New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22
SOME WAYS OF THE WORLD.
THE PUBLIC RESPECT FOR ALL PRINTED
WAR NLWS
MANY OMEN WHO WERE bEIIIGERENT AFORE
TINE. NOW DREAD HEARING or
ENG AGENT N.Yss

TINE. NOW DREAD HEARING OF
ENGAGEMENTS
The Irish woman who said. Path. an know It's
thrue. because | saw II printed" has many a
prototype just now There seems to be a mysterious
power In type that carries conviction even 90 cdu-
Gated people and simply because an assertion Is
conveyed TO the understanding through the medium
Of the printing press It acquires authority. II
were. and is accepted a fact. In these days,
when the fragrant abuse Of power shat should
be held sacred Is only tol, rated but encOur-
aged by purchasers of the penny -dreadfuls many
an unnecessary heartache IS incurred and wild
anxiety Is awakened for 70 reason whatever.
Il can only say my dear. that IL You
right for buying every edition out was the un-
sympathetic rejoindcr Of a whose wife had
been made miserable for hours by a subsequently
unconhrmed assertion that The snip to which her
attached engaged at fearful odds
with the enemy.
The til ordered at once to Cuba" was the
huge headline that struck terror to the heart OF
a young wife she about 10 enter house
on Fifth-ave as one Of the expected guests at a
large luncheon. The extra was bought the start
ling news read. and the poor woman sat through
forgotten luncheon with lump in
her throat that forbade her 10 swallow, an ache
in her heart that was sadly out Of touch with the
gayety around her. and tears too near the surface
Tor comfort
Not word OF truth in IT," the consola-
tory telephone message she received late that
afternoon from her iaiher, VINO was with tAe
regiment in question.
Why on earth do you buy such trash and make
yourself unhappy unnecessary?" ves the ques-
ton asked her. What boon a censorship that
eliminated the fasehoods OF the press would be just
now. and why do We lack the courage and estab-
lish a universal boycott Of the journals that use
the power Of the press FOR such unworthy ends?
PLAIN VERSUS BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.
II Is an incon,rovertihe fact that in the long
the plain get the pums OF lie far
of:ener than the beauties 4 we-known French
proverb that II man falls IN love
with a beautiful woman his feeling Cor her is only
skin deep but II it il with an ugly woman the
fancy is genuine This Is An equaliz.ng Of matters
tina, in our puzzing lives Is not often found. The
reason OF tho favoritisn Of men for plain women
as wives Is probably largely due 20 the conduct -
the beauties. who are generally spoiled. and more
less vain and have not The staying qualities
which their less favored sisters find 1T necos AIRY
10 cultivate. or with which nature cOmpen-
sation perhaps. ccens 20 cndow them. A. all
events. Il 81 a comfortable gospel for the many.
and that it is statistical fact makes II satisfac-
tory.
There are two things that make woman last
ingy attractive 70 A man" said an experienced
social observer zone Il the power 10 or
entertain. and the Other Is sympathy. The first
attracts; the latter retains. OF course a certain
Of good loohs is desirable. but 70 be pretty
Is not nearly SO important rs the women them
,urnedout In the matter Of dress IS all that IS nee
essary for the entering wcdsc"
r. plain woman the gift Of comciness seems
all desirable. She is such an ardent worshipper II
beauty in her that she cannot conceive
that A man should not succumb al once 10 its all
conquering attraction. that he should admire. with
out particularly desiring 10 possess seems TO her
impossible Was II not Nine de Stae who said she
would Willis ly exchange her intellect for the
physical charms OF Nine Rccam'fr? 40 mau
adores beauty as the woman adorcs IL. who, In her
humility, II she conscious that the great gift has
not been bestowed upon herself. cannot understand
tina, her lover may acknowledge another to be
more beautiful. but that 70 him she Is the one
n he world.
CURIOUS CHANGES ~ CHARACTER.
a curious instance was cited in medical journals
no, long ago Of an exceptionally Intelligent and
greatly esteemed workman, who through a seVeTe
accident was stricken with conclusion or the BRAIN
He was married man. with several children. ana
his home relations had always been OF the Kindhest
and most admirable description. When he unex-
pectedly recovered-for his case seemed almost
hopeless-hls character completely changed
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