Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-07
FASHIONS IN TEARS.

Arauga as Tt May seems There Arc Modes
 Egen In Weeping.
 Fashions change even in spiritual matters, and it has been deereed that 1t is no longer q subject of pathetic inter est for women to weep.
 Those tender lines of Kingsley,
 For men must work
 And women must Woap,
 And there's little to do,
 But many 10 keep
 Though the harbor bar be moaaing, arc still true enough when applied to tho mon wh9 go down to the sea in ships and to tho wives, daughters anu sweethearts who wait and watch for them But to the women in town and country the ediot has gone forth " Weep no more. " The day has passed when the big, sad eyes, ready to send forth flood of tears on tho slightest pFovoea- tion, can prove an effective weapon against refractory man. He knows too much about t. It is useful to q womaB as relief to her nervous system-any physician can tell her that 1t has it's physiological benafitg-but mascuIinity cannot be sabdued by these moist meth. ods. 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. Ii won change me. Or if he is especial. iy coarse be will shout: "Fer heaven : sake, stop that crying game unless yop want to get rid of mel ] won't stand 1t.
 4 woman enjoys crying. The wisa man is aware of this and is never hears. less enough to attempt stopping a 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 hysterical overflow that can be produced on an instant's notice, that seems to be on tap-beeause her dress doesn t it ia oae particular or she lacks dime to complete one especial pur- chase--does not now excite his interest.
 When | maa cries, ib is from the diaphragm. and th0 sebs give him ac- tual physical pain His sex fellows know this aaG eaH eynpathize with him. But women cry from the chest or throat without tho slightest effort, and men kGow tha5 too. The old German proverb, Nothing dries sooner than a tear, must have been written by q man who had had experience with the wiles of weeping women. There is a quaint bid English poem that gives list of the various evil spirits that iDfest this aorld and intiiet injury upon more or tess undeserving mortaIs, and concludes with the startling statement that "a weeping woman with two black eyes is the Wickedes6 devil of them all. D
 The principal point for the eonsidera. eion of woman is that when she must have her good, comfortable ory's she should take her consolation privately, When not in the presence of unsynlpa, thlzing man, she may even forget to cry, and if she remem bers there is Q possibility that she will forget the cause of her laohrymose desires, and smiles may soon chase away tho tears as they did i'll childish years. Ii the sex has re formed in this respect, man need not claim the credit, It is a busy, bustling age, in the cities at least, and there wo- men have learned to be wise, earnest aud strong, as factors in the daily life If world that demands the best efforts from them. They are responding brava. ly and intelligenaly, and there is no time left for crying .- Philadelphia Times.
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