The evening times., 1898-04-02
THE LOGIC OF
PHILOSOPHY
Women Who Employ It's Aid
Add to Their Beauty.
The Doctrine Essential for PrOduc-
ing Peace and COntentment In
MatrlmOny's Pathway.

/ othy Maddox. II more women would be
/ beautiful more women were philoso-
/ piers. What we all need is to enlarge
! our ideas. They are narrowed down.
We suffer from this mind-pinching.
Large-mindedness Brings large-hearted-
ness. and this brings beauty.
Wives especially should become philos-
ophers in order to- cleverly deal with
that queer animal. man. Hear him an
swer the poor, trembling creature whom
he calls wife. But. Harry. dear. if /
had anybody in the navy that dearly
loved, how | would hate those men who
are urging war. sOh. 1t is dreadful to
think of" 81
Harry looks his tlmid mate all over:
then snorts: Just like a woman Always
thinking of herself" Here is an occa-
sion for throwing coffee cups or any old
thing close at hand. IL is so rankIy un-
Just TO call a woman selfish. She is an ex-
ponent of unselfishness and to he called
selfish at moment when her heart is
fairly 1illed with alteration for big
brute of a man,
Wife does not throw things at her
lords head. but bubbles over. As the
tears splash husband grows more dis
gusted. 1t is always so. What this dear
love of a man would have liked and what
every man likes. is an Amazonian exhi-
bition of bravery. He would have been
delighted if madam had scared in top
lofty style above sentiment.
The delicate nsinuation of affection
conveyed in her remark was completely
ignored. Masculine vanity was not
fiattered, and rarely is when the ivy
wants to cling. This small bit of fem!-
nine inconsistency should have shouted
loudly for blood and carnage. She should
have had heroics. Men dotc on hero
les. They might have been great
bluff, but this husband would never have
known it.
Imagine woman turning down her
husband when he tries to make her un-
derstand his great fear for her safety
his great interest in her welfare. Just
hear him say, My dear one what
should I do if you We're exposed TO the
horrible dangers OF war and then list
on how his dear ones would COO over
him, call him a love and 20 about for
hours after with a feeling of treading
on air.
We are built on entirely different prin-
ciples and we should be smart enough
To know II. This would fit us to become
good friends. jolly comrades. regular
chums with the men we marry.
Now. Chummy wife would have said
even though she did not mean one syI-
liable Say. old boy. how I would love
Ia be man just now. How glorious to
tight for ones country. for the nations
honor" etc etc Husband would have
heamed over these hackneyed phrases
and as for resenting any Willingness TO
desert him. why. he would never have
given IL a second thought. He is not
built that way.
Wa are. We worry ourselves into our
graves, lying down in our winding sheets
Did and ugly because we will insist upon
being sentimentalists. II the man OF our
heart wants 10 go TO the cannon's mouth.
we should wish him God-speed without
letting him see a tremor II we are de-
termined upon Mysteries we ought to
have sense enough TO sneak off in a cor
ner and have them comfortably, not
stand around as target FOR covert re-
proaches.
\ fair one reading Of the gallant Capt.
Sigsbee's return 10 his home in Wash
ington. called him a horrid wretch be-
cause he was reported saying. Il do not
need rest but am ready for immediate
action"
He must adore his wife to be so will
ing to, leave her when he has come
straight 10 her from the grave II that
isn't like mani"
mere the critic eyes snapped and the
hero OF the Maine was given such a
dressing down as rarely falls TO the lot
Of poor abused mankind
Love, indeed. l don't believe the love
has Yet been born in a manly breast that
would tempt the brother to put romance
ahead of every other feeling Man brides
himself on his philosophy Let us lose
no time in doing the same.
Let Us wives gracefully accept common
place in lieu of ecstasies. Let US try to
become inteiigently friendly with our
husbands. Let us reason our way out of
Cupid's grasp, that little imp who hasn't
a pair of wings swift enough to catch the
man eager to escape prosaic home envir-
onmentS for the chance of running a shot
and shell Eantlet.
Not in the least would he mind if never
a tear were shed. if never a protest were
uttered. He would not even wonder at
his wife's eagerness to push him to the
front while she so treated. would become
frantically suspicious and weep her heart
out
A friend remarked a few days ago. Il
think it is sCandalOus to hear the mar
ried men prating of their eagernCss TO
fight. They better stay at home and look
after their helpless families
You are one of them, too" I groaned.