The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-07
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man or the great woman is sought
frequently with the view OF casting
abroad just what they think Of book,
or poem, or o -ioture, OF a person
and enterprising publications often
pay them large sums of money fol
these same opinions, but it is the
everyday criticisms Of everyday peo'
pie that really amount to most, after
ell. for we are so constantly surround
ed by them.
Do you know that it is at this sea-
son-the warm weather seeson--that
the critic is abroad in the land? Hol-
iday tine offers such fine opportuni-
ties for finding listeners who are quite
ready to agree with one as to the
shortcomings Of some other one.
There is the woman VINO mas great
deal Of sorrow, and she laughs because
she does not want to burden the
world with her sighs; and the critics
call her heartless and wonder how
"any woman can be 80 Indifferent.
Then there is the woman who sighs,
and the critics say that she is unwise
to let all the world know that she is
not happy.
There is the little matron who is
very foolish, according to critics, not
to punish her children, and keep the
merry little. healthy things sitting
quietly about. And the little mat
ron's husband, who "neglects her
shamefully and she thinks worlds Of
him.
Next in line come the girls-the
girls that a;Tt aud have too many
beaux, and the girls that are 80 de-
mure, and haven't beaux enough.
All these people, you know, are to
be met with in the days of summer
time outing, and the critics that we
can never escape are among them.
And here let me record what I have
learned is true-critics are not always
! women. Aren't men more generous
than women? Wcll, maybe in some
things, but not in all. Men have very
fixed ideas about many things. They
are great holders on to traditions.
But if you are woman whose eye
this chances to catch, pray that you
may be even generous before you are
just. This is heresy, I know, but
though it may be often in the line of
one just deserts to be condemned, a
little generous inclination to fail to
condemn often does more good in the
world than it does harm. There is a
lot Of truth in the old saw that 'it is
easier to criticise than it is to be cor
rect.
Gossip is set down as one of wo-
man g Unborn traits, thing so much
part Of her nature that she and it
can never be separated. But even
granting this, there is cure for gos.
sip, and it's occupation. The busy
woman has 30 little time to take note
of the affairs Of the people. And the
busy woman has learned how much
more profitable time can be spent
than by sitting idly about speculating
as to now her neighbor across the way
can afford such regal bonnets and silk
petticoats, when she cannot, and yet
she knows that her own income is
something larger than the neighbor's
Perhaps the neighbor across the way
has rich relative, who sends hel
these adorable things, or she possesse,
that rare knack Of making money 60 6
very long way. These latter things
the idle woman with plenty Of time tt
gossip does not take into considers
tion. The busy woman does. Anc
there's the difference.
| Do you know, I do not believe thai
men are more generous toward ont
another, and the world in general
than women are, but that they arr
just buster. IF men for generations
had been the idle and aimless crea
lures that women have been, believe
that they, too, would have fallen int,
the way Of interesting themselves il
| personal sifairs that are long wa!
outside the confines Of the individua
| home circle. Therefore, ! am an ad
vocate. Of abolishing tho old belle
that woman is endowed by nature will
a love for gossiping. And just q
you have q good family remedy 70
toothache or burns, have handy thi
cure for gossip work. Particular,
if there are girls in the family appl!
| 81 eariv and often. For long wear