The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-29

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~ F7Sy5r CONVERSATION is
II ~ one thing; talk is an
8 other. Cultivated wo-
M men in general con-
w. verse better than Gull
tivated men. Women,
u CO., talk vastly more than any kind
men do or possibly can. There is no
|ore,tion about that Their organization,
nsir righteousness, their disposition to
@always doing something, insures their
carulity. A man often finds it hard to
synress himself; has really nothing to
|sav. prefers silence, as rule. Not so
Il ordinary woman. Whether she has
aything to say or not makes no differ
(nce Having nothing in her mind, she
has abundance on her tongue, and the
kbundapce never will run off. The pos
Epssion of ideas not infrequently inter
|eres with his speech, never with hers.
hhe fewer she has the more voluble she
Unburdened with single idea, 10
hacity never tires her, be its effect
What it may on others.
Many of the emptiest women are the
bcisiest Indeed their noise is common
h proportioned to their emptiness. Ev-
nv man has observed this so many times
hat it has ceased to impress him. A
imam is seldom struck by woman's
natter unless it curtails her own. Then
becomes a strife of tongues, the vic
ory being to the nimblest, to the least
apable of fatigue. Has any one ever
card of tongue tired woman? She is
pt to work very hard, often harder than
ban, but limitless exercise of tongue
pst give her rest. If so, who would
7A to restrain her interminable utter
hce?
The average woman's excessive oral
nency is something that must be ac-
opted 1t is a phenomenon of her sex,
er inheritance and her privilege. To
Pduce it to the normal requires train
g-much self discipline. She talks,
h, talks. Having nothing to say in
be beginning, she ends with saying
bthing. Strictly speaking, she does not
pd-she is never ending. She is inter-
opted merely by circumstances-she is
Prced to STOP When one of her own sex
I'd kind or of the other sex visits her,
dilates on vacuity for half an hour,
Fan hour, for two hours. Her speech
but words, words, words. The rich
Pss, the verbal superfluity, Of the Eng
IN language contributes to her weak
SIS. Not few of our so called orators
We taught us that man may make a
pg speech without conveying any def
meaning. The average woman is,
tr talk, still more efficient i'll hel
emclency. But she seems to be salts
Ftory to the mass of her auditors. She
y adapt herself to them, may gauge
Pr understanding, anticipate theil
te' Woman's intuition, whatever hel
hde, ranks high.
Rardly any woman will deny that she
great deal, and that she is very
pa OF talking. AS to talking well OF
she will say that this is q matter Of
mon, and that she is, of course, Oh
own side, as she ought to be and a.
ryoody Is She will probably main
w. IL she be nettled by criticism, tina
" men are stupid, very stupid; tina
} cannot talk; that she has there
10 talk for them; that they must b'
pea out in some way, and that it il
mgratitude for them to make com
on her generous efforts to assis
There may be more than spice
III in this.
: men, she will contend, furnish
crude outline of anything, wheth
portant or unimportant. Theil
ehts and stories lack color, inter
hmatic point. Above all, they ar
Ve IN details She dotes, she de
on details, and her doting is evi
o less than her repetitions. He
pr expansion of the smallest cir
u zee is extraordinary. What Nigh
a IN 10 or 10 words she will dis
200 or 800 and reiterate he
gain and again. What she ha
IN infinitesimal particulariza
., drawing room she rehearse
u way, in the vestibule, at tn
p always following her Gale
"a under the impression that !
w to let them go after the.
fo lily hidden her good Afternoon
ening.
hey are present the chatte
GI }nue, and as it had no sub
Al the outset it is necessaril
TN Der and thinner by recapitu
representment. At last tn
" es and ought to be Thankful
WI pc, with such difficulty Ina
10 eved. But he or she is not
RTE pc, she does the same thin
ella and will continue to do II
thi Insiders it courtesy when 1t
Good breeding forbids thl
- lingering, lingering. 1t is
me Ike, sovereign bore.
lar elinquished at once, even Q
n,u dreadful to contemplate
:. Ing wesrisome prattle. Thei
tno who scrupulously avoid th
bis put departure; who condem
had y; who cease talking whe