Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-02

once upon a time very bright man aaidi
"Only tho witty can afford TO indulge In
aArcafm,' and that IL tho very rock on which
10 many charming women come TO gflef.
A woman makes up her mind TO have "a
pretty wit" llko those brilliant creatures
who arc 40 magnetic. 40 wonderfully cpl
grammAtic and mafyclouniy eniKinAtc, that
tialk through tho pages OF John Oliver
Ilebhcs books. She decides that beauty
IL ouly secondary, that mind IA boveinatter.
that all thlngs are centsrcd about woman
nowadays because Ahc Ia brainy and enthnsl-
aatic and Witty and sharp, strong minded
and soif-poaseased.
And aho decides 10 model herself after this
creature.
Why tho would.be witty woman goes fras
10 sarcahm wo don't pretend to know. II
Is usually align Of youthfulnesa or Of age.
Hut for one ia tho flower OF llfc TO say sharp
things, TO be chcsply funny to say atinEins
worda because they sound moro witty than
chpritablo ones. why then Il Ia unwomAniy-
not 10 Gay vulgar
Sarcasm 10 the most ordinary kind OF wit,
II Ia cheap, malicious and uncniled Tor
The keenpht vita can DO kind. and the
moat bitter sarcanm Is not necessarily Wit.
Once know a cad case OF one who thought
this wsy--that TO be conaldercd brlGb; ons
must BIZ unkind. Che waA only Is. but had
in her hands tho power Of kings. Her eyea
were like blue ylo.ats. nor hair waa a golden
halo for aflltlo patriclan face ehlAelcd. like
tho Madonna. from marble. She was
aweet and senue-aiInply and naturally 40
and ahs was loved because no ono could
help loylag her.
Had her lot been 4 less pleasant one.
had aho buen lonely ADD discouraged once
and awhile. Ahe might not have grown ambi-
| tloua IA II was. the luxuriea OF life be-
came old atorlca, tho friendA who loved
her because Ene was sweet and loyable
grew wearlsome, tho lovers who clrcled about
In youthful paaaion becau2s she had star
Ike oyes and perfect facc, berains odiom
TO her. She concluded that she was useless
person Ia s0clotyi hor ideal man Nouid not
fall IA love merely With A pretty face, her
truo friends should admire "a we'll al ioyr.
30 ohe took fayoflto character for model
and started 10 70 TALK like her. Her irlpnas
stared whan ana curlci hor Awcet upper
llp anpercllpusly and gave a snappy. az
sfeAiye aitswof 10 tho moAt ample question;
they Iihtpned IN ainasuinent when fhg cfe-
atcd for tholr OBLIGATION Tord-plctufes o.
people. They wondered why she nefs2uaiy
watched for any eccentrlclty OF speech. any
matake. any faux pas on tho part OF her
fijcndA.
she made eoue enemies and TO those she
was pitlleds. She pictured their deficiencies
aud tu0lfcItiouo 10 a ulAuutI "HiNN Anl1n
an hcarsn dread her sharp fopHie. Tho
young inon Who hdofcd Der beauty, aud
whom she hated Tor u BEGAN ~ lnspk sho
was gnarvci0ualy clsycr. the tuen whom aba
catered /, thought her absurd, After a
,shila people accounted for her conduct
ainonr thumselvss Thrg said che was
soured. sliu had boon ia love. rke had bsen
fitted And AZ thc novelty Of being aharp-
wlttsd. o. heiug clever a. rapaitee, Of hay-
lnr a mind keoner than her facs van
fair. began 70 war on, she wa lonely.
No. bs4niT bad chengsd. /: was like the
.iorg u TIC rrl In .bp fairy taie--her nnii-
- .ps I'D dTaNa Gown and all tho soft
stigo- glitter sud Purple Of EtsTissst "a bar
tl3ir were gone. Aie cSiersed Toe pink md
'.hl.r Of yol'th and ,sas si.ad hoT scm.iorios
SAD 1soFn paie, and shis catered /, tn
u IA vAi..1 loyea fi.lh and ki1ileA At It,
tilout. 81 pearns plain E9vas uassatsc -
he- facs ard naare. Probably that y tao
fsaas.n ahs hsa never naFrisd- She ~ho b.
ran BY hAiing men Afonlz dis.antly admiIrd
~ thfm now. mo story ~. thAt her ntfrsf
turned her head. thar no nAn wa good
sDogxh for hss; but kAos oth@Hs<ss