The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-01-13
WHY WIDOWS WIN.
ESPECIALLY THE VARIETY FROM
DAKOTA.

St. Panl was very close observ.
er Of human nature, for IN his day
and generation he discovered that
there were widows and widows.
Said he: "My brethren, honor
widows that are widows indeed"
and then he proceeded 10 tell them
how they were to know the genu-
inc article. Said he: ''Now she
that Is IA widow indeed and desc
late, lruslelh in the Lord and con.
tinuelh in snpplica'ions and pray
ers night and day"
A most excellent definition,
Master Paul. That The metropolis
has its share of those who are wii-
ows indeed, but, mes amis, cowl
doesn't make a monk, a weed IA
widower or ruche widow. Or
in other words, | may say that the
Dakota widow" doesn't fall with
in Panl's admirable definition
quot ed above above. The Dakota
widow, as she is commonly called,
is very much "end OF The century"
as people say. The elder Weller's
admonition was: "Samivel, be-
ware of Widows" and yet the elder
Weller had never met Dakota
widow, compared 10 whom the or
dinary widow is a child in guile,
sush and CANNON.
TO begin with The Dakota widow
is usually way this side of the fat
and.40 epoch, and ofen times in
the lwenlies, and in full possession
of two very dangerous things, VIZ
Her beauty and her liberty.
Blu, you exclaim: "Young girls
have their beauty and their liber-
ty, they walk in meditation, fancy
free"
True, bu' they have moi the lib
ery Of The Dakota widow; they are
hedged about by thousand con
venali'ieS; this, they may do
that, they may not do; they may
90 here, but they may not gt
there /; they may say this, but they
may mol say that.
The Dakota widow Is herself
her chaperone and her big brother
all rolled into one, says Claire
FoidairoIles, in Boston Globe. She
is bound by no rule, guided by nc
precedent, influenced by no coun'
sci, save her own darling, swee'
will. Like a maiden queen, she
summons to her side The man who
peases her best, and like the
king, she sels a kiss where hel
fancy dictates.
She prods the bashful lover tt
hasten his declaration; she lure
on The mad lover "sighing like |
furnace" by appearing as cold a
unsunned snow; she teaches tn,
scholar to forget his books, lh,
merchant lis ledger; her variet,
is infinite and when repulsed sh'
comes again IN another form.
IN vain a bachelor may cry, :"
am not a marrying man." and Iik,
Benedict say,'I will do myself tn
right 10 trust no woman In III,
end the Dakota widow will per
suade him hat she is necessary I,
his happiness.
Very rarely, indeed, is there an,
conflict between young girl am
Il real widow, no matter how fai
} she may be; but the young girl
pf to-day dread The presence OF
Dakota widow in their midst.
Said a careful uptown mother I,
: me he other day: "Why, MAIDEN
oiselIe, would ynu believe it, al
though spent 5000 on my tw
girls last season, directly and in
, directly. vet was obliged 10 brin
them home without n catch 70
either one Of them, thanks 10 th
presence in our sci Of
A DAKOTA WIDOW,
a superb creature as fascinating a
a Phryne and Us full Of wisdom a
a Circs, who baeged the only pnz
that presented itself. Now, MAJ
mi herself could not be a bette
manager than ! am, and yet | wa
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