Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-17
THEIR CURIOUS WAYS
THE IDLER COMMENTS ON THE Pc
CIIIlR TRICKS OF WOMAN.
LIABLE TO Do MOST ANYTHING.
How They select Their Husbands
Personal RecOllcctions of Feminine
Obstinacy-Spring Gardening ut
Our characterization BIOuses.

1t is lots easier TO stand at the bust
ness end OF a mule and guess which lex
he will let fly first than IT is TO foretell
how a woman's going 10 make up her
mind. Aside from the positive assurance
that she's determined TO do exactly what
you don't wish her TO. there is no APP
preaching her decision. The very time
you think you've got her moving smooth
~ she will get balky or switch off on
another track, or stir up the dust in a
most unexpected fashion. Ii has always
been so; it Will ever be thus. Some three
score and ten years ago Tor thereabouts).
when l was a counting man, and the rus
tle Of my purple and fine linen" could
be heard from the HenrcO frontier to
the Hanover "slashts." | had occasion to
observe this fact-this sad. melancholy.
and fearful fact. l have been observing
Il ever since. And until my last earthly
remnants are encased in my best Sunday
clothes and the sweetness Of my memory
IS obliterated by the fragrance OF floral
designs l shall continue 10 observe It.
Yes, woman is uncertain, coy and-if l
may dare 10 intimate it-hard, hard,
hard TO please The only time you do
please her is when YOU don't give a con-
tinental whether you do or not. Just
let her know that she is not the sole
mineral formation on the waye-Washcd
sea-strand-in other words. not tho only
pebble on the bcach-and pretty soon
she'll be picking lint of your clothes.
or scratching at your head. or swearing
She loves tobacco smoke, or doing some
OF those other little tricks whereby
man Is led 20 believe that She can't get
along without him. It's so. and there 5
no use trying 10 deny &C. These "oOman
Jokes like independence; and. by the
way, they're powerfully fond OF 10 IN
themselves. Next 90 admiring this quail
~ most iu themselves they like 20 see
IL In Il man. no member of my much
abused sex has ever set won woman
by supphont attitudes or Blended knees.
There isn't enough violence IN that sort
OF business for them. They wish 10 be
grabbed up aud dragged Off like the
Sabine virgins, or seized by the gills and
deportcd like the late Mrs. LoChinvar,
VINO, II she was fat, must have greatly
taxed the muscle OF hlr kLaVlsh con-
sort Though our Police Justice is an
tagOnistlc 20 some of my views. 1 assert,
with all que reverence TO him. that II
You beat your wife e is often fruitful
OF the best results. OF course however.
this mcasttD must only be rcs0rted %
with the utmost discretion. There is all
ways the danger OF your getting a beat
Ing yourself sun. II done in good STYLE
the beater VIII certainly be held I'm the
highest respect by the beatoe. IT'S be-
cause mats the one ume or an others
when she has a right Co get mad.
Now. all OF these things 60 10 illustrate
my point-that there's no telling inst
what viii please or displ.ase the repre-
sentatiVvs of the housekeeping sex or
when theyh fool you with their d,cis-
ions. Mnen / talk about woman 1 all
ways ma so much - say That fire.
ouenily get switched completely or NV
Haln track. and have TO reverse and
ha' al over again. In this. instance Il
w e1Anner Of selecting hus-