Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-05-26

FASHIONS IN TEARS.
As It May Seem, There Are Modes
Even In WeepinE.

Strange as It May Seem, There Are Modes
Even In Weeping.
Fashions change even In spiritual
matters and 1t has been decreed that it
Is no longer subject Of pathetic inter-
est for women to weep.
Those tender lines of Kingsley,
For men must work
And women must weep,
And there's little to do.
But many to keep
Though the harbor bar be moaning,
are still true enough when applied to
the men who 60 down to the sea in
ships and to the wives, daughters and
sweethearts who wait and watch for
them. But to the women In town and
country the edict has gone forth, "Weep
no more" The day has passed when
the big, sad eyes, ready to send forth
food Of tears on the slightest provoca-
ton, can prove an effective weapon
against refractory man. He knows too
much about it. 1t IL useful to woman
as relief to her nervous syssem-any
physician can tell her that 1t has its
physiological beneflts-bnt masoulinity
cannot be subdued by these moist meth
DDS. When she begins to show the old
fashioned signs Of distress, man cruelty
interferes: "Now, don't cry. It makes
your nose red and your eyes ugly. It
won't change me-" Or if he is especial
ly coarse he will shout: "For heavens
sake, stop that crying game unless you
want to get rid of mel I won't stand
it,"
A woman enjoys crying. The wise
man is aware of this and is never heart
less enough to attempt stopping source
of pleasure. But 1t is one more reason
why he is not affected by her tears. If
they arise from bodily pain or intense
mental suffering, he is all sympathy,
but the hysterieal overflow that can be
produced on an instant's notice, that
seems to be on tap-because her dress
doesn't fit il. one particular or she lacks
dime to complete one especial puf-
ohase-does not now excite his interest.
When man cries, it is from the
diaphragm, and, the sobs give him &C.
tual physical pain. His sex fellows
know this and can sympathize with
him. But women cry from the chest or
throat without the slightest effort, and
men know that too. The old German
proverb, Nothing dries sooner than
tear, must have been written by man
who had had experience with the wiles
of weeping women. There is a quaint
old English poem that gives a list of
the various evil spirits that infest this
world and infiict injury upon more or
less undeserving mortals, and concludes
with the startling statement that "a
weeping woman with two black eyes is
the wickedest devil of them ALL
The principal point for the considera-
ton of woman is that when she must
have her "good, comfortable cry" she
should take her consolation privately.
When not in the presence of unsympa-
thizing man, she may even forget to
cry, and if she remembers there is
possibility that she will forget the cause
of her lachrymose desires, and smiles
may soon chase away the tears as they
did in childish years. 1t the sex has re-
formed in this respect, man need not
claim the credit 1t is busy, bustling
age, in the cities at least, and there wo-
men have learned to be wise, earnest
and strong, as factors in the daily life
Of world that demands the best efforts
from them. They are responding brave
~ and intelligently, and there is no
time left for crying. - Philadelphia
Times.