The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1895-01-12

a witty and sympathetic MOI, o,,oo
saiu TO me, Il would rather n,a,.,.v
woman who looked feelings and had
none than woman who had fool;nos
ana looked none. " OF course tho cav.
ing came more from his wit than bic
sympathy but could not help feeling
'i'"' 'nere were moments when T conld
agree with him, although 1 have known
'ne value and the services. of tho. x,o,,,o,,
WIN no feelings to be underestin.tod
My daughters have a friend -,
an only little past qirlhood~
company is more soupht aft " 'lo,o
,sneu imam that of almost any one
Know She has admirers by the score and
acquaintance everywhere, and no won.
ue,' lor she Is cultivated, ALWAYS cheer
iul ana Will listen to and rally tbo moor.
est talker. She is asked to eve,-vth;n,,
III tne shape of feast, for she Is the
amusement and relaxation of xvboa,a,.
may be about her. At the same time
whenever her praises are sounded tho
eulogy winds up with the inevitablo and
dlsn,eartening tag, after all, you know.
o AN' III ActilnSS.
AND tins is perfectly true Ouiclx and
compromising as is her smile and
graceful as is her glance while ono Is
talking to her, there is always the CON
vlctlon that not trace of real interest
Is involved If she only had heart.
the girl would be an angel.
like the old fashioned word Ara
when have been alone with be, l.,,o
often wanted to say, my dear. do bo
an angelP' But she has no heart. If she
were to marry a foreigner and 20 abroad
to live, she would leave us all without
moments regret. SO her friends are
vexed with her want of feeling and
warn the world against her.
And this is what seems to me uninst
Take this girl as she is. Whether it
is her nature or not, she never refuses
the challenge to be agreeable; whatever
her own plans and lilings are, she never
betrays impotence when they are
crossed. Her companion may be plain.
awkward and tiresome, but her eve and
her gay little joke are never dulled for
that reason. In fine, she may be the in
carnation of the light which shines. but
does not warm, yet while she keeps n
whole circle in good humor by her wit.
as she does, it is poor return to grid
at her
Again, and speaking now of widely
different type, can call to mind older
women, often only the survivors of a
more rigid era-exact, severe. stern, I'M
bending and ruling their households
with rod of iron. How little this gem
GRAFTON understands themi How little
merit it allows to the implicit faith in
duty, the untiring devotion to work, the
almost fanatic hatred of waste and self
indulgence and the Spartan maxims Of
life IN which they were brought up and
which they still observe What has be-,
come of our eyes that we cannot see the
beauty of such lives? Why do we no
longer recognize their value? These are
not the women who have feelings, but
look none. They are without feelings at
all, according to the standards Of our
new, diversified and exacting society.
hear young girls saying that their
grandmothers or aunts or what you
please, don't understand them, and
really / think that many older people
than these schoolgirls make just the
same absurd complaint / can appeal
with safety to every one Who has not
known one of these same stern women
almost bring the dead to life by her
powers of nursing, or confront single
handed and maintain her family on
beggar's pittance, or save falling
household by simple economy and hard
work? 1 shall be- told that all these
things are admitted, but that is just the
point-they are not. If they were, the
cry of mo feelings" would never be
raised, out of very shame.
know an old lady who has had the
all her descendants grow up unable to
understand" her. She is Of the old,
unsparing sort, and they, artistic, orig
inal, clever, modern people, have no
place for her either in their theories or
their interests. With these her notions
can scarcely be expected to agree either,
yet the complaints come not from her.
but from them. They are not complaints
in words. They are complaints crystal
lized into entire disregard for the old
school, which does not, as it cannot,
wholly sympathize with them 1t seems
to take an outsider, like myself, TO see
what do see-that without this erect,
white haired ancestress, who Is appar-
emily so separate from them all, wives
and husbands both would have to teach
themselves the fortitude which she COM
municates merely by her presence
Their households would be dragging on
without the strong axles, so to speak,
which she put in almost unnoticed Tor
each newly married couple, and the
whole family, now held together IN an
unusual vigor, would soon fall apart
and be dispersed.
1 believe there must be many sncn
cases. / have the deepest respect ior
these strong, unbending characters VINO
do not conceal their utter intolerance Oh
our self centered modern methods
May tombstone in Ladies Home Jour
nal.