Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-09-15
BUOYANCY OF WOMEN
WHY THE GENTLE SEX IS HAP
PIER NATURALLY THAN MEN.

rhsy Have Greater Power Of Resistance.
An Average High Deveiopmsnt OF Their
Esthetic sensibiiities Leads Them %
Find Pleasure in MANY Ways.
Why are women, as rule, happier than
mens First, because they have greater
power Of resistance. Physically there IL no |
longer any question among scientists that
the female organism withstands unfavor~ \
able environment better than the male. |
During pcstilcnce and cpidemics more males |
die than females. A woman cs4n endure ]
longer and keverer nervous strain than q |
man. II is significant to note how much |
better woman can bear any kind Of pain |
than man. The lord Of creation moans and
writhes when he has toothache, while
woman bears In white, calm silence such a
racking and rending Of the whole nervous
system ms would in all probability drive a
man either to suicide or distraction.
The same superior power Of resistance
may be noted In woman's mental and NOR
al organization. Women can endure
stress of temptation which would PROSTATE
men In squads like 50 many tin soldiers In
h gust Of wind. They can also endure men
tai strains which would wear out the pa
~
half the time. Woman has will power
which is simply magnificent. Her mental
and moral energy seem to Qush and bubble
from unseen and inexhausible springs OF
vitality. Woman. both physically and
mentally. has a reactionary power which
the opposite sex, except I'm rare instances.
Is unable 20 command. The salient cbarsc-
teristic Of mans mental and physical force
is its quantity; whereas the salient charac.
teristic of woman's IL its quality. And
quality dominates auantity aiways.
Now this power OF resistance On voman,s
part il a great advantage to her In the al.
tainment of happiness IL euables her 10
throw or or rise superior to little miseries
and worries which fret all the viyacity out
of a man. A woman can be cheerful under
circumstances which would make a man
misanthropic. This difference OF orcanixa.
tion, and consequent difference of disposi.
tion, comes out In a thousand little WAYS.
Il ia simply difference IN the mower OF re-
sistance, and II you follow this mower out
into particulars you win find that IL makes
a world OF difference IN the matter of com
paratiye happiness.
In the second place, woman's superior en-
pacity for happiness is due TO the average
high DEVELOPMENT of her nsthetic seusibIli-
ties. Women get a world Of enjoyment
out of such things az music. flowers, the
colors and textures Of fabrics. delicate hand
iwork, dress, adornment. pictures. bric-a-
brao and a multitude OF things OF this ma
ture which the average ..practical' man
pretends TO daspise And this enjoyment
| OF beautiful things Is one OF the purest and
healthfulest kind. II increases the natural
refinement. the delicacy of perception, the
humanizing influence Of the female sex.
| II may not rise to artistic talent, or even
In some instances to thoroughly artistic
appreciation, but IL Is an elevatinR, emo.
bling, cheering. Frightening influence IN
/ the home life and In society. without which
| this world would be glum and unloyeiy
enough. The love Of the beautiful perme.
| ates the gentler sex a n vein of gold runs
through a stratum Of rock, adding its
brightness and beauty to the whole charac.
ter. II would be very strange II this nat
ural and characteristic development Of the
aesthetic sense In woman did not add great
| ly 10 her capacity for the highest and purest
| kind Of happiness.
Again, the natural buoyancy ana vivacity
Of woman,s nature increases her capacity
for happiness. This suppose 20 be the re-
suit of the nneness and responsiveness oi
her nervous organism. Al all events nc
one can fail TO remark the iiyeliness. the
sparkle, the yivaclty Of women, especially
young women. Man Il n morose animal
compared with his consort. Who has mot
noticed that most men work silently where.
as most women. where Il Is permissible.
sing at their work. When YOU see a beyy
of girls together you always expect to hea-
them laughing. with bows It Is different.
| They are quite as likely to be planning. arr
guing or quarreling. And the distinction
holds through life Man as n rule Il se,i.
GUS and overcast; woman Is cheerful and
sunshiDy. II IN d matter Of Organism. az
disposition. OF inbred characteristic. And
the sunshiDv disnosition vxould snrelv sesn,
10 be the one most likely 10 increase its
possessor's capacity for hapnincss.
Finally. take them ON the average. women
are more highly deyeioped ON the sniritual
side than men. And a. the spiritual life /,
the source of the suuremest low which man
Kind can know. Is Il NOT reasonable 10 elaiu
tbat yyoman,s canaritv for hanniness ~
ccesls mans an nrnr,orf i'm ~ ber clsarer q,
thincs which are divine ami eternali
Woman,s RELIGIOUS faith a her heart's dear