The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-05-12
FASHIONS IN TEARS.
Strange as 1t May Seem, There Are Modes
Even In Weeping.

Even In Weeping.
Fashions change even in spiritual
matters, and it 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 go 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 ediot has gone forth, "Weep
no more" The day has passed when
the big, sad eyes, ready to send forth O
flood of tears on the slightest provoca-
tion, can prove an effective weapon
against refractory man. He knows too
much about it. 1t is useful to woman
as relief to her nervous system-any
physician can tell her that it has it's
physiological benefits-but masculinity
cannot be subdued by these moist meth
ods. When she begins to show the old
fashioned signs of distress, man cruelty
intorferes: "Now, don't cry. 1t makes
your nose red ard your eyes ugly. 1t
won't change me-" Or if he is especial.
ly coarse lie will shout: "For heaven 8
sake, stop that crying game unless you
want to get rid of mel 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 it is ono 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-beoause her dress
doesn't tit in one particular or she lacks
a.dime to complete one especial pur-
chase-does not now excite his interest.
When a man cries, it is from the
diaphragm, and the sobs give him &C.
t1al 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 a
tear, must have been written by q man
who had had experience with the wiles
of weeping women. There is a quaint
old English poem that gives O list of
tho various evil spirits that infest this
world and infiict injury upon moro 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-
tion 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 a
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. If 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
ly and intelligently, and there is no
time left for crying. - Philadelphia
Times.