The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-05-04
THE GIRL WHO IS SARCASTIC.
She Fails to be a Social Success,
Though She is Pretty.
Do You know a sarcastic woman /?

often, only to find that while possessed
of the sharp wits he believed sho had,
she has an equally sharp tongue.
And the sarcastic girl is pretty.
This goes almost without saying,
doesn't it? You seldom have known q
plain woman-a real plain a
who was careless of the stings that she
inflicted. Beauty will be more daring.
And for a while we aie willing to for
give for beauty's sake, but, my pretty,
sarcastic girl, remember that beauty
is not the chief and most binding
charm Of woman. Neither y it to be
ranked as the least Of her charms, but
it is certainly not the greatest.
The youth that told me Of his disap-
pointment in the sarcastic girl still
admires her beauty, but he is a sensi-
BILE, manly sort of fellow, with a heart
that is generous and kind, and he has
no weapons to match sarcasm. He is
clever, too, and | know that ready
opSCCHCo Chdt arc uuc duu hccuIy
edged are often checked because he is
too generous to display his wit at
another's expense. "And what is a
fellow to do?" he asks. 'If he is
half a gentleman he only makes polite
remarks in return and feels all the
time that he is being made a goose Of
when he could be just as smart if it
were not that his sense Of ~gallantry
forbids it,"
I am afraid the sarcastic girl is tax
ing an unfair advantage Of the defense
lessness of the sterner sex. A man
fears nothing more than a sharp femi-
nine tongue. If you do 1ot believe
this ask some man that you know. l
believe he'll tell you that he'd rather
rush into the thick of a battle than
spend n evening in the "quict''
company of a sarcastic woman. It
may be that | am exaggcrating his
feelings in this regard, but I do not
think I am. In fact, I've scen a
brave old soldier put ON his hat and
quietly slip out Of the back door of
his home to "get away from that wo-
mans tongue when shat woman
he spied coming down the walk to
make an afternoon call. She was very
entertaining, that bright young person
that the soldier always spoke of as
that woman" She had studied and
was better posted than most people.
but somehow when she talked she had
things all her own way. No one
thought of having any views of ones
own, and if n had and expressed
them everybody else felt that that one
was venturipg on dangerous ground.
And the old soldier had views. That's
the reason he liked to take a quiet
stroll in the garden back Of the house
when "that woman came in sight.
The sarcastic woman and the pro-
found woman are never social successes.
And as for business suecesses-well,
I do not believe that these traits are
apt to help one onward in the busy
world. In fact, the woman of kindly
and gentle disposition gains u thou
sand points where the sarcastic wo-
man would fail. The profound wo-
man is so sure of her knowledge that
one eve thinks Of offering her a
helping hand. One feels so certain
that she would refuse it if one should.
But have you noticed that one sell
dom meets C sarcastic woman nova
days? The advancement. and "pro-
gress' of women that are talked Of so
much, have tended to make hi
kind more generous and tolerant, and
q generous woman is never sarcastic.
A woman to be best loved and most
admired does not need to go through
The ~c.!a s:mppsTins and believing
that a woman's chief aim and end in
life is to marry.
There is nothing more delightful
than the atmosphere Of feminine
grace and culture" When this is
disturbed by mannishness then all is
spoiled. If about the girl Of tho
Twentieth Century there hinges such
an atmosphere all who enter it will be
glad that long, long ago there faded
away the foolish girl who was taught
a few pretty ''accomplishments' and
dressed herself like a doll for men to
admire, OF, daring to be original, was
disagreeably SO.
A good many people are concerning
themselves of late-no doubt unneces-
s~sr;!y-sbout spinsterhood and bach
elorhood, wondering why men and wo-
men do not marry instead Of leading
lives of single blessedness or nom
blessedness, and most Of them putting
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