The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-11
SOME RAMBLING THOUGHTS.
by MEMO.
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Why not let our Thoughts" wan.
der for while around that creation
old subject, WOMAN The diff
Guilty is to be moderate in our Ian
guage, since we men are apt to ex-
press ourselves regarding the whole
sex Just according, TO whether we
have had fateful or helpful expert
ence with one member of it. We
are commercial ia our training that
we make the grand mistake i'll this
instance of Judging the whole by a
sample, the fabric bya thread, the
house by II splinter We sum her
up Just AS we feel individually. To
one she is like hfctic ice, distant
and abominably cold; to another
she is steel, moldablc into weapon
of fate, an anchor of hope, or the
narrowness of razor.edge or
again she is n ruby. warm and lus-
trous or mayhap (to bring a sudden
end to similes) she is Jelly fish, so
simple you think you can sec
through her, so yielding you think
you can mold her. and yet capable
OF bringing smarting and hopeless
ache into your heart that neither
concentration on other subjects nor
years will alleviate. But another
smile must come forth: to some
blessed and happy ones she is the
very tonic of life her intuition de.
tects the unworthy ambition, her
frown condemns it, her smile urges
on to noble effort, her nod of ap.
proval energizes the tagging spirits,
her gentle hand leads to the goal of
victory over self and over wrong
But what thinks memo" while he
scrawls this out alpost illegibly and
Si"u,es ururaist a. "a, a. th2 SCENERY
flying in the car in which he is tray
cling! The wheels seem to acquire
certain cadence III their sound rs
they pass over the fish. h.plates. The
clatter begins to form itself into
syllables i'll the ear. There it is now
"Prod-i-gal prod-i-gal prod
gal y and every momeat of divert.
ed attention IT strikes into the en-
again: "Prod-i-gal prod-i--gal
prod-i-gal :" Even the soulless
train is thinking IN concert with me,
and ccinciding with my thoughts oi
woman as II sex and as power in
the world
\ misanthropIc father one tim,
brought up son in entire seclusior
from all womankind. When man
hood approached he led the boy out
through the world on tour of OBJ
servation and described to him tn,
various creatures they met. A,
they went, there came tripplinl
along the path II sweet young girl
swinging her hat anI smiling from
the very glee of existence. Father,
said the startled youth, "what ami
mai is that "My son. said tn,
father, that is II very silly ali,
dangerous creature called II goose.
When this mythical tour was com
pleted the father was curious Il
know which creature the boy woulC
like to have for pet. He instantl,
blurted out, Father, buy mo
goose :"
AS surely rs the planets revolve
rs surely as the tides ebb and flow
as sure rs is the influence of gravi
tation, the man will seek the woman
as his complemental portion. Dur
ing his boyhood she Is to him "onl,
a girl ~ with decided tinge of su
perlority in the tone he uses. Blu
gradually his eyes are opened ant
she becomes to him the Sun,na,t,
bOnun, the highest good in life
Everything that has been dear (,
him before fades into Griyiality ex
cept as it recommends him in he
eyes. He intercepts her path Il
catch smile. If he wins it, he il
raised into the seventh heaven oI
delight if it is denied him, he i
plunged into a despair wherein ever
mother and life, all, have no value t,
him. Woman becomes. therefore
the motive force of the world, will
its multifarious industries and it
arts. The gkries of a palace are a
naught to man unless he find
woman to rule therein his triumph
ia accomplishm ent are Dead Sc
apples unless he can lay the trophie
at her feet the ringing plaudits @
the crowd are hollow mockery +