS
Well" said the unblusbing scorn
9'O' udNe sister who's no /
END way up, and when l find she's qoin@
70 give party to the nobs dron ber. =
lihe ana say I'm coming 1t fetcbes tbo +
stun, 1t does This heartless scbo,no+ 70
lich from her money to cover hen. dis
grace found a peculiar charm for tboLa
'o'ted minds Of his companions Tbo
hreat was more potent than tho nor
orlhance, for if the good lady had bad
ne moral courage to send for an officer
'hd declare the fellow q lunatic she
you'd nave been saved from his nov,
leyer ending persecution.
now many women suffer from tba
hreat OF their devoted husbands All
-ow many wives slave themselves 70
eath through threats from their spouses9
Inc threat cannot be successfulIv
'leided by men whose mentality 1acI,s
To q man whose intnit;ors
re good, and who reads human natnro
isily, the threat is powerful weapon.
really requires a man who can analvze 8
notion and passion to reach the acme .
perfection as threat wielder. The
liSar threatener loses his charm. but
le accomplished villain can so torturo Q
IS Vlctlm OF victims that the pangs en-
urea by the patrons of the auto da fe Q
ere exquisite pleasures in colnparison g
Apparently the kindest and most snb.
rVlen5 hus bands can, by judiciously .;
lndllng Of the threat, drive their wives u
most to desperation at a social func- u
'n' ana none but them know of the 81
cret punishment. To emplov the e,
reat so that it posters everv fiber
your victims body the tenderest
lnts IN your opponents armor must he N
own. That once being discovered it
marvellous what ramifcations +ba is
reat can take. The merest glance can n
come threat, and the person Is "a
y under the glamour of this
lcate lnquisition as the diminutive
,use III the claws of powerful cat. ir
Inc most successful threat is not to da
woman herself, for woman's na-
nee ana pluck under such circnm- -,
nceS can be provokingly humiliatino -
there IS no man who feels exactly n :"
o when the person he has sworn to nc
lor and protect will regard him with gil
ma eyes and meekly say, "As You da
,, dearest" N,
omen, as a general rule, love martvr- = !
4, ana there are some so peculiarly
stituted as to derive the severest en-. inf
ment from the contemplation thar she
II hege lords were harboring in their for
Ids some hideous schemes Of venoe- !
e against them. But where this tio
I'D fail the threat of the amiable in Wv
dual to do something to himself d
I'D eeminently successful. Women nea
We all things feel disgrace, and the the
ulsh at the loss of an unamiable hus- nil
q by being hit over the head with n inc
gstarter Is trivial when COMPARED to
sorrow for the manner Of his death ''"'
onld not be for the flight of her bns. INV
Is soul the tears were shed. but for hav
1isgraceful circumstances attending emit
departure. The fact that it was not and
pectable demise for which she could 49,.
roperly consoled would be the only '"o!
r remembrance of her sweet widow me
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